Post Choi Jun-yong ahead of Spain's off-season training... Yonsei University's Lee Yoo-jin said, "I realized I'm lacking."
Post Choi Jun-yong ahead of Spain's off-season training... Yonsei University's Lee Yoo-jin said, "I realized I'm lacking."
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"Later on, I'm practicing shooting and dribbling more to get everything perfect"
Yonsei University is preparing for the upcoming 2025 KUSF College Basketball U-League. Last season, Yonsei University recorded 12 wins and 2 losses.
Lee Yoo-jin, who removed the label as a freshman in his second year, was also sweating to show better performance. Last season, Lee Yoo-jin recorded 8.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.1 assists in 13 regular league games.
Lee Yoo-jin said, "I am currently focusing on physical training. Personally, I am training to make up for my shortcomings. I am focusing on shooting and dribbling. As a whole, freshmen have joined the team, and they are now adapting their tactics again. I felt that when I entered college in high school and when I entered the league as a college student, there were many things that were not easy. I realized what I lacked."
That's why Lee said he is practicing shooting and dribbling. Standing 199 centimeters tall, Lee is armed with athletic ability, speed, and shooting ability. For this reason, many basketball insiders call Lee "post Choi Jun-yong."
As Lee grows like Choi, however, he needs to develop his shooting success rate and dribbling ability further. Although Lee still shows small performance level of hexagonists, he certainly has potential. Lee also concurred on this point.
"I don't think I should be like this player by designating anyone, but I want to learn the strengths of each player. Of course, I want to learn the strengths of Choi Jun-yong. He is not perfect yet for playing in all positions. Manager (Yun Ho-jin) says it would be better for me to look far and try number 1 or 2 rather than me playing number 3 or 4. I am trying to match that. Later on, I am practicing shooting and dribbling more to perfect number 1 or 4 as well."
Lee Yoo-jin then added, "I'm in charge of positions 2 to 3, but in the case of position 1 if I do it later. It's still late, but I can improve my ability even now and I'll try as much as I'm given the opportunity." 메이저사이트
Yonsei University had an exceptional lineup at the 2024 Asian University Basketball Challenge (AUBC) held in Hong Kong in December last year. It used Lee Chae-hyung, Lee Yoo-jin and Lee Ju-young at the same time, and placed Lee Kyu-tae and Kang Ji-hoon under the basket, operating a lineup as tall as a professional team.
At that time, Lee Yoo-jin alternated with Lee Chae-hyung to lead the team and showed active switch defense in defensive situations.
"If (Lee) plays with Chae-hyung, I sometimes take over as No. 1 when he is physically burdened. He can cope well even in mismatched situations," Lee said, recalling the time. "When he plays in the lineup, he improves overall defense. There may be some disadvantages, but I think he can certainly reduce lost points."
Meanwhile, this training camp in Spain will be an opportunity for Lee to feel that he has more players than anyone else. Spain is full of stronger and faster players with a height similar to Lee.
Lee Yoo-jin said, "I'm sure there are many players who are similar in body shape to me, but are better at basketball. I want to learn their movements. I'm very curious what kind of movements they bring to that height. Also, what I realized last season seems to be that I lost my mind a lot because I won a regular game. You need to develop your ability to control your mind by yourself. I realized a lot this time, so I will always do my best to prevent that from happening anymore."