"Okay, my bad!" Xiao Yao raised his hands and gestured to the TV screen in front of him, "Do you want to continue?"

"No!" Rita Mitchell threw the handle on the couch and stood up, "Let's go to the real basketball court." ”

"Okay!" Xiao Yao shrugged his shoulders and stood up as well.

Rita led Xiao Yao out of the room and quickly led him to a studio with a standard basketball court. In addition to the cameras that follow the two, the program team has also set up some fixed cameras here.

"The guests who came to our show wanted to show the audience his real basketball skills. Rita Mitchell took Xiao Yao to the main camera lens, introduced a sentence, and then turned to Xiao Yao and asked, "So, Jan, I want to ask you, what is your best skill in basketball, is there anything you can teach our show audience?"

"I don't know," Xiao Yao shook his head, "Maybe it's a dunk? But it's not a skill, right? Just jump high enough! There are many episodes of your show where professional players are guests, and compared to dunks, I'm definitely not as good as the professional players of American professional basketball." ”

"And what about dunks?" asked Rita Mitchell again.

"Maybe it's passing?" Xiao Yao said, "But the most important thing about passing the ball is awareness, and you have to be good at finding the gaps of your teammates, and you can't seem to explain this, right?" and it's just the two of us here, so I really don't know what to teach the audience!"

"I know!" Rita Mitchell glanced at Xiao Yao, wrenched her fingers and began to count, "Crotch dribble, change direction, turn over, break through the ball, pass the ball behind the back, reverse pass behind the back, European step, backward jumper, step back jumper..."

"Wow~ So I can make so many moves!" Xiao Yao exclaimed, and then smiled, "Do you want me to do all of this and explain it all again?"

"If you will. Rita Mitchell smiled and nodded, "This is a recorded show, and we have no time limit for filming. ”

"There is no limit to the duration of the broadcast?" Xiao Yao asked.

"There's going to be an edit in the post," laughs Rita Mitchell, "and we're going to pick the best one you do for the air." ”

"But I think that in everything you said, professional players are better than me!" Xiao Yao smiled, "If I remember correctly, these movements have been taught by professional players in your program before." ”

"Aside from that back-and-back pass," said Rita Mitchell, "you created it, and no professional player has ever done it in a game, and we don't have it on our show." ”

"Okay, then this one!" Xiao Yao smiled and nodded.

"OK," Rita Mitchell said back to the camera, "and then let Young reveal how this particular passing is done!"

The off-camera staff knocked a basketball to Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao reached out to catch it, slapped it twice on the ground, and tried the feel.

"Let's have a demonstration!" suggested Rita Mitchell.

"No problem!" Xiao Yao nodded, put the basketball on the floor in front of him, did a simple warm-up, and moved the shoulders, wrists, ankles and other joints.

"Come on!" Rita Mitchell shouted to Xiao Yao as she stopped near the three-point line on the right sideline.

Xiao Yao picked up the basketball and ran to the basket. With one step left in the three-second zone, Xiao Yao started with the ball. After taking a step, Xiao Yao's right arm threw the basketball from behind him to his left, and his left arm bent his arm back, and knocked the basketball to the right with his elbow, and the basketball flew from behind Xiao Yao to the right and landed in the hands of Rita Mitchell near the right sideline.

Rita Mitchell jumped up and shot as soon as she received the ball, and the basketball drew a parabola, which was very accurate and hollow into the frame.

"Yay!" Xiao Yao ran to the sideline, and a happy Rita Mitchell high-fived him.

"Now you can explain it in detail and teach me how to do it. After high-fives, Rita Mitchell ran to pick up the basketball and handed it to Xiao Yao.

"Okay. Xiao Yao took the basketball and began to demonstrate in slow motion on the spot while explaining, "When you pass the basketball to the left from behind, the left arm should be bent, stretched to the back, swing from left to right, and use this part of the elbow to hit the basketball in the air..."

This back-to-back reverse pass may seem incredible, but the principle is not complicated. Anyone who has watched the slow-motion replays of the Masters can understand it, but it's not easy to do. The main thing is to hit the basketball with the elbow part very accurately after the left arm swings back, so that the midway turn. Since this action is done behind me and I can't see it, it is very difficult to find this time node only by feeling.

Rita Mitchell only listened to Xiao Yao's explanation once, but the success rate of doing it was very low.

First of all, I made a pass while standing still, and I did about five or six times before I touched the basketball behind me with my left arm, and the point of impact was not accurate, not the elbow, but the forearm. Due to the small swing of the left arm in this pass, the basketball did not fly to the right when it hit the softer forearm muscles, but fell directly behind her.

Of course, this is not a very serious basketball teaching program, but an entertainment program, and both of them are in a very relaxed state. In the process of Rita Mitchell's practice, Xiao Yao unceremoniously complained and ridiculed Rita Mitchell's mistakes, and the whole process was also very joyful.

After practising on the spot for a while, Rita Mitchell found some sense and started making the ball on the move. After all, this kind of passing basically has a surprise effect in the process of counterattacking, and it can only be used in the middle of the march to play its role.

This kind of passing, the difference between doing it in the sport and doing it on the spot is still very different, and it feels very different, so Rita Mitchell's success rate is not very high, and it has been done many times before it succeeds so many times.

When Rita Mitchell dribbled to the basket and made a reverse pass behind her back, Xiao Yao also stood on Rita Mitchell's right to respond. If Rita Mitchell's left arm doesn't touch the ball, and the basketball flies directly to Rita's left, Xiao Yao is of course helpless, but Rita Mitchell only needs to touch the basketball with her left arm, and the basketball reaches her right side, even if the pass is not in place, Xiao Yao will run a few steps to pick up the basketball, complete a shot, and then signal Rita Mitchell to pass the ball successfully. If Xiao Yao throws in, Xiao Yao will also be very excited and run to high-five Rita Mitchell in celebration.

Xiao Yao gave face like this, Rita Mitchell was naturally very happy, but seeing that Xiao Yao's shooting rate today didn't seem to be very high, Rita Mitchell put forward a new challenge to Xiao Yao after the recording of this part of the content.

"Jan, we'll stop here for the teaching part," Rita Mitchell walked up to Xiao Yao with a basketball in her arms and said, "Finally, let's have a shooting competition!"

"It's better than shooting!" Xiao Yao nodded, "How can you compare?"

If it was a one-on-one heads-up, Xiao Yao would definitely not be compared with Rita Mitchell, but this kind of game without physical confrontation and contact, Xiao Yao would not mind being compared with Rita Mitchell.

"The baseline on both sides, the 45-degree angle plus the three-point point at the top of the arc, the baseline on both sides, the 45-degree angle plus the free throw line at five positions in the middle distance, a total of ten shots, three points outside the three-point line, and two points at the mid-distance protection free throw line, whoever scores more wins!" Rita Mitchell said.

"No problem!" Xiao Yao nodded.

Although the gameplay introduced by Rita Mitchell is different from the usual gameplay of Xiao Yao and his classmates in school, climbing the grid around the three-second line and the "21 points" shooting competition, there is no problem for Xiao Yao.

"Bet that whoever loses will have a dinner!" Rita Mitchell looked at Xiao Yao with a provocative gaze.

"Is this also part of the show?" Xiao Yao asked.

"No!" Rita Mitchell shook her head, "I just wanted to kill you!"

"Okay, bet!" Xiao Yao confidently high-fived Rita Mitchell.

It's okay for friends to have a meal after recording the show, but if there is a camera filming during the meal, it will appear on TV in the future, Xiao Yao feels uncomfortable. After all, he's here to participate in a basketball show, not some kind of life reality show.

Xiao Yao was still very confident in shooting with Rita Mitchell, but as a result, he slapped Xiao Yao in the face. As a result of the two-man shooting game, Rita Mitchell only missed two three-pointers and one two-point shot and scored 17 points, while Xiao Yao hit all five two-point shots, but only one three-point shot at the top of the arc, and the other four shots were all missed, and only scored 13 points. Whether it is in terms of points or the number of shots, Xiao Yao lost.

"Yes!" Rita Mitchell raised her arms happily and waved them repeatedly, while Xiao Yao shook her head with a sloppy face.

Although he was very unhappy about losing the shooting game, Xiao Yao was willing to gamble and admit defeat, and since he lost, he didn't plan to repay his debts.

"I've lost!" Xiao Yao said to Rita Mitchell, "just tonight, can it be at seven o'clock?"

"Yes!" laughed Rita Mitchell.

"Okay, then I'll let you know when I book a restaurant!" Xiao Yao said.

At this point in the filming, the content of this episode is complete. Rita Mitchell pulled Xiao Yao together and said goodbye to the camera, and the shooting was all over.

After saying goodbye to Rita Mitchell and the staff of the program team, Xiao Yao also left the filming location.

After returning to the hotel, Xiao Yao first looked up a famous restaurant in Los Angeles on the Internet, successfully booked a place for the evening, and sent the name and address of the restaurant to Rita Mitchell before going into the bathroom to take a shower.

When I came out of the shower, I also received a confirmation reply from Rita Mitchell on my phone. Xiao Yao saw that it was still early, so he took out his laptop to deal with some work matters, and stayed until about six o'clock in the evening before changing his clothes and going out.

Although Xiao Yao went out watching the time, the location of the restaurant was not too far from the hotel where Xiao Yao lived, and when Xiao Yao arrived, it was about twenty minutes before seven o'clock in the evening. However, the first time I invited a foreign friend to dinner, the object was still a lady, Xiao Yao not only booked a relatively high-end restaurant, but also arrived early was a polite performance.

Xiao Yao was also mentally prepared for the other party to be late, but he didn't expect that when there were five minutes before seven o'clock in the evening, Rita Mitchell's figure appeared at the door of the restaurant.

Rita Mitchell is clearly well-dressed. Her long curly blonde hair is draped over her shoulders, and her face is delicately made up, with a diamond-encrusted platinum necklace and earrings. The body is a light blue off-the-shoulder half-length dress, revealing a delicate collarbone and a smooth and tight calf, and a pair of high-heeled shoes with a straight line on her feet make her look even taller with a height of 1.7 meters.

On the red carpet show of the two Masters, Xiao Yao and Rita Mitchell appeared far apart. Xiao Yao saw Rita Mitchell several times in the stadium and in the show, and the other party was basically dressed in ponytails and sportswear, this was the first time he saw Rita Mitchell dressed up like this, and the visual impact was not small. However, despite the visual impact, Xiao Yao still spotted Rita Mitchell as soon as possible and raised his hand to signal to him.

Rita Mitchell also quickly spotted Xiao Yao and walked over to Xiao Yao with a smile.

"Please!" Xiao Yao got up to help Rita Mitchell pull out the chair, and when she stood at the table, he pushed the chair forward.

"Thank you!" Rita Mitchell smiled and nodded, and sat down.

"My pleasure!" Xiao Yao smiled and sat back in the seat opposite her.

"It's the first time I've seen you dressed like this," Xiao Yao looked at Rita Mitchell and praised, "It's so beautiful!"

This is a relatively high-end Western restaurant, and it is a banquet lady, Xiao Yao also pays attention to dress. However, he only wore a black suit with a blue shirt and no tie, which looked much more casual compared to Rita Mitchell's dress.

"Thank you," Rita Mitchell smiled, "the first time you invited me to dinner, and in such an upscale place, of course I should dress up and not be rude." ”

"Well, hopefully tonight's meal will be worthy of your elaborate dress tonight. Xiao Yao smiled and raised his hand to beckon the waiter to order.

After the waiter brought the menu. Xiao Yao didn't let Rita Mitchell order by herself, but first asked Rita Mitchell what she wanted to eat, and then explained to the waiter together. The reason why he did this was because Xiao Yao ordered from the waiter in French.

"I didn't expect you to speak French so well!" After the waiter left, Rita Mitchell looked at Xiao Yao and smiled.

"This is not meant to show off!" Xiao Yao said with a smile and raised his hands, "This French restaurant is opened by the French. You know, the French have a special sense of self-esteem and national pride, and if foreigners communicate with them in French, they will be especially welcoming. I did this just to get them to be more attentive to our meals. ”

"Haha~" Hearing Xiao Yao complain about the French, Rita Mitchell covered her mouth happily and laughed.

With this opening, the whole atmosphere of the meal becomes pleasant and relaxed.

"You know so much," Rita Mitchell smiled and asked Xiao Yao again, "What else do you know?"

Although he didn't have much contact with Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao was particularly impressed by Rita Mitchell, and Rita Mitchell was also full of curiosity about Xiao Yao, a Chinese. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Rita Mitchell also wanted to get to know Xiao Yao better.

Xiao Yao also has a good impression of Rita Mitchell, and feels that he can make friends. So he didn't hide much from Rita Mitchell, as long as it didn't involve anything special, Xiao Yao would basically answer truthfully.

Rita Mitchell could feel Xiao Yao's sincerity in conversation, and Xiao Yao's eloquence was good, and there was no lack of humor in his personality, so this dinner, the two of them felt quite pleasant.

At the end, Xiao Yao raised his hand to beckon the waiter to pay, but Rita Mitchell suddenly said to Xiao Yao: "I'll invite you!"

"Why? Didn't you say that whoever loses is treated?" Xiao Yao said strangely.

"That's just a joke. Rita Mitchell smiled, "I'm the host of the afternoon show, you're the guest, I should have invited you! Although this restaurant is French, we're in Los Angeles now." I'm an American, you're Chinese, I'm also the host, you're still a guest, or should I invite you! If you invite me, I'll feel guilty!"

"No, I insist!" Xiao Yao shook his head and smiled, "If you feel embarrassed, how about doing me a favor?"