tennis giant

Chapter 331 Tactical Coach
An Sheng won the first round easily, which did not surprise An Sheng. After all, in terms of strength, he was still slightly stronger than Bellucci.

But what surprised him was that the feeling brought to him by this game, throughout the whole game, he felt very solid and very confident!
It must also be said that this feeling was something An Sheng had never experienced before.

In his previous games, he was always cautious and nervous. Even if he had a huge advantage, he seemed very cautious, even a little restrained.

But this time, he let go of his hands and feet, playing heartily and confidently.

There is no doubt that the reason for this is due to his "assistant coach", or in other words, it is because of his full preparation before the game that he has this confidence.

And such an effect actually far exceeded An Sheng's original expectations. Even he himself did not expect that this would bring him such a great help.

Because of this, An Sheng is a little impressed by Thomas, and already has plans to keep him in the team for a long time.

By the way, it needs to be explained that Ansheng is not clear about Thomas' position. To be more precise, he is not an assistant coach, but a tactical coach.

In fact, in terms of functions, a tennis player's coaching team should have technical coaches, tactical coaches, and physical coaches.

Among them, the tactical coach, in addition to arranging various usual tactical training, the most important thing is to help players find out and formulate corresponding tactics according to the type of opponent.

But in reality, it is rare to see or hear the term "tactical coach". This is because, generally speaking, the head coach will take care of both technical coaching and tactical coaching.

But no matter what, the function of a tactical coach exists and is very necessary, but it is rarely brought up alone.

The same is true for Thomas. Although he wears the hat of an assistant coach, the work he does includes the function of a tactical coach.

It's just that, An Sheng now only needs him to find the best theoretical response tactics for him, and doesn't need him to do more tactically.

In short, after Thomas joined the team, he played a good role. Not only did he help Ansheng handle many chores and avoid interference, but to a certain extent, he replaced the function of the head coach and promoted Ansheng to be more active in the game. , have better performance.

Back to the schedule, An Sheng soon ushered in his second opponent, Zeballos from Argentina.

For this Zeballos, Thomas naturally found a lot of relevant information, made a summary, and then told An Sheng one by one.

But among all the information, An Sheng only paid special attention to one point, that is, the height and weight of Zeballos.

His height is 180, which is quite normal, but his weight is only 69 kg, which is not the weight value that a professional tennis player should have.

If he is too thin, then his strength will definitely be insufficient, and this will undoubtedly become a huge weakness on his body.

And An Sheng also decided to seize the opponent's weakness to fight.

"Oh!"

At the start of the game, An Sheng served first.

It is worth noting that before the start of the game, An Sheng made up his mind to target the strength of the opponent, so he also slightly changed his serving method, focusing more on power and ball speed. Correspondingly, some control was discarded, and the placement was not so tricky.

But somewhat to his surprise, facing his serve, Zeballos steadily completed the return.

This made An Sheng suspicious, but there was no time to think about it now, and then followed the previous thinking, hit a violent forehand attack, and tried to crush the opponent with strength again.

But in fact, Zeballos once again completed the return, and even played a certain offensiveness, that is to say, he is fighting back!
And since he was able to fight back under such circumstances, how could his strength be worse?

However, at this time, An Sheng did not hesitate, insisting on implementing his previous strategy, facing the opponent's counterattack, continuing to attack, and trying to fight more fiercely.

It's just that, the game has just started, and his touch is not very hot. During this attack, he made a mistake and hit the ball out of bounds.

Turning his head around, An Sheng naturally realized the problem, and at the same time remembered that Thomas never said that Zeballos was weak in strength.

In fact, his original words are that Zeballos looks thin in size, but he is very explosive.

But at that time, An Sheng automatically ignored the second half of his sentence. He obviously made an empirical mistake and was a little self-righteous.

Thinking about this clearly, An Sheng smiled instead. Of course, this is a kind of self-deprecation, but it also shows that his current mentality is indeed very good. Although there are some mistakes, he is still very confident. .

After that, there was no suspense. An Sheng immediately began to adjust his tactics, from the original offensive style of play to a defensive counterattack.

This is not to say that Anson is changing tactics indiscriminately, but because, according to Thomas' pre-match analysis, the style of play that can best restrain Zeballos is defensive counterattack, but Anson didn't follow his advice before.

But now, the situation has changed, and An Sheng has not fully judged Zeballos' ability, so it is the best choice to listen to Thomas and try it out.

"Oh!"

An Sheng sent the second ball, and he has returned to his usual way of serving. However, this can't pose too much threat to the agile Zeballos.

After serving and receiving, An Sheng stopped attacking, but chose a safe topspin and hit a diagonal.

And Zeballos once again used his fast running to reach the hitting position in time, and chose to counterattack without hesitation.

But Ansheng immediately discovered that the quality of Zeballos' attack was not that sharp. Although his strength was not bad, it was not that strong, and the control was not very good, and the control of the landing point was not enough. precise.

Later, An Sheng consciously hit the ball to the opponent's backhand position, but this was not a counterattack, but a routine defense, just to make the landing point deeper.

Zeballos's choice was still the same as before, using his running ability to get in time and hit a backhand attack.

At this time, An Sheng felt at ease, because Thomas' analysis before the game was completely correct. Compared with his defense, Zeballos' offensive ability was not strong enough.

Therefore, defensive counterattack is the best tactic to deal with Zeballos.

More importantly, An Sheng himself is very good at defensive counterattacks. In this way, there is no suspense about the result of the game.

In the first half of the set, Zeballos was still able to resist, and Anson and Anson each kept their serve, but after that, the game situation fell into Anson's control.

Regardless of whether Zeballos adopts an offensive posture or switches to defensive tactics, he cannot break free from Anson's defense, nor can he withstand Anson's sharp counterattack.

In the end, An Sheng played two sets in a row and advanced to the next round more easily.

(End of this chapter)