Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 272 Lesson [-]

The next day, Liu Wei deliberately arrived at the training hall half an hour earlier than the scheduled time. In BJ in 04, the traffic jam was not as brutal as it was ten years later.

However, the arena was already in full swing, and the sound of iron strikes kept coming and going.

Liu Wei got a No. 5 training uniform. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Jim called everyone together and signaled to physical coach Tim Grover that it was time to start.

As soon as the whistle blew, the players immediately started training.

Liu Wei has never experienced this kind of exercise. It is okay to do physical training in the morning and run back and forth, but these tuck jumps, bobby deadlifts and so-called Artek deep jumps do not seem to have much to do with basketball. It's a big relationship, and... it's really tiring.

After a few sets, he was sweating profusely and out of breath.

But what urges him is not only Grover's whistle and password, but also his dignity as a Chinese basketball player. If he collapses in the training session, what is the point of entering the NBA?

"It seems that Liu has not experienced similar exercises, and his body is not yet familiar with such training." In order to avoid shocking the world, Jim chose to communicate with Liu Wei's team through a translator in English.

"Coach Bass, these training programs seem to be for long jumpers. Isn't training with the ball the key point?" Sha Yifeng was a little dissatisfied. He felt that Jim was deliberately punishing Liu Wei.

"This is just a warm-up. I think you are questioning the professionalism of my assistant coach. I need to introduce. The one on the court, Tim Grover, is one of the most famous physical fitness experts in the United States. He used to be Michael Jordan's personal trainer, Michael Jordan, you all know him? He would never hire a mediocre person to be his trainer."

"You call this a warm-up?"

"That's right, let me tell you what is the most basic and important thing to play basketball, physical fitness! I have watched a few games in the Olympic and World Championships. The Chinese team often played well in the first quarter. When you go to the strong teams in Europe and America, you can still lead by a few points, but after the fourth quarter, you often lose by 30 points, am I right?"

Liu Wei's team bowed their heads and remained silent. This is simply a daily operation.

"It's very simple. The strong teams often don't exert their strength in the first quarter. When they exert their strength, the physical fitness and confrontation of the Chinese team can't keep up with the rhythm. Counterattack, and then can’t defend. The NBA is the same. Our players are fighting against the most talented group of people in the world every day. In addition to the playoffs, we have to play about 100 games a season. Do you think we need it? Physical training? Didn’t Yao tell you this? The reason why we can win the championship is because our players work harder than others. When the opponent can’t move, our players can still jump high. Grab every rebound and dunk with the same speed as in the first quarter! You may think that in basketball, your two legs only need to support you from one end of the court to the other. , is enough? No, we need to strengthen every muscle that may be injured in a long season. Remember Karl Malone? He had the most perfect body in the history of basketball, which helped him play 19 seasons and get 3 7 points. A mediocre training program will not make you great, neither for the player nor for the team!"

After the translator worked very hard to convey this passage to Liu Wei's team as accurately as possible, no one continued to question it during the next training period.

Tim Grover's "warm-up training" is finally over. The players on the field have different expressions. Needless to say, Liu Wei, the two rookies Ariza and Varejao also put their hands on their knees and gasped for breath , Nocioni is slightly better. As an older rookie, he has played professional games for several years in various places, so that he can adapt to this kind of training faster. As for Kobe, his face is calm, these training volumes are really just for him warm up.

"Okay lads, pay attention and listen to me. Especially when you are tired, you should pay attention, because if you don't, it means you will make some stupid mistakes in the critical moment, Leading to the loss of the game... Let’s get to the point, we have a new member joining, we will arrange the welcome ceremony after the training session, and now, we need to let him familiarize himself with the offensive system as soon as possible, at least a few simple tactical moves must be able to execute , Brad, Jeff, each of you lead a team and have a 20-minute group confrontation, let me explain the tactics to Liu Jian." Jim gathered the players together, said a few words briefly, and started to play. an item.

"I don't know how many sets of tactics you need to master in the Shanghai team or the Chinese team, but here, the requirements for point guards are not just as simple as passing the ball to the team leader or shooting open three-pointers. Now all you have to do is watch White's No. 1, watch his movement on the floor, pass and timing of his shots. Yao is a good center, so you need to space the space and be ready to hit those shots because the opponent's coordination Is it right? We did that when we had Shaq four years ago, but it caused the other players to feel less involved, and once the boss didn't feel good, the game was [-]% over. Now our Tactics, you don't need to open up space, but like this..."

On the court, Garnett held the ball in the high post, Billups made an off-ball screen for Kobe, Kobe cut to the basket, and Billups split to the outside of the three-point line.

Ariza and Dengtay Jones had a little communication problem. Both went to chase Kobe. Billups got a wide open, received a pass from Garnett, and hit an easy three-pointer.

"How many times have I said that when you encounter a screen, switch defenses. Isn't an off-ball screen not a screen! Sean go up, Trevor, come down and do 20 push-ups!" Jeff Bzdelik roared loudly from the side.

Ten minutes later, Liu Wei was sent on to replace Dengtai Jones who had made a defensive error and was also given a symbolic penalty of 10 push-ups.

Although Liu Wei had faced off against the point guards of major European teams in the Olympics, this humble bald man in front of him was even more difficult to deal with.

Billups can easily use strength to eat Liu Wei, but conversely, because of insufficient confrontation, many of Liu Wei's movements are deformed.

Fortunately, his teammates didn't complain about anything. Even Billups, who was temporarily his opponent, kept instructing Liu Wei's running positions and technical movements. Of course, it's hard to say how well Liu Wei can understand English with an accent. up.

In the 10-minute confrontation training, Liu Wei made 2 of 0 shots, failed to score a point, and made 3 turnovers.

(End of this chapter)