At the Wuxi Snooker World Cup, "Dong Xiaofat Said Sports" interviewed Pang Weiguo, a famous coach in the snooker industry.
No more recruiting disciples
Four years ago, Pang Weiguo closed the mountain and no longer accepted disciples.
"No (met a good seedling), never, it's really hard, it's not easy." This is one reason why Pang Weiguo made this decision. There have been media reports that Pang Weiguo has strict requirements for accepting apprentices - his disciples must have a certain talent and can also sink their hearts to practice. After observing for a period of time, if it is felt that the conditions are met, Pang Weiguo will officially accept the apprentice.
Speaking of his many disciples, there are three people that fans know the most - Chen Siming, Bi Zhuqing and Lu Haotian.
Chen Siming, after winning all the women's 9-ball tournaments, began to participate in open competitions to challenge male players, while Bi Zhuqing also won the women's World 9-ball Championship in 2011.
Lu Haotian has set many records in the snooker world - the youngest player to advance to the top eight of the ranking competition, the youngest player to win the World Youth Championship. Nowadays, Lu Haotian ranks more than 20 in professional snooker, which is not easy.
"The snooker field is my specialty, and I have two female disciples, one is Chen Siming and the other is Bi Zhuqing. They both grew up practicing snooker with me, and after a few years of practice, they transferred to 9 goals, and they both won 9 goals in the world championship. As a coach, I'm proud.
"The longest time to practice with me should be Chen Siming, she has been practicing with me since she was 9 years old, and has been practicing snooker for almost 5 years!" When she first started turning 9 goals, I still played with her. Even now, she always consults me when she has technical problems. ”
Chen Siming once won the gold medal in the women's snooker 6 red ball at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games; after the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, billiards was no longer an official sport, and Chen Siming's "battlefield" was also transferred to 9 goals. She is indeed the "wizard" of women's billiards, not only 9 balls, But also the world champion of Chinese billiards.
A unique view of snooker
No longer teaching students, Pang Weiguo has not left the billiards world, "In the past 4 years, I have not done the snooker vocational training thing." After not doing training at my own school, I taught ball at World Snooker Academy for a year, and then I didn't take students anymore. I am now mainly doing commentary on CCTV, and I have a cooperation with a website, which is also doing online commentary. I also have my own company, all related to billiards. ”
In June this year, the Xi'an station of the Central Tour went smoothly, which was the first time that the Central Tour held a B-class event, which gave hope to the small number of domestic snooker events. In order to show support for this event, many professional players also went to Xi'an to compete before going to the United Kingdom to start the new season, and some players even changed their tickets. In addition, Cai Jianzhong, the "watchman" of the snooker world, is also actively involved in this event.
When many people were lamenting the worrying status of domestic snooker matches, Pang Weiguo expressed his point of view: "I love snooker, I have not left billiards for so many years, I am definitely willing to see more people play snooker." But from the current situation, I think that the sport of snooker is more competitive, and the entertainment is not as good as Chinese billiards and 9 balls, after all, Chinese billiards and 9 balls are less difficult to get started, so now more domestic billiards fans are playing Chinese billiards, and it is indeed difficult to have more fans to play snooker. ”
Pang Weiguo's words also explain from another angle - why the development of domestic snooker events is not as good as Chinese billiards, "like billiards clubs, the bosses will have economic pressure." Because in a limited area, is it better to put a Chinese billiards table, or a snooker table? In terms of fees, from the perspective of the audience, different projects will definitely cause differences. But there are still some people who have a soft spot for snooker, like Cai Jianzhong and Song Weifei who opened clubs in Beijing, and only the snooker table – just for snooker lovers. I think that's the love and affection for snooker.
Will the sluggishness of the domestic snooker market affect the performance of professional players in the UK?
In the seasons of the professional arena, the British professional players have not won the ranking championship. Only Lu Haotian reached the final in the small ranking tournament and the Indian Open, but he lost to Serte in the final and missed the first ranking championship of his career.
Will the bleak performance of professional players in the UK make fans less concerned? Pang Weiguo said: "I am not worried about this problem now, because Ding Junhui's influence and ability are all there, Liang Wenbo is in good shape, and now they are 32 years old, which is the year of the fight." There are also several young players, Zhou Yuelong, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Lu Haotian, Yuan Sijun and other prospects are all highlights. If you pay attention to it, you have been winning the championship, and the attention of the fans will definitely be higher, but the sport of snooker, maybe we want to be able to win the championship frequently in the game, the difficulty is still relatively large. ”
"In general, their ability is good, but I think the psychological quality of many players needs to be strengthened, and at key moments, whether they can withstand the pressure is very important." A lot of things need to be experienced. Just like Yan Bingtao almost won the ranking championship, and Marc played the decider, but still did not win the championship, which has something to do with experience and experience. Sometimes watching others play the key ball so calmly is because others have experienced more, know where they have lost before, and know how to adjust themselves at key moments. ”