Coaching career started as a college team coach

Yang Qi was holding his phone in a daze. He was sitting in the dim dormitory room, where he was the only one. The phone screen gradually went out, and in the quiet dormitory, there was only the "tick-tock" sound of condensed water coming from somewhere.

Yang Qi likes quiet spaces, where he can calm down.

Ever since he told coach Li Jianjun about his desire to go abroad, he has been struggling. Coach Li Jianjun was overjoyed when he heard Yang Qi's idea. But he also told Yang Qi that the journey abroad would be difficult, and Yang Qi must be mentally prepared first.

"I'm really happy that you have the idea of ​​going abroad. But as your coach, what I want is not your hot-headed talk, but your determination to do so." Li Jianjun suggested that Yang Qi look for other information, learn more about the pros and cons of playing football abroad, and then make a trade-off.

Li Jianjun was very vague, so Yang Qi was also very entangled. He had never thought about going abroad to play football before, and of course he had never looked for any information, let alone where to find information. He thought that if he asked to go out to play football, Li Jianjun would be able to arrange it for him.

"I'm sorry, Qiqi." Li Jianjun said seriously, "I can't help you solve everything. If you go abroad, I will definitely not be able to go with you. If you encounter any problems in the future, the first thing you think of is to ask me to help you solve them. In fact, I will not only not feel happy, but will feel that I am a failure as a coach."

"You must learn to solve problems by yourself, Qiqi. This is what players of your age lack the most. Why many young players find it difficult to gain a foothold abroad, apart from the reasons of ability, there is another aspect, that is, they only know how to play football."

"You are a football player, but more importantly, you are a person." Li Jianjun said, "You must learn to make your own choices; your teammates, your future possible agent, your coach, and anyone including me can only give you advice, and the final decision must be made by you."

Yang Qi didn't know where to find the information, but he knew that his former "coach" Wei Le might be able to help him.

But if he didn't contact him for a year, would Wei Le forget him directly?

With a nervous mood, Yang Qi wrote and deleted in the input column, deleted and wrote again, and finally squeezed out only one sentence-Wei Le, I am ready to go out to play football.

As soon as he sent it out, Yang Qi felt bad.

Is the word "come out" too difficult to understand? Is it too disrespectful to call him by his name? He struggled for a long time and decided to withdraw and rewrite, but at this moment, Wei Le's avatar lit up.

[Wei Haha: This is a good thing! ]

[Wei Haha: Do you need my help? ]

Wei Le seemed very enthusiastic, which made Yang Qi put most of his heart at ease.

[Yang Qi: I want to go out, but I don’t know much about the outside world now, and I don’t know where to learn about this knowledge, so I found you. ]

This time Wei Le waited for a while before replying.

[Wei Haha: OK, wait for me for two minutes, I will heat a kettle of water and we will talk slowly. ]

Wei Le was in a good mood.

He didn't want to take all the credit for himself, but he was really happy to see that Yang Qi was partially influenced by him and was willing to go abroad.

Wei Le was very lonely abroad. There were many Chinese people in Wolverhampton, but he couldn't make many Chinese friends, because there were not many Chinese people working in football in England, or in Europe.

Therefore, Yang Qi's intention to play football abroad was good news for Wei Le. At least he was no longer working alone, and he would have companions.

"My biggest feeling when I came out was that, to be honest, the level of youth training in our country was too low." Wei Le said bluntly, "I don't mean to criticize anyone, but the teams of universities in our city have very advanced management systems."

Wei Le made a voice call directly, because he felt that typing was not very clear.

"Five or six coaches are around 20 or 30 kids. Each coach has professional responsibilities, and there is even a video analysis team. This is outrageous, but it's true."

"Oh my God, is this true?" Yang Qi was very surprised. Thinking of China, the team Yang Qi played for before was also a competitive team in the Chinese League B, but the team basically let the youth training camp run its course.

Coach Li Jianjun and two assistant coaches are the coaching staff of his team. They share the physical trainer and team doctor with the first team. Of course, the physical trainer and team doctor will pay more attention to the first team than the youth team.

"So when you come to a foreign country, you will experience a process of constantly refreshing your cognition." Wei LeIt was no surprise that Yang Qi was surprised, as he was constantly "surprised".

"Language is also something that needs attention." Wei Le continued, "No matter where you decide to start, you can't bring the translator to the football field. If you want to integrate into the team, you must learn the local language."

"You can't be too closed, you have to take the initiative to communicate with others, and you can't wait for others to come to you to communicate. You have to know that you are an outsider. If you want to integrate into the local circle, you must first show an open attitude." Wei Le said this and suddenly laughed, "You can't be like when you just arrived at the law school last year..."

Yang Qi also laughed, of course, this matter has long passed. People often tease Yang Qi for "strike", but Yang Qi knows that his temper at the time would sentence him to death in the future of the team in any professional team.

As for where Yang Qi should go to seek youth training opportunities, Wei Le thinks it depends on Yang Qi's own choice.

"You know the labor permit, right?"

Yang Qi nodded, he understood a little bit.

"This means that you can't easily get a chance to play in the first team of an English team. This rule applies not only to Premier League teams, but also to other levels of English teams, such as the Championship."

"Unless you show extraordinary talent, they are unlikely to buy you and then loan you out to wait for you to grow. Don't consider the special talent clause, which has basically never taken effect."

"Germany and Spain are two destinations I recommend. On the one hand, the football styles of these two countries are more in line with your playing style, and you may take root here faster."

"But no matter where you go, you must be clear that you have to choose a team that can play in the first team as soon as possible. You are not young anymore, you are 18 years old, but you have wasted a year of football, and you must spend twice as much effort as others."

Wei Le said a lot to Yang Qi again, all of which were his heartfelt words. Once he started talking, he couldn't stop, but Yang Qi was willing to listen to Wei Le and didn't feel annoyed at all. When they hung up the phone, a hint of fish belly white appeared in the night sky of China.

Yang Qi looked at his phone and took a deep breath. He benefited a lot.

"Make your own choice, don't care what others think, don't worry about it, just do it." Wei Le said this at the end, and Yang Qi also kept this sentence in mind.

He lay in bed, but he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.