Live broadcast, May 20-recently, Guangzhou men’s basketball coach Guo Shiqiang accepted an exclusive interview with New Express.
Q: As the core of the team, Chen Yingjun plays an increasingly obvious role in the team. How to evaluate this player?
Guo Shiqiang: When I first arrived at this team, Chen Yingjun played number 2 (point guard), but I changed this and asked him to play number 1 (point guard). At that time, in my heart, he was the only one who could be qualified for this position.
Everyone can see that Chen Yingjun has indeed made continuous progress in the past three years. Compared with other players, I have relatively strict requirements for him and more. Because I am also a defender, I know the importance of the defender to a team.
Chen Yingjun himself is very hardworking and diligent, and every training will be done 30 minutes in advance. Nowadays, he has greatly improved both the data and the role on the field. He has also entered the all-star lineup for two consecutive years.
I also talked with Chen Yingjun. I hope he can play in Guangzhou team all the time, because our team needs it, and I also like him very much.
Q: Cui Yongxi is a player who has attracted much attention from the outside world this season. His starting point is very high and he is very talented. How do you plan for his growth?
Guo Shiqiang: this season, Cui Yongxi can only say general in the first stage of the league. In the second stage, his performance has ups and downs. His real performance is in the third stage. Through the exercise of the national team, confidence was enhanced and the problems in the first two stages were also summarized.
It can be said that Cui Yongxi’s talent is very good, and there will be a lot of room for improvement. He is one of the young players that our team focuses on cultivating. We must have higher requirements for his training competition and daily life. Strict requirements are also good for him, but I don’t want the outside world to kill him too much.
I told him that he should be down-to-earth, go every day step by step, practice every class and play every game well. He can also do it because he knows what he wants and he has his own goals.
Q: today’s environment is different from when you play as a player. Due to the development of the Internet, players are now subject to much more interference than before. How can you help them get rid of these things and overcome the pressure from all aspects?
Guo Shiqiang: this is a very important issue. When we are team members, let alone one room and one TV. A team has only one TV, and there are no electronic products at all. The phone calls are all public telephones. Call downstairs and come down to answer the phone. But now the development is too fast, computer cellphone and the Internet, the world wants to know everything very fast.
For young players, I just combine some points. The first is the system. Everyone is a professional player. The team has its own system, which is required by the system. Whoever violates the system has to pay the price.
The second is education, our experience and experience, give some examples to educate them. What should be done and what cannot be done? Can you think of the consequences when doing this? Can you bear the consequences? If you can, you can do it, because everyone is an adult.
Another is self-discipline, which is very important for a professional player. I will tell them how to help your career and how to continue the length of your career.