Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 99: Mastering the art of suppressing before promoting
After all, there are only so many people living in the dormitory on the first day of junior high school. On the second day, they must play in the basketball court upstairs. On the third day... there are no sports scenes on the third day.

So this time Liang Tiancheng's wish came true. The four basketball courts were empty. The sports students had training in the afternoon and were too lazy to come and play.

I could finally see with my own eyes the speed-pass training that Li Ruofei talked about. My roommates held the ball and shot randomly for a while, all they were thinking about was watching the one-on-one match.

Once your body is warmed up, you can start special training.

"Everyone can join in. It would be weird to just watch the two of us practicing." Li Ruofei found that Liang Ban, Zhu Qinglun and Lin Heng were all standing aside, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Let's fight together." Li Yan said it didn't matter.

Basic dribbling, layup, shooting, that's basically it. Li Yan has done it correctly, and all he needs to do next is practice makes perfect.

At present, Li Yan is already very familiar with these contents - this is the most incomprehensible point for Li Ruofei. No matter how talented a person is, even if he can understand things quickly, he still has to accumulate what he should accumulate, right?
Therefore, there is nothing more for him to teach about these contents, and the next step is to upgrade the difficulty.

"I won't teach you some fancy stuff or defensive stuff for now," Li Ruofei said, stepping into the role of coach. "With your comprehension ability and a good foundation, learning the moves will only take a few minutes."

"Good coach!" Li Yan was full of confidence.

"Today's theme is, don't look at the ball, don't look at the basketball stand."

Li Yan knows this. It is said that a certain basketball star has always been severely myopic and cannot see the basket clearly, relying purely on muscle memory.

In high-level basketball games, the opportunity to shoot is fleeting, and you won't even have the chance to aim and shoot again.

Even if you know some basics, you can't watch the ball when dribbling, and you can't watch it when dribbling with your back even if you want to. It's also difficult to do pull-ups and layups while looking at the basket, right?

The upgraded version of "ball" training has begun.

Dribbling was fine. Among Li Yan’s previously improved basketball scores, some were related to dribbling. He could already know where the ball was going without even looking at it.

But the training under the basket made him dumbfounded.

Li Ruofei stood under the basket, without looking at the basket, he scooped the ball with his right hand, and the ball hit the backboard and went into the basket.

It looked simple, but Li Yan was completely confused when she tried it.

Once he stops looking at the basket and backboard, he completely loses his sense of the size of the court and has no judgment at all.

Li Ruofei was a little surprised to see that Li Yan was slow to take action.

Li Yan resisted the urge to look at the basket, scooped the ball with his right hand, and the ball went straight over the bridge.

He took a look at the basket and stood still, but this time the ball hit the bottom of the basket and almost hit his head again.

Through focused feeling and calculation, Li Yan tried several times before he finally got the ball in.

This was something Li Ruofei had never expected, because this thing was really easy. On the contrary, Li Yan's dribbling without looking at the ball just now was much more difficult.

Coach Li certainly didn't expect that Comrade Li Yan was a systematic person. Before he realized how to feel the position of the basket without looking at it, his related skills were like being sealed.

Moreover, Li Yan also felt that when he performed actions like pull-up layups, he was very stiff and strenuous, which was completely different from the smooth feeling of shooting.

"You have to construct the position of the basketball hoop in your mind. Then, you try to run around the court and then jump vertically to touch the board."

Li Ruofei took the ball from Li Yan.

Li Yan did as he was told and almost grabbed the frame when he jumped up.

"The physical fitness of sports students is different..." Liang Tiancheng sighed.

Under the guidance of Coach Li, Li Yan has mastered the skill of layup without looking at the basket in a specific position.

Judging from everyone’s not-very-surprised expressions, Li Yan didn’t learn very quickly this time.

He knows why.

Li Yan became even more anxious because he was too dependent on the system and experienced a free intellectual growth early Saturday morning.

He even hoped to get +1 directly after trying the movements twice, and then he could play with all kinds of pull-ups at will.

In any case, the premise for this system to be "effective through practice" is still practice; if you want to make a breakthrough, you still have to rely on your own understanding.

"A one-on-one challenge?"

"Come!" Therefore, he needs this kind of opportunity to see the gap and understand more.

Li Yan had not practiced defensive skills much, but she had watched a lot of basketball games. To be a good defender, it was essentially just one thing: "Follow him!"

Li Ruofei lowered his center of gravity and pushed off the ground to start, and he was very fast. However, Li Yan, who was playing badminton, was not inferior to him in reaction and change of direction, and followed Li Ruofei closely.

Then it was easily wiped out by a pause and a moment of worship.

When it was Li Yan's turn to attack, he really didn't have any decent tricks, and his intention of pretending to shoot was so obvious that Li Ruofei's center of gravity didn't change at all.

The only option was to break through. Li Yan leaned against Li Ruofei and rushed inside, but he found that Coach Li was like a wall. The more he tried to break through, the further he went outside. Finally, he lost his balance when he forced himself to jump, which was totally not in his normal shooting state.

Three no-sticks.

The subsequent competitions were basically Li Ruofei's personal show, in which he displayed all kinds of extraordinary skills, winning the applause of his roommates.

Liang Tiancheng was a little worried about the game, and took the opportunity when Li Ruofei was picking up the ball to say, "I hope Li Yan won't be unhappy."

Li Ruofei laughed out loud, "Look at him, he's so excited. I like this guy so much."

Li Yan was indeed very excited. The demonstration of these skill packages made him truly realize what "shaking center of gravity", "physical confrontation", "rhythm" and "prediction" mean on the basketball court.

He also wondered what the requirements were for, such as "dribble hard", "hold the ball hard", and "don't jump randomly when defending".

This is cognition, this is understanding. I spent a long time learning how to make a layup without looking at the basket, but didn't add any points. However, I added two points by playing a one-on-one match.

Tired of playing ball, a group of people prepared to go back to the dormitory and line up for a shower.

Before leaving, Li Yan, who had earned extra points, turned his back to the basket and threw a slam dunk, feeling very satisfied.

Li Ruofei saw it and smiled helplessly.

After taking a shower and eating, there was still some time before Sunday evening study, so Lin Heng took out his guitar.

"Yan, do you still have the energy to learn more?"

"That's great." Li Yan had just blow-dried her hair and wiped her hands, then walked towards bed number 2 with a smile.

"Let me see if the Octagon Warrior is amazing on a musical instrument as well."

"No, no, no," Li Yan said decisively, "I won't underestimate myself in other things, but I'm really not good at playing musical instruments. You all saw it today. I'm only quick at basketball, but I'm slow at the end. I'm also slow at playing musical instruments. My musical talent is all in singing, and I know nothing about playing musical instruments."

This armor is thicker than the city wall.

He really had no confidence. The most frustrating "skill learning attempt" in his past life must have been playing musical instruments.

This strong feeling of frustration became more and more obvious as he listened to Lin Heng's guidance on how to learn guitar.

"Okay, try it. Pluck the strings with your right hand fingers in order."

Li Yan's hands were shaking a little when he took the guitar.

Then he plucked the strings, very smoothly, very naturally.

Huh? My hands move wherever my mind goes. What's going on?
"Oh, you are quite good at this."

"No, no, no, it's pretty quick to get started with this with your right hand."

"Try the left hand I just mentioned."

Li Yan imagined the position and posture of her left hand, and felt that she was going to make a fool of herself. Then she pressed the strings very naturally and played the syllables.

"...Can you try changing the chords?"

Oh no, oh no, this was the worst thing I did before my rebirth. I can still vividly remember the embarrassing incident when I twisted my left hand so much that it cramped.

Then he changed the chords very naturally and played a short piece of music.

"Boss Yan," Zhu Qinglun applauded and shook his head, "You are really good at using the method of first suppressing and then praising..."

(End of this chapter)