Women's basketball celebrity Miao Lijie: Using open classes to ignite the "dream of football stars" for teenagers

Harbin, June 3 (Xinhuanet) -- On June 3, Miao Lijie, a former Chinese women's basketball team captain from Harbin, held a unique open basketball class at the stadium of Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine for basketball-loving teenagers in Bingcheng.

Passing, running baskets, dotted, confrontation, not only have professional training, but also have parent-child entertainment projects suitable for teenagers and parents to participate in together. As the initiator of the open class, Miao Lijie, who combines many honors such as Asian Games champion, Asian Championship champion, WNBA overall champion, WCBA overall champion, etc., said that the original intention of holding the event is on the one hand as a Harbin person, hoping that hometown teenagers can receive a professional training model that is in line with the world from the early stage of contact with basketball, on the other hand, as an athlete who started his sports career from Harbin, he can contribute to the popularization of basketball culture and the development of the basketball industry in his hometown.

"A lot of people think that basketball is a very specialized thing, and I think basketball is more important as a mass sport, so that children feel happy, let them exercise, and have a good body to learn well." Miao Lijie said.

According to incomplete statistics, there are currently about 30,000 teenagers in Harbin participating in organized basketball training. Previously, Miao Lijie and her team have held youth basketball open classes in Harbin for many times, providing professional coaching and training for teenagers who love basketball, so that children can receive the world's advanced basketball education at the beginning of basketball.

Miao Lijie said that in the future, she and her team will regularly hold basketball-related theme activities. This summer, small basketball fans in Ice City will enjoy a number of basketball carnivals, youth basketball games, basketball summer camps and other activities on their doorstep. (End)