Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

After Zhai Tao finished speaking, Zhuang Yu just hummed and didn't let him sit down or ask him anything.

For a moment, Zhai Tao just stood there, not knowing whether to sit or not.

Finally, Liu Qun came out to smooth things over and waved to Zhai Tao: "Coach Zhai, please sit down first. Um, who will report next?"

Zhai Tao smiled awkwardly and sat down silently. He was already feeling very nervous and his face was wrinkled like a dumpling. He was panicking.

He had this feeling when Zhuang Yu came back last year.

Later, Zhuang Yu assigned Yang Guohui to the youth team, but he never asked about the youth team's affairs again. He thought the crisis was over.

It just seems now...

Others followed suit and made reports one by one.

However, Zhuang Yu did not mention Yang Guohui's name until the meeting was over and everyone else had left. Only then did Zhuang Yu meet Yang Guohui alone in his office.

"Coach, please sit down." Zhuang Yu said with a smile.

An Xin made a cup of tea for Yang Guohui, which was completely different from Zhuang Yu's attitude towards Zhai Tao before.

Yang Guohui was a little flattered and wanted to say "Thank you, Mr. An", but he felt a little awkward, and it would be inappropriate not to say it.

After all, he is now the coach of the Sharks Club's youth team, and An Xin is the club's executive director.

In the end, he chose to say nothing and nodded at An Xin with a smile.

Zhuang Yu was not in a hurry to talk about business. He chatted with Yang Guohui about family matters and asked about the current situation of Jiangning No. 1 Middle School. He hadn't been back for a long time.

"Jiangning No. 1 Middle School. I just went back in June, when the senior students graduated." Yang Guohui said with a smile, "Some students from the basketball team graduated and invited me to go back and take graduation photos with them. I haven't been back for a long time, so I want to go back and take a look."

When talking about Jiangning No. 1 Middle School, Yang Guohui's face was full of smiles, and he felt happy from the bottom of his heart.

There weren't so many intrigues or complicated things there, and all he interacted with was a group of students.

Young boy, full of vigor and vitality.

It makes people happy just to look at it.

Speaking of Jiangning No. 1 Middle School, Yang Guohui opened up his mouth: "This year, the basketball team of Jiangning No. 1 Middle School made it to the national competition again, but unfortunately lost to the opponent in the southern semi-finals. But these guys are all very good. I went back to see that there are several very talented guys in the first and second grades. There is a lot to look forward to in the future."

"The Monk system has now been fully integrated into the Jiangning No. 1 Middle School basketball team, which has also proven the effectiveness of this system."

"Even without me now, Jiangning No. 1 Middle School is still competitive enough."

"It's just that the educational resources in Jiangning are still a little bit inferior. It's hard to compete with the schools in big cities. The source of students is always a problem..."

Zhuang Yu listened without any impatience.

Since Zhuang Yu and Xiao Qingyang left, Jiangning No. 1 Middle School still maintained sufficient competitiveness and entered the national competition more than once, but it was very difficult to win the championship.

It’s not that Coach Yang Guohui is not a good coach, nor that the Monk system is not good. It’s just that as a high school in a prefecture-level city, Jiangning No. 1 High School’s educational resources are quite different from those in big cities.

Some young players with real potential and talent often prefer to choose schools in big cities.

Moreover, many high school players in some big cities have been trained since childhood. They have been training for 10 years, while you have only been training for three to five years at most. It is inevitable that there will be a gap.

Yang Guohui sighed again, "What a pity."

He didn't feel it before, but in recent years he has increasingly felt the restrictions on Jiangning No. 1 Middle School caused by the unfairness of educational resources.

However, even though he knew it, what could he do?

Not only was he helpless, the school leaders were helpless, and even the leaders of the Jiangning Municipal Education Bureau were helpless.

In fact, because of the training of three outstanding players, Zhuang Yu, Xiao Qingyang and Zhou An, the school leaders of Jiangning No. 1 Middle School decided a few years ago to build Jiangning No. 1 Middle School into a famous basketball school, and the city also gave considerable support.

The effect is remarkable. The basketball team of Jiangning No. 1 Middle School is famous throughout Jiangning City and even the entire Nan Province.

But at most it is limited to the Southern Province.

Due to various restrictions, Jiangning No. 1 Middle School has invested in a basketball team at all costs, but its student source is always not as good as some big city teams.

Some talented children naturally prefer to go to schools in big cities, not only because they hope to get better competition results, but it is also of great benefit to their college admission.

This is not something that Jiangning No. 1 Middle School can change. After all, they are first and foremost a high school, not a sports school like Dongyuan Basketball School.

Seeing Yang Guohui was a little melancholy, Zhuang Yu's heart moved, and suddenly he had an idea, but he didn't rush to say it, but changed the subject: "Coach, let's talk about the youth team."

"Oh, okay." Yang Guohui became serious.

Zhuang Yu said, "I was planning to fire Zhai Tao half a year ago. Now another half a year has passed. I can't delay this matter any longer."

Yang Guohui nodded: "It's almost the same now."

In one year, he has become familiar with everything about the youth team, and with Liu Qun deliberately delegating power to him, he has been making some attempts and changes, such as introducing the Monk system.

Now Zhuang Yu is going to hand over the youth team to him. He is confident that he can be a good head coach and lead the youth team well.

"it is good."

Zhuang Yu clapped his hands and said, "I will ask Manager Liu to go through the procedures as soon as possible. Tomorrow, no, starting from today, you, the coach, can take full charge of the youth team."

Without waiting for Yang Guohui to speak, he continued, "From now on, the affairs of the youth team will be handed over to you. I told you my requirements last year. The first is to select people, and the second is to train them. As for how to do it specifically, you are fully responsible."

Feeling the solemnity and trust in Zhuang Yu's words, Yang Guohui's heart was slightly shaken, and he said, "Don't worry, I will do my best to lead the youth team well."

Zhuang Yu smiled and said, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just think of the youth team as the Jiangning No. 1 Middle School basketball team."

"Oh, after listening to you talk about the situation at Jiangning No. 1 Middle School, I suddenly had an idea."

what idea?

Yang Guohui was stunned and looked at Zhuang Yu curiously.

Zhuang Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Just now you said that because of limited educational resources, Jiangning No. 1 Middle School is, after all, a high school, not a specialized basketball school, so the source of students is always a problem. Students still pursue further studies, after all, it is too difficult for them to pursue a professional career."

"So, what if we let Jiangning No. 1 Middle School become the selection base for our Sharks Club youth team and give them a chance to pursue a professional career?"

what?

Yang Guohui widened his eyes and looked at Zhuang Yu in astonishment: "You...what did you just say? Let Jiangning No. 1 Middle School become the selection base for the youth team?"

"Yes."

"But..." Yang Guohui was a little overwhelmed, "This won't work. How can this be possible? This has never happened before."

Yang Guohui had never seen such a thing before and he was stunned.

An Xin also looked at Zhuang Yu with surprise. Zhuang Yu had never told her about this, and she also felt that it sounded a bit far-fetched.

Zhuang Yu explained: "Think about it, why did I fire Zhai Tao and ask you to lead the youth team? Regardless of Zhai Tao's ability, the first thing I want to eliminate is connections. We should select people based on talent, not relationships or money. What's the point of that? What kind of talents can we cultivate?"

"Last year, you told me that we could expand the scope of our selection process and go out and proactively look for good talents."

"Later I realized that I was thinking too simply."

"The vast majority of children in our country are locked up in school. As long as this does not change, our basketball talent training system will not see a qualitative change, nor will it see a significant improvement."

"Of course, I can't change this. Don't say I can't do it. Even Ming Ge has become the head of the Lanxie, and it still can't be done. No one can do it."

"But I can make a little attempt, for example, using Jiangning No. 1 Middle School as a test site to try to connect youth training with school. In the past, youth training and campus were separate, two non-intersecting roads, but now I want to give it a try and let the roads intersect for a few days."

Hearing this, Yang Guohui was deeply touched and could not help but be moved: "I am very happy that you can think of this and dare to make this attempt."

After a pause, he shook his head and said, "Your idea is good, but it may not work. I have never seen a CBA team select its youth team from a certain high school. At most, it is a junior high school or elementary school. After all, they are all high school students, and they are at least 14 or 15 years old. They are actually a bit old for the youth team."

"If you want to become a professional player and take the professional path, it is best to receive formal training from a young age, so that it will be easier to achieve results in the future."

"What's more, even if you choose someone from high school, you can't possibly choose a freshman, right? What's the difference between that and choosing someone directly from junior high school? Why would he need to take the high school entrance exam? He doesn't even need to go to Jiangning No. 1 Middle School. He can just join your youth team right after graduating from junior high school.

This is a fact and why youth teams don’t draft players from high school.

Of course, things are not absolute.

Zhuang Yu said calmly: "This is not an absolute thing. At the beginning, Xiao Qingyang, Zhou An, Liu Qing, and Yang Mingxuan were all invited by the youth team. It's just that Xiao Qingyang, Zhou An, Liu Qing and I didn't accept it, but Yang Mingxuan went."

"That is to say, it's not like high school students can't join the youth team."

That's not wrong.

At that time, he, Xiao Qingyang, Zhou An, Liu Qing and Yang Mingxuan all received invitations from the youth team.

But Yang Guohui still shook his head: "But this is not the norm, it's just an exception. Think about it, let alone Jiangning City, in the entire South Province, how many high school players are there like you, Xiao Qingyang, Zhou An, Liu Qing, and Yang Mingxuan in the whole country?"

Zhuang Yu had no way to refute this.

This is also true. Looking across the country, how many talented players like them are there?

There are only a few of them in total, and Jiangning No. 1 Middle School accounts for three of them. Obviously, this is an extremely small probability event.

Zhuang Yu knew what happened to Yang Mingxuan after he joined the youth team, but now that he is the owner of the Sharks Club, this problem is not so difficult to deal with.

Although Yang Guohui kept shaking his head, Zhuang Yu didn't plan to give up. "You have a point, but I just want to do a pilot as a new attempt, not for the sake of pursuing results. Even if we can't select good seedlings from Jiangning No. 1 Middle School, or if we can't train them into talents after selecting them from the youth team, we don't have to consider these for the time being."

“Whether it works or not, whether it will succeed or not, you have to try it to know.”