There is a Chinese coach who is also rushing to the NBA! This is also a different path!

Often people always say that domestic players are not enterprising and have no competition.

Many times, people don’t know if they have ever thought: their “teachers” are just enterprising? Are their teachers constantly innovating their lesson plans?

Will you watch the just-concluded African Cup? Do you know that Angola won the championship? Will they watch the next higher level of European Championship?

Whether it is a youth training coach or a professional team coach, they are far behind the world in terms of concepts. Coaches do not understand the mainstream playing style of the world. Do you still expect players to play international competitions clearly?

The basketball game is updated very quickly, just like new energy vehicles. If the country does not keep up, it will only be a step backward.

So Yao Ming emphasized before that as a fan, I absolutely recognize it: "The coach's perception determines the level of the next generation of athletes."

"When will our coach go out? Go to other clubs to travel around the world?"

What about us? Two major phenomena.

1. When a coach is dismissed from a certain team, he can easily rejoin his job in other teams. Back and forth, there are actually just a few coaches.

If you don’t have to worry about work, you won’t be able to study hard.

2. Players are directly transferred to coach.

Zhou Peng is already the captain of the national team, and he is still worried about leading the Shenzhen team...

Because leading the team and playing basketball are different. The group of coaches needs to open their eyes to see the world.

This year, there is a "special" assistant coach named Li Ang. Where is

?

He walked a path that no one had taken before, and in the history of Chinese basketball, he was also a veritable pioneer.

Look at the experience of Coach Li:

1. During his student days, he was admitted to the Department of Mathematics at Tsinghua University through a mathematics competition. During his time, he represented the Tsinghua men's basketball team in the CUBA Sunshine Group Competition.

2. After giving up his job in Paris, he went to the United States to study for a master's degree in sports management. He recommended himself to join the Columbia basketball team, started from the grassroots level, and was promoted to an assistant coach the following year, and systematically learned the American basketball technical and tactical system.

3. In 2018, he returned to China to join the Beijing Shougang Club, first responsible for the youth training of the "Eagle Project", and later promoted to the CBA first-team assistant coach.

4. In 2024, he signed with the NBA Atlanta Hawks team Kolic Parker Skyhawks, becoming the first Chinese coach in the NBA Development League, responsible for the personal training of players, opponent scout reports and defensive strategy design.

Li Ang, like young Chinese players, has the dream of the NBA.

He did not come out of a sports school, he had never played a profession, he was a top student, engaged in basketball, and his love occupied a big factor.

This experience has never been before when I entered the coaching staff of the Chinese men's basketball team?

In the past, we had domestic coaches sent to study, but Li Ang was spontaneous, with a hint of passion, and he went there for a longer time and deeper.

As a young coach, he has a stronger ability to accept new things.

Everyone will find that in our place, professional players or professional coaches have natural arrogance.

It is easy to look down on the grassroots and the so-called "amateurs": "Have he ever played a profession?", "Why is he pointing at the professions?", "Have he played a CBA?"...

I want to refute this: Does Jack Ma major in e-commerce? Can Jack Ma write code...

Li Ang has no professional background, but what do they have? Being cultured.

A top student in the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University can establish big data analysis with his background in mathematics, and can optimize the functional player combination through data analysis...

Our traditional coach, who has this ability?

The older generation, let alone understand English, are mostly those who don’t understand computers. This means that it is difficult for him to truly understand things abroad. The translated

tastes different from what you know about it.

Another point is that the players are also changing.

You use the previous set to educate the post-00s and post-10s players in the future, but it is not easy to use. Old coaches, do you understand psychology? Do you know Chinese families? Do you know the children who grew up in the Internet age?

This is definitely not as simple as teaching them to play basketball...

If sports are regarded as an education, then the importance of education to players is: cultural quality, personality shaping, value cultivation, cross-cultural understanding, psychological resilience, systematic thinking, etc.

Give the most direct example: In the past, do you dare to imagine the conflict between Xu Xin and Du Feng?

00s players are so different.

This also raises new topics for coaches and how to deal with their relationship with players.

Playing awesome does not mean that you are leading the team at a high level.

Today's NBA coaching system focuses more on tactical understanding, data analysis, player development and team management capabilities, rather than just player experience. Professional skills such as video editing, scout reports, tactical design, communication and leadership have become important dimensions of ability for modern coaches.

Spoel, isn't it also edited...

The road spirit of Li Ang reflects the new model of "non-player background + professional education + international practice", which is highly consistent with the trends of the NBA in recent years.

Because we are outsiders, I don’t know how much role Li Ang played in the Chinese men’s basketball coaching team this time; I don’t know what his main division of labor is.

However, this time the changes in Chinese basketball's playing style, especially the changes in offensive rhythm, have some new looks.

Perhaps, Director Li has made great contributions.

Hope that his going out is not only a microcosm of individual struggle, but also an important symbol of Chinese basketball embracing scientific and internationalization..

The more people walk, it becomes the road.