A year and a half ago, she led the Chinese three-person women's basketball team to win the World Cup, creating the history of Chinese basketball; yesterday, she led the Shanghai three-person women's basketball team to win the league championship, creating the history of the Shanghai women's basketball team. She is Xu Jiamin, a young coach with little seniority but many miracles.
Pictured: Xu Jiamin on the sidelines during the game Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Yuanchun photographed
Last night, after the final, Xu Jiamin accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from Xinmin Evening News. She said calmly that whether it is a World Cup champion or a league champion, the results are already in the past at the moment of achievement, and only by having the courage to deny themselves can they meet greater challenges.
Be mindful of your work
These days, Xu Jiamin has grown a pustule on her lips, perhaps feeling a little uncomfortable, and when chatting with reporters, she often subconsciously bites her lip. "I've eaten too much chocolate and gotten on fire." She said with some embarrassment, "I have always liked to eat sweets, and recently I have been a little irritable, which may be stressful, so I just want to eat chocolate." ”
Pictured: Xu Jiamin studies tactics on the sidelines Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Yuanchun photographed
This year, for Xu Jiamin, it is indeed not a small pressure, because she has to "use three things with one heart". As the assistant coach of the Shanghai women's basketball futsal team, she has to advise the head coach; as the head coach of the Shanghai women's basketball trio team, she has to lead the team to compete in the three-a-side league at the same time; as the head coach of the national team, she also has to examine the players of other clubs and select talents for the Olympic Games.
In recent days, her pressure has come from the three-man basketball league. Winning the championship is both her own wish and what the outside world expects of her. The championship dream that was not realized during the player period, Xu Jiamin wanted to realize it in the position of coach. For the Shanghai women's basketball team, there has been no glory of the top league in history, and many people have pinned their expectations on Xu Jiamin, after all, she is the "World Cup champion coach".
Pictured: Xu Jiamin (right) during the player period Data chart Zhou Guoqiang photo
Time back to June 24, 2019, which was a memorable day in the history of Chinese basketball. On this day, young head coach Xu Jiamin took the Chinese three-person women's basketball national team to the throne of the world championship in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which was the first world championship of Chinese basketball, which was of great significance. Yesterday, she led the Shanghai women's basketball team to win the championship in this year's trio league - this championship, so that the three major shanghai men's and women's teams have realized the dream of winning the top league.
After winning the championship yesterday, Xu Jiamin seemed to be the calmest person, "The moment I won the championship, I was happy for a little while, but my consistent idea is that the moment I finished the results, it was actually a thing of the past, it was just an affirmation of your previous efforts, and now you are ready to meet the next challenge." ”
Pictured: Xu Jiamin won the world championship with the Chinese three-man women's national basketball team
In Xu Jiamin's view, the most important thing to do as a coach is never to stay in this moment, never stick to the rules, "just like I switched from a five-a-side system to a three-a-side system, since it is a new project, it is necessary to erase all my previous inherent views and constantly update my knowledge base to help the team improve." ”
Guilt for family
From the beginning of the national team's training in the United States in December last year, to the present full year, Xu Jiamin's opportunity to accompany his family is only one month. The husband is very busy, the daughter is still young, but she has been leading the team outside for a long time, and she can only bury the guilt of her family in her heart, "The elders in the family are still more supportive of my work, and my husband is also very tolerant of me. ”
Pictured: Xu Jiamin (center) and her team members
In January this year, when Xu Jiamin also led the team to train in the United States, the domestic epidemic broke out, and the team went directly to the Chongming base for closed training after returning to China, until May. Later, it was to continue training and prepare for the league, the league is a closed tournament system, which is carried out in Chengdu and Hohhot two divisions, the middle of the two-week off-season, Xu Jiamin did not take a holiday, but in Chengdu to do a national team training, and then returned to Shanghai for a few days to rest and then came to Hohhot Division. "This year's situation is more special, most of the time is closed training, so there is too little time with the family." Xu Jiamin said that even if the training is in Shanghai, it is also closed in the Chongming base and the Shanghai Institute of Sport base, and the opportunity to go home is rare, "The children are brought by my husband, and if he goes to work, the child's grandmother and grandmother take turns to bring." ”
What makes Xu Jiamin happy is that her husband is very supportive of her work, "Before I got married, he knew what the nature of my profession was. But now that it's time for the national team, I'm going home less and less, so I'm really grateful for his support. "After a long time of training outside, will you worry about the weakening of your relationship with your children?" She admits that there are certainly fears, "but this is a difficult problem that we have to face." ”
Pictured: Xu Jiamin (front row left) and the whole team take a group photo
My daughter is only 6 years old this year, just in the first grade, and usually thinks of her mother and can only meet through video chat. "My daughter is now used to being away from home for a long time. On the one hand, she is also a little older, and her family will explain to her, such as whether her mother needs to lead the team to play or whatever, and sometimes let her watch my game. Xu Jiamin said that her most guilty moment for her family occurred one day in April this year, "When my husband took her daughter to see me at the Chongming base, because the base was closed management, outsiders could not come in, our family could only wear masks, looking at each other from a distance across the fence door, and the daughter cried and shouted 'mother hug, mother hug', that feeling is really very uncomfortable." ”
Her daughter went to elementary school this year, but Xu Jiamin has not had the opportunity to tutor her children with their homework. "If I go back from vacation, I still have the opportunity to pay attention to my daughter's homework." When I came out to compete, it was all up to my husband, and I sometimes didn't even have time to video with my daughter, let alone urge her to complete her homework. ”
Pictured: Xu Jiamin and her daughter Courtesy of the interviewee
Now, Xu Jiamin stands at a higher starting point, the pressure in the future will be greater, but she is not afraid, "When you reach a height, the road after that will not become smooth, it will only become more and more difficult." You can never predict what will happen in the next moment, but as long as I can keep surpassing myself, I have the motivation to take on bigger challenges. (Xinmin Evening News special correspondent Li Yuanchun Hohhot Today)