Recent History of Basketball in China

After the founding of New China, the state attached great importance to the development of sports activities, and basketball was also vigorously developed. 1949, when New China was just founded, China formed a college basketball team to participate in international competitions. Later on, the country took a series of measures, such as inviting the world's strongest team, the Soviet Union, to visit and play in December 1950 and organizing study seminars and other activities, which greatly promoted the popularity and improvement of basketball in China. By the end of the 1950s, basketball in China was close to the world's advanced level. However, under the impact of the ten-year turbulent "Cultural Revolution", the development of basketball in China stagnated and retrogressed, widening the gap with the world's strongest teams. 1971 China began to reorganize the training of young athletes, and in 1972 held the National Pentathlon, and gradually established its own league system. In 1972, we organized the National Pentathlon Games and gradually established our own league system. After 1973, we resumed international contacts and began to participate in world competitions in 1974. China's men's and women's basketball teams won the Asian Championship in 1975 and 1976, respectively, established the status of the Asian powerhouse and went to the world, in 1977, China's women's basketball team in the World University Games

was the 5th; 1978 men's basketball team to participate in the Eighth World Championships to get the 11th; 1983 women's basketball team in the Ninth World Championships won the 3rd place, a historic breakthrough; 1986, the men's basketball team to participate in the Eighth World Championships to get the 11th; 1983 women's basketball team in the Ninth World Championships won the 3rd place, a historic breakthrough; in 1986, the men's basketball team finished 9th in the 10th World Championship.

At the end of 1994, China began to reform the basketball system, trying to change the previous league's "conference system" to a home-and-away system, and in early 1995, a trial eight home-and-away games were held, and the result was a great success. From the end of 1995, the Chinese Basketball League (CBA) was changed to a home-and-away league, or CBA for short. At the end of 2001, the Chinese women's basketball team started to follow the example of the men's basketball team by organizing a home-and-away league, the WCBA League, and in 2002, the 14th World Women's Basketball Championship, the highest level of women's basketball competition in the world, was successfully held in Jiangsu Province, China. Women's Basketball Championship. This is the International Basketball Association's recognition of the achievements of China's women's basketball development.

As of May 2003, the best achievements of Chinese basketball in the world tournament are: men's basketball in the Twelfth World Championship in 1994 and the 1996 Olympic Games twice broke into the world's top 8; China's women's basketball team in the 1992 Olympic Games and the 994 World Championships twice topped the podium of the runner-up.

Basketball in China

I. Overview of the development of basketball in China

Basketball was introduced to China by David Willard Lyon, the first director-general of the International Association of Young Men's Christian Associations (IAYMCA) sent to the YMCA of Tianjin, China to take office in 1895, and has been introduced to the country for more than a hundred years now, becoming a popular social and cultural form of communication. It has been introduced to China by David Willard Lyon, the first director general of the YMCA in Tianjin, China, for more than a hundred years now, and has become a popular social and cultural form in China, an educational discipline in the field of education science, and a competitive sport in the scope of the development of competitive sports.

Basketball after the introduction of China in accordance with the social changes and the development of basketball skills, tactics and competition

activities are divided into three phases, seven periods:

1, 1895-1949 for the first phase (1895-1918 for the first period, 1919-1936 for the second period), 1937-1948 for the second period, 1919-1936 for the second period, 1937-1938 for the second period. Basketball for men was listed as a performance item in the First National Games of Old China in 1910 and an official game item in 1914; basketball for women was listed as an official game item in 1930. During this period, basketball was not popularized among the people in both urban and rural areas, the promotion surface was very narrow, and there were fewer competitions, and the overall level was low as reflected in the results of domestic and foreign competitions.

2. 1949--1995 is the second stage (1949--1965 is the fourth period, 1966--1978 is the fifth period, 1979--1995 is the sixth period)

After 1949, the dissemination, popularization and development of basketball in China entered a new stage. The people's government actively advocated the fitness policy of "developing sports and enhancing people's physical fitness". basketball, because of its simplicity and ease of use, confrontation, fun, fitness and education, quickly became a popular sport among the people under the planning and organization of the governments at all levels. In the early 1950s, the government established a basketball management organization, advocating the technical style of "hard, fast, accurate and smart" and the tactical guiding ideology of "I am the main player, attack is the main player, fast is the main player". Subsequently, through summarizing and discussing, China Basketball established the training guiding ideology of "courageous and tenacious, active and proactive, fast and flexible, comprehensive and accurate", and in the middle of 1950s, foreign experts were invited to enroll the first batch of basketball-specific postgraduate classes at the Shanghai Institute of Physical Education and Sports. By the mid-1960s, China's basketball career, basketball competition level, social popularization, scientific research and the establishment of basketball concepts and theoretical systems, etc., had initially formed their own characteristics. History has proved that the 17 years after 1949 were the 17 years of comprehensive development and improvement of China's basketball career, which was the first historical stage of brilliant development of China's basketball career.

In the mid to late 1970s, China resumed its legitimate seat in the international basketball organization, and has since embarked on the international competitive arena, especially from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, when China's basketball career further gained comprehensive popularity, development and improvement: the basketball population ranked among the largest in the world; the cultivation of basketball reserves formed a new supporting network; the theory and application of basketball research became more and more in-depth, with remarkable achievements; basketball theory and application of basketball Basketball theory and application research became more and more in-depth, and the results were remarkable; the level of basketball competition made a historic breakthrough, and the national men's and women's teams were ranked first in Asia and reached the advanced level in the world successively; all kinds of basketball clubs were established one after another, and the cultural atmosphere of the basketball competition and the atmosphere of professionalization and commercialization became stronger.

3. 1996 to now is the new period after the beginning of the third stage

The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) firstly reformed the traditional competition system in 1996, and successively held the home and away leagues of A-A, A-B and B teams, which gradually transitioned to the professionalization, and then promoted the industrialization of basketball in an orderly manner. 1997 saw the establishment of the career-oriented Basketball Management Center, and the launch of the CBA's C-playoff league in 1998, as well as the launch of the C-playoff league by the Chinese University Sports Association (CUSA). In 1998, the China University Basketball Association (CUBA) launched the CUBA league. These undoubtedly bring new vitality and vigor to the cause of Chinese basketball, Chinese basketball is about to enter a new stage of development.

Second, China's basketball athletics facing the task and the situation

1, the international basketball professionalization process is developing rapidly, the competitive level is constantly improving, China's highest level of excellence in comparison with the United States, the European team is at a significant disadvantage, even in Asia, South Korea, Japan, and other countries have also made significant progress, to China's excellent team caused by all kinds of threats.

2, the original cultivation of basketball reserve team of the network was once subject to some interference, basketball competitive talent reserve team appeared to be a lack of phenomenon, high-level sports team is very difficult to replace the old and the new, the phenomenon of serious fault of the green and yellow not enough.

3, the selection and training of coaches failed to form a scientific system.

4, the sports performance from time to time ups and downs, and to a certain extent presented a slippery state.

5. With the deepening of China's political and economic reform, the reform of the management system of competitive sports and its affiliated fields is still lagging behind.

6, for the deep-rooted problems of basketball, basketball theory lags behind the research failed to form a complete system, concepts and views failed to break through the traditional thinking of the shackles. Scientific research has not been able to emphasize the combination of practice, supporting the development.

7, the majority of the country's mass basketball competition is still to popularize the development.

In short, to recognize and overcome the actual difficulties, to cheer up the spirit, under and on, from the reform of the way out, in the reform of the peak, is the fundamental task of China's basketball community.

Three, the development of China's basketball strategic countermeasures

1, we must further unify the understanding of the emancipation of the mind, update the concept of comprehensive reform to promote the field of basketball in the field of comprehensive reform, in the reform of the establishment of a new order to show a new style, and then climb a new peak

2, from the practical point of view, and to further clarify China's basketball athletic positioning objectives, to establish a correct basketball Training guidelines and guiding ideology

3, all-round implementation of the deepening of the basketball management system, improve the regulations, the rule of law, the formation of a new management network, rationalize the relationship between the vertical and horizontal management functions, the establishment of a new model of basketball management in line with Chinese characteristics

4, comprehensive planning, to take extraordinary measures to cultivate a number of coaches, athletes and other players with a reasonable structure and high comprehensive quality, This is the hope for the revitalization of China's basketball industry

5, effectively grasp the law of training and growth of outstanding basketball talents, implement the policy of starting from schools and focusing on young people, and cultivate and store basketball reserve talents in multiple ways

6, actively advocate the scientific research of basketball, establish a new basketball theoretical system and a scientific program for training practice in China, and promote scientific training, competition, and training.

To promote the improvement of scientific training, competition, management and education.

China's basketball athletic level should pay attention to the above problems and take strong measures to solve them properly.