pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 147 The Spirit of Sacrifice
The sky was gloomy, and the air was filled with a moist atmosphere. The dark clouds in the distance were drifting here. Su Mengyao quickened her pace and ran into the venue. In order to be able to face Beihu in perfect condition, Fang Tianzheng asked the players to arrive at the venue two hours in advance to warm up.

The warm-up is just a matter of course. The real purpose is to let the new players and the old players get in touch. Time is running out. Whether Ye Lin and Chen Xin can integrate into the team before the game will largely determine the direction of the game.

Before entering the arena, I heard the crisp sound of slapping the ball from the arena.

Su Mengyao's first reaction was Mu Chenfeng?Usually only Mu Chenfeng would arrive at the arena earlier than himself. Ever since Mu Chenfeng went to the United States, Su Mengyao was the first to arrive during this time.

There was actually someone earlier than herself, Su Mengyao quickened her pace.

It was none other than Ye Lin who practiced in the arena, and Chen Xin was also by his side, responsible for feeding him the ball.

"Morning." Su Mengyao went forward to greet the new team members, but she didn't think Ye Lin would come to the arena so early every day, at most she just put on a show to impress her new teammates.

"You came early enough." Seeing Su Mengyao entering the stadium, Ye Lin also stopped to greet her.

"I am so early every day." Su Mengyao replied proudly.

It was the first time for Ye Lin to see a team doctor who arrived earlier than the team members.

It was also the first time Su Mengyao saw a team member other than Mu Chenfeng who came earlier than herself.

Judging from the amount of sweat he sweated, he should have been practicing for a while.

"Come on, I'll feed you the ball." Su Mengyao offered to help them train.

"You?" Ye Lin sized her up and said in a suspicious tone, "Is it okay?"

"I often help them feed the ball, and I have rich experience." It's useless to talk about it, but it's better to show them a hand. Su Mengyao picked up the basketball on the ground and dribbled it in a decent way. It's completely impossible to see that she has only played basketball for less than a month.

"Not rough." Ye Lin applauded.

"That's right, don't look at who taught me."

"Who taught you? It's pretty amazing."

"Mu Chenfeng!"

Ye Lin heard this name mentioned by the team members more than once, and it was because of this person that Chen Xin failed to wear the No. 9 jersey. Ye Lin was very curious about this mysterious person who had never shown up.

"Mu Chenfeng, what kind of person is he?" Ye Lin tentatively learned some news about Mu Chenfeng from Su Mengyao.

Su Mengyao didn't have any intentions, but Ye Lin told her everything casually, "Mu Chenfeng is the best basketball player I've ever seen."

Compared with Mu Chenfeng, who has such a high evaluation, Ye Lin is even more curious about why such a good player was sent to the United States.

"Why did he go to America?" Ye Lin asked.

"It seems that the coach gave him an invitation letter to attend a basketball training camp." Su Mengyao replied.

Basketball activities like training camps are very common in the United States, but most training camps will be held during the offseason, that is, January or June of each year. In the final analysis, the purpose of organizing training camps is to make profits. Therefore, holding training camps during these two time periods will attract more campers and bring considerable benefits to the organizers. Few people choose to hold training camps at this time.

Unless this training camp is not for profit.

Ye Lin has participated in many training camps since she was a child, and has a general understanding of foreign training camps. After thinking about it, she really thought of one. That training camp will be held at this time every year.

"Nismith training camp?" Ye Lin blurted out.

"Yes, that's the name." Su Mengyao said immediately.

Now Ye Lin is not calm anymore. What Mu Chenfeng participated in is actually the world-famous Naismith training camp. This is not something that ordinary people can participate in. Only invited players can participate, and most of them are open to and trained for local players in the United States. Other countries only have a very small number of places, and they still participate in a special capacity.

The players who can participate in the Naismith training camp are among the best talents, and Mu Chenfeng must have a very high level of basketball.

"Hehe, you came early enough." The other players stepped into the arena, not even a minute earlier.

Su Mengyao raised her hand and looked at her watch, "You guys are really on time." But her tone was not good, obviously she was not satisfied with their punctuality.

"Of course, today's opponent is Beihu." Feng Chuang didn't realize what Su Mengyao said, so he really answered it.

Everyone else saw Su Mengyao's expression, and they didn't answer, they just buried their heads and packed their things.

"Today we have a new team member, let's run in as soon as possible before the game." Su Miao assigned the task.

"There are less than two hours left, how to get in, even if you want to grind your guns before the battle, you have to have time."

Time is indeed very tight. Generally, lineup running-in has a certain period, which can be as short as a week, as long as several weeks or even months, or even longer. It takes two hours to fully understand each other's technical characteristics, and it is almost impossible to complete the running-in.

"Two hours is enough." Ye Lin was very optimistic, and said that the time was not only enough but also abundant.

"Brother, are you kidding me?" Feng Chuang questioned.

"I'm not joking, you guys play normally, and Chen Xin and I just need to get used to you," Ye Lin said.

The running-in of the lineup is actually a process of adapting to each other. Both sides need to understand each other's characteristics and make changes, but it takes too long for both sides to change. Ye Lin's suggestion is to keep the team's original style of play unchanged, and they change their own style of play to adapt to the team. This can greatly shorten the running-in period, but Ye Lin and Chen Xin need to make a certain "sacrifice".

The core spirit of the Chinese men's basketball team is "sacrifice", sacrifice for the team, sacrifice for victory, and sacrifice for basketball.

"Time is running out, this is the fastest way to integrate into the team." Ye Lin insisted on her own ideas, so as to reduce the pressure on other players.

"Can you two do it?" Su Miao reconfirmed.

"We are U16, what do you think?" Ye Lin is full of confidence in integrating into the team.

"Then it's hard work for you." Su Miao finally approved of the decision of the two, and was not moved by their willingness to sacrifice for the team.

With the sacrifices of Ye Lin and Chen Xin, the speed of the team's running-in was faster than expected. With the running-in of the team, a new style of play was born. With the addition of Chen Xin, Su Miao completely freed herself from the center position and returned to her most comfortable power forward position. Ye Lin just made up for Mu Chenfeng's vacancy, switching between shooting guard and small forward at will, giving the team a more flexible style of play.

"It's a good run-in." Fang Tianzheng came late. When he came, the team's run-in had basically taken shape, and it was a completely different team in front of him.

"Everyone performed very well." Su Mengyao told Fang Tianzheng all the things that Fang Tianzheng had missed.

"These two boys actually brought the Chinese men's basketball team to the school team. Not bad, not bad." Fang Tianzheng is pleased with the positive energy that Ye Lin has injected into the team after joining. U16 should not be just a kind of experience and honor. The imprint it imprints on the players will benefit the players for life.

(End of this chapter)