From sparring to superstar

Chapter 45 44. Disrupted Training Plan
It wasn't just the teammates who were surprised. At 9:[-], several coaches came to the training ground and saw Li Ao's decent hook training, and they also called out.

Kevin Henderson said to Xavier Johnson: "Old Kanter is amazing. He taught Leo after only a long time of teaching. I don't even think I need to make any adjustments."

Xavier Johnson responded sourly: "Yeah, he's really good."

His heart was bleeding. He had heard that the famous shooting coaches in Los Angeles had all been recruited as assistants, at such a price that they would go to work overtime on Christmas.

But why isn't he a part of it?

Everyone is next door to each other and works in the same arena. If you have to talk about it, you can be regarded as half of your colleagues.

Why did you ignore him?

Fortunately, as an optimist, he quickly completed his self-comfort—at least I spent Christmas with my family happily, without having to work overtime on Christmas Eve.

Looking at Li Ao who was practicing the hook, Xavier Johnson said: "Leo has a great advantage. As long as he is taught how to train, he can remember and practice well, so we don't need to worry about it."

Kevin Henderson nodded and said, "That's right, but he is good at reading. He must have a good memory and strong learning ability, which also helps him play basketball."

"Yes, the ability to learn is very important..."

After Li Ao has learned a training method, if that training does not require the assistance of others, he can also use the "stickman" in the training section for comparison and reference when there is no one to guide him, which greatly enhances his independent training ability.

Henry Bibby didn't interrupt, he felt the pressure - the matter of making future plans for this kid had to be speeded up.

Now this kid is just a player with extremely single abilities, and many things have not yet reached the time to be strengthened.

But as a coach with decades of experience in basketball, he knew that at this time, he should make a plan for his future development. From now on, he will gradually develop more abilities, focusing on the main abilities and enriching the secondary abilities.

It doesn't have to be developed enough to be used on the field, but at least let it start to understand.

It will be smoother when the main ability reaches a certain level and the secondary ability needs to be developed.

However, he thinks that he is not doing it for the good of this kid, it's just that this kid has a good brain and a poisonous mouth. If he is not well prepared as a coach, he will be gossiped by this kid again.

Yes, he just didn't want to be ashamed, not for the sake of this kid!

...

Li Ao started his daily life of special training.

Henry Bibby gave him 5 sessions a day.

Today, due to time issues, only 90 minutes of mid-range shooting training was conducted in the morning, and 90 minutes of passing training and 90 minutes of defensive training were conducted in the afternoon.

Starting tomorrow at 9 o'clock in the morning, he will conduct 1 hour of strength training, 90 minutes of shooting training, and 90 minutes of passing and defensive training in the afternoon. In the middle of these 4 parts of training, he also interspersed 3 sets of independent hook training. , 30 minutes per group.

The training time basically fills up the whole day.

Although he saw the intensity of the training, his mouth twitched, and he crazily complained that the middle-aged man was not human, but he didn't complain, and he was very happy with this arrangement.

He needs to race against time to become stronger!
Moreover, with the team's training arrangements, there are achievement points that can be obtained. His current achievement points are only in the early thousand.

But there are also arrangements that he resists but has to accept-the team hired a nutritionist to customize meals for him.

Money is something that can be saved if it can be saved. The nutrition is there, but the taste is not in the scope of consideration.

The day-to-day training started again, and on December 12, the last day of the 31th century, the CIC that he was thinking about hadn't improved to 20, but his physical strength improved first, from 1 to 76.

However, on the first day of the new year, on January 2000, 1, his CIC also successfully increased to 1.

In the past few days, teammates have returned to the team one after another early. On this day, all the players on the 18-man roster, except Shelby Jordan, have arrived.

The 8 consecutive victories bring, in addition to a happy holiday, there is also a stronger motivation.

Each of them hopes the streak will continue.

If you want to continue the winning streak, you have to become stronger!
The next opponent is the strongest opponent in the division, currently ranked second in the division, the Stanford Cardinals with 7 wins and 1 loss.

This opponent is very special. To deal with them, the requirements for teamwork and individual abilities are very high.

On the 1st and 2nd, except for Li Ao who was "closed" in the small training ground for special training, the coaching staff did not participate in the training of the others, and the players were asked to find the feeling of playing first.

On the 3rd, the coaching staff is ready to start team training, which is scheduled in the morning and individual training in the afternoon.

Li Ao's training has also been adjusted. Special training is very important, and team training is equally important.

But at this time, a person who surprised the entire Trojan team arrived and disrupted the coaching staff's plan.

Not only was Henry Bibby not angry about this, but he took the initiative to adjust the team training plan and put the team training in the afternoon...

...

"I buy Karma, I want to ask for an autograph!"

"Oh my god, he actually invited this person to be his coach?"

"What to do, I'm jealous, I'm jealous, I'm going to church to pray, I hope God will send an assassin to teach me how to play!"

"The god of basketball and the assassin are enemies. Your prayer is doomed to fail."

"You shouldn't be praying to God, but to the chairman of the Federal Reserve to print some money for you."

"Vacco! Jealousy makes me distorted. Why, Leo is so handsome, basketball talent is not bad, and he is so rich!"

"..."

"..."

Seeing the players crowded around the entrance of the small training ground and listening to these envious remarks, Henry Bibby was in an extremely good mood.

Everyone was depressed because of that kid, and he was not so depressed.

It's just that he has a good relationship with this guy!As a freshman, he won his first NCAA basketball championship as a pendant on this thigh.

Although this guy has a weird personality, the relationship between the two of them is weird. After he came to Los Angeles to settle down, he has given each other Christmas gifts in the past few years, and the relationship has been maintained.

Why didn't he think of asking this person to help?

For no reason, he lost an opportunity to show himself in front of that kid.

This feels like a loss of [-] million!

In terms of football and baseball, UCLA and USC are sworn enemies, but basketball is not. In the eyes of the 11-time champion team, the 0-time champion team in the same city is just a toy.

In the small training ground, Li Ao is also very excited now, but he must control his emotions and concentrate.

This is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's hook guide!
He greeted Jabbar just now, but the other party ignored him and looked at him up and down, left, right, back and forth for a while.

At this time, the clock on the wall rang, and it was nine o'clock.

Only then did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speak: "Maggie asked me to teach you how to hook, and I agreed. I will teach you for 5 days, from 9 am to 11 am. I don't care if you can learn to look good at yourself."

"Okay, I understand, I will study hard... You didn't speak just now, did you mean you were waiting for the time to reach 9 o'clock?" Li Ao couldn't hold back his complaints in the end.

"I heard that you have learned how to hook. You can show your hook first." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ignored Li Ao and went straight to the point.

Really indifferent, Li Ao heard that this legendary superstar was difficult to get along with, but he felt that it was not difficult to get along with, and he couldn't chat at all.

However, with the experience of getting along with Sam Hayes, he would not be dissatisfied with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

But it's man-made...(>︶<)
He arrived at the training ground just after 8 o'clock. He has practiced for a while just now, showing that the hook basics are very smooth.

He didn't deliberately do superfluous things, such as betting on luck with a corner hook or something, and just showed the training methods he learned.

Since it is to learn, it is necessary to let the instructor understand his real situation.

And this instructor is the man with the smoothest hook hook in the history of basketball-Skyhu!

What are you playing with hook hands? In front of this guy, everyone is playing big swords in front of Guan Gongmen.

After Li Ao finished showing, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a rare tone: "Yes, the basic skills are complete, there are no redundant movements in the hook, and the details of the force are also paid attention to... Except that the hook movement is really ugly, the hook itself , I have nothing to teach you, although your hook movement is ugly, but it has its advantages..."

Without deliberately lowering his voice, as soon as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar uttered the last sentence, there was a burst of laughter outside the training ground.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't respond, Li Ao gritted his teeth and stared outside.

How dare you laugh at me, you haven't drawn your sword for too long, do you really think it's bad for me to use a sword?
Forget it, we have to rely on these teammates to win.

These people are just jealous!

Abdul-Jabbar paused for a moment and continued: "This surprised me. The teaching progress I prepared was not like this, so I will teach you directly from the actual application of the hook."

As he said that, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar looked at the group of people at the entrance of the small training ground, observed for a while, pointed to a person and said, "You... yes, just you, Henry, and arrange him to be a training partner."

Following the direction of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's finger, the teammates all looked at Sam Clancy.

Sam Clancy pointed to himself and said, "Me? How could I be his partner..."

Before he finished his refusal, he heard the head coach calling his name: "Sam!"

The cold voice made him tremble in fright, and immediately responded: "Okay! I'll go!"

Henry Bibby stepped forward and patted Sam Clancy's arm, his tone softened: "Sam, Leo's scoring in the low post area is not very good, it's just right for you to practice defense."

Except for Li Ao, the rest of the team, Henry Bibby knows how to handle it too well.

As soon as he said this, Sam Clancy immediately stood up, full of motivation, and hurried in, and said to Li Ao: "You! You are still my training partner!"

Li Ao said perfunctorily, "Yes, yes, you are right."

Sam Clancy snorted, repeating PUA in his heart, making himself believe that the opponent is the sparring partner, and that he, a genius, is here to practice defense.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar looked at this scene without any expression change. After the two were in position, he said: "Leo, you come here to shoot and throw the ball to the basket. This position is the most suitable for hooking in the three-second zone of the NCAA standard." Position, Sam, you guard his hook."

Li Ao came to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's position, looked at the basket and the back, and said, "It's really good here. Turning around and entering the basket, turning around and retreating, are all good shooting positions...I can only use the hook to finish the shot." Attack?"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar replied, "Yes, you can only use the hook. I'm just here to teach you the hook."

"It's okay, I won't attack in the low post anyway."

"..."

Abdul-Jabbar rarely showed a speechless expression.

He finally understood why both Maggie and Henry told him to control his temper.

That is to say, this young man's hook basically gave him a good impression, otherwise he would not be speechless.

Finally seeing the change in Abdul-Jabbar's expression, Li Ao was in a good mood. He came to the shooting spot, received the ball from the trainer on the side, and said to Sam Clancy: "Let's start!"

Sam Clancy is ready, and Li Ao is full of motivation.

first ball...

"Snapped"

Li Ao's old man's hook that never left the ground was slapped away by Sam Clancy!

Sam Clancy was beating his chest excitedly and screaming "hoo hoo hoo".

Li Ao's face darkened, and he said, "Come again!"

"Snapped"

"Come again!"

"bang"

"Come again!"

"bang"

"Come again!"

"Snapped"

"..."

"..."

Li Ao missed consecutively, either being hated or struck with iron.

He shoots from a fixed position, and even if Sam Clancy's defensive awareness is poor, the more he defends, the better.

Li Ao became more and more impatient in his shots. He was still laying the groundwork, and his movements gradually deformed.

Finally, Kareem called off training.

Li Ao stopped making another shot, and stared at Sam Clancy, venting all the negative emotions in his heart on this stare.

Sam Clancy, who was so excited that he screamed for a while, felt that this guy wanted to kill him, so he said quickly: "What? I can't afford to lose! Don't try to do it, I'm not afraid of you!"

Li Ao rolled his eyes and walked to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, ready to accept criticism.

But Kareem Abdul-Jabbar returned to the expressionless state again, and said: "You just didn't bring out the advantages of your hook at all... Do you know what is the advantage of your hook?"

advantage?

Li Ao really didn't think about it, it's just that the old man taught it well, and he learned it excitedly.

He was lost in thought.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar just watched without disturbing, and he was also taking the time to analyze.

He originally thought that these few days were just teaching the basic skills, but he didn't expect to jump directly to the hook technique.

Li Ao thought hard... That's right!The characteristics of the old man's playing!
Recalling the scene of the bullfight with the old man before, thinking of the old man's outrageously accurate hooks and unexpected shots...

"Speed, easy to seize opportunities, and more changes can be made..." Li Ao said everything he could think of.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar finished the analysis faster, and after listening to what Li Ao said, he responded: "That's right, patience, speed, and change, you haven't done any of these three points well, and you are like a fool, facing Sam's seal." Guy throws the ball."

Sam Clancy on the side was terrified when he heard this. This legendary superstar is really straightforward and doesn't save any face.

But he actually saw Li Ao nodding in approval, and he admired it very much at this moment.

If it were him, he might have slammed the door and left if he was told that.

(End of this chapter)