After entering primary school, Jeff signed up for a basketball training class at home. Jeff's height is not the best among his peers. For basketball players, the importance of height is self-evident. In order to make himself go further and further on the road of basketball, Jeff has consciously practiced his basic basketball skills and basketball consciousness since attending basketball training classes.
20 1 1 Coach Ding, who trains the core players of women's basketball, becomes the basketball teacher of Dongguan Sports School. In order to attract more outstanding young talents, coach Ding launched an enrollment campaign for the whole society. As a gold medal coach in China's basketball field, the news of coach Ding's admission has attracted countless people's attention, and Jeff is no exception.
Jeff was only ten years old and only 1.43 meters tall. When Jeff suggested that he wanted to participate in the selection, he was not encouraged, but laughed at and suppressed. "I also want to participate in the selection of professional basketball players, because I am so short, forget it." If the sky is a great task for the Sri Lankan people, they must first endure their will. In those years, Jeff always talked about his basketball dream, which was always said to be wishful thinking.
But the stubborn Jeff didn't give up. With the support of his family, he signed up as Ding's coach. Height is Jeff's disadvantage, but his basketball talent has become Jeff's stepping stone. After signing up for the sports school selection, Jeff took part in a basketball game. He is very flexible on the court, and was found by head coach Ding as "a promising defender" at a glance. Soon after, Jeff successfully passed the selection of basketball players in Dongguan Sports School and entered the sports school.
To be fair, Jeff's height in the basketball team is not high, and he can even be called a "short man". After entering the sports school, every Saturday and Sunday, the sports school will hold a basketball game to encourage students to learn from each other. At that time, Jeff's height was only 1.4 meters. Even if he tried to practice bouncing and dunking in front of his much taller classmates, he had no advantage in shuttling around the court with a basketball.
The short board in height has slowed Jeff's pace in basketball, but it has not dampened Jeff's love for basketball. In the years of studying in sports school, Jeff can only be regarded as a "soy sauce" in basketball games, but few people can endure hardships more than Jeff in daily training except competitions. He knows that his height has no advantage in basketball, so he can only exercise his basic skills harder than other students. God did not give Jeff a proud height, but gave him more indomitable spirit than others.
On 20 12, coach Ding became the head coach of Guangdong Men's Basketball Team 3, and Jeff finally ushered in his own day. To be a professional basketball player, you need not only excellent height, but also excellent skills and a strong heart.
After several years of observation, Jeff's humble performance has become the best defender candidate in coach Ding's mind. In order to better cultivate this promising young talent, coach Ding, while serving as the head coach of the three teams, also brought Jeff into the Guangdong Hongyuan youth training system. Just like the eagle fighting in the sky finally returned to the vast sky, Jeff looked like a duck to water after entering the youth training. His height, once his shortcoming, has also become Jeff's advantage in repeated competitions.
There are many excellent players who entered the national youth team training with Jeff, such as Wang Quanze and Guo Haowen. But after years of training, Jeff's heart is full of confidence. He knows very well that if you want others to recognize your position, you must rely on your achievements to make others take yourself seriously.
Jeff and his teammates won the cheers of countless fans when they first entered the Asian Youth Championship on 20 15. "A good start" encouraged Jeff. In May of 20 16, I participated in the U 17 Men's Basketball World Cup with my teammates. According to statistics, Jeff averaged 14 points, 4.5 points and 2 rebounds.
In 20 18, in the U 18 Asian Youth Championship, Jeff became more and more brave and scored 10.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.9 assists. After several seasons of competition, Jeff made a beautiful "turnaround" for himself. With more and more appearances, Jeff gradually became the core player of the national youth team.
20 18, after years of polishing, Jeff officially joined the first team of Guangdong men's basketball team and realized his dream for many years. As one of the best teams in CBA, the competition of Guangdong team is not fierce. In the first season, Jeff, like all rookie players, didn't get much chance to make public appearances.
However, in the finals of CBA season, Jeff successfully seized the opportunity. In the match between Guangdong and Xinjiang, Jeff, as a substitute, only played for 14 minutes, but made five shots and scored 14 points for Guangdong. Such excellent results made Jeff famous. In the next three games, Jeff got the chance to play. In the end, Guangdong won the CBA championship with a score of 4: 0.
After the CBA won the championship, in August of the same year, Jeff, as the core player of the National Youth Team, led the players to participate in the U 19 Men's Basketball World Cup. In this game, Jeff averaged 3 1 min and scored 3.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists.
Although the ranking of the National Youth Team in the U 19 Men's Basketball World Cup is not optimistic, Jeff's performance in the game made countless fans scream, so why worry about the future? At that time, the Guangdong youth who repeatedly hit the wall because of his height problem has now stepped onto the men's basketball field step by step with his own efforts over the years.
Online analysis is hot, and Jeff hasn't stopped training. Xu Jie got the chance to play in two games. With the help of this excellent defender, the Guangdong team won. Even in the previous match with Xinjiang team, Guangdong team reached the third consecutive championship in CBA history.
Along the way, Jeff has made unremitting efforts towards his dream in various doubts over the years, and realized the gorgeous transformation from a rural child to a CBA star. Today, Jeff is only 22 years old, which is the golden age for basketball players. Jeff's future, let's wait and see!