The U19 men s basketball team lost four consecutive games, and Yang Yi s comments were in full swing!

The recent U19 Men's Basketball World Cup in 2025 really makes our basketball fans feel mixed. The record of the four-game losing streak in China's U19 men's basketball team is so heartbreaking. The team failed to qualify, which directly raised everyone's concerns about the future of Chinese basketball. The comments of well-known commentator Yang Yi caused a storm in the basketball circle.

Let's first review these games, and the scene looks really distressing. When playing against Canada, there were many mistakes, with a total of 21 times. He finally tied the score in the second half, but the rebound was suppressed by the opponent and lost 24-46. The inside defense was completely useless, and he finally lost the game 72-80.

When fighting Germany, Zhang Boyuan and Zhu Zheng led the players to work hard to narrow the gap to 3 points, but the German team easily won with a huge gap of 90 to 66 and 24 points with their mature tactical system and height advantages. When playing against Slovenia, the Chinese team still had no choice but to lose 82 to 99. In the 1/8 final, the rebound was crushed again, 24-46. Although it tied for a while in the second half, it was even only 1 point behind with 3 minutes and 05 seconds left in the fourth quarter. As a result, the New Zealand team scored a 12-0 attack wave and finally lost 86-99. In these four games, we lost 62 points in total, averaging 15.5 points per game; we lost 65 rebounds, averaging 16.3 losses. This gap is too obvious.

Yang Yi's comments on the live broadcast were really merciless and hit the key points. He said: "This group of children has the best physical conditions in China, but in the international arena, few of them have stable shooting." This is true. In the international arena, the gap between our players' basic skills is clear at a glance. Once the opponent strengthens the confrontation, his movements will be deformed and passes will always make mistakes.

Just like when playing in New Zealand, the rebound was crushed at a critical moment, and he was stunned by the opponent's "rebound picking" tactic. Yang Yi bluntly said that this is not the player's fault, the root cause is that there is a big problem with the Chinese basketball youth training system. Nowadays, youth training coaches care too much about the champions of the U12 and U15 competitions. In order to achieve quick results, they only focus on physical training, because physical training is effective quickly, but they put the polishing of technology behind their minds.

Moreover, when selecting grassroots, the "height-only theory" is particularly serious. Many potential seedlings were forced to change to the inside line at the age of 12, and the opportunity for technological development was ruined.

He also took European and American players as an example. They can perform complex tactics at the age of 15 and cooperate tacitly, but our players can't even understand the simplest pick-and-roll. The problem can also be seen from the data. The Chinese team's shooting percentage in this game is only 41%, and the three-point shooting percentage is as low as 29%, but they make mistakes but average 18 times per game. This skill and basic skills really need to be improved urgently.

U19 men's basketball team's crushing defeat this time sounded a wake-up call for Chinese basketball. Basketball cannot be won by physical fitness alone. Technology, tactics, teamwork, and the players' basketball IQ are all crucial. It is urgent to carry out comprehensive reform of the Chinese basketball youth training system.

We must establish a youth training evaluation system with technology as the core, change the selection criteria of "height-only theory", so that coaches can focus more on player technology training, provide young players with more high-quality game opportunities, and improve the coaching level of grassroots coaches. At the same time, the CBA league can also learn the successful experience of the NBA, such as introducing a "compensation mechanism for cultivating players", promoting the rational flow of talents, and increasing the enthusiasm of various clubs to cultivate talents.

The future road for Chinese basketball is still long, and the failure of the U19 men's basketball team this time is just a microcosm. But as long as we can face the problem and actively reform, we believe that in the near future, Chinese basketball will definitely return to its peak and shine again on the international arena. I hope this failure will become an opportunity for China's basketball reform and allow Chinese basketball to truly embark on the road of healthy development. Family members, what do you think about the reform of the Chinese basketball youth training system?