Zhang Weiping

Zhang Weiping

Zhang Weiping, born in Beijing on December 19, 1950, is a Chinese basketball player. He is a former member of the Chinese national basketball team. He has solid footwork and strong attack ability under the basketball. He is known as "the magician under the basketball". After retiring, he became a famous basketball commentator and was nicknamed "Zhang Li Li" by fans for his style.

As a player, Zhang Weiping won the eighth (1975) and ninth (1977) Asian men's Basketball Championships and the eighth Asian Games (1978) basketball championship on behalf of the national team. He won the "three consecutive championships" and was crowned "Asia's best forward". After retiring, he also became the best choice for the commentator of the national brand team. Classic: "because I play reasonable ah, unlike some players get the ball on the bang chaos sudden, a mistake to people chasing butt hit."

Personal experience

He entered Shichahai amateur sports school in 1960 and Dongcheng District Amateur Sports School in 1964. He joined the Beijing Youth Basketball Team in 1965, the Beijing basketball team in 1966 (his team won the National Championship), and the national team in 1973. He has been playing for the national team for 8 years. He is the second center (power forward). He has solid footwork and strong attack ability under the basket. participated in international competitions for many times, covering more than 30 countries and regions around the world. study in Beijing Institute of physical education after retirement. After graduation, he was the head coach of Beijing youth men's basketball team in 1983. He was the head coach of Beijing Women's basketball team in 1984. He has been the coach of Chinese men's basketball team since 1985. As the coach of the national team, he led the team to participate in the 13th Asian Championship (1985, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur) and won the third place; The 14th Asian Championships (Bangkok, Thailand, 1987), the 10th Asian Games (Seoul, Korea, 1986), the 10th World Championships (Spain, 1986), the 14th Universiade (former Yugoslavia, 1986), the 9th place, In the 24th Olympic Games (Seoul, South Korea, 1988), it won 11th place. in 1988, he went to the United States to study and work. During this period, he helped arrange and organize the visits, training, competitions and inspection of Chinese team and basketball club managers, and organized and assisted American coaches to give lectures in China. as a teacher and translator of several national basketball coach training classes. He has presided over the national youth basketball summer camp for many times. technical consultant of Chinese young women's basketball team, arranged and organized teams to train and compete in the United States and Australia for many times. senior manager of China Department of international management group from 1997 to 2000. Responsible for the publicity and promotion of China Men's Basketball League a. CCTV sports channel lecture program - "Basketball Class" program host, CCTV NBA, CBA live broadcast commentary consultant, special guests host, has repeatedly carried out live reports and interviews on NBA Finals and all star games, creating CCTV sports channel good ratings, known as "a unique landscape" by the majority of TV viewers. the columnist of "guide to watching the war" in sports express of Xinhua news agency. NBA space time columnist. Basketball columnist of Sohu website. He has published many articles in various newspapers and magazines to introduce and comment on Chinese basketball and world basketball. shot and published a series of teaching film "modern basketball teaching method" (10 videos, VCD10). His works include: Zhang Weiping basketball training camp, and his translation of "rules of practical knowledge of basketball". In 2003, he was the leader of China Men's basketball Olympic hope team. He founded "Zhang Weiping basketball class" in 2004. In 2005, he was the senior director of CUBA basketball affairs. from 2004 to 2007, he signed a contract with sohu.com as a senior basketball expert commentator. 2008-2010 signed a contract with Tom website and served as a senior basketball expert commentator. In the same year, he signed the contract of "China Basketball base camp" sponsored by China Basketball Association as head coach and chief basketball consultant. since 2010, he has signed a contract with Tencent website as a senior basketball expert commentator. in October 2015, director Zhang recently appeared on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. He interviewed the Los Angeles media day on behalf of Tencent, and the scene of having a good conversation with Robert Thackeray was photographed by the Los Angeles Times reporters. This picture was selected as one of the top ten pictures of the media day.

Achievement and honor

Third place in the 7th Asian Games in 1974 (Iran, Tehran) eighth Asian championship champion in 1975 (Thailand, Bangkok) Ninth Asian championship champion in 1977 (Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur) eighth Asian Games champion in 1978 (Thailand, Bangkok) 11th place in the 8th World Championship in 1978 (Philippines, Manila) in 1978, in the United States, the former Soviet Union, the former Yugoslavia In the 8th World Championship participated by 16 world top teams, including Brazil, Italy and Canada, they ranked the first in their total score. They were nominated as the best athlete and won the title of "scoring champion" in the championship. They were also praised as the "Archer" in the basketball world. They won the 10th Asian Championship in 1979 (Nagoya, Japan)

Career

Outstanding talent

Zhang Weiping was born in Beijing in 1950. At the age of 10, he stepped into Beijing Shichahai amateur sports school, known as the "cradle of athletes", and received basic training in junior basketball class. At the age of 14 or 15, he is tall, strong in jumping, good in strength, coordinated and quick in movement, and has extraordinary basketball consciousness and feel. Coaches and experts see him as the "material" for playing basketball. After going to middle school, he transferred to Dongcheng District Sports School for directional training, and made his mark. In 1965, when he was just 15 years old, he was elected to Beijing young men's basketball team. At that time, the competition of the youth training team with haomiaozi was fierce. As a forward member, he was superior in height, bounce and strength, quick in hand and foot, and had strong attack power under the basket. He had a clear mind, wisdom, and good consciousness. He had a solid foundation in basic skills, many offensive ways, and could shoot from both left and right hands, with accurate mid distance jump shots.

Selected men's basketball team

With strength, he was selected into the first team of Beijing Men's basketball team in less than a year. Then the "Cultural Revolution" swept, paralyzed the sports team, personnel lost, and he remained in the team. In 1973, the National Sports Commission resumed all kinds of sports in an all-round way. He was elected to the new national men's basketball team under the guidance of Qian Chenghai and served as the second center. In 1974, as a forward of the Chinese men's basketball team, he took part in the men's basketball competition of the seventh Asian Games and won the third place. after the end of China's "Cultural Revolution", Chinese sports returned to the family of the International Sports Federation. The first world-class basketball competition that China participated in was the Eighth World Basketball Championship held in Manila in 1978, which won the 11th place. Previously, Zhang Weiping won the eighth (1975) and ninth (1977) Asian men's Basketball Championships and the eighth Asian Games (1978) basketball competition on behalf of the national team, winning "three consecutive championships" and being crowned "Asia's best forward". Because of his excellent technique, he is called "the magician under the basket". Since 1973, Zhang Weiping has been in the national team for eight years. Many people only know that Zhang Weiping has scored 25 points per game in the world championships, but few people know that he is actually the first generation of "flying man" of the Chinese men's basketball team. Zhang Weiping blocked the Eighth World Championship in the competition. There were "super strong teams" in the world, such as the United States, the former Soviet Union, the former Yugoslavia, Brazil, Italy and Canada, and 16 strong teams in the world fought against each other. The Chinese team won the 11th place, which made the world basketball world not to be underestimated. Zhang Weiping's excellent performance and the highest score took the lead. He was nominated as the best athlete, praised as the "marksman" and won the title of "scoring king".

resolutely to retire at the height of one 's official career

In 1979, after Zhang Weiping won the 10th Asian Championship on behalf of the national team, he chose to retire.

Learning from America

after retirement, Zhang Weiping chose to enter Beijing Institute of physical education for further study, and then studied in the United States. Zhang Weiping's wife at that time studied at the University of Chicago, and his first stop in the United States was here. At the University of Chicago, Zhang Weiping worked as a part-time staff in the University Library and a trainer in the University team. In other words, Zhang Weiping is not a handyman. Later, Zhang Weiping applied for a job in the Finance Department of the school. He started from scratch and worked several times more than others. Later, he went to Qingdao beer for a special opportunity. At that time, Zhang Weiping had a cousin studying in Arizona. In the summer of 1993, her cousin saw the advertisement of "Tsingtao beer" in the newspaper. At that time, monak was looking for a Chinese to be a business representative in Los Angeles. After the interview, Zhang Weiping successfully stayed. the highest job of Tsingtao beer is to do market research. In his early work, Zhang Weiping went to various restaurants and reported to the company. Zhang Weiping completed these trivial tasks in a down-to-earth manner, and it was this kind of work attitude that gave him the opportunity to rise step by step. In fact, Zhang Weiping has experienced a lot of bitterness in the United States. When he first went to the United States, he also taught basketball and made $20 an hour. But all these have become Zhang Weiping's valuable experience. Zhang Weiping, who returned to China in the early 1990s, became the consultant of Chinese men's and women's basketball. The broadcast of the basketball game that he explained was very popular with the fans, and he became the only choice for the commentator of the national time-honored team. From a famous player to a famous basketball player, Zhang Weiping made unremitting efforts to complete the transformation from a national player to a "national mouthpiece". In addition, he also actively launched a basketball training camp for young people with dreams

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