With the entry of the three-person basketball project into the Olympic Games, China’s three-person basketball national team, especially the women’s team, played a brilliant role in the Tokyo Olympic Games. The three-person basketball project, which is not considered as a new one, has gradually become familiar to people in China, from folk events to national games to three-person basketball, some young athletes who dream of becoming professional players have another stage to realize their self-worth. “All roads lead to Rome”, while “Rome” has long been open to wait for those who have already carried their bags.
The reasons why every basketball teenager initially contacted basketball are different, some because of the appeal of idols, some because of the arrangement of parents, and some because they grow tall. However, Zhang Zhiyang is not the same. His motivation to contact basketball is not very “simple”. When he was in junior high school, he needed the identity of a sports student to enter the Ideal High School, however, this not-so-simple original intention achieved the direction of his life for which he worked hard in the future.
“When I was in high school, I just entered the school team. At that time, I just wanted to be popular, so I tried my best to practice hard until I became the main force of the school team in senior three.” Zhang Zhiyang said. Later, he was admitted to Shanxi University. His excellent skills and spirit of being able to endure hardship won the recognition of the coach. It was natural that he entered the school team and suffered the most serious injury in his life. “When I was in college, I experienced a very serious injury. My chest was hit out of a pneumothorax, and the right lung was only half left. At that time, my family hoped that I would not play basketball any more, is this possible? Impossible! Basketball is my life, every day.” Zhang Zhiyang said.
After graduation, Zhang Zhiyang did not stop his love for basketball. He turned from five-person basketball to three-person basketball, and his potential continued to be stimulated. In 2018, he helped Changzhou win the finals of China’s three-to-three basketball league in KD (Changzhou has its predecessor) with a unique killing. In the field of passerby King, Zhang Zhiyang also killed the four sides and won 8 championships in total. As the champion of passerby King S5 season, he not only completed the modeling in NBA 2K, but also attended the training of Los Angeles Lakers and participated in the Venice street basketball show.
Zhang Zhiyang, who has a rich resume, now plays for Changzhou youmai basketball club. In 2021, he helped the team win the fourth place in the third league. In 2022, Zhang Zhiyang continued to write his brilliant basketball career in the super three league matches.
For the super three league, Zhang Zhiyang said that this is a very real event. Everyone’s muscles collide with muscles, and it is a great stage to truly show personal skills and team conservation. As for finally stepping onto the dream stage of professional league, Zhang Zhiyang attributed the hardships of this road to two words-persistence. “I think I still insist on doing what I like. I didn’t enter the professional league through the draft. I have been playing outside I am, and then I have only met the first year of this year, which is over three years, I think I am very lucky, and I will be lucky if I insist!” Zhang Zhiyang said.
