Former Chinese women's basketball coach Xu Limin officially became the head coach of the Shougang men's basketball team and is expected to lead the team to bottom out

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2024-05-27 12:43Posted on the official account of Beijing Beiqing Sports News

A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily learned on May 27 that Xu Limin, a 58-year-old meritorious coach, is expected to be the new head coach of the Shougang men's basketball team.

The Shougang team fell into a trough in the middle of last season, losing games one after another, and morale was low, and the team quickly called Xu Limin into the team as the team's head coach. After Xu Limin arrived at the team, he played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army. In addition, Xu Limin gave advice to the foreign coach Jorio, who was the coach of the team at the time, in many games to help the team overcome difficulties. Xu Limin will officially lead the team in the new season, and he is also looking forward to the team bottoming out. The Shougang men's basketball team experienced many twists and turns last season, and there were also many difficulties. The team changed coaches in the middle of the season, and after foreign coach Jorio took over, it was difficult for him to bring much change to the team due to multiple reasons. The Shougang team still did not improve much after the change of coach. Morale was also low. Under such circumstances, the Shougang men's basketball team quickly summoned the meritorious coach Xu Limin into the team.

Xu Limin's coaching career has focused more on the women's basketball team, but he has also coached the Beijing men's basketball team. After Xu Limin retired as a player, he successively served as the head coach of the Beijing Shougang Youth Women's Basketball Team and the coach of the Beijing Shougang Men's Basketball Team. Since 2005, he has served as the head coach of the Beijing women's basketball team. Since then, Xu Limin has also served as the coach of the Chinese women's basketball team and led the team to the Olympic Games. In 2023, the Beijing women's basketball team appointed Xu Limin as the team's head coach. Zhang Yunsong, executive deputy general manager of the Shougang men's basketball team, said at the time that Xu Limin joined the men's basketball team as the head coach of the team, hoping that his rich experience would help the team and let the team get out of trouble as soon as possible. After Xu Limin arrived in the team last season, he quickly understood the situation of the team on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was actively playing his role. Xu Limin communicated a lot with the then coach Jorio and the players, and he has been giving his own advice through his own experience and observation of the situation on the field, hoping to help the team get through the difficulties.

In the course of the season, Xu Limin is also constantly learning and accumulating. During the game, many television cameras captured what Xu Limin was writing in his notebook on the sidelines. This is obviously his observation and thinking about the game. Although Xu Limin does not have much coaching experience on the men's basketball side, he hopes to understand the team and the entire CBA as soon as possible. With the deepening of the season, Xu Limin also played more roles in the team.

After many games last season, Xu Limin would communicate more with the foreign players in the dressing room, and he hopes that in this way, the foreign players can better play their role. The Shougang men's basketball team had a poor season last season, and although they barely made the playoffs, their overall performance was unsatisfactory in all aspects. It is hoped that the Shougang men's basketball team led by Xu Limin can make big changes in the new season and create a team that is competitive enough, so that the Shougang men's basketball team can bottom out in the new season in a real sense.

Text/Beiqing Sports Song Xiang

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