In this issue, we will focus on Liu Bo, the head coach of Zhejiang University men’s basketball, telling her stories from players to coaches and understanding CUBAL’s changes over the years.
In the history of sports films in our country, “women’s handsome men” and “women’s basketball No. 5” can be called two parallel tichilian. Among the two, “women’s handsome men”, which was above reflected in 2000, is most familiar to fans today.
The main character in the film is called “Wen bi”, which is played by famous actor Jiang Wenli. Its prototype is Li Xin, the first female coach in CBA history and “50 Jie of New China Basketball. This movie has a deep relationship with CUBAL, because it is not someone else who plays the role of Wen Yi’s boyfriend, and it is Zheng Jun, head coach of Civil Aviation University of China men’s basketball. Of course, this is a digression.
Later, “women’s handsome men” was used to refer to the special phenomenon of “women in charge of men’s team. If you go to the product carefully, it actually contains two logics: one is dominant, that is, the dominant rate and the dominant rate; The other is implicit, that is, women in the strong confrontation project of basketball, subversion of the traditional gender order. People are willing to watch “handsome men” because it is rare enough and because they are strong enough.
It is never easy for a woman to take charge of the men’s team. She must pass through the many obstacles of gender setting to get the chance to look at the male coach. The data will not lie: CUBAL has been established for 24 times, and has led the team to be the female head coach of the top eight in the men’s group. There are only two female head coaches, Song chuanqin of Hebei University of Engineering (the 5th and 8th) and Liu Bo of Zhejiang University (24th session).
This article is about Liu Bo’s story.
01 The only problem is which is the problem
Before the Southern District competition last season, even Liu Bo’s husband didn’t believe that she could lead the team to the top four. “group exit” seemed to be a more practical goal. The reason is obvious. Cao Song and yiliuji, the two cores of the 23rd league, are in full shape. Zhejiang University has not been able to reach the first six in the Southeast Division, let alone the 24th league? At this time, one of them could not be beaten just after the operation, and the other could not be fought for a long time after the major injury of the anterior ligament rupture.
However, even if such a Zhejiang University is men’s basketball, it is already a qualitative difference compared with when Liu Bo just took over.
The training hall of Zhejiang University Zijin gang campus is a basketball hall upstairs and a gym downstairs. An alumnus who worked out downstairs All The Year Round told me: “There was no sound in the training of Zhejiang University before. After Dabo (Liu Bo) took over, there began to be a scream.” The sharp female voice and the thick male voice were woven into a sound net, which firmly ground cover the whole training hall.
On the court, Liu Bo’s shout always brings strength to the players
When Liu Bo just took over on September 13, 2021, the team was not this scene at all.
Lack of passion, no voice during training, don’t know to shout between each other; Lack of cohesion, don’t get together after training, go each other; Lack of fighting spirit, opponents shout at themselves but don’t know how to resist; lack of training volume, “I feel that their training volume is not as good as that of Tiancai preparation activities.” Liu Bo, who graduated from Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, said.
How much is the amount of Tiancai preparation activities? Sometimes when they go out to play games, onlookers watch them running and sliding and feel that they have finished. In fact, they are just ready to take off their coats and officially start. After the confrontation training, the exhausted team members had to go to the track and field for 3200 meters. If the time was not up to standard, they kept running. After the training, many people would collapse and cry.
Women’s Basketball came up with such a result. Just imagine that a group of men’s basketball players in the “growing period” did not have enough training, which was equivalent to malnutrition?
The College Basketball Invitational Tournament held in Ningbo University in October can directly reflect the strength of Zhejiang University at that time. In the case of Cao song, they lost 4 games in 5 games, 21 points minus China University of Mining and Technology, 13 points minus Huazhong University of Science and Technology…… The only win was to beat Hunan University of Technology with 13 points. “I lost so much that I didn’t even have the courage to get on the elevator with my opponent. I was alone on the ground.” Liu Bo said.
At one time, she was very uncertain whether she could bring this team well. Although she had followed the team as an assistant coach for 4 years and acted as the head coach for a short time in the national competition in 2014, but after all, this time is different from the past, at that time, the Meritorious coach pan Devondale played the foundation, and also held the “big killer” Liu Zhenhuan. Now, neither is available.
Therefore, after receiving the call from Wu Yehai, the “Old director”, asking her to “go out of the Mountain”, she thought for three days. Finally, the sense of responsibility overcame her worries and she decided to stand up.
02 before Shao Ting, she was GOAT
Face challenges and shoulder responsibilities bravely. These eight words run through Liu Bo’s basketball career.
In 2003, Liu Bo came to Tiancai to study. What many people didn’t know was that she had been training with a team in a Southern university for half a year at that time. The reason why she changed to Tiancai was that she thought the training volume of the previous school was too small, many players played worse and worse, and even many players went out to show.
As for her decision, many teammates were puzzled: “What, didn’t you practice enough in middle school?” You know, her high school alma mater Xin Ji No. 1 Middle School is famous for devil training. If it is not true love, the university will naturally enjoy relaxing and comfortable.
After a year of adaptation, Liu Bo, a sophomore, became the best power forward in the league. In the 2005 semi-final against Qinghai Normal University women’s basketball, she scored 22 points and 9 rebounds in a single game, making the opponent’s head coach scratch her head. In the first round of the finals against Huake, although the opponent had been targeted, Liu Bo cut off 18 points and 14 rebounds, and led the team with 20 points to win 17 points. In the second round, tiancai soldiers were crowned away.
Later, Liu Bo won two championships with the team. Until 2008, Yang Wei, Yu Kun, Li Na and other old players graduated one after another. Tiancai entered the Reconstruction period, and the road of defending became gloomy.
In the finals of this year, Tiancai met his old rival Huake again and won 19 points in the first round. According to the competition system at that time, the second round of fortune must win more than 12 points in order to control the net score difference within 8 points, and then drag the series into a free throw to win. In that game, Liu Bo took his period and was extremely weak. However, the two sides fought very hard and fought repeatedly around the 12-point life and death line.
With 6.8 seconds left in the game, Tiancai only led 11 points with 78:67. At this time, Liu Bo receive the ball, under the attack of three defenders, turned around and hooked. She watched the ball fall into the net nest all the time. She couldn’t support it any more. She fainted on the ground and was unconscious. Only by taking oxygen could she participate in the next free throw battle. Tiancai’s hand feeling on that day was extremely poor, but Huake was obviously worse. In the end, Tiancai won 5:4 and Hao won eight consecutive.
Liu Bo’s footsteps were floating and her standing was unstable throughout the game, but this could not prevent her from cutting the monster-level data of 30 points and 13 rebounds.
At the celebration party, head coach Li Hongyuan said, “I can’t find a word to praise her (Liu Bo).” What she didn’t know was that Liu Bo had fainted in the bathroom at half-time, but she didn’t say anything because she was afraid of sudden changes affecting the coach’s arrangement. “at this time, she should take responsibility, there are a group of junior girls around. Who can’t I go?”
This is Liu Bo. There is always no reservation for basketball.
In her second year of senior high school, her right leg had a rupture of the anterior cross ligament, and there was no professional equipment for postoperative rehabilitation. She tied bricks on her leg and moved up and down. The doctor said that she would do as much as possible in a group a day, bricks were increased from 1 to 10, and 3 beds were smashed before and after. This sport does not need injuries and pains, but she is proud of engaging in this sport from the bottom of her heart, “basketball court is the place where I show my charm, and I can feel the envy of others.”
If the MVP of the women’s basketball finals was set up earlier, Liu Bo would have at least two such trophies in her hand. Before Shao Ting was born, she was the most dominant player in college women’s basketball, with low skills, breakthroughs, three points and two backboard capabilities, no one can go right in the same position.
In 2009, the women’s basketball of Beijing Normal University rose suddenly and the semi-finals of the Northeast Division. The two new and old dynasty teams met unexpectedly. Although Liu Bo scored the highest 22 points in the game, he still failed to prevent Shao Ting from leading the rise of the new king. For the first time in 11 years, Tiancai failed to be the top eight in the country, while Beijing Normal University was able to cross the mountains. The side of the mountains was a Ma Pingchuan with five consecutive championships.
In Dalian at the beginning of April, the temperature was still very low. On the night of losing, the whole team of Tiancai cried all night at the seaside. The salty sea breeze blew on his face, which was a feeling of “Sky Falling Down. In order to avoid the flow of people, Tiancai women’s basketball, who “felt ashamed to go back to Tianjin”, deliberately bought a ticket at 3 o’clock in the middle of the night. As a result, when he arrived at the exit, he found that the principal and secretary were waiting there, the tears of the players burst out again.
Next to Tianjin Railway Station, The Pointer of century clock is still turning day and night. It stared at all the joys and sorrows in front of the station coldly and witnessed the history of CUBAL women’s basketball turning to a new page quietly. When the dynasty ended, Liu Bo’s student age was also over.
03 call it “sister Liu”, don’t call it “guide Liu”
Liu Bo’s first stop in the society was the WCBA Zhejiang team, where the training volume was very large. Her left leg was quickly broken, and her menisci was torn and her cartilage was broken. She went upstairs with her hands and feet, she ridiculed herself “like a monkey”. In addition to the previous old injury of the anterior ligament of the right knee, she can no longer engage in high-intensity professional basketball.
Although he only played in WCBA for one season, Liu Bo still left his masterpiece. In the match with Shen bu women’s basketball, she scored 26 points in 6 out of 10 three-point goals. In addition, she also contributed 6 rebounds, forming a trend against Miao Lijie who scored 33 points and 10 assists. In the face of the greatest women’s basketball athletes in active service in China, she was not nervous. “The more I come to this situation, I will compare with you. I never have stage fright.”
In 2011, Liu Bo entered Zhejiang University to work. He not only took public courses, but also served as assistant coach of men’s basketball and head coach of Tongsheng women’s basketball. After her pregnancy in 2015, she no longer worked in men’s basketball and concentrated on teaching ordinary students women’s basketball. In these years, she led the team to win the women’s basketball Group a champion of the 14th and 15th Zhejiang Universiade. Especially in 2018, she almost rolled the game, with a maximum score difference of 62 points.
The team members have a difficult learning task, and there is no fixed training time at ordinary times. In order to practice more during the preparation period, they will practice from 6:30 pm to 12:00 pm. Liu Bo was engaged in this work with great enthusiasm. Even in the first few months of pregnancy, she insisted on going to the battle to demonstrate herself until she made this “student army” a strong brigade in Zhejiang province, however, many of them didn’t even understand the three-step layup when they first entered the team.
“I told the players that we are ordinary students, but when we stand on the court, we must be professional. No one will let you because you are ordinary students.” Liu Bo said that she didn’t know why she was so cruel to herself and the team members. “I am like this, either I don’t do it or I will do the best.”
Now, we can finally move our pen back to Zhejiang University men’s basketball.
Of course, it is not easy to transform a team, and it is even harder for a female coach to transform a male team.
The first thing Liu Bo did when he took office was to teach the team members to “shout”. Liu Bo knew very well that few people were born to shout, and the shaping of the day after tomorrow was very important. When she first arrived at Tiancai, Li Hongyuan said that her voice was like “mosquito barking” and that she “did not match her voice with football skills”. Therefore, she no longer set limits on herself, he shouted out all his spicy food, “I can be a lady in my life, but not on the court.”
After taking over the men’s basketball of Zhejiang University, she will take 20 minutes every day to bring everyone to shout, “rebound” and “defense”…… Shout anything, as long as you can shout out the momentum, Liu Bo stood at the front of the team, “Whoever has a louder voice than me, no one has to shout.”
About 3 months later, “dumb basketball” was cured.
Another thing is to rebuild cohesion. She understood the character of the team members in batches through dinner and group building. For three months, she almost accompanied the team members to eat. She gave them every team member’s birthday. I also help you solve problems encountered in life and study. For a long time, she could almost judge the mood and thoughts of the players from a look and a micro expression.
“Doing these things is not for them, but for them to win honor like men, not only for the school, but also for themselves.” Liu Bo said, “I told them, ‘you have finished your work in recent years, and your future work may be easier. If you move past, the future will be harder. The age of struggle must be struggle. ‘”
In Zhejiang University, there is the same tradition as in Tiancai. Liu Bo is not called “guidance” or “teacher”, but “sister”, “Sister Liu” and “sister Bo. This reflects the relationship between them beyond the general coach and team members-in other words, Liu Bo hopes to establish such a relationship, just like they and “Hongyuan sister” in those years.
The third thing is to regain confidence. “People shouted at us. We didn’t even dare to resist. I was very angry and said, ‘if he shouted at you again, you will raise pig’s feet’.” Liu Bo said that she let the strong Chen Yuhuan fight against the team members one by one, forcing them to beat out the bandit, and seeing that the team members dared to “support Ba” with the former bitter master, on the contrary, she felt happy.
Liu Bo will punish the players. Whenever someone makes a mistake, the whole team will have morning exercises for one week in a row-originally she only stipulated morning exercises on Monday and Thursday. She doesn’t get angry easily, but as long as she gets angry, “they will know it’s over.” At the same time, she will also skillfully use the powerful weapon “tears. She doesn’t have to bear the burden of “A man has tears and doesn’t flick lightly”, which is probably her few congenital advantages over a male coach.
Once, Zhejiang University lost to Hailiang Middle School, a high school team in the same province. The players ignored her advice and repeatedly made mistakes in the game. After the game, she didn’t say a word, but just shed tears there, “They really know wrong, they are very panic.”
He did not dare to make Liu Bo angry and could not bear to see Liu Bo shed tears. Driven by these two kinds of mentality, he changed and began to grow secretly within the men’s basketball of Zhejiang University.
04 best age
Zhejiang university in the southern district of the 24th league tournament is no longer a confused teacher who has been trained by various powerful teams in the college basketball invitational tournament. However, liu bo is also very clear in his heart that this team lacks strong offensive points at present, there is no way to fight against the opponent, only based on the defense, in the hand-to-hand fight to find the chance to win. They didn’t practice attacking for half a year, specializing in defense. “If the defense is good, it will naturally drive the attack.” Liu Bo thinks.
The attack of Zhejiang University was indeed bad, with an average score of only 72.4 points, ranking the last among the top eight in the country. But don’t ignore that their opponents can only get 75.5 points. Therefore, Zhejiang University can always find vitality in the glue competition.
Hubei University of Technology was unstoppable in the first half of the 16th and 8th sessions in the southern district. The score difference was pulled to 18 points shortly after the start of the third quarter. Liu Bo didn’t feel flustered. He just told the team members at half-time: “This is not our real level. Let go of the fight. It doesn’t matter whether we win or lose. We lose less. We defend and rob one by one, let people see our changes.”
Zhejiang University team members will implement “based on defense”
The team members did not panic, let alone Crash. Jiang Yihao, who was 1.95 meters tall, still stuck to Duan angjun, the super newcomer of the Lake worker, to prevent him from receive the ball, if “unfortunately” is received by him, Zhejiang University always has the second team member ready to assist in defense and force him to pass the ball. Relying on this Iron-Blooded defense, Zhejiang University gradually smoothed the huge score difference and finally won by 4 points in overtime.
Mine University, the opponent of the 1/4 final, is a real tough bone. In recent years, Zhejiang University has been beaten by them and cannot lift its head. And this time, they are no longer afraid.
According to Liu Bo’s arrangement, Zhejiang University slowed down to grind the position with the opponent at the offensive end, “there is a chance to attack quickly and do not fight.” The defensive end stepped on the defense within three point line. As long as the opponent tried to break through the tearing line of defense, he immediately “closed the door” and forced him to stop the ball. In this game, the mine big three-point game was only 5 out of the 29 shots, and it was helpless to swallow the pain of the new and old alternate. With 22 seconds left in the game, Jiang Yihao even wrote a “logo shot”, which was really nothing succeeds like success.
When the final whistle rang, Liu Bo jumped and shouted excitedly. She hugged every colleague to celebrate this hard-won promotion. The top four in the southern district means that they will automatically become the top eight in the country and “hold” to the final stage of the 24th league. The last time they reached the top eight, they were still Zijin gang campus in 2019. Since then, with pan Devondale being seconded to Hangzhou sub-committee to participate in the preparations for the Asian Games, the performance of Zhejiang University declined year by year until Liu Bo returned to turn the tide.
The four words “based on defense” are easy to know and difficult to do. It tests not only the defensive skills of a team, but also their fighting spirit and tacit understanding. Zhejiang University men’s basketball can achieve “surprise without surprise”, liu Bo’s training is a great achievement.
At the beginning of last December, Zhejiang University welcomed the return of he Haotian in the first Zhejiang men’s basketball qualifier of the National Youth Academy. The old new ministers will win ningda by one point. After receiving the team for more than a year, Zhejiang University was repeatedly “attending classes” in large and small competitions by Ning University, which almost became a knot in Liu Bo’s heart. Now she finally tasted the taste of defeating the old enemy in the same province.
Coincidentally, when preparing for this competition, it was Liu Huan’s song of CUBA who wrote words, composed songs and sang songs in person. “When we are at the age that others envy, when we are at the age when the future calls……” When this song was popular all over the north and south of the river, it was Liu Bo who killed all sides of CUBAL. The past hit her heart, and she couldn’t help crying.
39 years old, not the best age for a woman, but the best age for a handsome woman.
On May 17, the 25th CUBAL national competition was about to open, and Liu Bo and Zhejiang University men’s basketball would embark on a new journey. What kind of answers will she (he) hand over this time?
