Chapter 33: The Second Conditioning of Nowitzki
"Get moving, move your feet, grab a position is not a movement with your hands, it's a movement with your feet, Dirk, stretch your elbows out, you're in the NBA, not in the Bundesliga. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
After suffering two straight defeats, Nelson finally changed the content of the team's previous training sessions in the second day's training.
The team began to strengthen the rebounding drill, with the assistant shooter shooting from the perimeter, and the main lineup and the bench team were mixed to form two teams, competing for rebounds under the basket.
Nowitzki was treated as the main training target as the interior pillar of the starters.
The assistant coach kept reminding Nowitzki of his actions on the sidelines, and Danny, who had an outstanding defensive awareness and averaged 11.7 rebounds per game in the 01-02 season? Fortson is responsible for training Nowitzki's rebounding ability as a sparring partner, although Fortson's form declined quickly after suffering a serious injury to the Warriors last season, but his ability to grab 12 rebounds per game at a height of 2.01 meters is enough to show his excellent rebounding awareness.
Training is not only to strengthen Nowitzki's rebounding ability, but also to strengthen other players' blocking awareness and landing point judgment when grabbing rebounds, which Jamison has done very well, and the team's main rebounders in previous games are except for Liu Han.
Liu Han was not involved in the rebounding drill, and he was called aside by head coach Nelson for an exchange.
"Liu, what do you think the team is lacking now? Or what do you think the team needs to improve right now? ”
For Liu Han, Nielsen has always adhered to the attitude of equal treatment, although Nielsen has always been strong, but he has nothing to say about Liu Han's performance, a player with an average shooting rate of more than 60% per game, an average score of more than 30 points per game, and an average of three doubles per game is a player who can meet but not find, Nielsen now hopes that Liu Han can devote himself to the construction of the team's system, he not only treats Liu Han as an ordinary superstar, but also treats Liu Han as the core of the team.
"Don, I think the team needs to be more focused now, the regular season win may be just a stepping stone, and the playoffs are where you really need to work hard, and most of the team still don't have a clear understanding of the playoffs, and the team's current tactics may be in big trouble in the playoffs, because the playoffs are much higher in defense than in the regular season."
Liu Han empathizes with the team's recent performance, he has experienced the harsh playoff competition, and has led the team to win the championship, he has a clear understanding of the intensity of the playoffs, like the first two games, the team encountered a more tight defense There are various problems, such a team can not go far into the playoffs, although the regular season has just begun, but Liu Han feels that it is necessary to let the team gradually learn how to deal with the playoff level of defense now.
"Liu, you're right, although we performed very well in the regular season in previous seasons, but after entering the playoffs, once the team encounters a team with excellent defense, it will fall into passivity, which is our flaw."
"Liu, I have a request, I hope you can teach Dirk how to play in the low post, and also teach him how to deal with the fierce competition, Dirk is what I brought out, he has a lot of potential, and at the same time has some abilities that others don't have, I think he can be a good helper for you."
Nelson admires Liu Han's low-post ability, he feels that even Jordan at his peak is estimated to have the same low-post ability as Liu Han, and the most important thing is that Liu Han's shot is very stable, which Jordan can't compare, and this Nowitzki also has, in the case of no defense, Nowitzki's shot is almost flawless, but unfortunately, once it comes to the confrontation, Nowitzki's shooting rate will drop immediately, so Nelson hopes that Liu Han can help Nowitzki improve twice.
"It's not a problem at all, Don, even if you don't say it, I'm thinking of finding a suitable opportunity to teach Dirk, it's definitely rare for someone as tall as him to be able to lean back and shoot, I'm looking forward to how far he can grow."
Liu Han has no intention of hiding his stunts, in his opinion, the reason why he succeeds is not by relying on these so-called skills, skills can be practiced by everyone, but not everyone has the obsession to aspire to the championship, and he is not at all worried that Nowitzki will threaten his position when he grows up.
"Then I'll thank you for Dirk first, Liu, I believe we can create a dynasty together, haha."
"Don, your wish will come true, I'm sure."
On November 19, 2003, the Mavericks did not play, and their next game will be at home against the Spurs, so Nelson Sr. handed Nowitzki to Liu Han and asked Liu Han to start "tuning" Nowitzki as soon as possible.
"Man, what are we going to do first? Is there any special method? Or you have some of your Oriental kung fu or something, I heard the newspaper say that you can box, and you can do kung fu. ”
Nowitzki did not have much resistance to learning from Liu Han, after all, Liu Han had seen the other party's ability in the previous relationship, and he had also seen Liu Han's super low-level ability in the game.
"Haha, Dirk, it's not as mysterious as you think, it's just some yoga movements and a standing pose, as long as you stick to it, there will definitely be progress. But today we won't practice that, today we'll go head-to-head, and you'll have to let me know what you know and what you're missing, and then I can choose what to teach you. ”
"Come on, Liu, seriously, I'm not afraid of you alone."
Twenty minutes later, Nowitzki held his knees and gasped, but what made him feel even more tired was that he had barely won Liu Han in the first twenty minutes, although Liu Han was much lower than him, but nowitzki wanted to cry without tears, and after he couldn't get Liu Han in the front, Nowitzki wanted to rely on the weight and strength of his body to attack Liu Han with his back, but he found that Liu Han's strength was better than him, and he even struggled to turn around after his back, let alone shoot.
"Dirk, you have enough strength in your upper limbs, but you lack stability in your feet, but it's not because you don't have enough strength in your lower limbs, but because you can't combine the strength in your body, and you need to strengthen your core strength."
After a short period of testing, Liu Han noticed Nowitzki's flaws, just as Li Rui taught him back then, Liu Han taught Nowitzki everything Li Rui taught himself, and he needed a qualified helper in the increasingly fierce alliance.