Essay about me and my basketball team

Our 370 Hospital has a women’s basketball team. Many members of the basketball team were basketball enthusiasts before joining the army, and some were members of the local basketball team. And although I had never played basketball before joining the army, I became a member of this basketball team.

When it comes to joining the basketball team, I was not willing to do so at first. 1973 was my third year in the army. I had just turned 17 and was relatively weak. In order to improve my physical fitness and adapt to life in the army, I insisted on exercising, getting up early every day for long-distance running and learning to play badminton. My badminton level continues to improve and my body is getting better and better. The coach of the hospital's basketball team saw that I was flexible and had good athletic qualities, so he talked to me through the hospital's political office and asked me to join the hospital's basketball team. Although I like sports, I don't like playing basketball. I am worried about getting injured due to fierce confrontation. However, because the hospital attached great importance to the women's basketball team at that time, the leader insisted that I participate. As a soldier, I must obey orders. In some helpless circumstances, I became a member of the women's basketball team of 370 Hospital.

Most of the girls on our basketball team have no basis in playing basketball before. When we first started training in groups, we always rushed to form a group. Sometimes we would fall down and sit on the ground laughing and not get up for a long time. There is no concept of a three-second violation. There are no passes, screens, pick-and-rolls, or coordination, and fast breaks are out of the question. So the coach conducted strict basketball skills training for us novices. Not only that, he also required us to conduct physical fitness training. Many times the training is very boring. The coach throws the ball from one side of the basketball court to the other and asks us women's basketball players to chase it. Everyone has to practice it many times over and over again. There were also footwork drills, shooting drills, two-group pass-and-receive drills, dribbling layups, group confrontations, etc. We were so tired that we just wanted to sit on the ground. We will also find ways to be lazy. If someone is not in good health, we will stand at the end of the team. Everyone will cover her to rest, but it will only be 2-3 rounds at most. It will not be fun if the coach finds out. For example, the coach will say: Today After the training, Jiang Hong stayed and practiced 20 extra times chasing the ball and making layups, and scored 100 times. Oh my God, I have really been punished...

Finally one day what I was worried about happened. During a group exercise, my teammates accidentally inserted their fingers into my eyes, causing corneal abrasions. The pain was so painful that I couldn't move my eyes and could only burst into tears. My teammates rushed me to the ward for hospitalization. Although I quickly recovered to 1.0 vision, the injury caused damage to my eyes and left consequences (scarring later formed covering part of the pupil of my left eye and affected my vision, which was unpredictable at the time)... After I was discharged from the hospital, I wanted to quit the basketball team, but neither the political office nor the team coach agreed, so I had no choice but to obey the order and continue to stay on the basketball team with an eye injury. ...

In this way, day after day, gradually, our players' skills have improved, they have more and more tacit understanding in team cooperation, and their results in outing competitions have become better and better. Our hospital's basketball team gradually became famous. I also found fun in basketball and began to like playing basketball more. Especially like the basketball team’s intensive training. Because during training, you don’t have to go to work, you can eat subsidized meals, and you will often be given some fruits. This is a happy meal for us little female soldiers who usually only have carrots and cabbage.

The days of training were very happy, but also very hard. I remember one winter training at the Xiangfan Base Military Depot. The conditions were very difficult. The winter in Xiangbei was very cold, but everyone was crowded together and it was still warm. . Everyone slept on the ground, which was different from the bunks used by recruits during training, but it just had an extra straw meadow. Fortunately, there is also a hot water supply, so you can take a shower after training every day. Although life is very convenient during intensive training in the hospital, you can't take a hot bath every day. You often have to turn on the water in an iron bucket to solve the bathing problem yourself. Sometimes, the master on duty in the boiler room is easy to talk to, and he can often open a convenient door for us, so that our comrades in the team can have a good shower. When any comrade is feeling unwell, everyone will grab it. Help her wash clothes.

My comrade "Jianshe" is a soldier who joined the army a year before me. She likes to sing in the bathhouse. She is the first to come and the last to leave every time. She takes a bath and washes clothes while singing. Not to mention, listening to songs in the bathhouse has a unique flavor. The relaxation after intense training, coupled with the comfort of hot water bathing, and the beautiful singing, feel like strolling happily by the gurgling Xiangfan moat. That is really a unique enjoyment!

Training camps usually focus on practice games. We often play games with the men’s basketball teams from various departments in the hospital; we play games with hospital leaders; we play games with the women’s basketball teams in our brother units; and we also play games with other women’s basketball teams in Xiangyang City. These competitions not only add opportunities for training to our training and let everyone know how to cooperate tacitly, but also add a lot of interest to our training.

Compared with the female blue team members, the male blue team members are faster and more flexible. Playing games with them is mainly to improve the confrontation and flexibility of our female team. Sometimes they are careless and underestimate the enemy, and we will exceed the score. At this time, winning or losing becomes uncertain, and the atmosphere on the court becomes lively...

The most interesting thing is to play the game with the hospital leaders, as long as "the ball "News" is released, there will be many comrades and patients who have moved their benches in advance and are waiting at the stadium. The "hospital leadership team" is composed of hospital leaders and leaders of some departments. Several presidents and political commissars usually like to play basketball. Dean Zhang and political commissar Wu both play basketball well, but they are not physically exhausted and sweat profusely after playing for a while. rest. The vice-presidents and deputy political commissars are thin and lean but full of energy, but their football skills are not good. Director Yang and Vice President Yu of the First Department are very good at playing, especially Vice President Yu. Although he is not tall, he is very flexible, like a "loach", and he can shoot accurately. On the court, we are quite impressed. Can't stop him. However, he is short-sighted and always wears glasses when he plays. We often knock them off and make a lot of jokes. Later, whenever he played with us, Vice President Yu would first fix his glasses with rubber bands, and the effect was pretty good. These usually serious hospital leaders transformed into a group of happy uncles when they came to the competition field. The competition became a military camp entertainment activity for officers and soldiers to enjoy together, which played a certain role in harmonizing the relationship between cadres and the masses and the relationship between doctors and patients.

Basketball was very popular in the army at that time, because basketball is a collective sport with low requirements on the venue. It can be played with a basketball stand. It can not only exercise the body but also reflect the collective honor. It can also activate the atmosphere of the army. In the basketball team, my role has always been just a substitute player. Every time I play, the task assigned to me by the coach is usually to replace the weak main players. I have always been happy with the coach's arrangement, but in a basketball game in 1973, I almost became the "protagonist", leaving me with a deep memory that I will never forget.

In the summer of 1973, our hospital participated in the women’s basketball league in Xiangyang City (then called Xiangfan City). The women's basketball team of Xiangfan Cotton Mill, which was in the same group as us, was very strong and was the women's basketball champion of Xiangfan City in 1972. The game between us was arranged on the basketball court of our 370 hospital. It was a tough battle. If we lost, we would not be able to enter the top four. This is related to the honor of our 370 basketball team. The coach watched their game in advance and conducted secret training with me alone. I became the team's "secret weapon"...

As soon as the game started, Xiangfan The Cotton Mill women's basketball team played very smoothly. Their main No. 5 shots frequently worked, but our main players did not perform well and the score gradually fell behind. When the game was close to 10 minutes, the coach signaled the referee to pause and then sent me on the court. I understand in my heart that my task on the court is to keep an eye on the opponent's No. 5 so that she cannot take action easily.

At first glance, I am slightly inferior to No. 5 in both height and weight. However, I followed what the coach taught me in advance and began to "show off my skills" nervously: as long as the ball got to her hand, I would stick to her and stick to her with my body, but I couldn't make any foul moves. I raised my hands high and kept shaking them vigorously in front of her eyes. My feet moved forward and back, and I followed her quickly without leaving her step.

No. 5 couldn't get rid of me, her face was turning blue and purple, she couldn't move the ball even after she got it, and other players couldn't pass the ball to her. In this way, she and I have always maintained "close contact". Wherever she goes, I go; she shoots and I jump to defend. No. 5 and I have become a pair of "sisters" on the court, which is very special. It was so exhausting that I was panting and sweating profusely. The comrades in the audience kept laughing, applauding and cheering one after another...

This trick was really effective. No. 5 could not get rid of me. He began to become emotionally irritable, out of control, and gradually lost the rhythm of his actions. , Frequent passes and receptions were missed, shooting movements were also deformed, and shots were often missed; on the contrary, our team members scrambled for rebounds, stole the ball, and fast breaks frequently worked, not only stabilizing the position, but also gradually tied the score, and then He overtook the lead and took the lead from then on. The atmosphere in the entire stadium became more and more exciting, and the cheers and cheers could be heard all the time, one wave after another.

Soon No. 5 signaled her coach to change and to go down and rest. Haha, the "secret weapon" worked. The coach trained me hard for several nights and gave me face-to-face instructions before playing, and it had wonderful results. Our comrades in the hospital were very happy. They all said that I was like "noxhide candy", stuck to No. 5. I used my tenacious perseverance to target the opponent's main player No. 5. When I completed the task and was replaced, I won warm applause from my comrades!

After I came down to rest, No. 5 came on again. But this time, she had no touch at all. Our team became more and more courageous and won the game in one go. I improved my defensive ability and skills in this game and was praised by the coach.

This year, our 370 Hospital won the second place in the Xiangfan City Women’s Basketball Competition. As a substitute, I successfully completed the key man-to-man defense task, leaving a deep impression on the medical staff and the sick and wounded in the hospital, and winning honors for our 370 Hospital basketball team.

The experience of being a substitute player in the basketball team made me, a little female soldier, fall in love with basketball. What I gained not only improved my physical fitness, but also made me understand that "collective honor can only be achieved through everyone's efforts." ”, which further strengthened my good quality of not bowing down when encountering difficulties. After returning to my hometown, in addition to regularly participating in my favorite sport of badminton, I also participated in the activities of the company's basketball team. I was also meticulous in my work, serious and responsible, endured hardships and stood hard work, and won honors for the company many times. I was responsible when I left the company. The work was handed over to three colleagues. To this day, I still enjoy watching basketball games. Especially when I see the Chinese men's basketball team, despite the disparity in strength, still dares to fight against a strong team like Spain, and dares to compete in the ring with stars like Gasol and Gasol, I can't help but think of this wonderful period of my own life. His military past...