The high-intensity physical training lasted for half a month, and of course the content was not just a monotonous switchback run. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Jumping rope, push-ups, squats, dumbbells, ........ all the physical training items were added by Ricard, but the players still haven't touched a ball in the past half a month.

Due to the boredom and a lot of training, seven more people voluntarily gave up, and now only 20 people still insist on reporting on the basketball court every day.

After half a month, the vast majority of players have adapted to this kind of training intensity, and only a few players still feel very difficult about these projects, and An Jie is one of them who has not yet adapted.

He was able to grit his teeth and stick to the goal set by Ricard, but it was very difficult to accomplish it.

With a month and a half to go before the start of the new season, the squad has not yet been decided, and Ricard can't wait for everyone to meet the target, so he has to speed up the pace of training.

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As usual, the first workout of the day is still an hour-long switchback run, after which the players sit casually on the floor of the basketball court and chat, waiting for the push-ups after the break. But today, Ricard's words sparked all the enthusiasm of the players.

"Come on, guys. Rickard clapped his palms as he shouted.

"We don't do push-ups anymore. Today, let's practice defending. ”

"Woo woo woo woo~!" the entire gymnasium was filled with cheers, and the roof of the gymnasium felt like it was about to be swept over by this deafening shout.

An Jie also let out a rare roar, he was really suffocated and needed to vent his emotions, after every training he didn't even have the strength to walk, let alone go to the field to play, he hadn't touched the basketball for half a month, and he had already gone crazy.

"Go get basketball there, gentlemen. Rickard pointed to a basket of basketballs that had been pushed by Old Moore when everyone wasn't looking, and who knew what kind of energy these hungry wolf cubs could burst out?

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Double Pack, Full Court Press, Zone Defense, Zone Pack, Misplaced Defense, Defensive Stance...... Rickard tries to explain tactics in the most vivid and popular way, such as talking about a pet dog he had in college before talking about the full press. The young guys at the bottom had never heard anyone talk about tactics like this, so they listened more and more seriously.

"Maya, that's a plain black Labrador retriever. looks loyal and honest, and majestic, and can attract the attention of many girls when it is pulled out. Rickard smirked.

"But there is one thing about this dog that is simply too much of a headache for me, it is always staring at everything I do, as if it has nothing else to do. I didn't finish my drink, it kept barking, my computer forgot to turn it off, it kept barking. Even if I make love to the girl, it won't let me go. Oh my God, this big dog barks so noisily, and being stared at by it all the time makes me mad. Rickard scratched at his hair, as if he was going mad just thinking about it.

"So when I shout Maya from the sidelines, it means we're going to press all over the court. We're going to have to be like Maya and keep them upset and can't play their own rhythm and fluid offense. At this point, Riccard began to talk about the demands of the whole audience.

The young people at the bottom did not get bored of listening to tactics at all, but remembered them very strongly. Because for each tactic, Ricard has prepared a little story, and each story always corresponds to their tactics, and this explanation impresses the players and will not forget.

"Alright!" Rickard threw down the tactics board after all the tactics had been explained.

"I guess you can't wait. ”

"Yes, Coach. Let's get started. "The players are already gearing up.

"Now, I'm going to group you guys, and then we're going to start training with the ball. The attacker can play as you like, and the defender has to do what I just said, and after 10 shots, the offense and defense are swapped. If I'm not satisfied, the confrontation will stop until I've finished talking about the problems that have arisen. So if you want to play smoothly and enjoyably, you'd better give me what I'm asked to do, and I want to see all of what I've just said in the confrontation. With that, Rickard picked up the list and began to divide into groups.

His grouping has no particular purpose, just random assignments according to the position the players hold on the field. The exceptions were two people, Andrew Morris and Angel Anjie, who deliberately placed them in the same group. One is the tallest in the team and the other is the strongest in the team. One of the first positions is the number five position, and the other can be changed to the number four position. Rickard was keen to see what effect the duo's interior combination would have.

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When read that he was in the same group as Anjie, Morris was a little disappointed. Since the two of them didn't decide the winner on the first day of training, Morris was convinced that he could beat the skinny tall man with three wins, so he waited for his chance to prove it. Now it's a good thing, he finally got through the stage of no-ball training and waited for the opportunity, but he became An Jie's teammate.

"Don't get in my way later!" Morris said to An Jie angrily, and ran to warm up alone.

"You brute, thank God you can remember half of what the coach said. This was the first time Angel had responded to Morris's words.

The long-lost sound of the basketball and the wooden floor colliding sounded again, and the basketball court had never made such a sound during the half-month physical training time, and those who didn't know thought that the basketball team had disbanded.

The 20 players were divided into four teams and practiced in two halves, joint defense, pressing, and packing. Rickard wants to see everything he talks about today in the drill.

Anjie's team started the first round of group confrontation as the defender. In addition to the defenders of Anjie and Morris, the attacking team also has a starting candidate that Ricard is very interested in, Mike Taylor, who is already in his junior.

Inch head, sports headband, dark skin, toned muscles. Taylor's appearance is very ordinary, and there is no characteristic. With a height of 1.88m and a weight of 75kg, he is a decent point guard. Taylor transferred to Iowa State University this semester for family reasons, and in his freshman and sophomore seasons, he played in 64 games for Chippalo University, averaging 9.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. Neither good nor bad stats, but in Ricard's opinion, his scoring and assist abilities are still undeveloped, and with the right stats directed, they can be taken to the next level.

In addition, Taylor's reaction speed is very fast, and steals are also a potential killer for Taylor. With the presence of these three people, the confrontation of this group can be said to be a lot of highlights in Ricard's eyes.

At the beginning of the confrontation, the attacker was Mike Taylor to control the ball. He was more experienced than everyone on the field, pushing forward unhurriedly and watching his teammates' movements.

Suddenly, with a flick of his wrist, the basketball quickly flew through the crowd and flew to the three-second zone. The white center named Asakin was just about to get to the position to receive the incoming ball, An Jie didn't dare to slack off, and immediately stretched out one arm and grabbed Asakin's back.

Asakim is perhaps the heaviest player on the team, not as muscular as Morris but huge. He leaned on An Jie like a big white bear leaning on a small branch, and he felt that as long as Asakin exerted a little force, the small branch behind the white bear could be broken at any time.

Asakin slapped the ball with both hands, and leaned back. It doesn't necessarily have a lot of strength, but weight does have too much of an advantage.

Sure enough, An Jie was directly knocked to the ground, Asakin did not hesitate, and at 2.16 meters, he jumped easily and completed a dunk. In the final analysis, this goal is still to blame Anjie for being too thin to withstand the impact, if Morris is used to defend, Asakin really can't be so easy to win.

"Damn. Morris looked at Anjie who fell to the ground dissatisfied, and didn't even think about going up to pull his teammates, but Asakin himself pulled Anjie up.

In the second attack, Mike Taylor repeated the trick and quickly passed the ball to Asarkin. However, this time Morris will not watch the opposing players score easily in the penalty area, he helps to defend the basket, and is ready to wrap up Asarkin with Anjie.

Asakin is not the kind of player who likes to be in the limelight, he is the poster child of the academy. So instead of forcing his way in the face of a double bag, he passed the ball to Taylor, who had already snuck into the corner.

Due to Morris's defense, the opponent's No. 4 unscrupulously went out to play a no-ball blocking and dismantling cooperation for Taylor, blocking Taylor's opposition in front of him, and Taylor also ran to the unguarded area as he wished, received a pass from Asakin and got a chance to shoot outside the three-point line in the bottom corner.

He didn't hesitate, and as a player who has played in the NCAA for two years, he is full of confidence in this kind of ball. Sure enough, the basketball shot was accurately hollowed into the net.

"What's the bottom corner...... Damn!" Realizing that it was a mistake in choosing a bag that led to the loss of points, Morris was angry. Now they're two goals behind, and it's all because the interior players don't do a good job defending.

"There won't be a next time, my fault. "Morris is competitive, but he never shirks responsibility if the opponent scores because of his own bad work.

"Don't worry about me here, I'll do my best to resist. Anjie saw that Morris lowered his posture, and felt that there was no need to fight with him anymore, after all, they were teammates now, and the person who really wanted to beat was now 5-0 ahead.

"Come on!" Morris let out a low growl, and the third round of the battle between the two sides began.

Mike Taylor and Asarkin played a pick-and-roll combination, and the quality was good. After the block, Asakin did not stand still and wait, but quickly went down.

Taylor struck and prepared to break through, but in fact he hit the ball to the ground with a pass that didn't look at people, and it was in the hands of Asakim who was down.

Due to the high quality of the pick-and-roll just now, Taylor's opposition was completely blocked, and Anjie had to defend in front of Taylor in a good position. So now it's Anjie's point guard on their side who is chasing Asakin, which can't pose a threat to Asakin who hedges to the basket at all.

Morris saw Asakin get the ball and kill it, and immediately went over to make up for it and blocked Asakin's way. Asakin wanted to squeeze Morris out of the way and force a layup, and although Asakin had the weight advantage, Morris was too strong, and he was full of strength. After half a month of devil training, he is now tougher than when he fought against An Jie.

Seeing that Morris was not moving, Asakin passed the ball to his power-forward teammate who had run to the basket unattended, and the basket had already been emptied, and their third goal seemed to be a sure thing.

The attacking power forward holds the ball with both hands, jumps, and sees his hands getting closer and closer to the basket, just when he is about to dunk the ball into the basket, a big hand slaps the ball away from behind and nails it to the rebound, and the opponent's power forward can only hang the frame empty-handed in vain.

When Morris went to make up for the defense, he saw the opponent's No. 4 player running to the basket and asking for the ball, and Anjie pounced like crazy. With a height of 2.19 meters and an arm span of 2.34 meters, this height is enough for An Jie to cover the ball before it is dunked.

The feeling of successful blocking is An Jie's favorite, not to mention that this is such a wonderful pegboard hat, and at the moment the blood in his whole body is burning, so An Jie unconsciously waved his fist lightly.

"Well done boy!" Morris rushed over and patted Anjie on the head, this defense was the result of a joint effort between the two of them. He defended An Jie first, and then An Jie took care of his back, and the two of them ensured the safety of the penalty area.

If you do well on the field, you will earn the respect of others, and action is everything. After this brilliant block, Morris seems to have forgotten how much he hated this tall, yellow-skinned man. He just couldn't help but want to celebrate with the creator of this cap.

Although An Jie's advantages in height and arm span are shown, the disadvantage of insufficient confrontation is also infinitely magnified.

Asakin can still be said to do whatever he wants when he is playing one-on-one singles with Anjie. The attackers didn't need any tactics at all, and Taylor only had to feed the ball safely to Asakin, and the offense would be secure.

An Jie's attitude was very positive, and he did not give up easily, and he was desperately fighting against Asakin. But with a height of 2.19 meters and a weight of only 87 kilograms, against the 124-kilogram Asakin, such a physical gap cannot be made up with a positive attitude alone.

The opponent's ten shots were finally all over, and An Jie and the others only defended four of them. Mike Taylor didn't disappoint Ricard, he handled the attack well, and it was without the whole team practicing the attack.

Even if the interior has a big advantage, it is not easy to feed the ball comfortably to the center.

For example, Yao Ming, who is playing for the Houston Rockets, has been lacking a teammate who can feed him comfortably.

Although the impact is slightly worse, Taylor's shooting is very solid, and there should be no one who can compete with Taylor at the point guard position, who has two years of NCAA experience.

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Next, the offense and defense were reversed, and it was Anjie's turn to attack.

"It's okay, they can't stop us. Morris glared at the basket, ready to make a big move.

Morris receives the ball, and he is ready to return the color the way the opponent treats Anjie. While it's true that no one can stop his advance, Morris's weakness is his rough technique. Except for a direct dunk after squeezing away the opposing position, he missed two consecutive hooks.

Morris, who had already squandered two chances, received a pass from his teammate again, but the opponent was not stupid, and this time the defender of Morris was replaced by Asakin, who could fight against him.

Morris still tried and pushed back hard. But Asakin was like a hill, standing behind Morris, unmoving.

Seeing that he could not continue to push to the basket, Morris passed the ball to his own small forward, Anthony Ben, who was also a freshman.

Ben is a No. 3 player who has a slightly worse shooting accuracy, but is very athletic and defensive. He received the ball without doubts and took the ball straight to the penalty area.

Ben flew past his defender like a gust of wind and plunged headlong into the already overcrowded three-second zone. However..... there seems to be one less person in the three-second zone.

Everybody knows about Benn's excellent physicality and athleticism, and if he is given a gap, he could pull off a spectacular dunk. So no one dared to slack off, and his breakthrough attracted three people to defend in the penalty area, including the opposing power forward who was supposed to defend Anjie.

Anjie didn't squeeze under the basket as a center, he had already swam to the right side of the mid-range at 45 degrees at the same time as Ben Breakaway, which was his favorite shooting spot, and he only wanted his teammates to see his chance and not to do it all at once.

Ben did not disappoint Anjie, he did not try to force a layup in the crowded three-second zone, but in the process of breaking through with a very ornamental pass from behind the crowd to send the ball to the unguarded An Jie.

"Damn!" the opponent's power forward immediately pounced, but there was nothing to do.

"Huh!" An Jie completed the shot unhurriedly, and the basketball entered the net without any suspense, and even the net did not roll.

A center with the ability to shoot is the type that most interior players hate the most about defending. They're used to always wanting to stay near the three-second zone to protect the box and rebounds, so it's always going to be a center of this type to find an open shot or two.

Rickard couldn't help but laugh off the pitch, this team showed good offensive talent, but the defense that we talked about today was not ideal. However, he doesn't plan to change his training plan for offense, and he remains convinced that a solid defense is the cornerstone of any success.

On the field, Anjie and Morris's teams have scored four goals in a row. Among them, one goal was scored by An Jie on the inside with his footsteps shaking Assakin easily hooked his hand, and another ball was still him, facing Assakin to turn around and make a close-range jumper, which was still hit.

Anjie can be said to play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses, he does not go head-to-head with opponents, but uses excellent shooting and back-to-back skills to score.

And with Anjie's containment, Morris is even more upside down on the inside. He faced one-on-one defense of his own position, and recklessly used his physical advantage to ravage the basket again and again on the inside.

On the offensive end alone, the combination of Anjie and Morris is arguably the most efficient on this team so far. Asakin can be a good blue-collar player, but he can only make a difference on the offensive end against an interior player of Anjie's weight.

Rickard had seen enough, he picked up the whistle hanging on his chest and put it in his mouth, blowing it hard.

"Alright, stop it!" his voice was still loud. "I said that when you defend, your mouth can't be idle, you have to keep making noise for me, and start making noise the moment you stick it, but I didn't hear a few people come as requested, do you think this is playing on the field? We're training!"

"Keep your back straight and your ass lowered, this hand to prevent the passing route, this hand is constantly interfering with his dribble, it's right to raise your hand high, but don't just raise your hand high. "Ricard used his hands to fiddle with a player who was not in the right defensive position and adjusted his position.

"Now rest for ten minutes, and then get your push-up meal ready. Anjie, come here. Rickard beckoned to Anjie.

Anjie didn't dare to slack off, and trotted a few steps to Riccard.

"What's the matter with me, boss?"

Ricard patted Angel on the shoulder. "You're playing well and you're very positive. ”

"But?"

"But you're so skinny, I'll ask Old Moore to make you a nutritious menu, and you eat according to the menu and train harder. If you want to play in the NCAA, you'll have to gain weight while maintaining your current muscle strength. You're only a little heavier than some defenders, let alone post players. "I haven't found a suitable center coach yet, so let's solve Anjie's obvious lack of confrontation first.

"As long as I can stay and play in the NCAA, I'm willing to do anything. "There is no factor of money and honor, Anjie just has a special attachment to basketball.

"Good, let's go back to training. Rickard looked at the skinny An Jie, and his mind came to mind the appearance of Yao Ming when he first entered the NBA......

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A day of high-intensity training was over, and Morris dragged his tired body to walk on the forest ** on the campus. His mind was full of thoughts about today's brief collaboration with that tall, thin Asian man, and playing with him on the inside made him feel very happy. Anyway, tomorrow is a rare day off, so forget about that damn training for a while.

Morris is ready to pull out his phone and ask a few friends to go out and relax together tomorrow. But when he put his hand in his trouser pocket, he didn't touch anything.

"Oh, shit!" he forgot his phone in the locker room of the gymnasium.

When I got to the entrance of the gymnasium, it was already dark, and there were only pedestrians walking around.

It stands to reason that there should be no one in the gymnasium, but Morris saw that the lights in the equipment training room were still on.

He gently pushed open the door of the gymnasium, the door was unlocked, and the security guard in the duty room was nowhere to be seen.

"What the hell?" Morris curiously went straight to the equipment training room, leaving behind him about coming back to get his phone.

The door to the equipment room was hidden, and Morris poked his head in, and there was only one person inside.

It's An Jie, he **** his upper body, and he is already sweating profusely. At the moment, he was struggling to hold the dumbbell, not noticing that Morris had walked to the door.

"That's cheating, you guy. ”

"I'm scared to death, what are you doing here?" An Jie put down the dumbbell, picked up the handkerchief on the side and put it around his neck.

"Actually practicing here alone, you cunning guy. Say, where did you hide the guard's body?" said Morris, joking.

"He didn't want to work overtime because of me, so he gave me the keys at the end of the day and told me to lock the door when I left. An Jie spread his hands and pretended to be very innocent.

"Didn't you say you had to go part-time at night?"

"If I don't do it, I have to gain weight, and if I want to gain weight, I have to practice. I don't have any time other than the evening. ”

"You madman, aren't you cool enough for the day's perverted training? Practice slowly, I don't want to help you carry Asakina's lump of meat all the time. Morris got up, ready to grab his phone and leave.

"Don't worry, mate. I'm not going to let you worry about it forever. ”

"Ha, partner?" Morris didn't speak, just smiled silently with his back to Anjie.

At twelve o'clock in the night, even the moon was obscured by thick clouds, and the streets were already empty, and there was not even a shadow under the street lamps. Most of Ames's neighborhoods were already dark, and the last glowing building at Iowa State University had receded into darkness, and the lights in the gymnasium were finally extinguished.........