On September 16th, the signing ceremony of Deqing Professional Basketball Club was held in the three-person basketball hall of Deqing Geographic Information Town Sports Center. It is reported that this is the first time that a professional basketball club has settled in Deqing, which is one of the measures taken by Deqing County to give full play to the role of the competition venue after the Asian Games and make good use of the benefits of the Asian Games.
After the signing ceremony, the unveiling ceremony of Huzhou Moganshan three-person basketball team and Zhejiang Deqing Pulai three-person basketball team was held. "Zhejiang Pulai Club is the first professional three-person basketball club in Zhejiang Province. In the future, Huzhou Moganshan three-person basketball team and Zhejiang Deqing Pulai three-person basketball team will participate in international and domestic competitions respectively in the name of Deqing team." Shen Ziqiang, sports chief of Deqing County Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism and Sports Bureau, introduced. It is worth mentioning that on September 4th, chinese basketball association announced the list of three-person basketball players in the Hangzhou Asian Games, and Zhou Yanxu, a player from Zhejiang Pulai Club, was among them.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the professional basketball club, Deqing will promote the three-person basketball project to become a school feature in primary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools, and promote the development of youth sports. "Let professional players enter the campus, club coaches can carry out professional guidance and training, improve the professional level of youth three-person basketball, develop three-person basketball more widely, and build Deqing into a city of three-person basketball." Shen Ziqiang said.
It is reported that after the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Deqing will continue to improve the hardware and software facilities, provide venue guarantee for the training of the three-person basketball national team, and attract more national and even international competitions.