On May 11, the 2024 Foshan Youth Sports All-Season Basketball Championship (hereinafter referred to as the "Youth Basketball Championship") was in full swing, and the Shunde District team and the Chancheng team staged a wonderful showdown in the Shunde Sports Center Gymnasium. After 4 quarters of fierce competition, the Shunde team finally defeated the Chancheng team with a score of 81:37 and won the game.
The game is in full swing.
As one of the important events of the 2024 Foshan Youth Sports Season, the Youth Basketball Championship adheres to the concept of "health first, sports people", aiming to provide a platform for Foshan teenagers to show themselves and exercise their skills, and also to discover some seed players with outstanding skills and great potential, so as to cultivate outstanding reserve talents for Foshan's sports industry.
Chengwangjun learned that the youth basketball tournament was held in the gymnasium of Shunde District Sports Center in Foshan City, basketball training halls 1 and 2, and the time began on May 10 and ended on May 12, attracting 331 "basketball players" from the five districts of Foshan to compete on the same stage.
It is reported that this year's Youth Basketball Championship is carried out in the form of three-a-side and five-a-side competitions, and the groups of 5 teams and below use a single round robin to determine all rankings. The groups of 6 teams or more will first draw lots for a group single round-robin competition to determine the group ranking, and then conduct a cross-elimination round according to the group stage ranking to determine the final ranking.
The coach adjusts the battle strategy according to the game situation.
On that day, the scene of the youth basketball tournament was very lively, and the atmosphere of the court was both tense and energetic. On the court, although the young players have young faces, they show extraordinary basketball skills and a spirit of unity and cooperation. Passing, dribbling, breaking, defending, shooting...... A variety of skills are staged in turn, showing the essence and charm of basketball to the fullest.
Off the field, the coaches watched the game with full attention, sometimes giving guidance according to the game situation, adjusting the combat strategy in time, and sometimes cheering loudly for the wonderful performance of the players. The wonderful competition also attracted applause from the audience, and the applause was endless.
According to Tang Mingcong, coach of Group C of the Shunde team, they attach great importance to the youth basketball tournament, and conducted field visits to various primary and secondary schools and basketball clubs in Shunde to select 14 players, and conducted high-intensity collective training for them half a month before the game. The training camp has 4 sessions, each session lasts 2.5 to 3 hours, and is basically trained after school or on weekends. Tang Mingcong also revealed that "the selection mainly examines the technical level and mental state of young people, especially the concentration on the field." Talking about the next training plan, Tang Mingcong said that it is necessary to continue to strengthen the concentration, endurance and explosiveness of the players on the field, and will use the methods of track switchback and court timing to improve the strength of the players.
"There's room for improvement in defense and full-court pinch shots, there are too many fouls." Jiang Jinling, a player from the Shunde team, reviewed after the game, and the basketball game was not only about technology, but also about physical fitness. Jiang Jinling believes that the competition lasts for a long time and consumes a lot of body, so he will strengthen his training intensity in the future.
Under the guidance of the concept of "health first, sports people", Foshan actively deepens the "integration of sports and education" to improve the physical health of young people. At the same time, more basketball stars have emerged in the Youth Basketball Championship to contribute their youth to Foshan's sports industry.
Editor: Li Meiling