Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

The wedding ended successfully.

The next day, the guests left one after another.

Yao Ming told Zhuang Yu to remember to call him when he arrived in Shanghai, as if he had something to tell him, but Yao Ming was not in a hurry to talk, so Zhuang Yu did not ask any further questions.

Kobe, Klay, Rondo, Clarkson, Lopez and others will all return to the United States. They will first go to Shanghai and then fly to the United States from Shanghai.

Zhuang Yu made an appointment with Clay and others to train together when he returned to the United States.

A group of Sharks players also left.

After seeing off the guests, Zhuang Yu finally had some free time.

When they got engaged, An Changhe gave them a villa in a villa complex called "Shuiyue Jiangnan". The project was developed by An Changhe's own company. It had already been built at that time, but Zhuang Yu had been abroad and An Xin had been in Shanghai most of the time, so the two had never lived there.

Later, An Changhe renovated the villa and purchased furniture and appliances.

Now that they are married, they have moved into Shuiyue Jiangnan.

The villa is very large, with three floors, a front yard and a back yard. Behind the villa is an artificial lake. When you have nothing to do, you can take a walk around the lake and go fishing. The environment is very good.

Originally, Zhuang Yu wanted his mother to move in as well, but Li Huilan did not agree.

She knew that young people nowadays didn't like to live with their parents, and the house that Zhuang Yu bought for her was very good and close to her store.

Since his mother didn't want to, Zhuang Yu didn't force her. Besides, he couldn't stay at home for more than two months a year, and An Xin would spend most of his time in Shanghai.

Of course, now that An Xin is pregnant, Zhuang Yu will definitely not let her continue working during this period of time. An Xin will stay in Jiangning City, but she plans to return to Jiangyu City to live with her parents so that someone can take care of her.

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In the blink of an eye, it is already mid-August.

After staying at home for a while, Zhuang Yu was ready to go to the United States.

Originally, this period was supposed to be a honeymoon, but because An Xin was pregnant, the honeymoon had to be cancelled and made up for later.

"I'll be back in a while."

On this day, at Jiangning Airport, Zhuang Yu and An Xin bid farewell to each other.

Zhuang Yu put his arm around An Xin's waist and kissed her on the face. An Xin had been pregnant for more than three months. Her belly began to bulge and she had gained some weight, but she also had more maternal radiance as a soon-to-be mother.

"Yeah." An Xin nodded obediently, but still held Zhuang Yu's hand reluctantly, her eyes full of water.

Seeing this reluctant look, Zhuang Yu almost didn't want to go to the United States anymore.

But he had already promised Westbrook, and Clarkson and the others also wanted to train together, and if he didn't go, it would be difficult for Zhou An and Xiao Qingyang to make arrangements.

So he could only suppress his reluctance, comfort An Xin a few words, and then give a few words of advice to his mother Li Huilan and mother-in-law Xi Juan.

"I'm leaving."

Zhuang Yu waved his hand and boarded the private plane with Yang Guohui, Yang Jinsong and Anna.

He is not going alone this time. Yang Jinsong and Anna are also going back to the United States. In addition, there is Yang Guohui. He is going to Shanghai. The plane will fly to Shanghai first. After Zhuang Yu handles some things, he will take an international flight to the United States.

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Soon, the plane took off.

Zhuang Yu looked out the window until the figure on the ground could no longer be seen. Then he looked away. He turned around and saw Yang Guohui looking at him, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Zhuang Yu asked, "Coach, just say whatever you want to say. What's there to worry about with me? Is it a salary issue?"

"No." Yang Guohui shook his head and said, "It's not a salary issue. The salary you give is already very high. I'm just a little worried about whether I can be competent for the work of the youth team."

Previously, An Xin had asked Zhuang Yu in the Shanghai Stock Exchange who he wanted to replace Zhai Tao. At that time, Zhuang Yu only said that he already had a candidate but did not say who it was.

The candidate he had in mind was Yang Guohui.

Zhuang Yu attached great importance to the youth team. In order to ensure that the head coach of the youth team could effectively carry out the work he arranged, he had to find someone he could trust. At the same time, he couldn't be a coach from the youth team's circle. Those coaches had been in the circle for a long time and had acquired some bad habits. After all, everyone was in the same circle, and it was inevitable to have some social skills.

Even if Zhai Tao was replaced by someone else in this circle, if friends or relatives really found him and wanted to insert someone into the youth team, could he refuse?

So Zhuang Yu thought of Yang Guohui.

Given their relationship, Zhuang Yu still trusts Yang Guohui. Moreover, Yang Guohui has been a coach at Jiangning No. 1 Middle School. He has no contact with the youth team of the CBA team and does not have such complicated interpersonal relationships. Faced with some unreasonable requests, he can simply refuse.

Another point is that Yang Guohui has been coaching high school teams and has a lot of experience in coaching young players.

Starting from the time of Zhuang Yu and his classmates, he used the "Monk System" of coach Ron Ayk at Jiangning No. 1 Middle School.

Zhuang Yu is not sure whether the "Monk System" is effective in professional leagues and adult competitions, but it is very effective for young players and the team.

Zhuang Yu has experienced this personally.

He wanted coach Yang Guohui to bring the "Monk System" to the Sharks' youth team to replace the original training system.

Coach Yang Guohui also came when Zhuang Yu got married before.

Later, Zhuang Yu took some time to have a meal with coach Yang Guohui and invited him to coach the youth team of the Sharks Club.

He planned to let Coach Yang Guohui serve as assistant coach first, and after a few months when Coach Yang Guohui was familiar with the youth team, he would let Zhai Tao go and let Yang Guohui take over as head coach.

Hearing that Coach Yang Guohui was worried about this, Zhuang Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I believe you can definitely do it, and I'll let you start as an assistant coach first. When you are familiar with the youth team, I also want you to be the head coach of the youth team."

what?

This surprised Yang Guohui, his eyes widened: "Let me be the head coach, that's not possible, my level is not enough."

Zhuang Yu laughed: "Enough, definitely enough. Besides, I'm the boss of the team, if I say it's enough, then it's definitely enough."

The last sentence made Yang Guohui laugh.

But it also calmed his uneasy heart. His student was the owner of the team. What did he have to be afraid of?

Since there was nothing to do on the plane anyway, the two simply talked about the development of the youth team.

Zhuang Yu said: "I hope you can bring the 'Monk system' to the youth team, starting with the young players, and lay a good foundation for them. The foundation of our domestic players is too poor, really far inferior to those of the same age children abroad. I don't ask for any results, I just want to train a group of young players who are not inferior to foreign children of the same age. If there are outstanding talents among them, I will find a way to send them abroad for training."

Oh?

Yang Guohui's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but get excited: "You mean to learn from Beijing Shougang's 'Young Eagle Plan', select talented players and send them to the United States, and use the mature basketball system in the United States to train them? This is an idea. Whether it is the basketball training system or the growth environment in China, it is not as good as abroad. There is no way to refute this. If a child has talent, it is indeed better to send him abroad."

"No." However, Zhuang Yu shook his head and said, "I don't plan to send it to the United States, but to Europe."

欧洲？

Yang Guohui was stunned.

Zhuang Yu explained: "It's Europe. Shougang's 'Eagles Plan' is a good idea, and Shougang is indeed bold, but I think there is a problem. That is, even if we select talented young players from among many players, when they go to the United States, they have no talent advantage over the players of the same age in the United States."

"Shougang has spared no expense to send them to the United States, to American schools, and to American campus teams, hoping that they can grow into towering trees like those players who grew up in the American campus basketball system."

"But the problem is that with their talent, they are completely unable to compete with the players of the same age in the United States. The gap in all aspects is huge."

"Under this situation, they can only succumb to the survival of the fittest in the end."

Listening to Zhuang Yu's explanation, Yang Guohui frowned and thought for a while before nodding and sighing, "What you said makes sense. Shougang's idea is fine, and the opportunity is provided. But the American basketball system is not designed to train talents for you. It is a system of survival of the fittest. If you are not talented enough and cannot compete, the final effect will be very limited."

He then asked, “What’s different about Europe?”

Zhuang Yu said: "The reason why our players cannot compete with American players when they arrive in the United States is that their basic skills were not good enough when they were young, and their physical talents are not as good as theirs. They are behind in all aspects of technology and physical fitness, so naturally they cannot compete."

"It's different in Europe. In fact, the physical talents of many European players are not much better than our Chinese players, especially in the youth stage."

Coach Yang Guohui knows this.

One thing can prove that in international non-adult basketball competitions, such as U16, U17, U18 and other competitions, the Chinese team can always achieve good results, and our players can even crush European players in all aspects of the game.

For example, in the 2013 World Youth Championship, the Chinese team won the seventh place.

The team's main center Zhou Qi averaged 11.3 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.4 blocks per game, becoming the tournament's block leader.

At that time, Serbia's center Nikola Jokic averaged only 7.1 points and 5 rebounds per game, which was quite a gap from Zhou Qi.

Both of them later participated in the NBA draft, and their draft picks were both in the second round, with not much difference.

A few years have passed, and now Jokic has become the main center of the Nuggets. Last season, he averaged 16.7 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 4.9 assists per game, and was selected to the All-Rookie First Team.

反观周起依然还在CBA历练，上赛季场均16分、10篮板、1.2助攻、1抢断和2.3盖帽。

Judging from personal data, Zhou Qi and Jokic are similar, but the problem is that one is CBA data and the other is NBA data.

The gap is self-evident.

Why is Zhou Qi, who crushed Jokic in all aspects of international competitions a few years ago, now far inferior to Jokic?

One reason is that European players do not train their bodies during their teenage years, but only practice basic technical skills. Therefore, when they reach international competitions, their physical fitness is not as good as that of Chinese players, and their performance is not as good as that of Chinese players.

But when they grow up to 18, 19, or 20 years old and start to train their bodies, their physical fitness improves, and coupled with the basic skills they have learned since childhood, the Chinese players are no longer as good as them.

"I think Europe is more suitable for us Chinese players."

Zhuang Yu continued, "Our players are too far behind the American players in terms of physical talent. They won't be able to adapt, let alone train. In this case, why not send them to Europe? When they are teenagers, European players are not much stronger than our Chinese players. Our players will be able to keep up with their training rhythm and progress."

"They practice basic skills, so we follow suit. Our bodies are similar, so it all depends on who has better skills. This is a good opportunity to lay a solid foundation."

"When they are 18 or 19 years old, they start to train their bodies. We should do the same and the training progress will be the same."

"Of course, players trained in this way probably still can't beat the American players."

"But it doesn't matter. European teams teach not only skills, but also team spirit and technical and tactical systems."