It is often said that Zhang Xiang’s three-person basketball career is pleasant and admirable. However, few people know what kind of efforts Zhang Xiang has made behind this smooth sailing.
Zhang Xiang, who was born in 1997, liked sports since he was young, because his parents thought it was too hard to practice sports and did not send him to sports school. But this did not erase his enthusiasm for sports. From running to table tennis to basketball, he was active in all kinds of sports.
In junior high school, Zhang Xiang got more attention from the crowd because of his rapid high head. Therefore, he was selected as the basketball team of the school, when he took part in the junior high school competition in grade two, he was chosen by the basketball coach of Jiangsu traditional basketball school Lü Shuxiang middle school and began his basketball career from then on. Entering high school, he soon became the main force of the team with his excellent physical quality and football dealer.
During the university, Zhang Xiang met Chen Ding in the folk basketball game. Under his recommendation, Zhang Xiang joined Wuxi Huishan and participated in the 2019FIBA three-person basketball challenge on behalf of the team in July 2019. Before leaving, Chen Ding repeatedly told Zhang Xiang, a new three-person basketball, to tell him that three-person basketball is very different from five-person basketball and let him practice more. But at that time, Zhang Xiang didn’t take it seriously. He thought, didn’t they all throw the ball into RIM? Can half play harder than the whole game?
After really experiencing the beating of the three-person basketball field, Zhang Xiang realized how “different” the “very big difference” in Chen dingkou was. “At that time, our team had two foreign aid, I just concentrate on defense, but I just can’t resist it. People just break it down and pass me, just like a fool.”
However, he quickly summed up his experience, adjusted himself, and helped Wuxi Huishan get the third place in the 2019 national three-person basketball championship in November, come to fame in an activity. In the match against Shenzhen Sandy Springs, he hit the difficult back jump shot against his opponent’s close-fitting defense, which is still talked about by fans.
After just a few months of contact with three-person basketball, Zhang Xiang entered the national training team by virtue of his outstanding performance in the training camp for three-person basketball players.
Although he had the three-person basketball training and actual combat experience in the past few months, Zhang Xiang, who had just been selected into the national training team, still said in his own words, “nothing”. Fortunately, with the encouragement and help of coaches and teammates, and his willingness to work hard, Zhang Xiang has grown rapidly.
In the national training competition of three-person basketball in 2020, Zhang Xiang, as a newcomer, was hard to hide his excitement. “This is the time to test his training results in recent months. It will definitely be a little nervous and stressful, but being able to participate in the competition as a member of the three-person basketball national training team is an honor in itself, and I hope I can play well.”
After returning from the national team, Zhang Xiang represented Wuxi Huishan in the 2020 national three-person basketball club elite competition, and was invited by Hu Xuefeng to join the Jiangsu three-person basketball team and represented his hometown in the 14th National Games.
After the end of the super-three transitional season in 2021, Zhang Xiang joined the world’s second-ranking Liman team with the help of the team owner. In Liman, their training methods and playing methods gave Zhang Xiang a great impact. “The people who communicate with each other every day are among the top ten people in FIBA world, which is hard to prevent themselves from devoting themselves to this sport, learn three-person basketball skills and details from them from every training and match. The training mode abroad is very different from that in our country, which makes me think a lot and gain a lot of valuable things. This experience has also greatly improved my confidence in the competition.”
At the beginning of this season, Wuxi Huishan had a poor record in Zhangjiagang. Zhang Xiang Wanli went to the military plane, flew from Serbia to Chongqing division, and supported the team on the fire line. “What impressed me most was the first game after the comeback. After our first attack on Sun Xin was injured and ended up, I and the other two teammates did not give up the game for a moment, the three played for ten minutes and won the ball.”
Today, Zhang Xiang has become the iconic figure of Wuxi Huishan. He can not only have excellent two-point balls, but also have the ability to kill the game at a critical moment. But he still has higher requirements for himself, “Give yourself 7 points this season. When he attacked kaleidoscope, he also had several downturns, I hope to build a strong heart in the future training and make myself more stable.”
