“I want to play without covering my position like an all-around player.”
Lee Chan-young (192cm, F), who was the ace of Pyeongwon Middle School, entered Songdo High School last year. Lee Chan-young, who was unable to participate in the Korea Middle and High School Basketball Federation’s tournament for a year, is preparing to play properly this year.
Songdo High School, which is undergoing field training in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, has practice matches with Kyunghee University, Chungju High School, and Yeosu Hwayang High School. Lee Chan-young showed off his scoring ability in practice matches, both inside and outside.
Kwak Seung-yoon said, “I am not very tall, but I am the tallest in our team. Lee explained Chan-young Lee, “I have a weak mentality, but if I catch all of them and play harder on defense, our team will become stronger.”
Lee Chan-young, who we met after the practice game with Kyunghee University on the 1st, said, “The preparations are going well so far. He thinks he’s better than last year. He changed his mind about working out. He focused on the end, tried to the end even when his mentality weakened, and his unwillingness to give up has changed. He liked it,” he said.
It is also important how he spent the past year, when he was unable to compete in major competitions.
Lee Chan-young said, “At the beginning, I thought I was falling behind because I didn’t play more than others. He looked back, saying, “When he played a practice game once, he tried to work a little harder.”
When asked why he went to Songdo High School despite taking a 1-year penalty, Lee Chan-young said, “I came to see Bang Seong-in, Park Seong-won, and Wi Geon-woo in my grade. “I heard the name a lot from middle school,” he said. First of all, it is the fourth river,” he explained. 메이저놀이터
Lee Chan-young played an average of 16 minutes and 49 seconds at last year’s National Men’s and Women’s Championships, where she recorded 8.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals. She played less than 20 minutes in all of them, except for the games with the back stock. She played 24 minutes and 40 seconds, and in the match with Bae Jae-go, she posted 14 points, the most in the team, along with Bang Seong-seong.
Lee Chan-young said, “Going to her first high school tournament made her nervous. She didn’t run much, but I had my share to play and I fell short in that competition. If it didn’t work, I gave up easily,” she recalled the first tournament she participated in as a Songdo high school player.
Songdo High School advanced to the quarterfinals in the Korean Secondary Basketball Weekend League Wangjungwang Match last year, but failed to achieve good results in the rest of the tournament. If Lee Chan-young joins, he is expected to be able to show a little better power.
Lee Chan-young said, “I like playing fast basketball because there are no tall players. His teammates excel in individual abilities. It is possible to play outside, and the defense can also be switched and quickly defended.” “I have to play both defense and inside and outside play. Defend first, then score. This is because the offense works well only when the defense is successful. If you scored in middle school, now you focus on passing, then attack. I’m correcting the parts I didn’t fit in my freshman year. When I was in middle school, when I was attacking, the defense was focused on me, so I had to pass, but I couldn’t see it. After I came to high school, I took my time and watched my passes and my attacks.”
When asked what kind of player he wants to be in the future, Lee Chan-young said, “I want to play without covering my position like an all-round player. If I stay in one position too much, the shooting guard will only play from the outside and the center will only play from the inside, so I want to play with a mix of things,” he said. “I am confident in my shooting ability. If you shoot, the defense will come out, so other plays such as breakthrough are possible, and if there is a tall player on the opposing team, it is easy to shoot from outside. If there is a small player, it is comfortable to play inside (below the goal).”
When I was taking pictures after the interview with Lee Chan-young, the players at Songdo High School said, “You look like soccer player Kyu-Sung Cho, so put it in the title as Kyu-Sung Cho from the basketball world.” If Lee Chan-young plays inside and outside, Songdo High School will be able to secure more victories than last year.