In 20 17, Beijing Shougang officially released the "Shougang Basketball Young Eagle Program", and sent nine young players, including He, Zeng, Dong Xuzhuo, Fan, Guo, Wu Yonghao, Rulu, and Xue Chuanzhe, to the United States, and entered the American basketball system through further study in the American Basketball Academy and preparatory school, thus opening the way to challenges.
In the past four years, this basketball training plan has grown to its proper appearance, and there will soon be fruits that can be picked, which will live up to the efforts of the predecessors. If it was the mature fruit of this plan, then Liaoning Xinxing is the one who explored the way for the Young Eagle Project. His mother Wang Fang sent her son to the American Basketball Academy through the recommendation of Qin Xiaowen, a famous sports agent at that time.
Qin Xiaowen joined Shougang at the end of 20 16 as the director and general manager of Shougang Sports.
Prior to this, Ms. Qin Xiaowen was a well-known sports agent in the domestic basketball field. After graduating from Beijing Sport University, she worked in the International Liaison Department of the State Sports Commission for many years. However, 1998, she decided to quit her job and go to America. She studied for an MBA in marketing management in Washington State, then became the global marketing director of HDSC, and chose to live in Portland, Oregon.
Oregon is also home to the American Basketball Academy. Since the establishment of 1994, it has attached great importance to international basketball cultural exchanges. Since then, Qin Xiaowen has successfully set up a bridge for China women's basketball team to go to training. In 2005, she operated Sui Feifei to join the WNBA, which made her famous for a while. Zhang Zhenlin was not only trained in the American Basketball Academy, but also entered the American high school to win the national championship under the recommendation of President Bruce O 'Neill, and finally joined tulane university of NCAA.
When Qin Xiaowen took office at Shougang, Zhang Zhenlin was competing with Larumia High School for the national championship. This plan is considered to have a mature plan, that is, through domestic selection, it will be sent to the American Basketball Academy for training, and then it will enter the American sports system. It is the integration of domestic youth training system and studying abroad in Zhang Zhenlin, which was officially launched in the summer of 20 17 and named as "Young Eagle Program".
The Young Eagle Project also needs a project leader. 20 17 Shougang meritorious coach min quits the first team. At the press conference, he said: "We all know that the first team of Shougang Men's Basketball Team was very strong in the past, but there was a shortage of reserve talents. It is necessary to strengthen the training of second-and third-line teams, improve the echelon construction, and let more talents enter the first-line team.
Min Lulei instructed Shougang that "reconstruction is imminent". He conveniently ended the coaching of the first team and shifted all his thoughts to the cultivation of reserve talents. After layers of recommendation and selection, the first training camp of Shougang Young Eagle Plan has 60 students, but the plan is not completely smooth. It was originally planned to select 15 people, but only 13 people were selected, and only 9 people officially went to the United States.
This involves some key elements, such as the problems encountered today.
At that time, a reporter specifically asked Qin Xiaowen in an interview. Her answer is that Shougang will bear all the expenses of the students and sign relevant contracts with them to ensure that they can work for Shougang if they appear in CBA in the future. In fact, this major premise has always existed in the Zeng incident. As early as before going to the United States, there was no disagreement on the issue of ownership.
The difference of Zeng's question lies in how to travel to the United States for a young player who already has a certain reputation, and how to ensure that his affiliation with Shougang will not change because of joining professional leagues. The final result is of course good. Before joining, I completed the registration with China Basketball Association and signed a three-year contract with Shougang. Whether he enters the NBA or returns to the CBA in the future, his connection with Shougang will always exist.
Of the 60 players of that year, except for 9 who went to the United States, now there are Xu Xin of Guangdong echelon and Yu of Sichuan Jinqiang, all of whom were selected for the National Youth Team. Dong Hao, who signed a contract with the Shanghai Men's Basketball Team not long ago, is also from the Young Eagle Project. Actually, there was a misunderstanding. Although he was selected as 13, he was not among the last 9 people to study in the United States.
Like Dong Hao, there is a young man named Han Rui, who is a junior high school basketball team of Wuhan No.6 Middle School, and then a player of Hubei Youth Team. He also entered the Young Eagle Program, but did not appear in the final list, so he and Dong Hao have no affiliation with Shougang Men's Basketball Team.
Back to the Young Eagle Project, this excellent idea was rapidly upgraded.
In 20 18, Shougang joined hands with general manager Qin Xiaowen's alma mater, Beijing Sport University, and the project was upgraded to "National Basketball Young Eagle Program", and was finally selected into the list of up to 50 people. The Young Eagle program also jumped out of the men's basketball category. The final list included not only 35 men's basketball players, but also 15 women's basketball players. After that, the plan continued to advance.
In fact, the talent training mode of the Young Eagle Program is not new overseas. Many years ago, some European countries began to try to study in the United States. At present, many European players who play in the NBA enter the American basketball system through basketball colleges and preparatory schools, and then become famous in the draft, instead of playing leagues in Europe and waiting for American scouts to dig. On the one hand, it helps to hone one's skills and adapt to American basketball culture in advance, thus increasing the chances of success in the draft.
Of course, like Laurie Markanen of Finland, nikola vucevic of Montenegro and Stephen Adams of New Zealand, their challenges to the United States are all personal events, not from large-scale talent training programs. We have to admit that a time-consuming, laborious and expensive project like the Young Eagle Project really needs courage.
Shougang's courage is not only at the basketball level, but also at the tip of the iceberg.
"Let Beijing be the best sports city. This is the idea put forward by Qin Xiaowen after Shougang Sports took office. Although people are dissatisfied with the way he let Stephen Marbury and Sun Yue go, and her personal evaluation is mixed because of the achievements of Shougang Men's Basketball Team, I believe these stories will refresh people's impression of her.
Just over a month after the first batch of students studying in the United States were officially announced, Shougang Sports Building prepared the inauguration ceremony of the Beijing Shougang Ice Hockey National Team Club and released the Beijing Ice Hockey National Team Eagle Plan. China Ice Hockey Association, Beijing Sports Bureau and Shougang Sports signed a five-year cooperation plan. Obviously, the first node of the plan is the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Previously, in the "Dancing with Wolves" program of 20 17 baseball and softball, China Softball Association and Shougang Sports cooperated to form the national women's softball team. June 20 17, a newly established Beijing Shougang Golden Eagle women's softball team decided to cross the ocean to participate in the American professional softball league, becoming the first overseas team in the history of NPF. Shougang Golden Eagle Texas Air Team, which gathered excellent baseball players from China, appeared in the American Independent Professional League in the 20 18 season.
These plans all revolve around a core point, which is to send China's outstanding athletes overseas for experience. The so-called young eagle spreads its wings and dances with wolves, which is what it means. Of course, this is only part of the operation of Shougang Sports in the professional arena. Besides these, there are women's table tennis and women's basketball. At the same time, in the industrial field, Shougang signed a contract with the State Sports General Administration to build a national sports industry demonstration zone, rebuild the national team training ground, build a sports headquarters base, set up a Beijing-Hebei coordinated development sports industry fund, and strive for special policies for a sports industry free trade zone.
Back to the Young Eagle Program, the first batch of students finally stirred up a splash in the basketball world after four years.
Zeng will soon join the Ignition Team, which is a team specially built by the Development League to compete with overseas professional leagues for young talents. In the 20021NBA draft, Jay Green joined the Rockets as the second show, and Jonathan Cumminga was selected by the Warriors as the seventh overall pick.
Gonzaga University, a famous NCAA school, was abandoned and participated in the NBA draft in advance. Although Jay Sagues, a freshman at Gonzaga University, was selected in the 5th overall pick this year, the Bulldogs do have a tradition that freshmen rarely draft directly. In the past ten years, only Sagues and Zach Collins were selected, and Japanese Ha palestinian village practiced in the team for three years.
It is difficult to determine the advantages and disadvantages of Zeng in the earlier draft, but it is definitely beneficial to Shougang, because once the draft fails, he can be seen in the Shougang men's basketball team as soon as 22-23 seasons. Besides him, Yi Ming, a fan of the Young Eagles Program, has confirmed that he will accept a full scholarship from Portland University to play in the NCAA First Division. Although Wu Yonghao was criticized by many people on the Internet, he was also a player selected for the National Youth Team.
China basketball is constantly exploring the way forward. More than a decade ago, it also reached a cooperation with Australia. Young Liu Xiaoyu and Xu Yong almost played in NBL. Now, the Young Eagle program has fulfilled the expectations of many fans, allowing players to dance with wolves. Dongguan Basketball School also has the world's first NBA-authorized basketball training base. It may be difficult for us to win a total victory, and we will not score full marks on every front, but we have been working hard and determined.
Despite the twists and turns, the young eagle is finally flying high. The future that Shougang once looked forward to seems to have come before us. Wait patiently, the eagle has to fly higher to see farther.