A youth coach in Chongqing said in an interview that the current environment facing Chinese football makes it difficult for young players to lack local idols and find motivation to stimulate their enthusiasm for football.
The coach pointed out: "It is difficult for children nowadays to have a local idol to follow, which is an objective reason for their desire to play. When we were kids, we would follow a local star like crazy. However, in the current environment, some local players such as Zhang Linpeng, Feng Xiaoting and Wu Lei will be subjected to cyberbullying due to some mistakes. ”
He further said: "If children don't even have an idol, a goal, how can they be motivated to play? I feel that children lack awareness of idols nowadays, and their parents let them play football, but anyway, they just come out to play around, hold the ball and play for a while before going home. A few years ago, Wu Lei was still the hope of the whole village, but a mistake became the target of spoofing. ”
It's good for children to worship foreign stars like Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Haaland from an early age, but the influence of foreign stars and local idols on children is very different. Now the fans are shouting slogans, but in the youth field, children can't find idols worth worshipping. ”
The coach concluded by sharing his personal experience: "When I was a kid, my dream was to fight for my hometown, and that was what motivated us to play. As youth coaches, many of us know very well that there are not many children who can go out on this road. In every lesson, I want the kids to enjoy this kind of training, because sometimes they say to us, "Coach, you're my idol." It's a great feeling for us and it brings back memories of our time when we played. ”
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