Reporter Wang Shaoheng reports Shenzhen Cuiyuan Middle School is one of the strongest players in school football in Guangdong, and they are frequent visitors to the semi-finals of the "Governor's Cup" in Guangdong Province. In 2020, they defeated Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School 1-0 in the final to win the "Governor's Cup". Two years later, they reached the final again, but unfortunately suffered a last-minute defeat in stoppage time, losing 1-0 to hosts Wuhua Senior High School and finishing second.

The purest Jade Garden must have the strongest football team

Entering the finals twice in three years, winning one championship and one runner-up, Cuiyuan Middle School has fought its own way in the Guangdong campus football world with two strong provincial middle schools affiliated to China Normal School and Guangdong Provincial Experimental High School, as well as Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School and Wuhua Senior High School. In the high school division of campus football, a group of players will be replaced in almost two years, so what is it that makes Jade Garden achieve consecutive finals?

In terms of scale, Shenzhen Jade Garden Education Group has a total of six high schools, junior high schools and primary schools. Among them, there are three junior high schools, namely Wenjin School, Cuiyuan Junior High School and Cuiyuan Experimental School. All three schools have carried out campus football as a key project of campus sports, among which Cuiyuan Experimental School, which was only established in 2021, has the fastest momentum.

Jade Garden Experimental Secondary School is a new nine-year school. When it was newly built in 2021, the call was mainly concentrated in Primary 1 and Primary 1. According to the words of Wang Shuai, the coach of the school's football team, these children are all Cuiyuan students who are well-rooted, and they are their own students cultivated by Cuiyuan.

Wearing the title of "Governor's Cup" champion, Jade Park Senior High School recruits students with high-level football skills and rich competition experience every year, so the principals of several junior high schools in the group attach great importance to the development of campus football. This also makes the competition between several schools very high. Due to the fact that several junior high schools in the group are in Luohu District, and there are other strong football schools, the competition in campus football in Luohu District is extremely fierce, and the annual Luohu District League is very close. "This year has started to improve a little, from three to seven, four or six, to this year, it can be five or five." Wang Shuai said.

It's always hard to start from scratch. In order to encourage the children to practice hard, Wang Shuai even paid for the new football boots for children who played well and had good academic performance. In the first year of the students' exams, 9 members of the football team were at the top of their scores. The principal of Jade Garden Experimental Middle School was surprised, and he did not expect that the grades of children playing football could be so good.

At that time, Wang Shuai rewarded the top three children in the team. After that, Wang Shuai and the children agreed that the future exams will determine the attribution of rewards based on comprehensive performance, "We can't only reward children with good grades or good football kicks, but also children who train without leave and are active in training and competitions should also be eligible for awards." I think I deserve more rewards than children who have made great progress. In this way, each child is fully motivated and a good positive atmosphere is formed. ”

Shenzhen is a city that relies on hard work, and very young children know this. Wang Shuai's team members work very hard, and their academic performance is also very good, and those who have poor discipline or bad grades will be suspended from training. In Wang Shuai's eyes, the children have been very conscious and well-behaved in recent years. Cuiyuan Experimental Middle School has a tight grasp of cultural classes, Wang Shuai doesn't want his players to delay their studies because of football, which is a brand new school after all, and bears the expectations of many parents. Perhaps, becoming the strongest in their age group is one of their goals.

Professional football is brutal and kids have to be prepared

Wang Shuai did not originally teach at Cuiyuan Experimental Middle School. When the school was newly built, the principal invited him from another school to come and bring the soccer ball. As for why you chose yourself? Wang Shuai said: "Maybe it's because I have experience in professional football youth training. Wang Shuai left his hometown to play in Beijing at a very young age, and he has been training in the echelon of Beijing Guoan, an old powerhouse in the Chinese Super League.

At the age of 18, Wang Shuai suffered the biggest setback of his football career - not being able to make the first team. That is, professional football closed the door on him. He didn't think much about it, left Beijing, and turned to devote himself to football youth training. Wang Shuai said: "I am good, and the children are good, you must know what you want, you must know what you are suitable for, and prepare in advance, so as not to be caught off guard by life." ”

Having experienced professional football himself, Wang Shuai believes that there is a big difference between the children of school football and the players of the professional team. "The children polished in professional football are very gentle, and the children on our campus are still quieter." He said, "The quality of school football training is actually relatively low, and the competition is relatively small, which leads to children being too comfortable. In the youth training of professional football, the situation is completely different. The desire of the players to survive in professional football is far greater than that of the children in these schools. ”

Wang Shuai likes to work hard in training and games, and he wants his players to always maintain a sense of hunger in training and games. "There are games where I play all the players and I don't care about the score, even if I lose in the end, it doesn't matter." "I can't let them float up, I can't make them think they're playing well," he said. I've played football and I can tell at a glance where the ceiling is for these kids. ”

Wang Shuai, 25 years old this year, has been engaged in campus football youth training for 8 years. He believes that school football and professional football should be better connected: "We also have good seedlings, but in fact, children should at least stay in school until they graduate from junior high school. Children who are too young are not suitable to go straight to the professional team. In fact, when the children reach the age of 15 and have developed physically and mentally, they can decide whether they still want to play professional football. Our children lack inner drive, sometimes they don't know what they really want, they lack that desire to move up. After the age of 12, children slowly begin to mature psychologically, and the faster they mature, the more likely they are to succeed. ”

In Wang Shuai's heart, the qualities that a child needs to have to play professional football are: talent first, he thinks that the feeling of children's football is innate; secondly, there is perseverance and perseverance; Third, it is necessary to be ruthless. You have to put all your effort into a position, you have to practice hard, you have to ponder, and you have to review, and this has to be spontaneous, and you can't be forced by your parents.

"Actually, the pressure on them to take the cultural class exam is no less than the pressure on the football field." Wang Shuai said that he also understands that football is just a choice, and he just wants his players to leave no regrets in their youth.