Live broadcast, May 17-today, Zhejiang men’s basketball guard Cheng Shuai received an exclusive interview with Song Xiang, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily.
Song Xiang asked: your WeChat name is the persistence of English, which represents your basketball idea?
Cheng Shuaiqi: Yes, the most I can say on the court is persistence. At ordinary times, I stand in the power room and will not waste every second. When I practice shooting, I will set specific goals for myself.
In fact, persistence has always been the basketball concept. When I was young, my physical condition was not very good. When I first entered the Zhejiang youth team, I was a little fat man. I didn’t run very fast and I didn’t jump very high. I was always afraid that I couldn’t keep up with the training rhythm. During that period of training, I was full of an idea and insisted on it. Later, after entering the first team, I also experienced a phalangeal fracture, which may be the most difficult period in my career. But during that time, I would like to thank my teammates and coaches for their support. At that time, there were some times when my mind was in a mess. Do you want to return to the original state after injury? Injuries will delay a lot of training. But later, many people enlightened me. I remember Jiang Dao (Jiang Xingquan) told me at that time that everything had both positive and negative aspects. When you are injured, you can have more time to calm down and look at the problem. Later, I lay in bed for a month and lost 10 jin. That month, besides drinking tea, I read books. I calmed down and analyzed many things calmly.
Song Xiang asked again: Many people said that after the last training and competition of the national team, you had a transformation?
Cheng Shuaiqi: my dream since I was young was to be able to fight for my country. After the last national team training and FIFA World Cup qualification, I feel that I have learned a lot, broadened my horizon and seen more gaps. At the same time, I feel that my self-confidence has improved. And this is also reflected in the performance of the league. I hope I can continue to work hard and fight for my country.
On January 21, 2023, the Chinese Basketball Association announced a large list of 18-person training groups in men’s basketball. Cheng Shuai was selected and went to the sixth window of men’s basketball FIFA World Cup qualification with the team.