Overview of the overall situation, the Chinese women's basketball team's defeat clearly stems from the lack of inside contention and strategic synergy, scoring almost all rely on the outside shooting, but the effect is not satisfactory. Li Yueru, the team's top star, failed to get proper tactical support on the court, repeatedly high blocking, making her advantages not fully realized.
Defensively, the team's defense is not good enough, and every time they play defense, they seem to be overwhelmed, distracted, and lacking in defensive strategy and passion. Often, the team's overall defense is weak, lack of effective co-defense, poor rebound protection, lack of defensive flexibility, and the formation has been repeatedly cracked by the opposing team.
Now that men's soccer, men's basketball and women's basketball have become the giants of today's sports world, the commonalities are indeed distinct.
In truth, our competitive athletes are not motivated by love, but by the pursuit of profit.
In soccer and basketball leagues, athletes do not commit to their sport out of love for it, but rather for fame and fortune.
Therefore, in recent years, many soccer and basketball players and star players have been involved in various kinds of variety shows, accepting advertising endorsements to enhance exposure, in order to maximize the commercial value.
Athletes have short careers, and there is nothing wrong with maximizing their value when they are popular. But many athletes come from poor backgrounds and just want to change their fortunes and make money. If you really love sports, you should pursue a higher level of league play and strive to be at the top of the world, alongside the world's top stars.
In basketball, no one in the Chinese men's basketball team is playing in the NBA; in soccer, no one is in the top five leagues in Europe. Li Yueru and other women's basketball players to improve their skills, few willing to accept low wages to join overseas leagues.
Our system is riddled with problems, and the human condition is rife.
The world's basketball training talent is concentrated in a place where politics and education are united, whereas in our country they are separated. In the United States, men's basketball players are trained on campuses, both in high school and college, and enter the NBA through intercollegiate leagues and excellence, with the advantages that the education sector does not view players as private property, that there are no training fees to pay, and that athletes choose out of love rather than family or financial pressure.
Our youth training methods are brutal, with clubs and local sports boards selecting children from a young age to train, with most becoming rejects. A few succeed, while the eliminated waste precious years of their lives with far-reaching consequences for the future. In addition, the youth training process is rife with complications such as gifts and money to those in charge and even affairs with the children's mothers.
Promoted clubs or national teams have excellent player cultures and power cultures. They have the capital, not by virtue of their strength to win the opportunity to play, but as a result of various unspoken rules.
Chinese soccer anti-corruption case is only the tip of the iceberg, more unexposed. The root of the problem is that both soccer and basketball, which should follow the market economy of survival of the fittest, have gradually been reduced to political subordination. As a result, our famous athletes become famous, often become vested interests, lack of motivation to improve their skills. Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin are proof of this.
