"Village BA" pioneer: Wuhan guy who built 300,000 self -made urban leagues

[Source: Wuhan Headline]

Recently, when it comes to Chinese basketball, the most eye -catching word is "Village BA", but as early as ten years before the rise of "Village BA", a "city BA" in Wuhan has appeared: two Wuhan Wuhan As early as 2012, the stage of folk basketball nationwide focused on Jiangcheng. We found one of the founders, and Wuhan's basketball fans may not be unfamiliar with him. He is Zhang Min.

At first sight, Zhang Min was in the basketball hall he just built this year. He was wearing a cornered hat, loose short sleeves and hypertrophic sports pants. Now he is nearly 40 years old, but he can feel the "old artillery" of the basketball "old artillery" on his body. At the age of 18, the grassroots basketball team was set up. At the self -funded competition, and then to the Basketball League, Zhang Min invested more than 500,000 in basketball in 20 years. When asked if the past investment was obtained, he smiled: "It's almost zero, I have been losing money, and I haven't made money."

At the age of 7, Zhang Min set his goal for a lifetime: playing basketball. At that time, he was still studying in Wuhan. The teacher asked him: "Can basketball be eaten as a meal?" He replied, "It must be able." Speaking of which, Zhang Min said with a smile to reporters: I thought too simple when I was a kid.

1 [The first street team is formed, and some players can not even buy double shoes]

Recalling the first team he formed, Zhang Min's idea was very simple: "At that time, no one in Wuhan was a street team, and I would be the first."

The establishment of the team is also very simple. In September 2003, Zhang Min and his friend Han Bing set up at Wuhan Middle School and formed the first street team of Wuhan -313. Because I am still studying, the team's establishment has no initial funds.

Within a few years of the team's start -up, Zhang Min, who is the captain, faces many problems: practicing the field, coach, team service design ... and many members in the team are dropped their lives, and some come from from For single -parent families, some people can't even buy both shoes, and some are confused about their future. In the face of these problems, Zhang Min is also a student.

How to solve the problem of just needing the team's operation, Zhang Min found the most "economical" solution: take the team to play outside. "Some competitions are supported by sponsor. Through the game, you can get some jersey shoes from some organizers." Zhang Min chose to practice the public basketball court in Jiefang Park and Hubei University. Without a coach, he followed the video with the video belt to learn street basketball and the role of a part -time coach.

After the team was established for a period of time, Zhang Min realized that relying on simply participating in the game, there was no way to let the team go out. Before the team started internal consumption, they must spend money on other teams to "learn".

2 [After winning the national runner -up, the dissolution team, "there can only be 5 people on the field"]

"We must communicate with the outside team to find a gap." In 2007, Zhang Min, 23, held the "Jingwu Gate" competition at its own expense. For a total of three years, the competition was: invited Beijing's folk basketball team to Wuhan Wuhan in Wuhan Play. In three years, Zhang Min invested nearly 200,000. Some of the money in it was his own, some borrowed from friends, and there was no sponsorship in the game.

"This is the team. I have to know what we are missing first, what is compared with others." Zhang Min said, "In the three years with Beijing, the gap was found in the first year, and the gap was in the second year. Three years have even been overtaken. This is a process. "In the three -year communication process with the strong team, Zhang Min and the team's reputation gradually expanded in the grassroots basketball circle. Zhang Min has become more mature in the form of team management and recruitment talents. In 2013, Zhang Min made a team agent and successfully led the team to Beijing to participate in the first street basketball game. This is also the first time Zhang Min and the team have stood on the national stage. In the finals, the Beijing team was lost to the home team to win the runner -up.

After returning from Beijing, Zhang Min made a decision that could not understand ordinary people -dissolving the team, "No matter how the team expands, there are always only 5 people on the court. What I want is to put more excellent players and The teams are gathered on the stage of the city. "

3 [Reject sponsors, capital contribute to create a national league]

"I want to provide a larger stage for Wuhan grassroots basketball, affecting more people." Based on Wuhan, attracting teams from all over the country to play games, Zhang Min began to deeply cultivate Wuhan's basketball hot soil.

In 2012, Zhang Min and Han Bing founded the FBDL -the Urban Super League. The league recruits folk teams from all over the country to Wuhan to participate in the competition, once a year, one year and two months. If it is now, people may give such a trendy symbol of this league- "Village BA". This time, the two invested 300,000 in total.

In the first year, only 6 teams came. Over time and the continuous promotion of the event, in the third year, nearly 60 teams were present, and even many foreign players and professional players. In almost overnight, Wuhan stood at the center of the grassroots basketball across the country. "High -standard gymnasium, the auditorium's seat has no virtual seats, and the aisle is blocked. I have never seen such a scene in my life. Realized. "Wuhan City Super League has a great influence in Hubei. It is the oldest and largest folk event in Wuhan's oldest history and the largest participation in the competition. It is also one of the domestic high -quality professional amateur mixed league IPs. However, like the previous team, the fiery league did not bring any economic income to Zhang Min because he did not want to be affected by some of the competition. Zhang Min rejected the sponsor's joining at the beginning of the establishment of the league. In 2015, due to the three -year "water drifting" investment, the league was about to continue to operate normally. It is fortunately that the company's pick -up project will continue this event.

4 [repeated defeats, new projects "revenue and expenditure balance"]

"Later, everyone also thought that I should grow up, and I can't live in my ideal world. I should consider my future, especially the balance of income and expenditure." Zhang Min immediately added, "But sports is not Mobility is long -termism. "

From 2018 to 2019, Zhang Min went to the professional basketball club to serve as general manager of Wuhan professional men's basketball team. In March 2019, after leaving the professional basketball team, Zhang Min returned to the grass roots and operated his own studio, but he paid tuition fees because he had no experience. fail. The first two entrepreneurs ended in failure. In the third time, he decided to adjust the track and open the youth basketball training brand.

The self -operated basketball hall is a heavy asset project, and the pressure on the early period is very high. To form a team, project bidding, and brand design, any one is the sword of Damocles hanging on the investor's head. This is also the project that Zhang Min has invested the most since its entrepreneurship.

Zhang Min introduced that there are more than 300 students in basketball venues. The recruited coaches can get an average of more than 10,000 salary per month, and the team members have a total of 21 people. When the reporter asked whether the basketball hall started making money at present, Zhang Min smiled.

(Jiupai journalist: Yu Zhaochen Intern Reporter: Chen Yanyin)

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