Live broadcast bar, May 29 News Song Xiang, a senior reporter of Beijing Youth Daily, recently interviewed Cheng Shuai, the men’s basketball guard in Zhejiang. The original text is as follows:
Cheng Shuai’s WeChat name is “persistence” in English “. Persistence is the best overview of Cheng Shuai’s career and the essence of basketball that he has never changed.
Cheng Shuai took the road of basketball by accident. His father once engaged in basketball training, so he also hoped that the children could develop on this road. But when Cheng Shuai was young, his physical condition was not very outstanding. When he first entered the Zhejiang men’s basketball youth team, he used his own words: “I was a person who couldn’t run fast at that time, players who can’t jump high.” At that time, what Cheng Shuai thought in his mind every day was how to keep up with the training and try not to fall behind. “At that time, I just wanted to keep up with the training rhythm of the team, so I always insisted on it.” At that time, the coach of Zhejiang Youth team was Liu Weiwei. He was a coach with strict leadership and high training intensity. But it is precisely because of this that the first-class players Cheng Shuai and Liu Ze laid a good basic skill and laid a good foundation for them to go to a team in the future.
Cheng Shuaiqi was promoted to the first team in 2017. He started the revival process with Zhejiang men’s basketball. Zhejiang men’s basketball has a long history and has achieved excellent results, but they have also experienced a low ebb. But now most of these players started six years ago. Cheng Shuaiqi is one of them. Cheng Shuai has always believed that he is not the kind of player with outstanding talent. Under such circumstances, only by making more efforts than others can he have a place in the team and CBA.
Hard work is a clear label on Cheng Shuai. As for Cheng Shuai’s hard training, there is a story like this: any coach who is handsome in the process will basically let him practice less, because Cheng Shuai’s training is very hard, the training volume is also larger than that of other players, so the coach will worry about the risk of injury if he exercises too much. “In fact, I have always been like this. I will not waste every second in training.” Cheng Shuai said, “I always think that competition is the mirror of training.”
Cheng Shuaiqi was not a particularly sharp one in Zhejiang men’s basketball, but he trained hard and had a tough style. He improved every year, so he gradually got more opportunities. Cheng Shuai’s average score in the third season has reached 11.2 points, but at this time, Cheng Shuai met the most serious injury in his career, in his view, this was an important setback in his career: in the competition with Guangsha in April, 2021, Cheng Shuai, the fifth metatarsal fracture of his right foot, was reimbursed in advance for his season.
Cheng Shuai recalled the scene at that time and said, “that time was very difficult. At the beginning, there were many things in my mind, and I would be very anxious. For example, I would think that I would not be able to train for several months. How can I maintain this state? I can’t play playoff with my teammates either…… After that, I finally got out of this emotion. It was my teammates who had a direct relationship with the coach. I remember what Jiang Xingquan told me at that time was that everything could be viewed from both sides. For example, if you are injured and can’t play the ball now, you can calm down for a while, which is actually not good for you. Later, I was lying in the hospital bed for a month. I basically read books and drink tea every day. I lost 10 jin of weight. My heart was quiet at that time, and I could look at things more peacefully, analyze the problem.”
The injury did not defeat Cheng Shuai, but made him stronger. At the beginning of the 2021-22 season, Cheng Shuai once again played the season where he scored the last double. However, this season, when Wu Qian was targeted and his attack efficiency declined, cheng Shuai held up the team’s offensive banner. In the fourth semi-final match between the playoffs and Shenzhen men’s basketball, Cheng Shuai hit the kill that changed the trend of the series, which was undoubtedly the best portrayal of his attack upgrade this season: at that time, less than 2 seconds before the end of the game, zhejiang was two points behind men’s basketball. They called for a pause and arranged the last attack. Coach Wang Shilong arranged the tactics of the last shot. Cheng Shuai asked the coach at this time whether he could finish the attack. Wang Shilong also trusted Cheng Shuai. In the end, Cheng Shuai took a knife and hit a three-point kill when the clock rang. “When you twist a stranded rope with your teammates, you will not fear anything in your heart. I know there are teammates and the coach is supporting you to move forward. No matter what happened, we never gave up the competition. I took everyone’s faith and didn’t feel nervous. After I hit that ball, it was of special significance to me. This makes me more confident when attacking. At the critical moment, I also want to take more responsibilities.” Cheng Shuai said.
Cheng Shuai, who has improved his confidence again, came to the floor of the finals for the first time. At the same time, he also felt the defensive strength of the finals. Especially after Wu’s anterior rib fracture, the opponent’s defensive focus almost focused on Cheng Shuai, which made him a little uncomfortable.
Relying on the outstanding performance of this season, Cheng Shuaiqi also entered the training list of men’s basketball in China and played for FIFA World Cup qualification. And it was after such an experience that Cheng Shuai benefited a lot. “My childhood dream is to be able to fight for the 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 that I will continue to work hard and continue to fight for my country.”
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