Juvenile China | Guangzhou Science City Middle School: 81 steps, a road that needs to be adhered to

Reporter Nan Nan reports From the football field of Guangzhou Science City Middle School (hereinafter referred to as Science City Middle School) in Huangpu District, Guangzhou to the art building on the highest ground of the school, it is necessary to cross 81 steps and pass through six platforms. Jiang Qingxin, secretary of the general party branch of the school, has to walk this road at least twice a day, one to go and one to return.

Jiang Qingxin once joked that the soccer ball at Science City Middle School has only climbed one of the platforms now, and there are more steps waiting for them to climb behind. In 2019, in the same year that Jiang Qingxin was transferred to Science City Middle School as the principal, the school was awarded the National Youth Campus Football Characteristic School. In the years that followed, Science City High School began to climb the ladder in school football.

Vice Principal Chen Guangcai introduced: "Under the attention and leadership of Secretary Jiang Qingxin, Vice President Peng Yuanzhong and the entire school leadership team, many projects of our school have developed very well. In terms of sports, there are three main signs, one is track and field, the second is basketball, and the third is football. Athletics, when well developed, is the foundation for the development of other sports. Secretary Jiang Qingxin agrees with the idea that track and field is the mother of sports. The school has been developing school football since 2014 and the current results are the result of the long-term efforts of all of us. ”

After being awarded the National Characteristic School of Campus Football, Science City Middle School began to cooperate with professional clubs in Guangzhou. In 2020, Science City Middle School seized a rare opportunity to absorb a group of high-quality students, and quickly became an emerging force on the campus football map of Guangzhou. In 2022, Science City Middle School reached the finals of the Guangzhou High School Champions Cup and won the championship in one fell swoop. In 2023, Science City Middle School defeated Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School, a traditional powerhouse, in the final of the 9th Guangzhou Primary and Secondary School Football League High School Men's Super Group, and officially became a strong team in campus football in Guangzhou.

"In 2023, there will be our players in the Guangdong Football Association team, and our students in the professional team in Guangzhou. The development of our football team has sparked a huge response on campus. The most intuitive thing is that the students who participate in football every afternoon are much more visible to the naked eye. "At the same time, through the introduction of high-level coaches, students have a deeper and higher-level understanding of football." This is an important role played by high-level football coaches in the development of campus football. At the same time, the coach has also strengthened the repercussions of football on campus through his own influence. ”

Winning the championship was certainly exciting, but Secretary Jiang Qingxin quickly calmed down. He has been engaged in education for many years, and he knows that the development of campus sports needs more audiences and outstanding talents on campus. From 2020 to 2023, Science City Middle School has seized the opportunity, but after three years of high school, a group of high-quality students are about to graduate.

"From the very beginning, the concept of developing campus football at Science City High School was to stick to it for a long time. The development of campus football cannot rely on just a group of people, we have been thinking about how to better adhere to it? We refuse to be short-lived, but to make the football here stand the test of time. Huang Qinluan said. Time speaks for itself. Opportunities are called opportunities because they are hard to come by. When the student structure changed dramatically, the football players at Science City High School also came up with their own answers.

In the process of the development of campus football in Science City Middle School, the dedication and persistence of the football people here have touched many professional football people in Guangzhou. From 2020 to 2023, many professional clubs in China have experienced various difficulties, and some have even withdrawn from the stage of history forever. The club is gone, but the people are still there, and these people have become the sweethearts in the eyes of Science City Middle School.

Jiang Qingxin believes that high-level coaches are extremely important to the development of campus football, and they should lead the development of campus football through their concept of cultivating players. "Most of the high-level coaches have rich experience in professional players and professional echelon team leadership, and their understanding and insights on cultivating campus football talents are fundamentally different from those of academy coaches who come out of school." He said.

Under the guidance of a third party, Science City Middle School conducted in-depth negotiations with Peng Jinbo and Huang Donghong, who have rich experience in leading professional teams, and the two sides hit it off on the development concept of campus football. "We have a good agreement with Coach Peng and Coach Huang, we are a school, there is a certain threshold, and we must screen out the most suitable high-level coaches for Science City Middle School." Huang Qinluan said.

In September 2023, Peng Jinbo and Huang Donghong joined the football team of Science City Middle School, and Peng Jinbo became the head coach. Peng Jinbo played for Guangzhou's local team Sun God when he was a player, and has a high reputation and prestige in the hearts of Guangzhou fans. Huang Donghong has served as an echelon coach in professional clubs such as Sun God, Songri and Guangyao, and Guangzhou R&F. The two have rich experience in leading professional teams, and their disciples include Lin Liangming, an active international player, Cai Haochang, a player from Guangdong Guangzhou Leopards of the Chinese League A team, and many other players who are still playing in professional teams.

Peng Jinbo and Huang Donghong themselves have dual identities, after the restructuring of the Guangzhou Football Association, they went to Guangzhou Sports Vocational College as teachers, and they know very well what kind of talents are needed for campus football. "I was a teacher first and then a coach. Teachers should educate people, and coaches should cultivate talents on the basis of educating people and cultivating talents for Chinese football. Campus football should cultivate the sound personality of players through football, and enable these students to become professionals in football through training and competitions. Peng Jinbo said.

At present, the management of the football team of Science City Middle School adopts the head coach responsibility system and the two-way management mode of the school. The cultural learning is grasped by the school, the training requirements are grasped by the coach, and the two sides work together. "If there is a problem in any area, we will suspend the training. Playing football is only one aspect, cultural literacy can not be less, we want to let children become a truly complete person, which is also a kind of integration of sports and education. Vice President Chen Guangcai said.

After the arrival of Peng Jinbo and Huang Donghong, they quickly raised the training standards of the football team of Science City High School. Peng Jinbo sees no difference between campus football and professional football, and he believes that the training standards should not be lowered because the children currently being trained are students, but should be required of these students by the standards of the professional echelon. "After I came, the first thing I did was to pay close attention to the basics." "We firmly believe that as long as our players can focus on completing every training session, they will not be bad. Maybe only one or two out of more than 20 people can keep up with the training rhythm of the professional echelon, but if there are one or two in a school, and we have so many schools, how many children will meet the requirements of the professional echelon. ”

In addition to the high standards of training, Peng Jinbo and Huang Donghong also brought a systematic concept of professional football video analysis to Science City Middle School. In the past, Science City Middle School also had its own video analysis, however, due to the lack of professional football experience, many videos could not meet Peng's requirements. So, Peng Jinbo taught the teacher and the students to shoot it by hand, and carefully explained to the teachers and students what kind of video he wanted. More than a year has passed, and the current level of competition video shooting at Science City Middle School has made great progress. Many teachers and students have also become good at shooting videos of the competition. "Actually, it's part of school football. Some students may not be suitable for playing football themselves, but shooting videos is also a part of football, and they can also become talents in Chinese football in the future. Huang Qinluan said.

In the first year from professional football to campus football, Science City Middle School led by Peng Jinbo won four runners-up and one third. In this year's Guangdong Youth Campus Football League (High School Group) Finals and the 3rd China Youth Football League High School Age Men's U17-U18 Group Competition, Science City Middle School lost to the final champion in the eight-in-four game, ranking fifth. "Although we haven't been able to win the championship again after Director Peng and Director Huang came, our school's style has been recognized by many professionals." Huang Qinluan said, "Many experts think that our team is both spectacle and aggressive. ”

"Our current style was not developed overnight, but the result of a lot of changes made by the two instructors after a year of observation, training and experimentation." Huang Qinluan said, "After the two guides came, we established a daily communication mechanism. The training content is adjusted according to the situation of different personnel every day. Before training and games, we have to have a preparation meeting for the players. Most of the time, we take much longer to prepare for this meeting. We have always insisted on doing such things, and we believe that only in this way can we develop our campus football more solidly. ”

Although there has been no breakthrough in the championship title of Science City High School after Peng Jinbo's arrival, the reputation of science city middle school football has grown, from a few years ago to a professional club to observe the players. This is inseparable from the long-term focus of Science City Middle School on the development of campus football. In addition, the collectivization of education also provides a strong guarantee for the development of campus football in Science City Middle School. At present, 18 of the 29 players in the football team are from schools within the Science City Secondary Education Group.

Regarding the achievements, Vice President Chen Guangcai understands it this way: "The championship is part of the achievement, and the talent is also the achievement. In this year's China Champions League, Shenzhen 2028 Football Club and Guangdong Anhua Football Club, two clubs that have successfully won the second division, have a total of eight football graduates from our school in 2023. If we can produce more professional players here, we will be happier, and campus football is to cultivate more talents for Chinese football. ”

At the beginning of this month, Lin Liangming, Cai Haochang and other former disciples of Peng Jinbo and Huang Donghong deliberately used the off-season of the professional league to visit their teachers at Science City Middle School, and their arrival also caused a small sensation on campus. Peng Jinbo said: "I specially invited them to come because I wanted them to tell my current players about their hard work and dedication, so that they can learn from the international players, tap their internal drive, and continue to move towards their goals." ”

Regarding the steps from the stadium to the art building, Peng Jinbo said: "This is like life, we have to take one step at a time, and constantly set off towards a higher goal and platform. If you want to go higher and go further, you must take every step steadily. ”