Known as “Yunnan glider”, he has already emerged from the joy of success and is brewing a bigger dream.
Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, May 3rd issue: CBA’s first “grassroots dunk king” is enough to enter the macro: “buckle” out my youth
Xinhua News Agency reporter Ji zhepeng, Ding Yiquan, strong words
every basketball lover has a dream of dunking.
It was more than 3 months ago that Jinhong won the champion of CBA All-Star Weekend dunk contest in 2020. Known as “Yunnan glider”, he has already emerged from the joy of success and is brewing a bigger dream.
From the mountains of Yunnan to the podium of CBA, the 27-year-old Yi guy paid tribute to youth with years of hard training. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Jinhong has also done his best to donate his love. He said: “Giving back to the society in your own way is the real happiness.”
Extraordinary dream achievement “dunk king”
set the time back to January 12 this year. The final of CBA All-Star Weekend dunk competition was in hot battle in Guangzhou.
The foreign card player is enough for Jinhong to face other players. He is not in a hurry. In the first round, he relied on the dunk of a leap mascot and got a full score of 50, in the second round, he finished a beautiful backbody big windmill dunking by taking the bottom line, winning 45 points and finally winning the championship with a total score of 95 points, becoming the first “grassroots” player to win the CBA dunking competition.
When he stepped on the podium, Jin Hong burst into tears, and the audience on the spot cheered and applauded him-this was a tribute to those who insisted on the dream.
It is hard to imagine that he has amazing bouncing ability when he sees that he has already entered macro himself. This Yi guy, born in Xishan village, Tongchang township, Yimen county, Yuxi city, Yunnan province, is less than 1.8 meters tall, but he can complete various wonderful dunks.
Long before participating in the CBA dunk contest, he became popular on the internet with his elegant and superb dunk skills. He was called “Yunnan freethrow line” because he jumped the dunk one step from glider, stayed empty for a long time and stretched his body “.
Winning the CBA dunk contest is undoubtedly the best annotation to the strength of Yunnan glider.
“I have always had a dunk dream. Although I have encountered many difficulties along the way, I have been sticking to it.” Recalling this championship, Jin Hong said.
It is certainly happy to win the championship, but the dream-seeking journey makes it more fulfilling and happy. “Although the training is boring and some people don’t understand it, I never feel lonely because of dreams.” He said.
The mountain village flew out of “glider”
When I saw the dunk for the first time, Jinhong was going to junior high school. At that time, the picture of Michael Jordan dunking was deeply “buckled” in his mind, and this love focused instantly.
“I want to dunk!” Go to the macro to tell yourself.
From then on, he began his own “special training of local law”. Because of the hard conditions in the mountains, he didn’t have his own basketball, let alone his instructor. “I groped for practice bouncing, tied sandbags to my legs, ran in the ravine, jumped on the stone road, and trained leg stength.” Jin Hong said that at that time he knew that in order to realize the dream of dunking, besides hard training, he also needed a better training environment.
After three years of hard work in junior high school, Jinhong successfully passed Yi men County No. 1 Middle School, and became a special student of track and field sports as expected in the second semester of senior high school. The training conditions were obviously improved, and professional teachers gave guidance.
In 2012, Jinhong was admitted to Yuxi Normal University in Yunnan province. He spent most of his time in training except for classes in school. “Generally, get up at 6 o’clock and go to class at 8 o’clock after practice. Continue to practice after class in the afternoon, and often go back to the dormitory to sleep until about 11 pm.” Jin Hong said.
In the next semester of freshman year, Jinhong tried to dunk, but unexpectedly succeeded. “At that time, I was only 1.75 meters, and the feeling of flying was very good.” Jin Hong said.
For the first time, the smooth pleasure of flying dunk made Jinhong out of control. In the next three years of college, he trained harder, the bounce height gradually increased, and the dunk technique became more skilled. That is to say, during the university period, the title of “Yunnan glider” spread widely. Relying on the dunk video with high difficulty and appreciation, it gradually entered the public view.
There is no shortcut on the road to dream
now, “Yunnan glider” passed the CBA dunk contest come to fame in an activity. But he still didn’t stop chasing dreams. During the interview, the reporter could truly feel the honest hearts of loving basketball from him.
“How to summarize the basketball spirit? I think it is love, persistence and gratitude.” Yu Jinhong said that he did not smoke or drink all the time in order to maintain a good physical condition.
Recently, while doing personal protection well, Jinhong did not stop training because of the epidemic. He exercised at home every day, practiced bouncing on the bridge, and also went to the stadium to practice shooting alone, leading a life of “ascetic monk.
After winning the CBA dunk contest, the popularity of Jinhong is higher. “Every day, someone asks me in private letters how to quickly practice the dunk.” Jin Hong said with a wry smile, in fact, the training methods to enhance bounce are similar, but to truly achieve dunking, only unremitting training is needed.
“There is no shortcut to realize our dreams, which requires us to pay a lot of sweat and tears.” Yu Jinhong said that in last May, he quit his job in a state-owned enterprise and joined a sports company in Yunnan. He devoted himself to building a platform and introducing professional events to help more people realize their basketball dreams.
The introduction of Jinhong, now affected by the epidemic, basketball matches and many business of the company have been suspended, but he is still planning the next work-“build an indoor basketball hall and an outdoor basketball court, promote the basketball culture, and pass the happiness of playing basketball to more people.”
Only after suffering can we know the meaning of gratitude. “It is not what the society wants to give us, but what we should do for the society. Giving back to the society in your own way is the real happiness.” Jin Hong said.