快乐的篮球“老男孩”

  “一二三，加油！”比赛前，雨湖区篮协中老年篮球队的队员们相互鼓励。

    转身投篮、带球突破、三步上篮……12月9日，雨湖体育馆篮球场内，一群中老年人在球场上飞奔。这群活跃在篮球场上的“老男孩”有一个共同的名字——雨湖区篮协中老年篮球队队员。

    当天，雨湖区中老年篮球队正在与市区的另一支篮球队打友谊比赛。虽然对阵双方年龄相差悬殊，但中老年篮球队的队员们个个动作敏捷、技术老道，队员与队员之间配合也十分默契。卡位、运球、突防、传接球、错位防守、三步上篮、三分投篮……他们的精彩表演赢得了观众的阵阵喝彩声。“我开始还以为是年轻人的比赛，哪晓得原来老前辈们玩起篮球也这么嗨。”特意赶来看比赛的一位市民感叹。

    雨湖区篮协中老年篮球队是我市水平很高的一支业余中老年篮球队，平均年龄52岁，最大的已经63岁了。虽是业余球队，但是他们和专业球队一样制订了严格的队规，租用了正规的场所进行训练，每个周末晚上进行一次集中训练。到了周末，他们还经常与长沙、株洲等地的球队切磋球技。

  “我们从小就爱打篮球，年轻的时候都曾作为主力代表自己单位参加市里的比赛。那个时候打起球来，个个都比较凶猛。”今年53岁的球队队长颜勇说。时光飞逝，昔日的篮球伙伴都已步入中老年，今年初，大家聚在一起吃饭聊天时，萌生了组建球队的想法。于是，雨湖区篮协中老年篮球队正式成立。篮球队组建后，还创建了“中老年篮球”微信群，把更多的中老年篮球爱好者聚集在了一起。大伙儿不但一起快乐打篮球，还在生活和工作上互相帮助、互相支持。“平时一起AA制自费打球，球队里谁有什么事情，大伙都会齐心协力去帮忙，感觉我们这群队员在球场上的是互相配合默契的兄弟，在球场下是一家人。”颜勇说道。

    据了解，这支中老年篮球队自成立后一直活跃在全市、全省、全国篮球赛场上，参加了大大小小十余场正式篮球比赛。今年11月，中老年篮球队还走出国门，征战在马来西亚吉隆坡举办的第33届全球华人篮球赛45岁组别比赛，经过一番激烈的角逐，雨湖区篮协中老年篮球队获得了第三名的优异成绩。

  “现在打篮球已经融入到我们的生活，对我们而言，打篮球不只是一项运动，更是一种健康的生活方式。大家聚在一起，拉拉家常，讨论篮球技术和要领，分享生活的快乐，这就是我们这些‘老男孩’的心声。”颜勇说。

Happy basketball "old boy"

"123, come on!" Before the game, the Basketball Association in the old Yuhu District basketball team players and encourage each other. (reporter Ouyang Tian)

Xiangtan online December 12th news (the Xiangtan daily media reporter Chen Xudong) turned to shoot, the ball break, three steps to the basket... In December 9th, the Yuhu stadium basketball venue, a group of middle-aged men ran on the pitch. This group is active in the basketball field of the "old boy" is a common name in the elderly Yuhu District Basketball Association Basketball team.

On the same day, the middle-aged basketball team in the rain and Lake area is playing a friendly match with another basketball team in the city. Although the age difference between the two sides is quite different, the players of the middle and old age basketball team are all agile and technical. Card, dribbling, passing, penetration, mismatches, three step layup, three point shooting...... Their wonderful performance won the audience's cheers. "I started to think it was a young man's game, and I knew that the old men had so much to play basketball." One of the people who came to see the game was exclamatory.

Yuhu elderly basketball basketball team is the city a very high level of an amateur basketball team in the elderly, the average age of 52 years, the largest is 63 years old. Although they are amateur teams, they have made strict rules as professional teams, rented regular places for training, and did a centralized training every weekend. By the end of the week, they often play with teams in Changsha, Zhuzhou and other places.

"When we were young, we were playing basketball. When we were young, we were the main force to participate in the competition in the city. At that time, all of them were more ferocious. " Yan Yong, the 53 - year-old team captain of the year, said. Time flies, the old basketball partners have entered the middle and old age. At the beginning of this year, when everyone came together to eat and chat, the idea of forming a team was sprout. So, Yuhu elderly basketball team basketball association was formally established. After the formation of the basketball team, the "middle aged and old basketball" WeChat group was created, and more and more middle-aged and old basketball fans were gathered together. Not only are they happy to play basketball together, but also help each other and support each other in their life and work. "Usually together with Dutch team who play at their own expense, have what thing, everyone will work together to help, we feel the players on the pitch is mutual tacit understanding of the brothers, in the stadium is one family." Yan Yong said.

It is understood that this middle-aged basketball team has been active in the whole city, the whole province and the national basketball court since its establishment, and has participated in more than ten official basketball games. In November this year, the old basketball team is out of the country, in Kuala Lumpur held in Malaysia the thirty-third session of the global Chinese basketball competitions at the age of 45, after a fierce competition, Yuhu elderly Basketball Association basketball team won the third place honors.

"Now playing basketball has been integrated into our life. For us, playing basketball is not only a sport, but also a healthy lifestyle. Everyone gets together, pulls the family, discusses basketball skills and essentials, and shares the happiness of life. This is the sound of our old boys. Yan Yong said.