I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 307 Individual Training, Diamond Cup
"Dayao, you can stay with me too!"

The summer league in Dallas has been played, and the men's basketball team is about to return to China to continue participating in the four-nation competition.

He Li, on the grounds that Yi Jianlian is worthy of training and needs to step up training, kept Yi Jianlian in the United States and asked Yi Jianlian to train with him.

Wait until the beginning of August, when the men's basketball team goes to Serbia and Montenegro to participate in the FIBA ​​Diamond Cup held every four years.

However, when seeing off the team of the men's basketball team, He Li had a whim and told Yao Ming what he was about to say.

Yao Ming has been gaining weight in the last two seasons to adapt to the physical confrontation and game intensity at the NBA level.

Now Yao Ming can still run and jump. Although it is not easy to be fast and tall, at least it is normal.

But after all, he lacked NBA-level training before, and his physical fitness was not so durable.

He Li estimated that if Yao Ming returned to China with the men's basketball team and played the unnutritious but cumbersome warm-up match of the Four Nations, and continued to gain weight, he might have some potential injuries for the next few seasons.

During the offseason, there is no problem with NBA players’ daily training, but if they play games, it is also an upper body confrontation, and it is better to reduce it as much as possible.

Yao Ming knew that He Li had a special training camp in Milwaukee, and he was a little moved when he heard that He Li kept him for special training.

But Yao Ming is not the same as He Li, and the situation with Yi Jianlian is also different.

In the absence of He Li, Yao Ming is the absolute main force of the men's basketball team.

This year, the Four Nations Tournament will be played in China again, divided into two rounds at the Imperial City Station and the Xijiang Station. The leaders above attach great importance to this.

In principle, a main force like Yao Ming is not allowed to ask for leave. After all, if you play a game outside your home, once you lose the game, you will lose face.

"I also want to stay and learn from Brother Li, but I still need to ask the leader first, Brother Li, please wait for me."

Yao Ming smiled wryly, showing an attitude of knowing the general situation and obeying the leader.

He Li has nothing to do about it, he can only ask the team leader to explain his thoughts, and ask the team leader to report the matter here to the leader, and then he can only wait for the notice.

He Li is different from Yao Ming and the others. The men's basketball team will return to China immediately after the warm-up match in Dallas.

Because the four-nation competition has been properly arranged, which is arranged by the leaders above, it is impossible for the men's basketball team to release pigeons from other national teams.

As for why He Li can't go back to China with the men's basketball team?That's because He Li had already discussed these matters with a certain association last year.

He Li has played in the playoffs repeatedly, so there is a certain risk of injury.

Besides, last summer, when the country needed it, He Li didn't refuse.He Li led the team to play in the World Championships, and the results were not bad. Regarding this point, the leaders of a certain Xiehe all recognized He Li's achievements.

Therefore, He Li emphasized early on that he played very hard in the NBA, and he must take a rest during the offseason before the Olympics, and the relevant leaders also said that it would be immediate.

After all, once He Li is injured in these small warm-up matches and cannot play in the Olympics, and the men's basketball record is stretched again, then everyone will have no good fruit to eat.

Of course, after all the explanations here are clear, the leaders above don't have so many restrictions on He Li like other players in the men's basketball team.

Besides, Yi Jianlian, Yi Jianlian was originally a young player who had just been promoted from the youth training team. He originally had a broad international perspective and mixed qualifications. Whoever wanted to come to Dallas was directly attracted by He Li.

As a young player in the men's basketball team, Yi Jianlian also means that his impact on the men's basketball team's record is minimal, and the men's basketball team does not value him too much.

Yi Jianlian's absence from the warm-up match has little impact on the men's basketball team, so there is no problem for Yi Jianlian to stay in the United States for a while.

Now He Li said that he would train with Yi Jianlian.

And Yi Jianlian's performance in the previous Dallas warm-up match can be said to be refreshing.

Yi Jianlian, who has any ability to cooperate, is completely different from Yi Jianlian, who has no ability to cooperate. The difference in strength and game data between the two is really too different.

The warm-up match showed that with the support of He Li, Yi Jianlian can play the data of a core player, but it is obvious that Yi Jianlian does not have the true level of becoming a core player.

Now He Li wants to make a small fuss for Yi Jianlian and help Yi Jianlian sharpen his guns before the battle. How can the leaders above disagree?
Yi Jianlian's strength has improved, and when the Olympics are over, isn't he still a national team player, a player from Guangdong Province?

Unlike He Li and Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian wants to return to the United States to play in the NBA.

Therefore, it is completely fine for Yi Jianlian to miss some warm-up matches. It would be good to improve his strength and increase the bargaining chips for the men's basketball team to achieve results in the Olympics!

"Brother Li, let's go back to training first? Time is urgent, I don't think there is a second that can be delayed."

Originally, everyone was waiting for news, but at this time Yi Jianlian took the initiative to say this to He Li.

According to the previous plan, He Li and Yi Jianlian sent Yao Ming and others to the plane, and then went back for one-on-one special training.

Now because of He Li's whim, Yao Ming's fate is not clear.

But this did not hinder He Li and Yi Jianlian's original plan. If the leader agreed to Yao Ming's stay, Yao Ming could come back by himself after a while and meet He Li and Yi Jianlian.

If the leader thinks that it is necessary for Yao Ming to return to China to play the Four Nations, then Yao Ming is destined to go with the men's basketball team. He Li is staying here to wait for news. Isn't that a waste of time?
On this matter, He Li was not as clear as Yi Jianlian.

Of course, as one of the participants in the incident, Yi Jianlian couldn't wait to learn from He Li's side and become stronger.

It's not incomprehensible to be a little anxious now.

"Then let's go back first? Let's go, everyone! Dayao, let's get in touch later!"

After sending off the men's basketball team, He Li and Yi Jianlian practiced in the training hall together.

As a senior, He Li constantly taught Yi Jianlian a lesson in training, which made the boring training interesting.

Of course, this is He Li's personal feeling, in short, it is full of sense of accomplishment.

As for Yi Jianlian, he didn't complain at all.

What He Li said and taught was based on experience. After receiving He Li's advice, Yi Jianlian discovered that there were still many problems in his official withdrawal of basketball playing habits.

There is a problem with the most basic shooting action.

Over-the-shoulder shooting is suitable for white players with short hands. For players with longer wingspans like He Li and him, the more comfortable and natural shooting posture should be shooting from the head.

Because the coach who learned the shooting posture of Yi Jianlian had relatively short hands, the shooting movements he learned were the three [-]-degree shoulder shots that are standard in the men's basketball team.

However, Yi Jian's hands are too long, and when shooting with one hand on the shoulder, the other assisting hand reaches over to stabilize the basketball, and the stretching and bending are too large, which is not concise and natural enough.

Sometimes it is necessary to take a quick shot. When Yi Jianlian shot, he was inaccurate because of the force of his assisting hand or his right hand eversion.

But if it's an overhead shot and the hands are brought together above the head, it's much more natural.

Yi Jianlian learned from He Li that for players with long wingspans like them, the advantage of overhead shots is that they can shoot faster, and the shot point is higher and it is less likely to block shots.

In other words, for long-armed and long-legged forward players like them, as long as the muscle memory for overhead shots is developed, then the outside line is the most unsolvable offensive method.

Yi Jianlian was very moved after hearing this, but because he will participate in the Olympic Games next time, he will play a big role in the men's basketball team, so Yi Jianlian dare not act.

Right now, Yi Jianlian's outside shooting percentage is not bad. Maybe in more intense games, his shooting speed needs to be improved, but it's better than pushing it to retraining within a month.

Shooting mainly depends on muscle memory, and it takes at least two or three months to develop shooting muscle memory.

Now in He Li's tactical play, Yi Jianlian mainly does three things, pick and roll, eat cakes along the way, and open up space to prepare to catch and shoot.

Once Yi Jianlian has no basket and no threat of shooting, then his opponents only need to find this and directly prevent Yi Jianlian from going down.

At that time, Yi Jianlian can only cover for He Li, which will play a little role.

Therefore, Yi Jianlian clearly knows what aspects he can improve now, but he can only improve his physical fitness through professional training.

The main thing is core strength and upper body strength, plus physical strength.

Yi Jianlian practiced Pilates with He Li for nearly a month, and his waist became stronger, but his speed did not drop.

Through this special training, Yi Jianlian's ability to eat cakes has also improved to a certain extent, and he can also resist He Li's back-up for one or two rounds in internal confrontation.

The fly in the ointment is that only Yi Jianlian was trained with He Li.

As early as half a month ago, Yao Ming returned to China with the men's basketball team.

In other words, the time soon came to July 7, He Li and Yi Jianlian took a plane to Europe, because the 30 FIBA ​​Diamond Cup is about to start.

The "Diamond Cup" basketball game is an event officially held by the FIBA. It is held every four years and is scheduled to be held before each Olympic Games. The host country team and the champions of the five continents championships will participate.

The men's basketball team is the champion of the Asian Championships, so it is natural to participate.

It is worth mentioning that the representative of the Americas Championship in the five continents is not the champion US team, but the runner-up Argentina team.

In recent years, the Dream Team has not attached great importance to international competitions, and it is also because of the pride and underestimation of the Americans that other national basketball teams have an opportunity.

Speaking of it, He Li is willing to lead the men's basketball team to the World Championships and the Olympics, and he also has this consideration.

However, this year's dream team was not led by Larry Brown, which disappointed He Li.

The dream team lacks an old-fashioned coach like Larry Brown. If He Li wants to lead the men's basketball team to win the dream team, the possibility is much smaller.

However, George Karl, whom He Li is most familiar with, is leading the US team. With George Karl's coaching style of young forwards who can run and jump, it may be completely different from the dream team led by Larry Brown.

Perhaps, He Li will be able to see James, Anthony, Bosh and other first-year rookies rushing back and forth in the Olympics, while a group of veteran stars sit dryly off the court, bubbling with anxiety.

Having said that, the first day of the Diamond Cup will be on August 8st. Although it is not too far to fly from the United States to Europe, after getting off the plane, there is not much training time left for He Li and Yi Jianlian.

Besides, He Li and the two still need to get rid of jet lag and get in touch with other teammates of the men's basketball team. These aspects will take time to solve.

However, the Diamond Cup was held for the first time four years ago. It is not very popular these years. The leaders of the men's basketball team did not pay too much attention to the Diamond Cup, but only regarded the Diamond Cup as the last warm-up match before the Olympics.

Therefore, it is too late for He Li and Yi Jianlian to play against the men's basketball team at this time.

After all, the Olympic Games officially started, there are still two weeks to go.

"Dali, Ah Lian, it's finally here! Now we are short of you two."

Because of the time difference, He Li and Yi Jianlian arrived in Serbia and Montenegro at around 7:31 pm on July 7.

But at this point in time, Harris and Jonas are still taking the players to watch videos, study opponents, and discuss tomorrow's personnel and tactical arrangements.

Knowing that He Li and Yi Jianlian had arrived at the tavern, street runner Bateer was overjoyed to go out to meet He Li and them, and then exchanged greetings with He Li.

"Tomorrow the Diamond Cup will be officially played, how are you preparing?" He Li didn't know how the men's basketball team was preparing, so he could only inquire from Battelle first.

Battelle said: "Harris took us to practice physical fitness as a whole and watched the video. We were prepared, but we haven't met the opponent yet. You, the backbone, are not here, so we don't know."

He Li can think of the doubts in everyone's mind. Harris has relatively little contact with male basketball players. It has only been a few months since he took over as the head coach of the men's basketball team.

Harris has led the men's basketball players to practice for less than two months. How much can everyone improve?

As for watching videos and studying the opponent's tactics and style of play, to put it bluntly, today's male basketball players don't have this kind of quotient, basically they can't understand the opponent's real style of play, and they don't know how to defend in a targeted manner.

Besides, even if Harris and Jonas have thoroughly studied their opponents, the men's basketball team still lacks players with real defensive capabilities.

Therefore, if you want to win next, everyone can only count on He Li, the absent team boss.

Anyway, He Li is also the slugger who averaged 30+ per game in the NBA Finals and won three consecutive FMVPs.

He Li's offense can help the men's basketball team cover up many problems.

However, what He Li asked from He Li now is not the answer He Li wants.

Now that the Diamond Cup is here, let's go back with a champion!

There is no US team in the Diamond Cup. Although there is an Argentine team, this does not mean that the men's basketball team has no hope of winning the championship.

After all, this is a warm-up match. It is impossible for the Argentine team to play all their cards and go all out for the Diamond Cup championship, right?

However, the men's basketball team will go all out, but it all depends on how much effort they put in and how they play.

"He Li, it's a good time to come. Tomorrow, my opponent is the Australian team, the winner of the Oceania Championship. Do you know anything about them or what do you think?
If not, their recent game videos are here, and these are training videos. If you are not sleepy, please analyze and analyze with us?

I think we need to go a little deeper. "

(End of this chapter)