Chapter 6: Nasha and Training
Liu Han lived in Li Rui's house, which was a house allocated by the school, with a small area but an empty guest room. Originally, Li Rui could find a bunk for Liu Han in the school's student dormitory, but he still decided to let Liu Han live in his home, which would not only allow him to have further exchanges with Liu Han, but also help Liu Han learn culture, and more importantly, he hoped that his lover Nasha could teach Liu Han English as soon as possible. That's right, Li Rui wants Liu Han to be able to learn English, he doesn't plan to find a way out for Liu Han in China, Liu Han's way out is in the United States, and only in the United States, where the basketball atmosphere is strong and the training and training of players is more professional, it is possible not to waste Liu Han's talent. Li Rui's classmate when he studied in the United States is now working as an assistant coach at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), and he hopes to use this relationship to send Liu Han to the United States.
Nasha was not resistant to Liu Han's arrival, on the contrary, she hoped that Liu Han could live at home. After Nasha heard about Liu Han's previous life, the flood of maternal love was out of control, and Nasha, who was more emotional during pregnancy, gave a large part of her love and concern for her husband to Liu Han. I really have to admit that God is fair, it always allows Liu Han to meet particularly good people after experiencing the miserable life of his childhood.
Liu Han's enthusiasm for Nasha was always a little uncomfortable at first, because since he arrived since he was a child, except for his grandmother, there was no other person who was so good to him, but he could still feel love and care from Nasha's eyes, so he would always love Nasha as much as he loved his grandmother.
During the day, Liu Han will follow Li Rui to the court for basic training, after all, his exposure to basketball is too short, and there are many basic movements that he still can't do at all. In the evening, he began to study English with Nasha, and after a week of life, Liu Han basically adapted to this new environment.
"Hey, Khan, I said can you please please call me Aunt Nasha every time, it will make me look old." Nasha had been trying to change the name of Liu Han after living with Liu Han for a week.
"Okay, I'll try, Aunt Nasha......, uh, I'm sorry, I accidentally called again." Nasha looked at Liu Han's slightly innocent eyes and expressed helplessness, it seems that her aunt, who is not too old at her age, is determined!
It is undeniable that Liu Han's talent in basketball, or his physical talent, is indeed outstanding, but his talent in language is much inferior to his physical talent, but perhaps because his brain development is slower than that of other peers, his sense of language has not yet been completely fixed, coupled with the fact that he is in a relatively pure English environment like Li Rui and Nasha every day, Liu Han's learning speed in English is still very good.
As soon as Liu Han moved into Coach Li Rui's house, he received a gift from Nasha, two new sets of sportswear and two pairs of brand new basketball shoes. This made Liu Han, who had never received any gifts since he was a child, feel quite moved, and he couldn't tell what it was like, but he just wanted to repay these people who cared about him in the future.
In September, the new semester was about to begin, and Liu Han was able to come to the school's gymnasium after about a week of basic training, and with the help of Li Rui, he was able to take a simple physical test.
Eighteen-year-old Liu Han is 193 cm tall, which is not tall in the basketball world, but fortunately, Liu Han's development is not completely over, and there is still some room for growth. weighs 85 kilograms, which is slightly light, but Liu Han's development is not completely over, and he is not suitable for weight gain. The arm span is 201 cm, which is excellent compared to the yellow race. The speed of 100 meters is 11 seconds, which is quite a good explosive power, which is equivalent to running the entire basketball court in six seconds at the fastest. Running 3,900 meters in 12 minutes, good endurance, this is probably related to Liu Han's habit of herding sheep and running all over the mountains since he was a child. Other, more detailed physical measurements could not be performed due to the lack of instruments.
Li Rui has been thinking about how to train Liu Han to produce results in the shortest possible time after reading Liu Han's simple physical test data, so as to arouse the interest of his classmates when he was studying abroad. After some thought, he decided to let Liu Han start with shooting and defense, because after all, defense only needs attitude and endurance, Liu Han's endurance is not bad, and he has the potential to become a qualified defender. Not to mention shooting, with Liu Han's current level, it is enough to shock his classmates.
In this era, most of the time the college basketball team training is carried out after class, and people's minds are still immersed in the stage of learning mathematics, physics and chemistry well and walking all over the world.
For the first time in the new school year, Li Rui looked at the group of uneven young people gathered and was quite helpless.
"Everyone has a good holiday, have you ever touched a ball during the holiday?"
"Yes, once or twice." This is the answer of the more daring players.
"Okay, today I will introduce you to a supernumerary member, this is one of my juniors, I will train with you in the future, come, Liu Han, say hello to everyone." Li Rui introduced Liu Han with his own teammates.
"Hello everyone, my name is Liu Han, and I am eighteen years old this year." Liu Han slowly became bolder after experiencing contact with Nasha, and he was able to communicate with strangers smoothly and simply.
After a simple warm-up run and layup, Li Rui let the team start the game, and the task he arranged for Liu Han was to keep an eye on the team's main attacker Wang Lei, although Wang Lei also entered the school through a related household, but Wang Lei, who has a good family condition, has been in contact with basketball since he was a child, and after watching the anti-sky performance of the American team at the Barcelona Olympics in 92, he fell in love with basketball, and his offensive ability is still very good in the college team.
Liu Han has been trained by Li Rui in the previous basic training, and he has basically mastered the defensive actions and rules, but he has not officially used it in the game, and he has also seen a lot of defenders' videos in the basketball video that Li Rui brought back from the United States, and the deepest image for him is a black player named Michael Jordan, who is not only excellent in defense, but also has super scoring ability. But when he first saw black people, he thought that these people were training to tan every day, and he was thinking how hard these people must work, so he himself had to train hard and strive to tan like Michael Jordan.
At the beginning of the match, the main side attacked first, Liu Han pasted Wang Lei like kraft candy from the beginning, his height and arm length exceeded Wang Lei, and his physical condition was much better than Wang Lei, so Wang Lei, who used to play like a fish in water every time, was very uncomfortable. Wang Lei tried to get rid of Liu Han's defense by running, but he found that he could never completely shake Liu Han off. After passing the cover of his teammates, Wang Lei was able to receive the ball smoothly, he made a shooting action at the first time he received the ball, and Liu Han, who was chasing in place, flew up at once, but Wang Lei retracted the shooting action and broke through smoothly. After breaking through Liu Han's defense, he was still thinking in his heart that Liu Han was a stunned young man.
Li Rui on the field couldn't help but shake his head after seeing Liu Han being shaken away, he felt that Liu Han was too inexperienced now, if he was given another half a year to train Liu Han, Li Rui felt that Liu Han would definitely be able to impress his classmates in the United States.
Wang Lei made a three-step layup directly after breaking through Liu Han, but he didn't notice Liu Han who was following closely behind him. When Wang Lei just jumped and was about to easily send the ball into the basket, he only felt that a black shadow flew overhead, and the basketball in his hand had been slapped away with a palm.
Li Rui, who was on the sidelines, laughed again when he saw this scene.
"This kid is not badly motivated."
"Liu Han, don't jump casually, you are taller than him, just raise your hands when defending, you have to learn to judge." After a successful defense, Li Rui still called Liu Han to the sidelines for guidance.
"The coach is so biased." Wang Lei, who was hit with a big hat, was quite unhappy.
In the next match, Liu Han, who was in excellent physical condition and had a stable attitude, successfully froze Wang Lei, although Wang Lei also scored some points through the cover of his teammates, but compared to his previous performance, today was undoubtedly a failure.
Liu Han never shot in the later confrontation game, because before the game, Li Rui told him not to shoot and defend wholeheartedly. In Li Rui's view, Liu Han's performance is qualified, except for the tactical level, he has no experience, and his single defense performance is very good.
After the half-hour match, Wang Lei walked towards Liu Han with the ball.
"Liu Han, right, you are good at defending me, but I want to compete with you by three points, do you dare, how about you ask everyone to drink water if you lose?" Wang Lei looked disdainful, because what he was most proud of was that his three-point shooting was very good. In his opinion, Liu Han is the kind of reckless man with a well-developed body and a simple mind, and it is impossible for this kind of person to shoot three points.
"Well, I don't have any money." Liu Han feels that any unnecessary spending of money is a waste.
"Cut, don't you dare, admit it if you don't dare." Wang Lei tried to stimulate Liu Han in order to save the face he lost today.
"Liu Han, go and compare with Wang Lei, I'll pay if I lose." Li Rui replied to Wang Lei on behalf of Liu Han.
"Coach Li, you have to talk about it, you have to ask for one of them here, it has to be a cold soda. Ten balls per person, no limit to position, whoever scores more will win, I can let you come first. Wang Lei felt that he had won, but he didn't realize what kind of embarrassment he would face.
"Well, it's better for you to come first, if I come first, I won't lose." Liu Han's answer was as embarrassing as ever.
"Ha, you don't even bring a draft with your cowhide, okay, I'll come first, I'll come first." Wang Lei chose to shoot ten goals at the top of the arc and scored six, a very good shooting rate.
"It's your turn, I think I can get someone to carry the drinks." Wang Lei is still in Dese.
Liu Han took the ball and walked directly to the bottom corner, which was almost at a negative angle, and then his performance completely stunned everyone, ten balls, almost all of them entered the net with the same arc and the same line.
"Wang Lei, you can go and carry the soda, is the money enough?" Coach Li Rui made up for it in a timely manner.