Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi, January 22, question: watching the idol Yao Ming is looking forward to breaking into a sky in the United States — an exclusive interview with Women’s Basketball National hand Han Xu
Xinhua news agency reporters Sun Zhe and Ma Di
averaged 15.9 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 cap, this is the report card of WCBA rookie Han Xu. Like Xinjiang Women’s Basketball, Han Xu went higher and lower this season and was finally selected as the WCBA All-Star starter. She is looking forward to going to America like her idol Yao Ming.
From “sleeping” to “activated” Cainiao season self-assessment 80 points
Asian Games, women’s basketball World Cup…… Han Xu didn’t join the team until the WCBA opener. At the beginning of the season, Xinjiang Women’s Basketball, which was “changed blood”, lacked running-in, and his record declined, and Han Xu’s performance was not as good as expected.
“People have high expectations for me, but I didn’t find a suitable way to play, just like falling asleep.” Han Xu said, “at the beginning of the season, the team lacked tacit understanding. There were often mistakes when the ball passed and people ran away. At that time, they thought it would be good to enter the playoffs.”
After 9 rounds of the regular season, the former Jiangsu coach Xiong Yan took over Shuai Yin, and the national team assistant joined the coaching team Murat. In the following 25 regular season matches, Xinjiang won 23 games and Han Xu was completely activated. The “two pairs” data of “20+10” has become normal.
The change of low opening and high walking made Han Xu full of confidence. She scored 80 points for her rookie season. “Xiong’s guidance is more flexible for me. Foreign Aid gave me more football rights after leaving the team, and I gradually found the feeling when I was in the national team.” Han Xu said.
It is the trend of basketball in the world that big players have three-point projection ability, but Han Xu is cautious about developing new “skill packages”, “tossing is not my focus now, it is the top priority to lay a good internal Foundation”. Throughout the regular season, the basketball aim high and the China Investment Center are the main scoring methods of Han Xu.
During the second half of the league, Han Xu “enjoyed” The treatment like a superstar and was often defended by the opponent’s bag clip, which made her feel a lot of pressure. However, for the upcoming playoffs, Han Xu has not lost his temper. “Although I am a little nervous, the team is getting smoother and smoother. We must believe that we and the team have the ability to win higher honors”.
Father Yan mother “lead the way” school basketball achievement self
Han Xu was born in a basketball family. His parents were basketball players. His father Han fashun once played for Sichuan men’s basketball. “My mother is very strict with me, but my father who rarely goes home is relatively gentle.” Han Xu said, “If my mother is not strict enough, I can’t stick to many things.”
Since I got in touch with basketball, my parents are Han Xu’s technical guidance and sparring. Almost after every game, they will explain to her. “The center of gravity is a little lower, the rebound should be held first, and the steps under the basket should be solid……” Han Xu said with a smile, “every time they are both a ‘small write ‘.”
Nowadays, whenever the Xinjiang team has a continuous home court, parents will come from Hebei to watch the match. The two knew very well that it was not easy for their daughter to enter professional basketball at the beginning, and the focus of communication after the game also changed from comments to encouragement. “I almost don’t train me now. I have praised me recently. I may think that I have entered the national team, afraid of being wrong.” Han Xu joked.
Xiong Yan has said many times that Han Xu has high understanding and deep understanding of techniques and tactics. Most of the time, he can get through a little. Han Xu believes that this is due to the Affiliated High School of Tsinghua University, his alma mater. Along the way, from basic training to mentality training, the coach gave her great help. In junior high school, she also studied in class with other classmates. Under the influence of each other, Han Xu has a good learning ability.
“The National High School League and overseas training at that time were all very valuable for me to exercise.” Han Xu said that it was also during the middle school affiliated to Tsinghua University that she was successively selected into the national character teams at all levels and was finally called into the national team by Xu Limin.
Career small goal: Landing in WNBA within 3 years
height, arm length, soft hand feeling, strong mobility, due to similar physical conditions and technical characteristics, many fans call Han Xu the “female version of Zhou Qi” and expect her to emerge in the WNBA arena. In fact, many people in the basketball industry at home and abroad are full of the same expectation for her.
Not long ago, Xinjiang Foreign aid Rolle said that if Han Xu participated in the WNBA draft, he would be selected in the top 5. “Her evaluation is better than what she received before, which shows that I have improved. I hope her prediction can come true.” Han Xu said that the recognition of foreign scouts and WNBA players has always brought her more confidence.
Although the voice of participating in the WNBA draft as soon as possible is getting higher and higher, Han Xu himself is very calm. She believes that it is good to log on to WNBA early to receive higher-level training and competition, but only after physical confrontation and psychological preparation can we go further, “The deadline I gave myself is 2 to 3 years”.
The goal is not far away, but the road in front of you still needs to go well. Han Xu recently found an English teacher to learn languages through videos, and he would follow Rolle to practice oral english during training. “Our foreign aid also has to face unfamiliar environment, language and diet, giving me some time to adapt. I think it should be no problem to go to America by myself.” Han Xu said.
When playing overseas with the national youth team, scouts once commented that Han Xu “played as soft as ‘noodle ‘”, which touched her a lot. For this reason, she has already focused on diet and strength training, but the effect is not obvious, “she will further adjust during the off-season”. The situation of light weight and lack of strength is very similar to her childhood idol Yao Ming before landing in NBA.
In the past two years, Han Xu and Yao Ming have had several exchanges. Han Xu said that Yao Ming’s self-discipline and struggle in adversity made her feel admired, “I hope that like him, I can go to WNBA to create a road and go to America to make a sky”.