Faye Wong, former head coach of China men's basketball team and head coach of Bayi men's basketball team, experienced the "wild era" of basketball data in China. When he was a player, Bayi team was invincible in the domestic basketball field at that time, but he basically couldn't come up with other data except the score.
"Back when I was a player, there was no systematic data support. It was not until I became a coach and participated in international competitions in the national team that I gradually discovered the lack of basketball data in China. Now engaged in youth basketball training, let me understand the importance of basketball data more. I remember 1995, 1996. Bayi team is at the home of Xi Jiaotong University. At that time, the CBA did not have any data, so at that time, the two substitutes were holding a piece of paper, one for the opponent and one for the referee. " Faye Wong said.
Due to the lack of data support, Faye Wong forced himself to learn EXCEL, a very avant-garde software at that time, and do statistics by himself. Once the operation is not good, forget to save the data during the day and forget to save it at night, and the day's efforts will be in vain.
In the early CBA, Bayi team was the absolute king of the league, and Liu Yudong, Wang and other Bayi players were also the absolute main force of the national team. Faye Wong said: "If you know your strengths and weaknesses, especially when you get good grades, can you see more shortcomings?"? This needs to be reflected in data. "
Bi Zhongchun, a professor at Beijing Sport University and director of the coaching committee of China University Basketball Association, revealed that the data collation and video analysis of college basketball in China are basically done by the head coach, and there is still a big gap compared with the American college basketball team with extremely detailed division of labor and specialized video analysts. "In our domestic colleges and universities, the configuration of the team is generally two coaches, and many teams have only one coach, which has affected our work in data. The more advanced the technology, the higher the level, the finer the division of labor and the stronger the specialization. " Bi Zhongchun said.
The road to data is improving.
Compared with a basketball power like the United States, China's basketball field has not been "informatized" for a long time, and there are still many places to learn, and attaching importance to data accumulation is one of them. Li, co-founder of Lazy Bear Sports, who has been a basketball reporter in the United States for five years, said: "I have been to many amateur basketball leagues in the United States. What impressed me most was that their collection of basic data was in place, about ten years ago. When I first went, they didn't have an APP to manage directly online, but the referees and records of each game will be preserved intact. After the star becomes famous, we have to go back to his original place to track his statistics. His former coach can send you historical data. This emphasis on data is very important. "
With the progress of the times, basketball practitioners in China know more and more how to use their own data as tools. Chinese basketball association chose to cooperate with our Olympic basketball in data and Internet data in the three-person basketball tournament of the National Games and the national three-to-three league tournament. Chai Wensheng, director of the three-person basketball department in chinese basketball association, said: "All the data of our four gold medals in the National Games are very complete. Our colleagues have also analyzed this data and just published a research report, which is particularly intuitive. "
Whether it is a professional competition or an amateur competition, it has become a trend to collect, process, organize and distribute data and videos through the cloud platform. Dong Xue, CEO of Beitai Technology, a basketball big data company, said that compared with the past, the data analysis of CBA league has made great progress. He said: "In terms of statistics, we now have about 150 entries, which is about 40% more than before. In the real-time data section, we added live text broadcast based on game events and shooting data, and also added some high-level data. Now we will collect and analyze these data, which will appear on CBA official website. "
"Informatization" Future: Multidimensional Development of Data Value
From scratch, from extensive to fine, China basketball is striding forward on the road of informationization. The guests are also looking forward to China basketball under the background of big data and Internet.
Faye Wong said that in the process of teenagers' training, careful statistics give children more confidence, and children can see their own good side, shortcomings and the direction of progress, which will have an important impact on the future of teenagers' basketball.
Lu Hao, chairman of Zhonghui Sports, also said: "If China basketball wants to develop greatly, it must have the intervention of big data to find better qualified children and potential children in the future."
With the rapid development of Internet technology, the operational difficulty and technical cost of data analysis are getting lower and lower. At present, many amateur basketball games can also achieve accurate statistics of personal data, and data will also play an important role in youth selection, personal technical progress, team play, technical and tactical design and so on.
Regarding the challenge of basketball informatization in China in the future, Bi Zhongchun said: "Our original problem is that we can't analyze the video. Now, the problem is that countries are very sensitive to the confidentiality of technology and tactics. For example, the Japanese women's basketball team has not played in public for half a year, and their game videos can't be found, which is difficult to analyze. So now there is a' can't find' problem. We are not behind in mobile Internet technology. I still hope that the next step can solve the statistical problem of our college basketball. CBA teams have been equipped with scouts, research coaches or video analysts, but most teams in Cuba have not. This is also the great potential for China basketball to further develop into professionalism and professionalism in the future. "