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Xi'an, May 21 (Xinhua) -- "唰-唰-" One by one, the hollow three-point shot was hit, and former professional basketball player Yang Dapeng threw it effortlessly. But unlike what he used to do at the club, the one who now "feeds" him has become his mother.
"It's like going back to when I was a kid playing and playing around my mom and dad." He said.
When he was an athlete, Yang Dapeng was often a three-point line in the training field, the competition field and the apartment. After retiring from the military, he entered the campus as a physical education teacher, and his activity trajectory was reduced to a round trip between his residence and the school. Unlike in the past, elements of the family have now been added: his parents also came to teach at the same school in March this year.
Yang Dapeng's family of three discusses basketball in the office
Home is the harbor of life and the starting point for starting again. Together with the campus and basketball, it forms a stable triangle, allowing this player who has retreated from the rapids of his sports career to find a new channel in life.
"Post-90s" Yang Dapeng grew up in a basketball family, his mother Qin Li is a famous member of the Heilongjiang women's basketball team, who was selected for the national women's basketball training team, and his father Yang Gang played in the sports team of the former Nanjing Military Region, and fought side by side with Yang Xuezeng and other basketball celebrities for many years.
Under the influence of the family's strong basketball atmosphere, Yang Dapeng, who has excellent physical conditions, was selected for the men's basketball national youth team, and later joined the Shaanxi Xinda Club, the hegemon of the National Men's Basketball League (nbl), helping the team win two championship trophies in 2015 and 2017.
Yang Dapeng (center) and his teammates celebrate the victory
"Will use the brain to play", this is the evaluation of Many insiders on Yang Dapeng's style of play. After leaving Shaanxi, he did not play comfortably in many professional teams, but the injuries accumulated by years of high-intensity confrontation became more and more serious. After an ideological struggle, he officially retired in 2020.
"There are gains and regrets, this is my summary of my career." He said.
After learning the news of Yang Dapeng's retirement, Professor Xu Guofu, vice chairman of the Shaanxi Basketball Association and deputy secretary of the party committee of Xi'an Peihua College, invited him to return to Shaanxi as a physical education teacher at Peihua College.
"Since he went to shenzhen sports school at the age of 13, for nearly 20 years our family has basically seen each other twice a year – New Year's And after-season vacations. It wasn't until this year that we were reunited in Shaanxi. Yang Dapeng's mother, Qin Li, said.
At present, in addition to the sports public classes with all the students and the professional extracurriculars of the students of the School of Physical Education, the family of three also serves as the coach of several basketball teams on the campus. The usual communication between the family members has returned to basketball.
Yang Dapeng was giving lessons to students
"I was still not used to being a teacher at the beginning, after all, I used to listen to others, and now I want to teach others." Yang Dapeng said, "In the middle of this, my parents gave me a lot of encouragement. Just like when I was an athlete before, every time I encountered confusion or setbacks, my parents were my backing and supporting me, and the whole family worked together to find a way. ”
Because he has not lost his hand after retiring, Yang Dapeng will occasionally itch and go to his old teammates to date the ball when he has no class. The men's competition of the 14th National Games Futsal Basketball Event only has a 22-year-old group (u22), and the Shaanxi team, which directly obtains the ticket for the main tournament as the host, is currently based on a number of players in the Xinda team, and the head coach is also the club's Famous Korean Coach Kang Jeong-so.
The Tongchuan Stadium in Shaanxi Province, which will host the men's basketball competition of the 14th Games, is also a venue that the Cinda men's basketball team is familiar with. At the end of last year, the team played here in the second stage of last season's NBL League regular season, performing well as the host, but unfortunately folded in the later playoffs.
Men's basketball events and competition venues at the National Games
With the experience of undertaking professional leagues, the venue in Tongchuan New District completed the test match task of the National Games on May 18 and basically has the conditions for the main competition of the National Games. Wei Chengqun, director of the Venue Environment and Information Technology Division of the Tongchuan Division of the Basketball Competition Committee of the 14th Games and deputy director of the Tongchuan Municipal Sports Bureau, told reporters that the Tongchuan Gymnasium started construction in December 2017 and was fully completed in November 2020, and the completion and delivery speed was at the forefront of the new venues in various cities in Shaanxi Province, and it was also a demonstration venue for the information construction of the 14th Games.
Tongchuan Stadium has a total construction area of 23,000 square meters and a total of 5,318 seats, and its energy-saving characteristics have also become one of the symbols of the transformation and green development of Tongchuan, a resource-based city that "thrives on coal and sets up a city because of mines".
"Both the venue's rainwater harvesting system and exhaust system make effective use of natural resources to improve the site's environment. Energy-efficient lamps and lanterns not only reduce the power consumption of equipment, but also meet the lighting requirements of hosting international competitions. Wei Chengqun said.
On May 19, the preliminary round and play-offs of the 14th Games Men's Basketball Team U22 Came to an end, and all eight participating teams in the final stage were selected. For Yang Dapeng, the basketball preliminary round of the 13th Games is not a long memory, he once represented Shaanxi Province as a member of the Xinda team, but unfortunately failed to break through. Now that he has retired and given up the task of the game, he often communicates with the brothers of the Shaanxi team who are about to participate in the main competition and shares his experience on the spot.
"My mom has participated in four consecutive National Games, and I was one step away from the main event of the last National Games. It can be said that the National Games is also the dream of our family. I hope that in the future National Games, I will have the opportunity to appear on the field in other capacities and realize my dreams. Yang Dapeng said.
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