[Fan Ziming’s younger brother won Cai Chongxin basketball scholarship]]
On May 22, the winners of the 2023-level Cai Chongxin basketball scholarship were officially announced. Fan Zihong, Huang Haoxiang, Niu Yisheng, Xiong Ziyi, from Guangdong, Shanghai, Beijing and Hubei, liu Yuqian (female) and long Yunbing (female) stood out and won the scholarship. They will leave for American high school to study and train this fall. It is worth mentioning that fan Zihong is the younger brother of Fan Ziming, the Shou-gang men’s basketball team center.
It is understood that Cai Chongxin basketball scholarship aims to cultivate the next generation of Chinese basketball talents with comprehensive cultural literacy and love basketball, and at the same time contribute to the sports culture exchange between Chinese and foreign teenagers. Cai Chongxin basketball scholarship has received nearly 200 application materials from all over the country since the 2023-level registration was opened in last September. After the primary election, 56 applicants entered the interview and training camp, including 17 girls, and the number was significantly higher than that of previous sessions. During the four-day training camp, the expert review team conducted all-round assessment and evaluation on basketball, academic and comprehensive quality of the campers, and finally 6 people were selected.
In an exclusive interview with Beijing Youth Daily, fan Zihong said that his idol was his brother Fan Ziming, while Fan Ziming said that due to the different positions, he taught his younger brother more experience in psychology rather than football skills. Fan Ziming also asked his teammates Zeng fanbo and three foreign aid for advice on choosing American high school.
Fan Zihong, who was born in 2009, is now 1.96 meters tall. His positions are number 3 and number 4. Fan Zihong’s parents used to be professional basketball players. Fan Zihong was influenced by his family since childhood, I like basketball. Fan Ziming said to the reporter of Beijing Youth Daily like this, “My brother is a player who likes to imitate very much. I remember he watched a Star action and then imitated it in his backyard, you can play for a few hours.”
According to the official introduction, fan Zihong, who was born in 2009, was younger in the training camp, but he dared to fight and fight, showing good confrontation ability. In the training camp competition, he was cool-headed, not only good at using his physical advantage to score, but also good at fixed point three points projection and ball-holding breakthrough, showing rich offensive methods. However, fan Zihong currently plays the front line, which is different from Fan Ziming, who plays the No. 5 position on the court.
“So in terms of technology, I can’t teach him too much.” Fan Ziming said, “but in other aspects, I have a lot of experience to share, such as psychology. I have also experienced similar things at his age, such as being young and frivolous, losing and angry, so I will tell him my experience, help him get out of these emotions as soon as possible.” Fan Zihong said, “I remember that some time ago, I was under a lot of pressure in the training camp. My brother told me a lot and I listened to it.”
In addition, Fan Ziming also helped his younger brother as much as possible during his growth, such as choosing a school. Cai Chongxin Scholarship Association will provide some American high schools for the choice of finalists. After learning this, Fan Ziming specially took these school lists to consult Zeng fanbo and Shougang foreign aid Nick, life and Gibson, for example, which school is more conducive to the growth of players, what are the characteristics and advantages, etc., and then feedback to fan Zihong.
When it comes to idols, fan Zihong said that he did not have very clear Idol goals for NBA and CBA, but he always took his brother Fan Ziming as his example. Fan Ziming smiled and said, “I think his physical talent is OK. He said that he I am his goal, but I think one thing he can’t beat me is his appearance. Haha.”