stadium ambition

Chapter 15
Pretend?

Su Yang felt a little confused about this word, why pretend to be Harden, what's the benefit?
The key is my skin color, how can I pretend to be a black man and go to Hollywood to find a stunt makeup artist?

Like Owen, make up a bad old man, go to the street court to beat everyone up, pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger?

"It is to imitate James Harden's technical style of play, and give the teammates some psychological expectations first, which will help them adapt quickly in the following games, so that they will not be frightened by the name James Harden." David said.

"Oh, you said this." Su Yang reacted, "That's easy to handle, I'll do it later."

Imitating a player's style of play is a common tactic before a game.

For example, when the Rockets played against the Jazz in the playoffs that year, they specially recruited Mitchell's Duke University teammate Trevan Duval during training, and asked Duval to imitate Mitchell's style of play to help the Rockets players adapt better.

Switching to Harden, the reason is the same. If you play the game now, many teammates will definitely be confused.

But if you have faced the Harden played by yourself dozens of times, even if it is not so realistic, at least you will not be so flustered, just like seeing the crotch changing hands for the first time, and seeing the crotch changing hands once Humans can do something.

"Can you imitate so quickly?" David was a little surprised, "Do you know what James Harden's style of play is?"

Just as Su Yang was about to speak, David continued: "Ron just mentioned to me that you have read a James Harden scouting report, and you still remember many weaknesses to be exploited, but looking at the report is the same as looking at the data. It can only be used as a preliminary screening."

"It's best to watch the video of his game, make a detailed analysis, and imitate it yourself a few times."

"I have a friend who is a video editor who works in the AAU league. I will ask him to make some James Harden game videos. You will learn slowly when the time comes. We still have a long time. Don't worry too much. Just don't waste your time. "

Coach David's tone was a little serious, and he took this matter very seriously, which was obviously the next priority.

Realizing this, Su Yang nodded, "That's fine, I'll refer to the video for research."

It is indeed easy to fall into misunderstandings only through scouting reports, because scouting reports are limited by their length, many of them are summaries, it is difficult to see specific details, and it is easy to cause misunderstandings.

Just like Bennett’s draft report, it was said that his height and speed could serve as both the third position and the fourth position. As a result, in a dozen NBA games, he had neither the speed of the third position nor the height of the fourth position. Being able to do three and being able to do four becomes no three no four.

And another person with the same scout report description is Draymond Green, the height and speed of an ordinary small forward, the body and skills of an ordinary power forward, and finally became the five small centers of the Warriors, and he can also get the best defensive player .

Although the experience of the two is very different, it is enough to show that the scouting report is best used as a reference only.

Of course, there are also scouting reports that describe extremely accurately and even foresee the future development of players.

For example, in LeBron James' scouting report, each item is summarized accurately, especially the item "a little struggling at the free throw line", which has been verified in LeBron's career, and classic 2+0 scenes often appear.

"Remember, the video should be carefully studied." After David finished speaking, he turned and walked to the coach's office.

Su Yang then warmed up by shooting, thinking about Harden's style of play while shooting.

After thinking about it, I think back to the step-back three-pointer, the face-to-back hit, the emergency stop throw, the European step layup, etc., it seems that Harden's style of play after entering the NBA, and even after he has achieved great skills, and it is also generalized more than detail.

"Just imitate the step back and try."

Su Yang took two steps back with a 'dengdeng', aiming at the hoop to take off, and raised his hand to make a long-range shot.

The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, Su Yang shook his head to himself.

When it was first made, it didn’t feel like Harden, but more like the retreat of Lillard and Walker. I couldn’t think of why for a while, but I suddenly understood why Doncic said ‘study Harden’s retreat’, Because there is really a big difference.

Just like turning around and shooting with a back, the reason why it became Kobe's signature action is because Kobe has a unique "quick shot skill for non-ball-handlers", that is, the non-ball-handler basically keeps the ball from taking the ball to shooting. bending.

Many other NBA players don't have this skill, which leads to a slow turn around shot, so naturally they don't like to use it.

"Try imitating the Eurostep again."

Su Yang picked up the basketball and returned to the top of the arc, pretending to be blocked by a defender in the paint, then dribbled the ball to the predetermined position, instantly raised his right hand and pretended to force a layup, and then immediately stepped to the left to seize his position and squeeze past the imaginary ball. Defender, low layup.

The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net. The whole set of movements was done in one go, but Su Yang shook his head with his arms akimbo: "My European step is closer to Ginobili, and it is too different from Harden. It seems that it is not so easy to fully imitate a player's style of play. ..."

Ginobili, Wade, and Harden are all European steppers, and their technical details are different.

In comparison, Ginobili has the largest stride, so that he often has groin problems; Wade's lateral swing is particularly exaggerated, mainly relying on strong lower body strength to complete, so that knees often have problems; Harden's upper body strength Especially strong, thick shoulders and arms, so that he is not afraid of any confrontation when laying up, so that he often gets free throws...

"Try another action."

Su Yang made up his mind and tried to play back to the basket, and found that he was more like LeBron James, relying mainly on his upper body strength to block the defenders chasing behind him, rather than Harden's big buttocks to separate everything, and the rhythm is slow.

Try the emergency stop and throw, and find that you are more inclined to jump with two feet like Parker, rather than Harden's emergency stop and throw.

"I'm not a cloud fan either."

Su Yang felt emotional. He thought he knew Harden's style of play very well, and could even imitate it perfectly.

In the end, I tried it again and found that my style of play is very different from Harden’s. It’s like many people in the field saying that they shoot three-pointers like Curry, but in the end, they only have a few blind shots. This is more similar, with a high shooting rate And the quick release basically does not have.

The most frustrating thing is that many movements know the difference, but they can't learn them quickly.

"Wait for the video to study slowly."

Su Yang walked to the sidelines, sat down to drink water and rest, preparing for the next training.

Ron walked to the side and sat down, and said with some embarrassment: "David talked to you?"

"Let's talk, let me imitate James Harden's style of play. I have tried it just now, and it is extremely difficult." Su Yang shook his head, "And not all of them are imitated, but some general movements, each of which requires time and careful study. "

"I'm very sorry to trouble you," said Ron, "I shouldn't have taken the initiative to bring up our conversation yesterday."

"It doesn't matter." Su Yang waved his hand, "As long as it can help the team improve, learn even if it is difficult."

"I can help you." Ron relaxed, "I have a brother who knows James Harden, you can introduce him, chat with James Harden face to face, or observe the style of play at a close distance, but I don't know how Harden is. Do not care."

"This is a good idea." Su Yang thought quickly, "I want to play a game directly with James Harden. You are in charge of shooting the video. If you can defend a few shots, it will boost the confidence of your teammates more than me simply imitating the style of play. !"

"Then I'll find someone to arrange to try..."

(End of this chapter)