From sparring to superstar

Chapter 6 5. Train him to the ground!

Li Ao followed Brown to the innermost part of the training ground, opened the door, and there was another world—it was a gym.

Continue through the gym and there are three doors around the corner.

The first one is the storage warehouse. Brown stopped Li Ao's footsteps and walked in alone.

Li Ao saw the notice posted on the door, not allowing players to enter without permission.

He took a look at the door, and found that the inside was clean and tidy, and the items were marked. As the club manager, Brown quickly took out a set of training clothes.

Li Ao unfolded it and took a look. The standard four-piece suit, long-sleeved trousers and short-sleeved shorts with a jersey, but at a glance, he knew that it was not custom-made, and it was quite loose. It should be the standard style for his height.

Brown said: "After training, put the used training clothes in the laundry basket in the locker room. There is a registration form, write your name, and someone will come to collect it. I will also put the new ones in the next morning. Put your training clothes in your closet."

Speaking of which, Brown pushed open the door next to him, and continued: "This is the dressing room, let's choose a wardrobe."

Li Ao walked in holding his breath, sniffed it tentatively, and it wasn't as bad as he imagined.

The dressing room is relatively large, and there are many lockers. He randomly found one in the locker without a name card: "Let's just go here."

Brown put the prepared name card in and said: "Wait, you want to train? Then change into the training clothes first, and I will go out first."

It was very hot in Los Angeles at the end of August. Li Ao dressed coolly. He changed into short-sleeved shorts in twos and twos. After simply folding the changed clothes and putting them in the closet, he left the locker room and returned to the gym.

Brown saw Li Ao coming out, and was about to take Li Ao back to the training ground. Li Ao pointed to the room he hadn't seen before and said, "Steve, what is this room for?"

"This," Brown turned his head, walked to the door of the room, and said with a mysterious expression, "This is..."

"This is?" Li Ao was already curious, and now he is even more curious.

Brown pushed open the door and said, "This is another training ground!"

"..."

Li Ao has black lines all over his head.

Inside is indeed another training ground, similar to the training ground outside. They are rooms with high windows that are relatively bright without the lights on, but smaller and square. Corners are areas where items such as basketballs and stools are placed.

From this point, he could see how chaotic the area division of the arena was. No wonder such a stingy Clippers owner ran away decisively.

Brown laughed: "Some teammates occasionally want to train alone, and sometimes the coach will conduct special training for a certain player alone, so such a separate training ground is needed... What do you think?"

"I thought it was a small black room or something. It was used for confinement, or a place for fighting when there were conflicts in the team. I really expected it in vain."

"..." This time it was Brown's turn to be speechless.

Is this disappointed look serious?
What kind of words are these tigers and wolves!
Brown suddenly believed Henry Bibby's words.

This newcomer doesn't seem to be as sunny and innocent as it seems...

The two returned to the training ground. It was almost two o'clock, and the coaching staff had already gone to work.

Henry Bibby, who was having a good chat with Bai Mamba, saw Li Ao, his face collapsed immediately, and he said, "Already here? Xavier, warm him up and start the special training."

Li Ao ran over immediately and asked, "Coach, what special training do I want to do?"

Henry Bibby asked: "What do you think you should practice?"

Li Ao thought for a while, and replied uncertainly: "Fixed shooting?"

Henry Bibby nodded: "Okay, let's practice spot-up shooting."

Is it so sloppy?

Seeing that the head coach didn't want to talk to him anymore, Li Ao couldn't ask more questions, and followed Xavier Johnson to the half court.

Xavier Johnson pulled a ball rack into the arena, picked up a ball and threw it to Li Ao who was standing on the right side of the three-second zone, and said, "I'm Xavier Johnson, and you can call me Xavier too. You shoot first Try one set and let me see your shots."

Li Ao nodded, focused, and was about to shoot when the system prompt came!
"The host has started mid-range shooting training, and has worn a shooting bag: DeMar DeRozan mid-range shooting bag, bonus effect: 20% of the mid-range shooting training results."

This is what the CIC training gain effect originally said!
Excited Li Ao pulled up and shot. The assistant coach was quite surprised when he saw his jumping posture, his body movements when he lifted the ball, and his vigorous movements when he threw the ball!
The teammates were also very curious about Li Ao, the newcomer, and all their eyes were on him, and they were also very surprised to see his shooting movements.

Three words to describe Li Ao's CIC - picturesque!

Then... "kuang"...the ball hit the basket hard on the neck.

The teammates turned their eyes back, looked at that posture, and thought it was a master of mid-range shooting, that's it?

Xavier Johnson was also speechless, picked up another ball, threw it to Li Ao, and signaled Li Ao to continue shooting.

Li Ao was also flustered with embarrassment, he heard the voices of his teammates talking after he hit the iron.

Now his shooting posture is very professional, but his shooting ability is not worthy of such professional movements.

Fortunately, he has a good mentality. The road to basketball has just begun, and face is the least important thing. He continues to shoot.

After scoring 10 out of 3 shots in a group, he smiled at the assistant coach.

This is not as good as when he was not wearing a shooting bag before, and his strength suddenly increased and he couldn't adapt to shooting.

This feeling is similar to the period at the end of last year and the beginning of this year when my stature grew rapidly.

Xavier Johnson coughed dryly, and said: "Your shooting is pretty good, at least you know which parts to use to exert strength, you don't need to start practicing from shooting, OK, you can start practicing shooting angles now, and find the basket. direction."

Li Ao put away his useless sense of shame, and under the guidance of the assistant coach, started one set of fixed-point shooting training.

The process was very boring, but his expressions and actions did not reveal any impatience, which surprised Henry Bibby and Brown who were watching.

Brown whispered to Henry Bibby: "It seems that Leo wants to seize the opportunity to enter the school team. Maybe he can do better than Shelby."

Henry Bibby responded with a cold snort: "He's just putting on a show. You can tell from his shooting movements that he's a guy who likes to play handsome and tease girls on the court."

Brown said speechlessly: "You are prejudiced, and you have never seen him play."

"have you seen?"

"..."

Brown was speechless. He felt that Henry Bibby had reached menopause, or that he had quarreled with his son again.

Henry Bibby continued to watch Li Ao's training.

It can be seen that Li Ao's shooting is basically a zero foundation, an amateur among amateurs, which makes Henry Bibby very disgusted.

But because of the zero foundation, there are many problems that can be found. Xavier Johnson is very professional. After Li Ao made 50 shots in each group, Xavier Johnson can accurately find the problem and give guidance.

What makes Henry Bibby happy is that Li Ao seems to be quite talented in shooting. After every adjustment, he can see a little bit of improvement.

After a large group of complete training, Li Ao also showed an expression of unsatisfactory expression, and actively communicated with Xavier Johnson about the details of the training. This attitude made the latter more motivated to teach.

Moreover, the physical strength Li Ao showed was better than Henry Bibby expected!

Originally, he and the assistant coach planned to let Li Ao, a layman, train a large group to get used to it this afternoon, but he didn't expect that the amount of training was actually light.

While Li Ao was resting, Xavier Johnson asked Henry Bibby whether he should continue, Henry Bibby replied in a low voice: "Keep practicing until he can't hold it anymore."

Well, I have to work overtime again, and Xavier Johnson didn't complain, and actively devoted himself to work.

For a trainer, it is very gratifying to have a player with good talent and a positive learning attitude, and he is happy to work overtime.

It was after 5 o'clock in the evening, and the teammates had already finished training and left the Memorial Stadium one after another. Even the white mamba, who trained the hardest, left at 4:[-].

Finally, another set of 5 fixed-point 10-ball shots ended, and Henry Bibby signaled Xavier Johnson to stop.

In this group, the stability of Li Ao's shooting force can no longer be guaranteed.

Xavier Johnson said: "Ouke, Leo, today's training is over, go back to take a bath tonight and take a good rest."

Hearing this, Li Ao dissipated all his holding back, and sat down on the floor: "It's finally over, the amount of special training is really huge!"

He thought it was a special Super Bowl training specially arranged for him by Henry Bibby, so he gritted his teeth and insisted on it, not wanting Henry Bibby, who didn't like him, to look down on him.

Fortunately, he has been insisting on exercising, and has the physical strength of a first-class NCAA basketball player, otherwise he would not be able to persist.

But even if he was physically strong, he was really tired this time.

Shooting training is very different from his usual fitness. He uses more muscle groups that are rarely used in exercise, and is extremely tiring.

Xavier Johnson could see that Li Ao misunderstood this point, but seeing the gloating look of the head coach, he didn't point it out, and silently helped Li Ao massage the muscles of his arms, shoulders and neck.

Henry Bibby stepped forward and asked: "This is the training volume of our Trojans. How is it? Do you want to escape?"

This yin and yang tone, if it wasn't for his lack of strength, and this guy is the head coach of the team, Li Ao really wanted to jump up and hit someone!
At the beginning, it was obviously this middle-aged flirt who forced him to join, but now it looks like he wants to come by licking his face.

Li Ao responded disdainfully: "That's it? If Xavier wasn't tired, I could do it again."

"Very well, I also arranged a lot of training for you. If this little training scares you away, it's no fun. Gather at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, and you will be expelled if you are late."

Henry Bibby turned and left after speaking.

Xavier Johnson gave Li Ao a massage to relieve the soreness of his muscles, got up and stretched his body, and said, "Leo, look at your training records, I'm leaving first."

He was too tired.

Li Ao thanked him, stood up and took a while, then walked to the small blackboard beside the court.

He remembered standing here when the middle-aged Sao Nan was watching, and it seemed that the middle-aged Sao Nan recorded it.

A total of 23 groups, 50 balls in each group, a total of 1150 balls were shot, he did not expect to shoot so many times!

However, 1150 shots were made, 529 were scored, and the shooting percentage was only 46%.

If this is a mid-range shot in the game, it is naturally strong. Few people in the NBA have such a shooting percentage.

But this is training...

There is a big gap between playing basketball and quasi-professional basketball!
He remembered a sentence - don't use your hobbies to challenge others' ability to eat.

Just when he was sighing, the system prompt came!
"Training mode: The team arranges training.

Training content: Basic skills of mid-range shooting.

Completion status: overfulfilled the training arrangement of the coaching staff.

Training Rating: Poor.

Congratulations to the host for getting the training reward: 50 achievement points.

Because the host's training performance has not reached the qualified level, the physiotherapy function of the body cannot be used. "

Li Ao was very pleasantly surprised when the achievement point became 1050!
At the beginning of the training, there was no training mission triggered, so he struggled for a while.

However, this training score is too real.

He estimated that if he hadn't completed the training beyond the limit, he wouldn't even have 50 achievement points
Also, what is the physiotherapy function of the body?
As soon as he raised a question in his heart, the system answered it.

"Complete the training arranged by the coaching staff, complete the training tasks released by the system, and the score is qualified, you can spend achievement points for physical therapy to relieve physical fatigue and repair physical damage caused by training. If the score is perfect, you will receive free physical therapy .”

This works great!

But Li Ao was happy for a while, and his egg hurts again.

Perfect score, when can I see it!
46 percent of his field goal attempts in practice...

Try Harder!
He felt that he gained a lot from today's training. At least, he realized how good he is.

But this also means that he has a lot of room for improvement!
...

On August 1999, 8, the first assembly day of the new season for the USC Trojans men's basketball team.

At 8:[-] in the morning, Li Ao took the bus to the Memorial Stadium half an hour earlier.

When he came to the training ground, not all his teammates had arrived, but the manager and the coaching staff had already arrived, and there were a few more people who hadn't seen yesterday, probably trainers and doctors.

Brown saw that Li Ao had completely lost the spirit of yesterday, and said with a smile: "Leo, you are here so early! You made more than 1000 shots in the first day of training. You really deserve it."

Li Ao drooped his face: "Don't mention it, I want to escape."

Before going to bed last night, he was still full of energy.

As a result, when he woke up this morning, he felt that his arm was going to be crippled, and he had to cancel the breakfast with the auntie assistant, because he had to cook, so he went out and bought two hot dogs and milk to eat.

Brown laughed and said, "Come on, sit here, and I'll give you a pinch."

Li Ao didn't refuse. If it wasn't for training, he would have asked Liam to go to the big sword today.

After Brown started, he pinched Li Ao until he twitched.

But he felt very sour again, feeling that it was in place, and said, "Steve, I feel that you are more professional than Xavier."

"That is, I stayed on the team by relying on this hand massage." Brown's tone was somewhat complacent, but then he smiled bitterly: "When I was a freshman, I also looked forward to being a part of the school team, but the freshman I didn’t make it to the big roster in my sophomore year, but I still didn’t want to leave the team, so I took over the club manager job that others find troublesome, Leo, you worked so hard, I hope you can make it to the big roster!”

Why do you suddenly feel like you are carrying someone else's dream?
Although this expectation does not seem to be much, Li Ao felt a little bit of pressure, and at the same time, a little bit more motivation.

But he still responded calmly: "Don't expect too much from me, I just think playing basketball is fun...but I will work hard."

"Hmph, so much nonsense, have you rested yet? After resting, get ready and practice your legs today."

An unfriendly voice suddenly appeared next to him, which startled Li Ao.

But after Henry Bibby finished speaking, he turned around and went to talk to the teaching assistants, and Li Ao didn't even have a chance to reply.

At the end of the enjoyment time, Li Ao got up to do warm-up activities with the help of Brown.

As Brown himself said, Li Ao felt that the club manager could do everything besides playing basketball!
As the time approached 9 o'clock, the men's team of the basketball club arrived one after another.

Li Ao probably counted, there are more than 50 people!

Henry Bibby briefly introduced the 11 people who joined this year. When everyone was introduced, there were sparse welcome sounds, and so did Li Ao.

Only one person is different -- Nate Hale.

The newcomer was greeted with enthusiastic cheers from his teammates.

Brown said to Li Ao: "In addition to the 3 people who passed the trial training with you that day, we have 7 people who joined the team in the summer, some are freshmen, and some have outstanding performance in intramural competitions. Among these 11 people, only Nate is sure to enter Big list, but you have no competition with him..."

Li Ao nodded upon hearing this.

He knew this teammate, but he didn't know it at first, but Vivian and Liam often gave him information about the popular science team.

Nate Hale, the 89th high school student in the United States this year, the top 100 high school student in the United States that the Trojans managed to grab, led Mission Viejo High School to the quarterfinals of the California High School League last season. Lost to Inglewood High School in the final.

After Henry Bibby introduced the newcomers, he began to arrange the first team training of the new season.

It can be seen that there is an obvious difference. Li Ao has teammates who remember their names, and Henry Bibby arranges them to be trained by assistant coaches or trainers.

The other 30 people were arranged by Henry Bibby to train with the veteran players who had not entered the official list in their junior year.

When Li Ao heard that the assistant coach didn't call him with the training name, he was inevitably frustrated, but the senior didn't see him with the training list...Henry Bibby called him aside alone.

He who originally felt that he had been useless suddenly stood up and asked excitedly: "Coach, don't I train with them?"

Henry Bibby asked rhetorically, "What do you want to practice with them?"

"Eh..." Li Ao was stuck this time.

Henry Bibby sneered and said: "Can't guess this time? Practice your basic skills! Sam, come and teach him defensive footwork. He is very confident in his physical strength. You can teach him to get down!" "

(End of this chapter)