Champion’s Heart

Although watching Zhou Yi play football from a first-person perspective is shocking enough, there is something even more shocking waiting for them behind.

Mark Lawrenson proposed advanced testing.

The purpose of the test was whether Zhou Yi could really grasp as much information as he observed. After all, there is a completely different difference between glancing at something and actually remembering it and using it effectively.

He asked Zhou Yi to re-watch the video shot from his first-person perspective.

Then there was a sudden pause without warning, and Zhou Yi quickly marked the positions of the players on both sides on the overhead map of the court prepared.

As a result, what Zhou Yi described surprised everyone present.

Whether it's the front, side, or back, there are no blind spots in all directions, all 360 degrees are marked.

Of course, for a player completely directly behind his body, his standard position is not very correct.

But Zhou Yi marked the players on both sides directly in front of him and on the two sides very correctly.

Putting aside the goalkeepers of the two teams, there were a total of twenty people, and he marked eighteen of them correctly! There are two that are wrong, but they are not too far off, and considering that the position is not very important, even if they are wrong, it will not affect the overall situation.

Seeing this result, there was a gasp from the crowd.

Radar. Mark Lawrenson's voice rang out. It's like a radar, accurate and efficient. This test explains very well why Zhou Yi is able to know every corner of the court and where you are. So when he sees you, he really sees you all. Keep it in mind...

Mark Lawrenson then asked several players to do this test.

Among them was Pires.

Pires's results were pretty good. He was able to find ten out of twenty people.

As for other ordinary players, they can only find five pairs at most, and the gap is very obvious.

...Their field of vision has become narrower. The expert invited by the film crew explained. This is normal. When human beings are mentally stressed and highly concentrated, their field of vision will narrow and they will focus on their own goals and completely ignore the situation outside the goals. This way, the brain can concentrate its energy and resources on what should be focused on. target... But Zhou Yi is obviously different from ordinary people. His eyes are always moving and rarely focus on a certain target for a long time.

This may be a sign of inattention, but he is able to harvest much more information than others, and this information can help him obtain more intelligence on the court and conduct analysis. In this way, he has a better grasp of the situation. Naturally more than others...

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Is this enough?

Of course not, Mark Lawrenson also prepared a test for Zhou Yi.

He prepared a special futsal game.

Competitors will wear an enclosed device similar to goggles, which is actually a screen. This device receives video signals from several cameras above the football field.

So what players wearing this device see is a view from above their heads.

They're going to play through this special third-person perspective.

When the game started, almost no one could run or kick the ball normally, except for one person.

That person was of course Zhou Yi. After a very short adaptation period, he became active on the court.

He took the ball freely and passed the ball accurately, but his teammates were really not used to this strange perspective and performed poorly.

There is no way for this game to continue.

So Mark Lawrenson shouted stop.

Although the game was not able to proceed normally, Mark Lawrenson already got what he wanted.

I have always had a suspicion, and today it was finally verified! Mark Lawrenson said excitedly while looking at the Book of Changes. When I was commentating on your game at the Olympics, I had a feeling. I felt that you were playing from a 'God's perspective' just like us commentators watching the game! Now, I have proven my guess. You It’s really playing football from a ‘God’s perspective’! It’s incredible! It’s crazy! It’s amazing!”

Pires also nodded and said: Yes, this is really amazing. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would hardly believe it...

Then he faced the camera lens and explained to the audience behind the camera and to the director why he and Mark Lawrenson were so excited about this matter.

He asked the director: Do you know why many people think playing football is easy?

The director didn't know: Why?

Because they were not on the pitch, Pires replied.

Not on the court? The director was confused.

Yes, what's the difference between being on the court and on the sofa? Pires asked again.

The director shook his head: I don't know...

Pires said seductively: Think about the theme of our shooting today?

View? the director guessed.

Pires nodded and gave an affirmative answer: Yes, that's it. People watching TV will think why you don't pass this or that. But we players can't see so many things on the court. Yes, there are twenty-two people on the court. Apart from myself, there are still twenty-one people. But you also saw the test results just now. I can only see ten people. We can’t see everything and we can’t control it. Less than everything. This is a very normal and reasonable result, so sometimes people watching the football will think that the kicker is stupid. There is obviously a big space over there, but why doesn't he pass it? Because he didn't see it at all. How do you pass it on if you see it?”

Pires spread his hands.

But Zhou Yi is different. He can see almost everything, and he can control everything. When you can even grasp the situation behind you, isn't it easy to pass the ball with a heel? When you can monitor the entire field When you play, you can naturally find those gaps that others can't find. This is why he is so young and the world's top midfielder. Because he is like a chess player manipulating the chess pieces, he is like God It’s like playing football.”

The director was shocked. He didn't expect that former French international Pires could give Zhou Yi such a high evaluation.

Seeing the director's expression, Pires asked, Do you think I'm exaggerating?

The director nodded subconsciously.

No, I'm telling the truth. Zhou Yi, the future is limitless... Pires said with a smile.

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Zhou Yi's performance in this test is surprising, and makes people even more curious - how can his brain receive so much information and process so much information quickly?

Now it’s the professional scientific team’s turn.

The film crew found a team that specializes in studying how the human brain operates under action to conduct a test on Zhou Yi.

Scanning imaging modeling of Zhou Yi's brain was performed using an MRI machine.

Through imaging technology, Zhou Yi's brain structure can be seen. Then the scientific team discovered that a part of Zhou Yi's brain was very active compared with ordinary people, and this part was the area that determined the brain's spatial cognitive ability.

Then let Zhou Yi watch his own game video while the MRI scans his brain, and then pause the playback just before he passes the ball and let him choose the target of the pass from three options. At the same time, in order to be closer to the effect of the actual game, the option stays for only half a second, and then the screen goes dark.

Through this test, we will study how Zhou Yi's brain uses the information it has mastered.

Generally speaking, it is not easy to grasp the position information of players on the field, let alone select the correct passing target in such a fleeting situation.

There are a total of two hundred and forty groups of such tests, which are repeated within an hour and a half.

Then, during this process, the MRI was used to scan and record Zhou Yi's brain every time he chose.

In the end, a total of 17,000 brain cross-sections were taken and analyzed.

It can be clearly seen that there are more active parts of Zhou Yi's brain, especially the basal ganglia of the brain. This area has been in a state of intense activity during the experiment.

...We have done similar tests on other players before. There are almost no signs of activity in the basal ganglia of their brains... Dr. Li from the scientific team said. Their active area is the prefrontal area located on the surface of the brain, which is the area of ​​the brain we usually use when thinking and making decisions. The activation of the prefrontal area means that players are thinking while making passing decisions. . But Zhouyi is completely different. The basal ganglia of the brain used by Zhouyi is an area in the human brain used for long-term memory of experience and knowledge gained through repeated practice...

Dr. Li pointed to the brightest area on Zhou Yi's brain cross-section.

So I have a guess. I think that the basal nucleus of Zhou Yi's brain has accumulated a large amount of game experience accumulated in the game, which is as huge as the Go game. Therefore, the brain can instantly select the best solution for the current game situation. Choice, but this series of choices were all made subconsciously, so Zhou Yi himself may not feel that he is thinking hard about the choice. This is the so-called intuition...

But there's a problem, Mark Laurentian said. Zhou Yi is young. It has only been five years since he started participating in the professional league in 2009. The amount of game experience he has accumulated should not be so huge...

Dr. Li spread his hands and said: This is the only thing I am confused about...

Zhou Yi listened to their discussion and broke into a cold sweat unknowingly - he did not expect that the MRI and Dr. Li's speculation would be close to his core secret...

Of course, I have gained a huge amount of game experience one by one in the virtual space, where I can play seven or eight games a night, every night, three hundred and sixty-five days a year. Even if we play seven games every night, that's 2,555 games of experience.

And he has been doing this for six years from 2008 to now. Multiplying 2,555 games per year by six, that is 15,330 games of experience.

If an ordinary professional player plays normally, he will never play 10,000 professional games in his life...

Zhou Yi certainly has more experience and game experience than any other player on the planet.

That's why the basal ganglia of his brain lights up like a little sun.

Zhou Yi quickly spread his hands and said: I was a loyal fan before I started playing professional football and watched many games. And... I can only say that I am extremely talented, ha!

Dr. Li turned to look at Zhou Yi, and then nodded: Well, that's all I can say. Your talent is indeed amazing. In the past, we all thought that playing football depends on the body, not the brain. At least the brain is not the most important. . But you have subverted this perception. I now feel that even if the world's top players are not good at studying and have low academic qualifications, their brains are definitely not bad. Fools can't play football...

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