China men’s basketball built a security team with the most elaborate division of labor in history. Among the 15-person security team, the division of labor involves 10 positions such as team administrator, physical trainer, video analyst and news officer.
Xinhua News Agency, XI’AN, May 16 (Reporter Yao Youming) on the afternoon of 14th, on the playground of Northwest University, Teachers of Northwest University, wu Zhao, the research coach of China men’s basketball, finished the last basketball class of this semester for students. “Everyone may have heard that I am going to the national team.” Wu Zhao Zhao said. His students showed disaffection in their eyes and looked forward to it. China men’s basketball their contribution and sacrifice in preparing for the World Cup “.
Opening the training list of men’s basketball in China, people were surprised to find that China men’s basketball has built a security team with the most meticulous division of labor in history. Among the 15-person security team, the division of labor involves 10 positions such as team administrator, physical trainer, video analyst and news officer. “This is the embodiment of the advanced development trend of Chinese basketball catching up with the world basketball. In NBA teams, the number of service teams is often more than the number of players. Take the coaching staff as an example, it may be given to defenders, the front line and insider are specially equipped with different coaches.” Wu Zhao Zhao said.
Since 2014, Wu Zhaozhao began to work in China’s men’s basketball team. As a scientific researcher, his duty is to assist the head coach and the coaching team to complete the physiological and biochemical monitoring of athletes, the recovery of sports fatigues, exercise diet, nutrition regulation and other aspects of work. Wu Zhaozhao said that the middle and high level competition in the basketball world cannot be separated from the support of science and technology. His job is to help athletes maintain a good physical and mental state and give full play to their skills and tactics during the competition.
To what extent can technology help improve the team’s combat capability? Wu Zhaozhao said that people will see benevolence and wisdom in this issue. Although there were many scientific methods he mastered that were inconvenient to disclose to the public, he still gave a simple example to the reporter. “For example, fluid infusion in the competition is very particular. Adding a sports drink configured by ourselves with a specific temperature has the best effect. If the liquid temperature is too high, it will not delay the fatigue of athletes. On the contrary, it is likely to cause gastrointestinal spasm of athletes.” He said.
When talking about the upcoming work, Wu Zhaozhao said that the task of preparing for the World Cup would be relatively heavy. The 33-year-old man said: “This national team basically takes the winning team of the 2015 Asian Championship as the backbone team. Compared with previous years, this year, due to the change of CBA schedule, the league ended late, the training time is short. A group of older players need some rest, recovery and adjustment after a season, which means that we need to use limited time to help them adjust their status, compete with excellent teams from all continents of the world.”
However, Wu Zhao said frankly that since Yao Ming became the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, the national team has been able to prepare for every competition with a worldwide vision and thinking. As a national team researcher, he can often learn about the progress and development of basketball research at home and abroad, as well as some emerging nutrition and recovery methods. “I hope that through my work, I can help China men’s basketball become the best Asian team in this World Cup and successfully get tickets for the Tokyo Olympics.” He said.
In addition to the scientific research coach of the national team, Wu Zhaozhao also served as a basketball teacher of Northwestern University and a coach of the women’s basketball school team. Under his leadership, northwestern University won the second place of CUBA Sunshine Group in Shaanxi province women’s basketball 2016. “School leaders, colleagues and classmates gave me special support for serving the national team. Our school is also 211 colleges and universities. Student players are very smart, and their enthusiasm for basketball is also very high now.” Wu Zhao Zhao said,
as the only college teacher in the national team coaching team and the guarantee team, Wu Zhao said frankly that there is still a certain gap between the competitive level of college players and entering the national team, however, he believes that with the participation of more college students in the CBA draft and the success of former college students such as Han Dejun in professional basketball, he is confident to continue the basketball boom in the university campus and help college basketball lovers become better themselves.