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On January 28, the “Run, Youth” 2026 Kashgar Region “Pomegranate Seed Cup” Youth Sports Trials basketball game was in full swing. The Xinjiang Guanghui Basketball Club Guanghui Xiaofeihu Special Training Camp selection team also came to the site to select talents, building a bridge for Kashgar basketball teenagers to the professional arena, making this event an important platform for discovering new local basketball talents.
On the field, young players from various counties and cities in the Kashgar region fought hard, dribbling, passing, and shooting in one go. The confrontation was exciting. Everyone went all out to show their best condition and strive to gain professional recognition.
Zhang Zhenyi, a Kashgar men’s basketball player, said: “This competition is a very rare opportunity. We will show our best and live up to everyone’s expectations.”
Every breakthrough and every shot is the young people’s persistent pursuit of their basketball dreams. The on-site comments and guidance from professional coaches helped them recognize their own shortcomings, pointed out the direction for subsequent training, and became a valuable asset for young players on their growth path.
The selection team is carefully watching and analyzing the performance of the basketball players. Photo by Kedelia
“In this game, I fully demonstrated the results of my training. After the game, the coach affirmed my awareness of observing my teammates during fast breaks and accurately pointed out the weak links that I need to strengthen. I will take this selection as a new starting point and continue to train hard and make persistent efforts.” Kashgar men’s basketball player Ikeshan Maimaitijiang said.
The on-site selection team conducts comprehensive evaluations of the contestants from various aspects such as physical fitness, actual combat performance, and tactical awareness, and will not let go of any potential basketball talent, making this grassroots event an important channel for upward transportation of talents.
For a long time, Kashgar City has attached great importance to the development of sports, and has always adhered to the orientation of sports benefiting the people and revitalizing the city. It has regarded youth sports training as a key task, continued to increase investment in sports infrastructure, improved grassroots sports teaching and training systems, and regularly carried out various youth sports events to integrate sports into the daily growth of young people. Especially in the promotion of basketball, Kashgar City relies on campus basketball and other carriers to tap and cultivate the power of grassroots basketball, creating a strong atmosphere where everyone loves sports and participates in sports, and lays a solid foundation for the growth of local sports talents. On December 24, 2025, Kashgar City was awarded the Xinjiang Guanghui Youth Training Base.
Li Teng, deputy director of the Guanghui Xiaofeihu Special Training Camp of Xinjiang Guanghui Basketball Club Co., Ltd., said: “Today on the court, I saw a group of very outstanding young players. They not only have excellent physical fitness, but also have outstanding explosive power and flexibility. They have great potential. They also fully demonstrated the sportsmanship of fighting and fighting on the court. Xinjiang’s The basketball atmosphere has always been very strong, and there are still many good basketball talents at the grassroots level that have not yet been discovered. This time we came to Kashgar, hoping to select more local outstanding children to enter the Xinjiang Guanghui Youth Training Base, so that they can receive professional and systematic basketball training and contribute to the development of basketball in the Kashgar region and even Xinjiang.”
A basketball carries the dream of a young man; a game builds a ladder of growth. The arrival of Xinjiang Guanghui Club has injected strong professional momentum into Kashgar Basketball, and also opened a new model of efficient linkage between “local cultivation” and “professional selection”.
“The Xinjiang Guanghui coach’s personal visit to the trial not only gave our local players a valuable opportunity to show off in the professional arena, but also allowed the outside world to see the strength and potential of Kashgar’s grassroots basketball. The Kashgar Basketball Association will establish a long-term talent exchange mechanism with the Xinjiang Guanghui Men’s Basketball Team and invite professional coaches to Kashgar for guidance and training. At the same time, we will continue to organize various grassroots basketball events, improve the talent reserve system, cultivate more good basketball talents, and make Kashgar basketball go further and better.” said Zhao Xiaofeng, president of the Kashgar Basketball Association. (Reporter from Kashgar Media Center: Kedelia Aizhail)
Kashgar Integrated Media Center
Editor: Chang Lei
Reviewer: Yuan Wei
Editor: Li Caiqin
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Original title: “Professional Scouts Are Here!” Guanghui Little Flying Tigers Special Training Camp comes to Cameroon to select new basketball stars for the “Pomegranate Seed Cup”
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