The road back to the locker room is only ten meters away, but this moment seems so long. "Bang!" The 17-year-old Hubrang Maimati punched the wall with a hard punch. The 2.04-meter-high young man, his eyes were red.
14 On the evening of the evening of the 2021-2022 China High School Basketball League National Finals Men's Group Finals at Foshan International Sports and Culture Performing Arts Center, Guangdong Province. Urumqi 101 Middle School lost to Shijiazhuang No. 2 Middle School with 71:88, ending the journey of this competition.
The passion and excitement of young people were lost in the locker room, and sobs echoed from time to time.
"We let everyone know about Xinjiang basketball"
"Brothers, we can! We let everyone know about Xinjiang basketball's power, we won Tsinghua High School !" Yuan Zhaoyao, who was sitting in the corner, looked up at his teammates beside him. This most valuable player in the West District final broke the sad atmosphere in the locker room.
This is the first time in the history of the 101 Middle School team to participate in the national finals. They participated in this high school league as a wild card, and they were still an unknown team two years ago. When talking about basketball in Xinjiang, people are more concerned about the alma mater Altay No. 2 Middle School, which was cultivated by Kelanbeke and Altay No. 2 Middle School, which was the alma mater of Kelanbeke .
However, with a hearty victory over Baotou Thirty-three Middle School in the West District final, this team from the northwest gradually unveiled the mystery. On the stage of the
finals, the boys from 101 Middle School continued to be impressive. In the first game, facing Nanjing Jiu Middle School , the team scored a 16:6 offensive climax while falling behind in the final quarter, reversing and advancing to the semi-finals of the country. With quick counterattack and strong fighting, these young players are like fierce horses galloping on the grassland, running tirelessly in every corner of the stadium.
html August 13 is destined to be a day to be recorded in the history of 101 teams. Foshan International Sports and Culture Performing Arts Center , held the stadium of the 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup, and 101 Middle School created the most magical moment of this high school basketball league. In the semi-finals, facing the 14-winning champion Tsinghua High School, they lagged behind in half and scored a 26:11 offensive climax in the third quarter, eventually shattering the dream of defending the champion."'Son Doll' is great!" The magical journey of 101 Middle School has become a different glory in the sports world. They were very excited and faced another traditional high school league strong team in the finals, , Shijiazhuang No. 2 Middle School . The opponent played better offensively and had the last laugh.
"Look up!"
"Look up!" 101 Middle School head coach Pan Minghui smiled and took over Yuan Zhaoyao's words, "It's okay, we still have a chance next year." In Pan Minghui's heart, although it was a pity to lose, it made the players firmly confident and continue moving forward, which is more precious than victory.
Pan Minghui, who has coached since 1993, has devoted 29 years to the cultivation of Xinjiang basketball talents. When he was in college, he loved basketball and planted the dream of "being a coach and leading a player". However, due to the lack of basketball games at that time, Pan Minghui had not participated in a formal competition for three years in college. With regrets and dreams, after graduation, Pan Minghui returned to his middle school alma mater and began his coaching career.
29, Pan Minghui always sticks to his original aspiration: to cultivate some basketball "good dolls". He selects and trains players from junior high school students. In the past, every holiday, Pan Minghui would always go to various parts of Xinjiang to discover talents with his colleagues, which has become a compulsory course for his holiday. "We trained the children of the team ourselves. We have three coaches in junior high school, and I will take care of them in high school." Pan Minghui said confidently.
In the eyes of players, Pan Minghui is a head coach who "pursues perfection". If any details in the training are not in place, Pan Minghui will call the players to the sidelines and give them patiently.
Before entering the national competition, 101 Middle School was already the six-champion championship in the Xinjiang competition. In order to help players broaden their horizons and improve their technical and tactical skills, Pan Minghui is looking for opportunities for high-quality competitions and high-level training.
In the winter of 2021, with the help of Beijing Youken International Youth Basketball Club, 101 Middle School came to Beijing to train and competed on the same field with the university team and the Shougang Youth Team. Pan Minghui admitted: "That experience has greatly improved the team, and the players have significantly improved from their psychological quality to physical confrontation."
In 2020, Pan Minghui's disciple Jiao Engel Hu Yishan joined the CBA Nanjing Tongxi team with the sixth pick in the first round. This former " sheep-herding baby " has embarked on the career path with the help of Pan Minghui. Jiao Engel once said in an interview: "If there were no Teacher Pan, there would be no me now. It was him who changed my destiny."
"101, come on!"
In the locker room, Yang Hulong beside Yuan Zhaoyao covered his head with a towel and let out a roar. The roar was full of reluctance.
Facing Tsinghua High School, he scored 25 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, he was closely guarded by his opponent in the final. "I really want to help the team, but they defended me too tightly." Yang Hulong handed over an answer that he was not satisfied with in his last high school basketball league.
Like Jiao Engel, 19-year-old Yang Hulong also came from a herdsman family and was taken to the team by Coach Pan in the first year of junior high school. In September this year, Yang Hulong will enter Taiyuan University of Technology , becoming a member of CUBA, and continue to pursue his dreams. Speaking of his only national competition experience, Yang Hulong said firmly: "Our performance will make more people pay attention to Xinjiang basketball."
graduated with Yang Hulong, Xue Haihai, Azematijiang Aimierjiang and Yuan Zhaoyao. Xue Haihai and Yuan Zhaoyao will continue to become teammates on the campus of Capital University of Economics and Business , while Azematijiang Aimierjiang enters Xinjiang University .
As the captain of 101, Xue Haihai took on the team's offensive responsibility in the finals. He contributed 21 points in the game and said: "I have been with this team for almost 6 years. The more difficult the team encounters, the more I have to stand up."
Under the comfort of head coach Pan Minghui, the mood of the players slowly eased. "Let's add some fuel!" Yuan Zhaoyao put down the towel in his hand and stood up to call his teammates.
In the locker room, this multi-ethnic team consisting of children from Han, Uyghur, Hui and Kazakhstan. This young team that has eaten, lived and lived together for several years and traveled to more than 4,000 kilometers for their dreams, formed a circle and gathered with their fists: "101, come on!"
Editor of this issue: Li Yang
Picture source: China Middle School Students Sports Association, Beijing Youken International Youth Basketball Club
