On January 19, the second stage of the CBA regular season ended. Last season, Nanjing Tongxi team, the “deputy monitor”, ranked 12th. The “second grade” player Zhao Bo made an average contribution of 14.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in the Qing court, and held the absolute main force inside the team. Recently, he accepted an exclusive interview with The Beijing News reporter.
In a domestic sports forum, many fans called Zhao Baiqing “Tongxi stable brother”. He himself agrees that the biggest improvement in the second season of CBA is to play a more stable role. “Cainiao had 40 points in a single game and only one point in the season. The ups and downs were still great. After the first two stages of this season, the overall performance is indeed more stable.” Zhao Baiqing said.
At the talent show conference in 2021, zhao baiqing joined nanjing tongxi as a “top show”. The former main force of peking university men’s basketball “dynasty” experienced 27 consecutive defeats at the beginning of CBA, I experienced “falling from the cloud to the bottom of the valley” and “in my heart, the first year was really the” devil “season. The fight against CBA is much fiercer than I imagined, and there are deficiencies in all aspects, especially in terms of shooting stability and low technology. The team’s performance is not good, and the mentality is also affected.”
During the off-season last year, Zhao Baiqing conducted special personal skills and physical training in Beijing, adding some number 3 skills to enrich offensive methods and strengthening the core and pace, improve the traverse speed. After tongxi team assembled, the new head coach xirelijiang first grasped physical fitness and laid a good foundation was the first step to make the young team energetic. Tongxi’s summer training is practiced three times a day, and the compulsory subject every night is shooting, not only fixed-point shooting, but also intensity shooting. “As the season goes on, not only me, but the whole team has become the beneficiary of summer training.” Zhao Baiqing said.”
Some fans said that this was a “two-way trip” between the team and the players “. In zhao baiqing’s view, chemical reactions are indeed mutual, but tongxi team is more of a team achievement individual, and xirelijiang became the most critical part as the head coach. “We are still called brother xi. He played together last season. He knows us very well and is very much like a big brother with us.” Zhao Baiqing said. “The West guidance has always stressed that we should dare to win our opponents, especially we are young teams.” The young team inevitably made mistakes, and the West reilijiang often criticized the players during the competition, “but his severe points,” Zhao Baiqing told the reporter, “the basketball court is meticulous, but it takes care of us; the execution of defense is very strict, but as long as it is done, it gives us a high degree of freedom on the offensive side.”
“CBA has greater influence, and the atmosphere on the scene should be more popular, and there has been no such heavyweight sports scene in China for so long.” Zhao baiqing speculated, “we will have more motivation to fight at home. Changing to the away game is a test. For example, there will be interference when throwing free throws, which is a big challenge in mentality.”
This tongxi insider believes that whether young players can quickly adapt to the main and away games and minimize the ups and downs will greatly affect the team’s performance in the third stage. In any case, “we have reached this point. Everyone wants to maintain the current momentum. No one is willing to fall behind.”
Before the start of the season, tongxi’s management and coaching staff proposed to “play as far as possible”, but there was no specific ranking or target requirements. They could enter the playoff sequence after the first 28 rounds, and the whole team was quite surprised, there is also a greater motivation to prepare for the third stage. Tongxi young pioneer team history has not tasted the taste of the playoffs yet, creating history and is ready to come out.
“Personally, I also want to make a breakthrough in my grades.” Zhao Baiqing said bluntly. The 27 consecutive defeats and the bottom of the league in the “Cainiao” season once depressed him. Now, relying on everyone’s efforts to get out of the trough one by one and regain confidence, the young man also realized that the “second grade” should be more mature and more responsible. Since he was given more responsibilities, it is necessary to give the team more help. “During this window period, I will focus on strengthening the speed and stability of three points. It is best to enter two to three points per game, and continue to strengthen the pace.”
Zhao baiqing hopes that both he and the team can have a new atmosphere in the new year. “every day of training will guarantee quality and quantity. Every game will go all out and the team will achieve a new high, only in this way can we achieve a breakthrough in self-worth.”
(Text/Beijing News reporter Liu Chen)