MELODY环球世界女篮: 英国篇 MELODY Women's Basketball World Tour: UK
来源： 发布日期：2015.04.08
大家应该知道这是哪儿吧?! Yay~ You have to know this! :)
英国和篮球...在大家的印象中这两个似乎不太会连接在一起。在篮球不是那么受欢迎或者受关注的任何其他国家都会有这样的印象吧。何况是女子篮球，更何况是业余女子篮球。
The UnitedKingdom and basketball...somehow these two just don’t seem to connect in theminds of most people. This is probably the case with any other country who isnot so big in basketball, not to mention women’s basketball, and even more,amateur women’s basketball.
Regent Street, 伦敦 (伦敦市中心的其中一个主要大街) Regent Street, London
在我们继续谈论篮球在英国的事前，让我们先了解下英国的基本情况。大不列颠和北爱尔兰联合王国由四个国家：英格兰，苏格兰，威尔士和北爱尔兰组成。在这篇文章中，我们将重点放在谈论在英格兰的女篮。篮球在这些国家分别由自己的国家篮球机构负责管理这项运动。
Before we go ontalking about basketball in the UK, let us learn the basics about the UnitedKingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland comprises offour countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In this articlewe will be focusing on talking about women’s basketball in England, asbasketball in each of these countries are governed separately by its ownnational governing body for the sport.
Brixton Topcats, WBBL (英格兰最高级别女篮的其中一支队伍) Brixton Topcats, a WBBL team.
按照英格兰篮球的官网显示，在英格兰最高水平的女子篮球联赛，WBBL（等于WCBA在中国的级别），由十支球队组成。这个联赛是在去年2014年刚刚成立的，并且目前正在进行她的第一个赛季（2014-2015年）。
Based on theinformation on the England Basketball’s website, we know that the highest levelof women’s basketball in the United Kingdom, the WBBL (Women’s BritishBasketball League, the equivalent of WCBA in China), made up of ten teams, wasjust formed last year in 2014, having its first ever season now (2014-2015).
在伦敦市中心的一个室外篮球场...爱下雨的伦敦需要室外篮球场吗? :P
An outdoor basketball court on a rainyday...London, an outdoor court?! :P
英格兰女篮被分为十个不同联赛和年龄组级别（从14岁以下至成年女子水平），当然这并不包括业余女子篮球。我们可以看到在英格兰的女子篮球是有这么一个框架的。纵观教育平台上，我们也可以看到学生们有不少机会可以参与在篮球中。BUCS（英国大学和学院体育组织）提供了这样的机会。学生们可以有机会参与到52个不同的运动项目，而这52项运动都有类似于WCUBA（中国大学女子篮球联赛为例）的联赛可以参加。这个平台供了女学生可以打篮球的机会。
With tendifferent national leagues and age groups (teams from U14 up to senior women’slevel) of women’s basketball being organized in England (excluding amateurwomen’s basketball), we can see a structure in place. Looking at theeducational side, we also see that basketball is being played in the universitylevel as well. BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sports), which providesopportunities for students to participate in 52 different sports, (theequivalent to CUBA/WCUBA in China - only for basketball), offers a platform forfemale student athletes to play basketball as part of university life.
Vee在2008年和她在拉夫堡大学的篮球二队的队友们的合影。
Vee and her Loughborough University basketballteam mates in 2008.
曾在英国留学的Vee也有幸经历了一年在她就读的拉夫堡大学的校队队员生活，参加了BUCS所组织的篮球比赛。校队曾经主场迎接其他学校的校队，也前往其他城市交流比赛。我们也可以在中国看到这样的一个现象，所以这不是一个新闻。但对于业余女子篮球爱好者在这个国家的情况呢？
As aLoughborough University’s graduate herself, Vee experienced a year as a playerin the university’s basketball team participating in BUCS’ league games. Herteam has hosted other teams and traveled to other cities to play. We can seethis in China as well, so it’s not something new. But what about the amateurwomen’s basketball players in this country?
2015年2月在伦敦两支业余女子篮球队比赛后的合影。
Photo of two amateur women’s basketball teamsafter a game in London, February, 2015.
为了更深入了解关于英格兰的业余女子篮球情况，主要是伦敦的情况；我们联系了总部位于伦敦的一家专门提供这样的平台的公司，LBA（LoveBasketball Academy）。这是一家专门为女子篮球爱好者提供打球平台的公司。这家公司的创始人Jose Martin来自西班牙。他希望他的两个女儿未来能在WNBA打球，但由于找不到合适的平台，他决定创办这样一家公司。自从该公司在2014年初成立至今，Jose已召集了六支不同级别的球队并且组织了一些联赛和带领了他的球队参加伦敦市的一些联赛。
To learn moreabout the amateur women’s basketball scene in England, specifically in London,we contacted a London-based women’s basketball academy, LBA (Love BasketballAcademy), which provides opportunities for women to play basketball at thegrassroots level for leisure (with some level of competition). The founder ofthis company, Jose Martin, is originally from Spain. He wanted his daughters toplay in WNBA one day and decided to start something since he realized there wasno such platform in London. Ever since the academy was established in 2014,Jose has organized six teams of various levels for female ballers in the city.He has organized games for these teams and led his teams to participate in theleague games organized by the city.
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2015年2月伦敦一支业余女子篮球队的训练视频。
A short video showing training of the amateurwomen’s basketball team in London, February 2015.
Vee觉得她只在伦敦一个月可以在这段时间里有篮球打感到非常幸运。这让她想说未来一定要在MELODY提供一个平台给短期在上海生活的女子篮球爱好者打球。在这期间她参与了球队的训练和比赛。很高兴看到这么多女性在参与这项运动。我们发现在伦敦打球的女子篮球爱好者们和在巴黎一起打球的小伙伴有一个比较明显的现象。在伦敦的爱好者来自世界各地 - 在球队里的15-16个人中有来自至少10个国家的爱好者，球队非常国际化。当然，我们的共同点是，我们都很热爱篮球。
Vee was lucky tohave experienced playing with one of the teams during her one month stay inLondon. This made her think about creating a platform for female ballers whoare only in Shanghai for a short period of time. During this time she took partin the training sessions and games. It was a pleasure to see so many femaleballers to play this sport. One major difference we found from playing inLondon compared Paris is the team in London is very international andmulticultural. We could see over ten nationalities in a team of 15-16 playerscoming from countries across Europe and other parts of the world. But of coursewe all share the same passion, basketball.
Vee和她在伦敦的队友，2015年2月。
Vee with her team mates in London, February,2015.
对于一些在这支伦敦球队的队员，篮球并不是她们已经打了很长时间的运动。但我们可以看到她们相对我们国内刚接触篮球的新人适应地更快。这可能是因为她们一直都有在参与其他运动的关系吧。尝试一项新的运动对她们来说更容易一些。所以如果你是一个无基础或者有一点基础的女子篮球爱好者，你很棒哦！因为跨出这一步是很难的，而你做到了！
Although for anumber of the players, basketball is not a sport they have played for a longtime, we could see that they are rather fit and quite sporty if we compare tothe female ballers who have just started playing basketball in China. It islikely because they have been doing other sports for a long time, and it wasmuch easier for them to try playing basketball. So if you are a beginner inbasketball, congratulations! You have made the first step forward, which is themost difficult step!
在伦敦的一个室内篮球场。An indoor basketball court in London.
当我们去了解业余篮球爱好者在伦敦打球的成本时，可以总结说...如这座城市一样的生活费，成本非常高！我们了解到，一个室内篮球场一个小时全场费用在45磅到80磅（等于450元 - 800元）。但如果我们客观地去看，其实，我们在上海支付的场地费用离这个金额不远，甚至有些场地的价格就在这个价位内。:( 和我们的法国小伙伴比较起来我们付的场地的差距啊！
Looking at thecosts of playing basketball in London at the amateur level...we would like toconclude that; just like everything in this city, it is very expensive! Basedon what Vee found out, it costs between 45 to 80 pounds (450RMB - 800RMB) perhour full court to rent an indoor court. But if we really think about it, theprice we pay for courts in Shanghai is not far from this range. :( This is sucha big difference comparing to what our French friends are paying...
2015年2月在伦敦的篮球教练课程进行中。
During the basketball coaching course, February2015.
在伦敦逗留期间，Vee也有机会参加一些篮球课程，学习如何做一名教练员，裁判员和统计员。通过学习篮球中不同角色的知识可以教我们更多关于这项运动各方面的事，用一个比较全方位的角度去看待篮球。
During the stayin London, Vee also had the chance to take a few basketball courses to learn tocoach, referee and table officiate basketball. Learning about basketballthrough the different roles as a coach, referee, and table official teaches usmore about the various aspects of this team sport. We are able to seebasketball via the eyes of the different roles.
2015年2月裁判员课程进行中。
During the referee course, February 2015.
站在教练、裁判员、统计员、队员和观众的角度可以让我们更懂篮球。这是给希望可以打更好球的所有爱好者的一个建议。在这些课程中有一些女学院参加，但大部分还是由男学员报名上课。
Standing in theperspectives of a coach, referee, table officiate, player and spectator canshow us that there is so much more about basketball that we still need to learnand experience. It was interesting to see female participants in the courses,although the majority is still male participants.
2015年2月篮球教练课程的书籍。
Basketball coaching manuals to study, February2015.
一件我们需要了解和学习关于篮球的事情是，裁判员是球场上的皇上。:) 如果你打篮球的时间够长，你应该已经知道这一点。这就是为什么篮球是那么棒的运动，我们需要学会如何很好地管理自己的情绪，即使刚被吹了一个我们根本就没有犯的规，也依然要控制心理的不满继续保持状态比赛。
One key thing weneed to understand and learn about basketball is, the referee is the king onthe court. :) If you play basketball long enough, you’ll probably already knowthis. This is why basketball is such a great sport, you need to learn to manageyour frustrations and emotions despite being just called for a foul which youdid not do, and continue playing without being affected too much until the gameends.
2015年2月在伦敦志愿做统计员用到的一些工具。
Items used by a volunteer to table officiate agame in London, February 2015.
在裁判员课程上，导师分享了他过去的经验，并说，如果你向裁判员表示你对她的判罚不满的态度；该裁判很可能会记住你的球衣颜色和号码，并从此直到比赛结束盯上你。噢，天哪！虽然这不是我们经常听到的事，但如果我们真去想...的确会这样！因此，今天关于篮球的课程总结是：比赛中请勿惹毛裁判员！
During thereferee course, the tutor has shared past experiences and said that if you showyour bad attitude to a referee; that referee will most likely remember yourjersey color and number, and hunt you down until the game ends...Oh gosh, it’snot something we hear all the time, but if we really think about it...It istrue! So, lesson for the day, NEVER mess with the referees!
Ms. Patricia Fairclough OBE, actively involved inbasketball for over forty years from grassroots to international levels of thegame (worked in all platforms of basketball from a local school team game up tomajor events including Olympics, Paralympics, World Championships, GoodwillGames, Caricom Championships and the Commonwealth Games).
同时在伦敦期间也有幸出席由PatriciaFairclough OBE女士所负责的篮球课程。在英格兰篮球界的眼里，Patricia是她们的女神。Patricia是负责给在2012年伦敦奥运会篮球比赛上做统计工作的统计员课程的主要导师之一。她是一个很棒的导师而Vee也一直记得她，因为在2008年首次参加篮球相关课程也是由Patricia负责指导的。我们非常期待分享所累积的经验给中国业余女篮圈。
Ms. PatriciaFairclough OBE, who in the eyes of England Basketball, is the Goddess in thebasketball world in England, Vee had the honor to be attending the tableofficials course conducted by her. Patricia has trained most of the tableofficials who table officiated in the 2012 London Olympics. She is a greatmentor and Vee has always remembered her since she took the level 1 basketballcourses with Patricia back in 2008. We are looking forward to share what wehave learnt and experienced with the amateur women’s basketball friends inChina.
两支球队在爱尔兰最高级别女篮的比赛照片。
A photo of a game between two women’s teams inIrish highest level of basketball.
在英国的其中一个周末，Vee去了一趟爱尔兰，并参观了首都都柏林。这正好是爱尔兰女篮最高级别联赛期间，所以她去看了一场DCU Mercy 对Meteors的比赛。比赛在一所学校进行。爱尔兰的女篮有非常大空间可以发展，而我们也希望MELODY有一天会来到这个国家篮球之旅。
On one of theweekends, Vee took a trip to a neighboring country, Ireland, and visited itscapital Dublin. It happened to be the season for the Premier Women’s league inIreland and she went to watch a game between two teams (DCU Mercy v Meteors).The game took place in a school and she felt that there is a great opportunityfor the Irish Women's Basketball to develop, and hopes MELODY could come toIreland as well one day.
Yay~ London baby!!!
嗯，我们希望这篇文章可以帮助改善大家对英国女子篮球的观点，因为参与在篮球的女篮爱好者越来越多了！ ;) 虽然在英国参与篮球的女篮爱好者可能少于法国或中国，我们相信她也是在往一个增多的速度前进的。（尤其2012年在伦敦奥运会后）
Well we hopethis article helps to change the way you think about women’s basketball in theUK, because there are more and more female ballers participating in thisawesome sport now! ;) Though the level of participation by female ballers inthe UK is not as high as France or China, we know that it is growing. (London2012 Olympics being one of influences).
在伦敦市中心的炸鱼与薯条餐。
Fish and Chips meal in Oxford Circus, London.
在结束这篇文章前，我们很高兴地分享给MELODY和朋友们：当我们到伦敦篮球之旅时，我们有至少9支球队可以交流篮球，！:)
To end thearticle, we would to share that MELODY and friends now have at least nine teamswe can play with if we travel to London for our basketball tour in the future!:)