Sun Heung-min As the current "Asia's No. 1" in the Champions League match in the early morning of this morning, Tottenham Hotspur once again exuded the halo of the male lead of Tottenham Hotspur stadium in the civil war between Manchester City . Run wildly, fight to the bottom line, save the ball, dribble horizontally, and score goals in one go. After Kane was injured in , , Son Heung-min once again stood up and became a Tottenham hero. The first goal of the Premier League and the first goal of the Champions League at the New Tottenham are recorded in the name of a Korean.
Champions League goal in early morning this morning
Torpe's last new home Premier League goal
Torpe's last Premier League goal
Although Tottenham has missed the Premier League championship, Son Heung-min, who won the London Footballer a month ago, is still Tottenham's darling. In the vote of the FIFA 20 cover character, Son Heung-min had the highest approval rating, even ahead of Ronaldo and Messi. How did a Korean-born player step by step on the path of a star that everyone is beloved now?
Education is the foundation of Son Heung-min's success. Everything starts from the baby
Behind a player's success, various factors are inseparable from his own talent, such as the coach's keen eye, but more importantly, enlightenment education and basic education.
The education here is not just about learning cultural knowledge, learning the basics of football, but also about learning how to be a human being. It is what we call "morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor" in China. As for enlightenment education and basic education, the proportion of families is quite large.
We all know that Son Heung-min has a "wolf father" Sun Xiong-zheng. After Son Heung-min became famous, the story of Sun Xiong-zheng helping Son Heung-min train from childhood to adulthood can even produce a documentary. So everything still starts with "Wolf Dad" Sun Xiongzheng.
Sun Heung-min's father Sun Xiong-zheng
Sun Heung-min is not the first player to be brought out by "wolf father" Sun Xiong-zheng. Sun Xiong-zheng, born in 1966, has played for Yihe and Modern Monk Martial Arts. His ordinary career has retired due to an Achilles tendon injury at the age of 28. But Sun Xiongzheng did not give up football. He soon began to coach Chunchuan FC Youth Team and began to cultivate new football talents.
Since we talk about "Wolf Dad", let's also talk about "Tiger Mom" Genesi. Although Son Heung-min's mother seems to be just a Korean housewife who is good at cooking, in fact, "tiger mom" Jean-si naturally has her ideas about Son Heung-min's cultural enlightenment education.
Sun Heung-min's mother, Gene Hee
This pair of wolf fathers and tiger mothers loved traveling before they welcomed Son Heung-min. So shortly after Son Heung-min was born, the parents had plans to let their children get in touch with the world from an early age. So Son Heung-min followed his home to New Zealand when he was three years old. In other words, Son Heung-min had not yet conducted systematic and professional football training and actually spent his childhood in New Zealand. So in terms of English enlightenment, Son Heung-min did "take one more step" than other friends of the same age.
When growing up in such a family, his brother was older than Son Heung-min. He was the first to receive Sun Xiongzheng's "special training". Perhaps Sun Xiongzheng, who has been engaged in coaching for a long time, saw that Son Heung-min's brother was not talented, so he turned his focus on training to Son Heung-min.
Sun Heung-min and his brother
Basic training is the cornerstone of Son Heung-min's success. Without foundation, football
8 years old, Son Heung-min's family returned to South Korea. Sun Xiong-jun began "special training" for Son Heung-min - six hours of basic football training every day, starting with physical fitness, then slamming the ball, running without the ball, running with the ball, etc. Especially when it comes to the ball, Sun Xiongzheng let Son Heung-min control the ball well in every part of his body. Such solid basic training will play a good role in Son Heung-min's journey to Europe in the future.
Such training starts from the age of eight
Of course, it is mentioned to be thrown. Son Heung-min has a shadow so far because he was slacking off his basic training at the age of ten. "Wolf Dad" Sun Xiong-zheng directly "punished" Son Heung-min for four consecutive hours of kicking the ball. Once the ball lands, it will be over again. After the third hour of the ball being smashed, Son Heung-min's eyes were already congested, and he felt like the court was shaking, and even felt that he was smashing three or four balls at the same time.This is indeed very tired for a ten-year-old child. Naturally, Son Heung-min's speed and frequency of ball-slamming are decreasing, but Son Xiong-zheng disagreed and continued to let Son Heung-min complete training independently when ensuring the ball-slam frequency and rate .
When Son Heung-min is old enough to join the youth training team under Sun Xiong-jung's charge, Son Heung-min can finally train with more than 20 friends of the same age, but the "devil father" Sun Xiong-jung still treats Son Heung-min "special treatment". For example, when other players do not achieve perfection in training events, Son Heung-jung will not say much, but if Son Heung-min does not meet the "perfect standard" in training, Son Heung-min will re-time Son Heung-min until Son Heung-min reaches the "perfect standard". This is considered the "special care" of "wolf dad" Sun Xiongzheng to Son Heung-min.
For a teenager, such basic training volume is indeed amazing, and the training process is also boring, coupled with the strictness of "Wolf Dad" Sun Xiongzheng. Son Heung-min even feels that his father is like a big dictator, which is completely inconsistent with the idea that many outsiders say that children should start with the concept of "happy football".
"Wolf Dad" Sun Xiongzheng's training is almost strict
But competitive sports are so cruel, and even all walks of life are so cruel in real life. If you don't practice, others will be able to practice. You don't work harder than others. Especially when Asians practice competitive sports, we may not have amazing explosive power, talented ball sense, or big body that we can rely on. So constantly practicing to make basic skills such as controlling balls the most stupid and the best way to make players' muscle memory.
Just as coach Anxi said to Hanamichi Sakuragi, "You just practiced 20,000 shots, while Kaedu Rukawa practiced tens of millions of times. Shooting has become his muscle memory, so that he can get such gains."
In China, such "high-pressure" training in East Asia is common, just like Lang Lang's father trained Lang Lang to practice piano since he was a child, so strict that he almost deprived Lang Lang of all his childhood. Lang Lang can now shine on the top stage of world music. Son Heung-min was also deprived of all his childhood by his father, and his basic football training and cultural classes were not brought down until high school. Son Heung-min's childhood was spent in blood and tears. But it is precisely with such bloody and tears that Son Heung-min can shine at Wembley Stadium.
Sun Heung-min shines Tottenham is exchanged for blood and tears
Although this "cramming" training is not without its shortcomings, from successful cases, from all walks of life, who have achieved something in the end, must have experienced such "sacrifice". Think about it again if the father of Zhang Yuning had stricter requirements for Zhang Yuning, and the coaches of young players such as Wei Shihao were more stricter to them (in terms of basic football skills training, not in military training), would the younger generation of Chinese football players have better development? Of course this is a false proposition.
is a bit far away, let’s talk about Son Heung-min and his father.
In fact, when Sun Xiong was politically and education Son Heung-min started football, the mainstream youth training idea in South Korea was to "practice physical fitness and strengthen consciousness", just like we saw that at that time, , the Korean team, , seemed to everyone had "iron lungs" running wildly. However, Sun Xiongzheng has a unique view - he believes that physical fitness and physical confrontation will have a chance to remedy in the future, but since childhood, the basic skills of the ball's touch, the delicateness of the technology, and the balance between the left and right feet must be given enough attention from the enlightenment football training.
So at that time, Son Heung-min must have heard his father say a hundred times: "The basic skills of football are very important. Without skills under his feet, it cannot become a climate. Young people do not need to participate in the competition."
The first stop for Europe hamburger, a difficult choice, a "big bet" that fights against the water
15, Son Heung-min's basic skills were already very solid. Studies have been delayed more or less. At this time, Sun Xiongzheng sent Son Heung-min to the youth training camp in Seoul FC. Here, Son Heung-min can also experience the group life with his peers.After only a few months in high school, Son Heung-min got the opportunity that every Korean young player dreamed of. In 2008, the Korean Football Association launched project cooperation with the German Football Association, and six people will have the opportunity to go to Germany to join the local youth training.
What Son Heung-min is the opportunity to join the Hamburg echelon of the Bundesliga team. Such opportunities cannot be missed for all young Asian football players, and Son Heung-min is also excited. However, the "Wolf Dad and Tiger Mom" are considering going to a foreign country at the age of 16 and not finishing high school. Once Son Heung-min does not achieve his grades and meets the standard of exemption from military service, Son Heung-min, who has no high school education, does not even have the chance to return to China to play football instead of military service. In this way, Son Heung-min, who is in his twenties, will end his football career early, let alone pursue his dreams.
At this time, the "tiger mom" Gene Si finally decided to do his best for his son's family. Just like many parents who sell their children to famous foreign schools to go to colleges, although the "wolf father and tiger mom" at Son Heung-min's family does not need to sell their money, it was only after considering it for a long time that they decided to send Son Heung-min abroad and fully support it.
Sun Heung-min's first stop in Europe is Hamburg, Germany. Although teenagers Son Heung-min still has language barriers when he first came to Germany, he has no friends, is lonely in a foreign land, and his new life is very difficult.
We can see from many documentaries that many players always have a period of discomfort when they start to develop in a foreign land. If they cannot spend their spare time, many players will waste their spare time in nightclubs and games, and then end their careers early.
Sun Heung-min's father, Sun Xiong-jung, began running back and forth between Germany and South Korea in order for Son Heung-min to not take this path without self-discipline. Not only did he not relax his personal training, but he also urged Son Heung-min to learn language communication as soon as possible.
Although Son Heung-min still feels extremely hardworking every time his father and son practices, being accompanied by his father by example can make Son Heung-min forget some of the "homesickness of homesickness". In this process, Son Xiong-zheng also taught Son Heung-min how to be a qualified professional player, such as being cautious about arrogance and impetuousness, such as strictly self-discipline, and respecting his opponents on the court.
Sun Heung-min, who first arrived in Hamburg,
In order to make Son Heung-min's career develop longer, Sun Xiong-zheng took out the video of each game and studied it with Son Heung-min, including the details of the game, the gap with his opponent, and solutions. While teaching Son Heung-min to play football, "Wolf Dad" Son Heung-min also teaches Son Heung-min how to be a person.
In Hamburg, Son Xiongzheng will occasionally come over to continue to be a sparring
I have to say that this has a great impact on Son Heung-min. Among the teams in Son Heung-min traveling to Europe, Son Heung-min only got one red card during the period of Leverkusen. Since joining Tottenham, Son Heung-min has not got a red card. It can indeed be said to be a "very clean" player.
Sun Heung-min in Leverkusen
Interestingly, when he was in the Hamburg team, Son Heung-min released his "wolf dad" and recognized a "godfather". Don't get me wrong. It's not the "godfather" you have imagined, but just a football superstar senior who helped Son Heung-min a lot. Before his son went abroad, Sun Xiongzheng told him that "there are people outside of people, and there are heaven outside of heaven." Even Sun Xiongzheng himself may have many things to improve in teaching his son football. What's more, in actual combat, Son Heung-min is not familiar with the place and needs to have old players to "pass on and help." And Fanny played this role at this time.
Son Heung-min's "godfather" Van Nie in Hamburg
Son Heung-min has also said many times in the media interview: "Being teammates with stars like Van Nie can always learn something. He always pushes me forward and is very happy to help me, telling me how to play better and how to handle it more properly, just like my father."
If you want to become a superstar, you will learn to be a person first. In order to become the "No. 1 Asian" Son Heung-min learned to "should you give up"
modest, sunshine, and handsome have now become Son Heung-min's personal tags.Even when people often compare Son Heung-min with his senior Park Ji-sung , Son Heung-min always waves his hand and says that he still has a long way to go before the legendary Park Ji-sung.
Sun Heung-min said that he still has a long way to go before his idol Park Ji-sung
Now, as a first-tier star, Son Heung-min, must wear a mask when he returns to South Korea to avoid causing a sensation. He said that he is not unwilling to meet enthusiastic fans, but he cannot let fans get injured in the crowded encirclement because of himself, and even add more trouble to the police. However, Sun Xiongzheng reminded Son Heung-min, "No matter how good you play, don't forget that you are the foundation of an ordinary person!" Son Heung-min's football career has taken off, and to a certain extent, Sun Xiong-zheng constantly reminded Son Heung-min that there is also a certain causal relationship between being a human being and football. Son Heung-min is honest and polite to his teammates, coaches, and staff at the club, and is also beneficial to his career without any harm.
Son Heung-min, who has now become a Korean idol, and now as long as Son Heung-min is with his father, no matter how hard Son Heung-min is and how much the race is consumed, Sun Xiong-zheng will ask him to cooperate with media interviews with a positive attitude, and the wording must be in honor.
For fans who are rushing to the crowd, Son Heung-min will inevitably ignore it when standing in the middle of the crowd. Sun Xiongzheng is responsible for reminding his son not to ignore anyone's affection - whether it is autographing, group photo or handshake, they must be satisfied one by one.
This is what Sun Xiongzheng gave to Son Heung-min. It is not only the responsibility of being a Korean star, but also the responsibility of a football star and a public figure. Just like Son Heung-min has been participating in various public welfare activities over the years. Indeed, when you have become a star, all you have to do is give back to society as much as possible.
Of course, giving back to society also includes the glory and mission of playing for the country when playing for the national team. In the World Cup last year, the South Korean team still did not qualify. Son Heung-min was under too much pressure. When the president visited the locker room later, Son Heung-min, a boy who has always been sunny, couldn't help crying. After that, Son Heung-min participated in the Asian Games as an overage player and successfully won the gold medal. At the beginning of this year, he led the Korean team to participate in the Asian Cup.
Many people say that Son Heung-min spared no effort to participate in national team competitions is actually for "despair of military service". However, Son Heung-min said, "The Asian Games are a big event, not because of my personal reasons. I am very happy and proud to win the championship. My purpose is not to evade military service. My goal is very simple, to be a top player and always maintain this goal. For me, this is my 'military service'." However, he said he would assume the obligation of being a South Korean citizen and conduct a four-week military training course this summer or next summer.
Even if I become a first-tier star, the 26-year-old Son Heung-min still lives with his parents now, which is something that many Western media do not understand. However, Son Heung-min said lightly, "Someone must take care of my daily life so that I can keep my focus in the field of football to a higher level." What's more, we all know that Son Xiong-zheng requires Son Heung-min not to get married before retirement, but to focus on the field of football. Of course, this does not mean that Son Heung-min cannot fall in love. After all, if a young man in his twenties has a long relationship, he will not be able to wait for the right love and the right time. I believe that Son Heung-min and his family will also let him start his own family.
Sun Xingmin is getting redder and redder, but seeing the smile of a simple big boy on his face, you know that he is indeed very focused on his current football life, which is what Son Xingmin's "wolf father and tiger mother" hopes to see.
Looking at Son Heung-min's smile, perhaps the most gratifying thing is Son Heung-min's father Sun Xiong-zheng. This is the best "work" since Sun Xiong-zheng became a coach. None of them, and I believe that under the gaze of his strict father Sun Xiong-zheng, Son Heung-min will get better and better.
