no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 102 Skills Unlocked, Double Happiness
"Actually, it's not complicated, and it shouldn't be difficult for you." After arriving at the training hall, Rose said while dribbling with the ball.

"Controlling technology is the foundation of it, because you need to maintain control of the ball at high speed." Rose went on to explain what he meant by what he just said.

Although Xu Yong is a swingman, after so many years of intensive movement control training, although he is not at Rose's level, he is still good enough.

After Ross finished speaking, he showed it in front of Xu Yong.

"Its key lies in two places, one is the footsteps, and the other is the final adjustment in the air."

When he dribbled the ball back to Xu Yong's side, he had already started talking about his skills.

Xu Yong nodded as he listened to the sidelines. Sure enough, it was the same as what he had analyzed before, and the adjustment in the air was one of the keys.

Rose then started talking about footsteps first.

Not slowing down in disguise does not really mean that I forcefully change from right to left.

To make a metaphor, it’s like driving a car. You originally drove to the right and there was an obstacle in front of you. If you suddenly turn the reverse wheel and turn left, the most likely result is a car overturn.

Although people are not cars, the principles are actually similar.

If you want to change direction without slowing down, footsteps are the key. Only by using it can you complete a situation similar to drift without overturning.

First of all, you must use a large change of direction breakthrough to induce the defender, and this change of direction must be a change of direction of the opposite foot.

For example, if you start walking on the right, then you control the ball with your right hand, and you push the ground with your left foot to the right to make a breakthrough.

At this time, in order to block your breakthrough route, the defender will most likely shift the center of gravity to the right.

Those with poor defensive experience will reach out from the ground, and even those with better defensive experience will turn their hips to the side.

At this time, the key step comes. You need to quickly withdraw your right foot, form a small step with your left foot, and then use your right leg to push the ground in the opposite direction, and change direction to the left at the same time.

Because the two feet exert force one after another, you will not lose control of your body and roll over. At the same time, because it changes direction in front of the body without slowing down, the defender basically cannot return to the straight line, and may even cause his hands and feet to be injured because he wants to forcefully keep up with you. Uncoordinated and knocked down.

Some people may ask, what if the defender knows that you will change direction and goes to the left to block you in advance?
It's very simple. If you don't close your right foot, won't you pass him when you break through from the right?

This is the premise of the movement control mentioned by Ross at the beginning. Only when the movement control technology reaches a certain level, can you freely adjust your breakthrough route according to the opponent's defensive changes during the march.

Xu Yong tried to follow Rose a few times, but it was not particularly smooth.

This kind of footsteps is indeed quite different from ordinary breakthroughs, and it will take a certain amount of time to use them freely.

And the way he does this action is a little different from Rose.

Rose's breakthrough speed is very fast. That's not the problem of the first step, but the whole breakthrough process is very fast.

Although Xu Yong breaks out and starts very quickly now, he is a swingman after all, and his speed is incomparable.

But his advantage is that the change of direction is larger, which makes him have a stronger sense of rhythm.

To make an analogy, if Ross's change of direction without slowing down is a racing car, then his is an AE86.

After Xu Yong roughly mastered his footwork skills, Rose then talked about the air adjustment.

This part is similar to Xu Yong's analysis, because there is no deceleration when changing direction, in order to have a final posture, air adjustment is inevitable.

So fans will see Rose's various movements in the air, twisting and twisting.

However, Xu Yong is actually different in this regard.

Because his speed is relatively not that fast, most of the time he doesn't need to do these guards' fancy moves, but directly attacks the frame and dunks.

Rose also quickly discovered this difference, and then he also showed his dunk finish after changing direction without slowing down.

It was at this time that Xu Yong noticed something, and he couldn't help but said: "Derek, why did you dunk without hanging the basket?"

Yes, in addition to [change direction without slowing down], Rose's label also has another important thing, which is [slam dunk without hanging the basket].

It is precisely because he does not hang the basket that he often lands on one foot, which is also the reason why his injuries broke out so quickly.

Because you suffered a lot of force on your knees twice just for one breakthrough, which is double damage, not to mention ankle damage.

If you can't change direction without slowing down, you can always change it by hanging a basket, right?

However, Rose's answer was beyond Xu Yong's expectation: "I was too fast."

Xu Yong understood instantly after hearing this: "Are you worried about the strain?"

Ross nodded.

When laying up, he can move around to slow down, but the dunks are all straight up and down. In the case of high-speed breakthroughs, he is forced to use the hanging basket to relieve the force, which is indeed easy to cause shoulder strain.

So, this is an endless loop.

Because the speed is too fast, it is almost impossible to change direction without slowing down, but also because of not slowing down, it is impossible to hang the basket, so it is easy to get injured when landing.

Well, it's basically impossible for Rose's career trajectory to change significantly.

Xu Yong couldn't help but think more after he realized it. If Rose's career trajectory does not change, then the best time for him to cooperate with Rose is next season?

Or would his presence allow Rose to play less minutes, which would delay the breakout a little, perhaps until next season at best?

In other words, his winning window in the initial stage of his career is within three years of being a rookie.

When Rose lies down, if he wants to lead the Bulls to win the championship again, it will not be an easy task.

……

Time flies, and it’s already early December.

In the just-concluded NBA regular season, Kobe Bryant completed a three-pointer on horseback against Wade with 0.5 seconds left in the game.

After the game, Wade, as O'Neal knew, uttered the classic saying "If it wasn't for Kobe, I would definitely lead someone to overturn the Lakers locker room."

This is also a microcosm of the past state of the Lakers. With Gasol's return from injury, the championship team really came back.

At this time, the league announced the honors of the east and west, the three awards of the best coach of the month, player and rookie.

In terms of Rookie of the Month, the Western Conference belongs to Tyreke Evans. Evans scored 11+ points or more in 7 consecutive games in November, tying the team history record. Throughout November, he averaged 20+ points per game. 11 points, 18.8 rebounds and 5 assists.

The East belongs to Xu Yong. Xu Yong broke the highest points in a single game of his career one after another in November, and scored the first 11+ and 11 points in his career against the Grizzlies at the end of November, which is also the highest score of a rookie this year in a single game , he averaged 30 points, 31 rebounds and 11 assists per game in November.

Although a large part of Xu Yong's data is due to Rose's injury and state troubles, he played more possessions, but this is also a kind of ability, because he can really go up when needed.

And with Griffin retiring for the season, this year's league's best rookie seems to have become a battle between two people.

Xu Yong didn't care too much about this honor. After all, when his career is over, whose fans would really use something like the best of the month as a bargaining chip?
What he is more concerned about now is improving his own strength.

If the window period left for him to compete for the championship is really only two or three years, the sense of urgency is still very strong.

公牛队在11月一共打了14场比赛，战绩是6胜8负，算上上月的两场，他们现在8胜8负的战绩也才勉强过五成。

In fact, they played pretty well most of the time, but they always fell into a power outage at certain moments, digging a hole for themselves.

The main reason for this is the lack of experience. The performance of a team dominated by young players fluctuates a bit.

This requires the management to make some efforts and introduce some experienced veterans to at least improve the team's weak backcourt bench situation.

Of course, these are not what Xu Yong can consider as a player. He is now concentrating on training his change of direction without slowing down.

His progress is very fast.

This is due to his ability to control movement and footwork foundation.

Needless to say, he has been training since he was reborn, and he has never fallen. As for the steps, whether it is falling steps or dream dance steps, it is beneficial for him to master.

"How important basic basketball skills are" is a sentence that many people know but don't have much concept.

But judging from his experience, it is very clear, because the core, movement control, shooting, footsteps, if you want to say that Xu Yong has practiced the most these years, it is these basic things.

And with these, combined with his talent and learning these skills, wouldn't that mean that Li Bai could write poems at his fingertips.

When the training was almost done, Xu Yong was ready to bring his new skills to the competition field.

The Bulls' opponent in the next game is the Rockets.

That's right, the Chinese Derby that domestic fans are most looking forward to is coming.

Speaking of the Chinese Derby, we have to mention the "First Yao-Yi Derby" two years ago.

The game that year was broadcast by 19 TV stations around the world and watched by more than 2.5 million viewers. It can be said that Stern's perfect operation in the Chinese market.

Moreover, Yi Jianlian was getting better after the Derby. In the next month, he averaged 12.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game and was selected as the best rookie of the month in the East.

Things are slightly different now than back then because everything is reversed.

Xu Yong scored 11+ points in November, and was elected the best rookie of the month before the derby.

This contrast ushered in another wave of explosive growth in the attention attracted by this derby.

The number of viewers cannot be counted yet, but what can be counted is that more than 30 media outlets around the world will broadcast this game.

Yi Jianlian originally went all the way up that year, but unfortunately due to injuries, he finally failed to realize Stern's vision of further expanding the Chinese market.

Now, Xu Yong's appearance gave him a second chance.

And this time, the chances seem to be significantly greater.

As a sign of the high level of attention paid to this game, Stern also announced early that he would go to Chicago to watch the derby.

(End of this chapter)