In 2015, Gong Luming led the Chinese men's basketball team to win the Asian Championship championship.
He is 1.72 meters tall, but he is the soul point guard of the Chinese men's basketball team, and his overall awareness and technical characteristics are still textbook-level;
He led the team to create history for the first time in charge of the Chinese men's basketball team, advancing to the top 8 of the Olympic Games;
He resolutely returned to China when the Chinese women's basketball team fell to the bottom, took over the "hot potato", and led the team back to the top of Asia in less than two years;
He was dismounted after the defeat in Athens, but the "9-year plan" he formulated laid the foundation for the Chinese women's basketball team to break into the top 4 at the Beijing Olympic Games;
In 2014, he served as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team again, and led the team to win the Asian Championship championship;
Gong Luming's basketball career has ups and downs, but he is willing to pay because of the love in his heart.
Gong Luming led the Chinese men's basketball team to compete in the Rio Olympics. Figure/osports
Carry 60 kg barbells and squat 200 times
"One thing, keep doing, must win." This is the credo of Gong Luming's basketball career.
When he was a teenager, the tall Gong Luming fell in love with basketball, the "giant sport", and paid more than the big man. From being determined by the coach that he was not suitable for playing basketball, to practicing hard for a year without accepting defeat, Gong Luming finally knocked on the door of the city sports school.
Gong Luming said that compared with the experience of three in and three outs in the national team since then, the difficulty of starting is nothing at all. It is precisely because of persistence and hard work that his playing career can go to the end step by step, and affect the coaching style of the coaching career.
"In the past, the Jiangsu youth team was characterized by delicate technology, but lack of hard work, and many teams played with us, and their coaches told the players that they were 'upper body'." Gong Luming recalled. Later, veteran youth coach Lei Hongcheng coached the team and carried out drastic reforms, which also benefited Gong Luming throughout his life.
"60 kilograms of barbell squats, a group of 100 times, to complete 2 sets; 40 kilograms of dumbbells around the track and field to do lunges, a physical fitness class, the team members up the stairs are weak legs." Gong Luming believes that with a good physical foundation, the jiangsu youth team members not only improve their confrontation ability, but also basically stay away from major injuries. He said that no matter what the talent, if you want to improve, you can't do without the road of hard training, "This is an iron law of competitive sports." ”
Gong Luming used his personal experience to tell young people not to let physical conditions limit love and pursuit. When he was a middle school student, Gong Luming and his teammates were underwhelming in tactical understanding and execution, "A simple back cover has been continuously wrong, and the nanjing youth team and the workers' team have always been broken, and the coach said that the mistake ran 1000 meters at a time." We made nine consecutive mistakes, and by the 10th time we made a change – from a forward attack to a center forward, and finally we played. The coach said that if there is no change, you will have to run 10,000 meters. ”
The small adjustment of this tactical drill made Gong Luming open the trick, "As a 'commander' on the field, you must know how to play the characteristics of each teammate before they are willing to play with you." Make your companions great, you can be truly great. Basketball is a high-IQ sport, without forming its own style, it is difficult for small people to gain a foothold in the 'giants' of the forest. ”
Gong Luming strictly ruled the army.
Coach and set rules, take the lead in following them
After retiring from the army, Gong Luming entered the national team coached by Jiang Xingquan as an assistant coach, and was promoted to head coach in 1995. At the Next Year's Olympic Games in Atlanta, the 39-year-old young coach led the Chinese men's basketball team to reach the top 8 of the Olympic Games for the first time.
Talking about this experience, Gong Luming first thanked Jiang Xingquan for laying the foundation. "I was a teaching assistant for 4 years at the side of Jiang Guidance, with the accumulation of knowledge, I also know the team very well, and by 1995 I just changed my position. The next year the Olympic Games can reach the top 8, the tactical confrontation is on the one hand, there is also an element of luck, won two key goals. In that year's Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team, which was originally considered to be "accompanying the run" in the group, defeated argentina and Angola successively and successfully advanced to the top 8.
The first time he took charge of the national team, it was not a simple "change of position", and the "Sun Jun strike incident" and "the abandonment of Adi Jiang in the Olympics" once pushed Gong Luming to the cusp of public opinion.
He confessed that the head coach is a very knowledgeable position. "Jiang Zhi is an elder, and naturally has prestige. But when I took over [the head coach], I played with a few players, so I can't rely on 'people to rule'," Gong Luming said, "the people who can enter the national team are elite players, and the teams in various provinces and cities are all treasures." So my job is hard to put them together as a whole. ”
From training to team management, Gong Luming has set rules and taken the lead in abiding by them, "The most basic principle is fairness and justice, first of all, I do it myself, and then I get the approval of the team members." He laughed and said that whether to conquer the whole team with personal charm is not something he can judge, "but establishing a good character and style may form a cohesive force at some point, so that the team members are willing to surround themselves and listen to me." ”
Sun Jun, who had been disobedient, wrote a profound review after a long conversation with Gong Shuai, and the two masters and apprentices "turned the page" on the spot, and the "Tiger King" was finally brought to Atlanta and performed well. Years later, Sun Jun commented in his autobiography "Basket Memory" that he was strict on the court, but very polite off the field, "sincere to people and convincing." ”
At the 2002 Women's Basketball World Championships, Gong Luming taught Sui Feifei the opportunity in person. Figure/osports
The "9-year plan" helps the women's basketball team return to the peak
Shortly after leading the Chinese men's basketball team to create history, Gong Luming chose to retire and went to Canada in 1998 to "recharge". At that time, the Chinese women's basketball team was on the decline, losing the Asian championship from 1997, and only ranked 4th at the 1999 Asian Championships, directly missing the Sydney Olympic Games. This team that fell to the bottom became a "hot potato", but Gong Luming resolutely returned to China and picked up the women's basketball coaching whip after receiving several transoceanic calls from the leaders of the basketball center.
"Before leaving, I reached an agreement with the leaders of the center and came back if necessary." In the year of studying abroad, although the environment was good and I learned a lot, I couldn't achieve something if I wanted to do something myself. In November 1999, Gong Luming spent 10 days to deal with Canadian affairs, "returned to China in mid-November, and the next day he went to the competition area to watch the game and pick people." ”
On December 1, 1999, the Chinese women's basketball team under gong Luming was officially established. According to the "9-year plan", aiming at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, a group of "youth troops" have been assembled. This time, Gong Luming excluded several famous generals who were not too old, leaving only Miao Lijie, including Chen Nan, Sui Feifei, Hu Xiaotao, Ye Li and so on. This move once again attracted questions from the outside world, but it was supported by the Basketball Center. "One of the requirements for that selection was that there should be no protective gear on the knees. All are the 4th in Asia, and the leaders still disagree, they are in favor of the '9-year plan' program. Gong Luming said.
The young marshal who once led the Chinese men's basketball team to create brilliant achievements this time must turn the tide for the women's basketball team with low attention. "At that time, no one paid attention, so we closed the door and practiced hard for a year, starting from laying the foundation and practicing the basic skills." In the 2001 Asian Championships in Thailand, the chinese women's basketball team, which was not optimistic, marched all the way to regain the championship lost for 4 years, and Gong Luming took over less than two years before leading the team back to the top of Asia.
After the Athens Olympic Games, the Chinese women's basketball team did not qualify for the first 8, and Gong Luming "left class". The Beijing Olympic Games historic breakthrough into the top 4, due to injury can not play the national player Ren Lei bluntly said in the commentary: "The women's basketball team can achieve such good results, thanks to the training of Gong Luming's guidance that year. Today's moment of glory for the women's basketball team, please do not forget the person who silently gave everything for the women's basketball team, his name is Gong Luming. ”
Introduction · Gong Luming
Birth date: August 29, 1957
Birthplace: Yantai, Shandong
career:
In 1976, he was selected for the Jiangsu team, in 1986 he won the 9th place in the World Championship with the Chinese men's basketball team, and won the Asian Games championship with the Chinese men's basketball team in 1990;
In November 1995, he was appointed as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, and in 1996, he led the team to achieve the top 8 of the Olympic Games for the first time;
At the end of 1999, he took over the Chinese women's basketball team, led the team to regain the Asian championship at the 2001 Asian Championship, and was elected as the "50 Masters of New Chinese Basketball" in the same year;
In 2014, he served as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team again, and in 2015, he led the team to win the Asian Championship championship;
In 2017, he was elected vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, and is currently the chairman and general manager of Anhui Wenyi Basketball Club, and the leader of the Coaching and Guidance Group of Wenyi Men's Basketball Team.
Beijing News reporter Liu Chen
Edited by Wang Chunqiu Proofreader Yang Xuli