Liu Jiatian (third from right) is responsible for the physical training of the Chinese women's basketball team. Courtesy of respondents
Not long ago in the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese women's basketball team achieved a good result of 5th place, in addition to the 4 coaches and 1 team doctor who led the team in the front, there were many behind-the-scenes staff who paid silently. During the long Olympic preparation period, they performed their duties and worked hard, and during the Olympic Games, they also assisted the team on the spot or remotely, and Liu Jiatian, the physical fitness coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, was one of them.
Since joining the coaching team led by Xu Limin in 2019, Liu Jiatian has been responsible for all the physical work of the Chinese women's basketball team, according to the needs of the manager and the personalized characteristics of the athletes, he has formulated a separate physical training plan for all the training team members, so that Han Xu and Pan Zhenqi can successfully dunk, enhance the explosiveness of Wang Siyu and other team members, and ensure the physical reserves of veterans such as Shao Ting.
Although he regretted not being able to compete with the team in the Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Jiatian told the Beijing News reporter that he had a very good sense of accomplishment when he saw the team members play well in the Olympic Games, "This is more like a kind of silent cultivation, just like after watering and fertilizing the land, seeing the flowers grow and bloom, it is this feeling." ”
The Chinese women's basketball players sang the national anthem before the start of the game. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
Pay close attention to physical fitness
Follow the manager and "treat them differently"
Before joining the Chinese women's basketball coaching team, Liu Jiatian had long served as a physical coach in the National Olympic Women's Basketball Team, accompanied the growth process of many young players, and often trained in the same field as the Chinese women's basketball team. After taking full responsibility for the physical training of the first team, he did not feel strange, "The first team and the second team are very closely linked, and I am also familiar with the requirements of Xu's guidance, and I do not feel a lot of pressure." ”
In Liu Jiatian's view, the formulation of the training plan must first look at the needs of the manager, "I want to follow Xu's guidance, which team member he needs on the field, specific to what ability, I have to keep up with the training off the field." In addition, it is also very important to make a separate training plan according to the individual characteristics of athletes, not to "eat a big pot of rice", let alone to grasp the eyebrows and beards.
How to distinguish the training plan of each team member, Liu Jiatian has a set of principles. Considering the different positions, he needs to communicate with the head coach, assistant coach, position coach to clarify the characteristics of each person. Different players have different development directions, specific to the training content, the difference is also very large. Combined with the age and injury of the players, the intensity and focus of physical training are not the same.
Taking the No. 1 team member of the Chinese women's basketball team as an example, Li Yuan, Wang Siyu, Yang Liwei have their own characteristics, Yang Liwei's strength is speed, explosiveness, but to improve stability, injury prevention ability, Wang Siyu's coordination is very good, just lack Yang Liwei's explosive power, the two physical training content is completely different.
Han Xu and Li Yueru are both internal team members, and their positions and ages are basically the same, but their figures and muscle conditions are different, and they need to carry out differentiated physical training according to their development direction. Shao Ting is the oldest member of the team, and at the same time, there is a certain degree of injury, physical training will consider the recovery situation, but also need Liu Jiatian and the team doctor, rehabilitation, physiological and biochemical team at any time to communicate and adjust the training content.
Liu Jiatian gave a warm-up demonstration to the team members. Courtesy of respondents
Full of achievements
Let Han Xu and Pan Zhenqi dunk, and Wang Siyu's war in Australia broke out
When he first joined the Coaching Staff of the Chinese Women's Basketball Team, coach Xu Limin set Liu Jiatian's first task: to let Han Xu dunk.
In Liu Jiatian's view, this is not a difficult problem to solve, "First of all, Han Xu has height, followed by congenital muscle type, she belongs to the explosive team. "After a period of physical training, Han Xu succeeded." I don't know how many Chinese women's basketball teams can dunk in history, our Chinese women's basketball team, in addition to Han Xu, Pan Zhenqi also did it. Liu Jiatian said.
Pan Zhenqi's official height is 1.90 meters, which is a full 15 centimeters lower than Han Xu. Liu Jiatian revealed that Pan Zhenqi also belongs to the congenital muscle conditions are relatively good, but it is rare to be able to succeed. Pan Zhenqi's team position focuses on the inside line, in the daily physical training, Liu Jiatian strengthened the training of the former's breakthrough ability, "the opponent to the outside line to defend her, she can break through in a big stride, the Olympic Games against Belgium, Serbia, the effect of physical training is fully reflected." ”
The player who made Liu Jiatian most accomplished was Wang Siyu, in the group stage against Australia, Wang Siyu, who was once blood-stained, contributed 20 points, 3 rebounds, and 5 assists, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's winning, which made Liu Jiatian think of the special physical training in the last 6 weeks before the start of the Olympic Games.
"Wang Siyu's coordination is relatively good, but he lacks explosive power." Six weeks before the start of the Olympic Games, Wang Siyu entered the special physical training stage earlier, focusing on breakthrough ability. In training, instead of making long-distance breakthroughs of 30 or 40 meters, practice 5 meters and 10 meters of starting acceleration and ball holding breakthroughs, even 1 meter to 2 meters. ”
For example, liu Jiatian will give each team member a piece of paper in advance during the physical training class during the Olympic preparation process, which will write what to practice, as well as the number of groups, times, and weight of each content. During the training, he would stare at the key players and make timely adjustments, "During the training, everyone scattered, and I could not stare at all the team members." Sometimes, 20% of the time before a training class, I stare at Wang Siyu and one or two other team members, practicing speed and explosiveness, and then focusing on the stability and core strength of other team members. ”
Physical reserves are a major guarantee for women's basketball teams to achieve Olympic results. Courtesy of respondents
Advance "infiltration"
Remotely coached training during Olympic games and quarantine
In basketball, physical training is of course key, but it is not as high as the proportion of athletics and other sports, Liu Jiatian knows this, "The focus of the players is still on the court, and they may have to focus on 80% of their energy on scoring the ball." Due to the limited number of places to participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Jiatian was also making preparations in advance after learning that he could not go to Tokyo with the team.
According to his words, it is to "infiltrate" with the assistant coach and team members in advance, "During the game, Xu Guidance needs assistant coaches to do technical and tactical analysis, be a strategist on the spot, and physical fitness, of course, I am good on the spot, but I can also be guided remotely." How to ensure the physical condition of the team members, I have to do my homework in advance. ”
For example, Liu Jiatian wanted to do the work of the team members in advance, telling everyone what to do during the game, "Not only do you know that I feed you food, but also know why I feed you this meal, I don't go to Tokyo, everyone knows what to eat." "I also have to communicate with the assistant coach," Jia Nan and Zheng Wei were also very busy, so I talked to them and told them which team member should pay attention to in their physical training. ”
Through early "infiltration" and remote command during the game, the physical condition of the Chinese women's basketball team members was basically no problem, and at the same time achieved good results, which made Liu Jiatian very pleased.
During the team members' participation in the Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Jiatian also prepared fitness equipment such as solid balls and tensile belts for everyone in advance, which were transferred to the isolation room by the staff. The day after the women's basketball girls returned to China, Liu Jiatian took everyone to train together through video conference, "The first week can only stay in the room, an hour of physical training every day, the second week can go to the strength room, training slowly returned to normal." ”
According to the plan, the Chinese women's basketball team will participate in the Shaanxi National Games in the near future as an Olympic team, and Liu Jiatian will also escort the physical fitness of the team members like previous competitions. He also firmly believes that this young Chinese women's basketball team still has a lot of room for improvement in physical fitness, and will get better and better in the future.
Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin
Edited by Wang Chunqiu Proofreader Li Lijun