In the national “Village BA” finals, Peng Hao is struggling for a layup.Photo by reporter Zhang Chunxiao/Visual Chongqing
At the scene of the national “Village BA” finals, members of the basketball team of Changsha Town, Kaizhou District (right) are fighting for the kick-off.Photo by reporter Qi Lansen Visual Chongqing
In the National “Village BA” Southwest Regional Competition, the Changsha Town Basketball Team won the runner-up.Photo by Chief Reporter Long Fan/Visual Chongqing
On the evening of October 28, the finals of the National Hemei Rural Basketball Competition (Village BA) came to an end in Taipan Village, Taijiang County, Guizhou Province. The Changsha Town basketball team from Kaizhou District, Chongqing won the seventh place in the country. Thousands of spectators gave them warm applause.
Captain Peng Hao had tears in his eyes and couldn’t hide his excitement – leading this “veteran” township team that has been established for 17 years to the national competition has fulfilled the basketball dream of a group of “old boys”.
The Changsha Town basketball team has gone beyond districts and counties to the country, and takes every game seriously because it is about the players’ love for basketball, as well as their youth and dreams.
hold fast–
Taking the middle school basketball team as the “team” and competing for seventeen years
One winter day in 2005, 10-year-old Peng Hao took a basketball and ran, jumped and shot on the court of Chenjia Middle School in Changsha Town. At that time, he never thought that a ball he threw would go into the basket of the “Village BA” national competition.
Ran Xiaoyi, a physical education teacher standing by the playground, saw this group of energetic basketball boys and came up with the idea of forming a basketball team.
In the past, the physical education courses in rural middle schools were mainly based on track and field. Because of its short cycle, quick results, and low cost, it was the easiest project for township middle schools to achieve results in district and county competitions. When it came to forming a basketball team, the school leaders at the time were noncommittal.
Ran Xiaoyi, who specializes in training basketball players, wants to let his results speak for himself. He selected a dozen basketball “seekers” from each class and started professional basketball training for them. There is no indoor venue, so they train in open squares in the scorching summer and cold winters. Some team members have to walk up a mountain road for an hour before going home after training.
“When there is a competition and there is no funds, everyone crowdfunds one dollar for one. Many people squeeze into a van, travel for several hours, stay in the cheapest guesthouse, and overcome all difficulties. As long as they can play in the competition, they will be happy. .” Team member Ran Xingxing recalled.
At the 2006 Chongqing Youth Games, the Chenzhong Middle School basketball team came to prominence and won fourth place in the team. This gave both Ran Xiaoyi and the school hope.
In the following years, Ran Xiaoyi led his students to compete everywhere and won trophies one after another in municipal competitions. These honors also inspired everyone to train hard and fight tenaciously.
Basketball is also giving back to this team in a unique way: Ran Xingxing was admitted to the physical education major of Chengdu Institute of Physical Education, Peng Hao was admitted to the physical education major of Chongqing Three Gorges University, and Chen Li was admitted to the physical education major of China University of Mining and Technology…
The “counterattack” of this township middle school team made many parents and teachers see another hope of getting out of the mountains. The team also received support from more people. The school provided them with suitable venues and purchased professional equipment. equipment.
In 2017, Ran Xiaoyi stopped serving as coach due to job transfer. Peng Hao took over as the team coach and set up a basketball training camp in Changsha Town to continue cultivating basketball talents. As a result, the story of the Changsha Town basketball team continued.
Every holiday, Peng Hao calls on the former Chenzhong Middle School basketball team members in the communication group to represent Changsha Town in local basketball games. Over time, the “fans” in the town tacitly call them the Changsha Town Basketball Team.
Gather——
A call awakens the dream, and the “old boy” decides to fight “the last battle”
The team’s journey has not been easy. In some years, the team almost broke up as the founding members started working and starting families. A “Village BA” competition gave them a chance to reunite.
In July this year, the members of the Changsha Town basketball team all received a call from Peng Hao: “We haven’t gotten together to play together for a long time. How about we also organize the Changsha Town basketball team to participate in the ‘Village BA’?”
Veteran team member Liu Yimao’s eyes lit up: “I am 32 years old this year, and our youth is getting farther and farther away from us. This may be the last battle for us ‘old boys’.” He asked for leave from the unit three times and devoted himself to the game. .
Duan Li, a member of the team who was driving an online ride-hailing service, had just finished his order. After receiving the call, he navigated directly to Changsha Town. He had not touched the ball for a long time.
On the day of the “Village BA” grassroots selection competition in Kaizhou District, 12 people gathered from all walks of life, neatly and neatly.
Although they have many years of experience playing together, they have been separated for a long time, have too little time to train together, and do not have sufficient logistical support. Therefore, they were not favored by others at first.
In the first district and county selection match, with years of tacit understanding, the team defeated its opponent by 20 points. This ignited everyone’s fighting spirit and wanted to play better and go further.
After winning consecutively in the district and county trials, the team members have regained their former form and their cooperation has become more and more tacit. More and more villagers have become their “fans”. No matter where they play, fans in the town will follow them and cheer for their “basketball stars”.
On the eve of the national “Village BA” finals, at the Chongqing training base, the team members, organized by coach Chen Li, conducted physical training and practiced techniques and tactics every day. Everyone seemed to have returned to their student days.
However, at the “Village BA” national finals, the Changsha Town basketball team encountered strong teams from the southeast and northeast divisions and lost successively. For a while, the morale of this “old boy” team fell into a low ebb.
At the meeting before the last game, captain Peng Hao stood up: “We have a tacit understanding accumulated over 17 years. Even if we do not have an advantage in age, height, or physical strength, when we stand on the stage of the national finals, we should Work hard with all your strength and leave no regrets!”
In the last game, the Changsha Town Basketball Team played against the Shangzhong Town Basketball Team of Guizhou Province. During the “Village BA” Southwest Region competition, they unfortunately lost to their opponents and finished second. Moreover, after three days of competition, the players’ physical strength was severely exhausted, but even under such circumstances, they were still full of tenacious fighting spirit, maintained the offensive rhythm, and finally won the game.
When the final whistle blew, amidst the deafening applause, Peng Hao said that a “Village BA” competition fulfilled their childhood dream.
inherited–
The seeds sown 17 years ago allowed the “flower of basketball” to bloom in the countryside
Along the way in 2017, the members of the Changsha Town basketball team have moved from the countryside to the city, but they are firmly connected to the countryside because of basketball.
Basketball games are an indispensable activity for farmers and festivals in Changsha Town. There are many “die-hard fans”. Basketball players such as Peng Hao have always insisted on returning to their hometowns to compete every year, attracting many fresh blood to join the basketball team.
“Post-00s” Li Junjie has been watching the Changsha Town basketball team’s games since he was a child, and has also had a basketball dream. Under the leadership of Peng Hao, he relied on basketball to enter the Physical Education College of Chongqing Technology and Business University, majoring in physical education. Although he is still young Although he is young, basketball has become a dream that he continues to pursue.
Wang Yousi came from the same school as Li Junjie and has loved playing basketball since he was a child. When he was 13 years old, he watched coach Peng Hao represent Changsha Town in the Kaizhou District Spring Festival League, which made him determined to follow the coach and play basketball well. “At the age of 16, The coach suggested that I study sports, which changed my life. I was admitted to Southwest Medical University, majoring in social sports guidance and management, and walked out of the mountains.”
In Changsha Town, such stories continue to happen.
Today, basketball changes more than just the lives of its players. The team members also displayed local specialties such as Kaixian spring oranges in important competitions representing their hometown, allowing the “Beautiful Orange Township” Changsha Town’s business card to go beyond the district and county and to the whole country, and also gave the game a layer of The meaning of “representing” one’s hometown.
According to local township cadres, the good results achieved by the Changsha Town basketball team have made more people understand and love the countryside, and enhanced the younger generation’s sense of identification and participation in hometown construction.
In Changsha Town, players born in the 1980s are still strong, players born in the 1990s are holding the world together, and players born in the 2000s are emerging…
Now, Changsha Town has successively improved facilities and equipment such as basketball courts and fitness plazas, and related industries such as youth basketball training camps have gradually taken root in the town.
Middle schools in Changsha Town now have their own basketball teams and standard basketball courts. Under the guidance of professional coaches, many teams have achieved good results in district, county and municipal competitions.
Whenever the new generation of players talk about why they chose basketball, they will proudly mention the “seniors” who reached the national “Village BA” finals, because the seeds they sown 17 years ago are making the “Flower of Basketball” flourish. It’s in full bloom in this country.
(The article is written by reporter Liu Chong)
2023-11-07 23:31:25
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