Maybe on the one hand, because Kobe's body is too strong in recovery, and on the other hand, because practicing yoga is indeed a very good way to help restore body flexibility, after about an hour and a half of yoga practice and other flexibility training, I feel that my body is full of energy again, and even my hands and feet can't help but want to move again.

However, if I go to the arena to practice again, it may be a little too late, after all, I have asked Jessica to have dinner with me in the evening, and when I was at a loss, I suddenly remembered the experience of going to a community court not far away when I was just reborn as Kobe.

As those memories continue to be extracted in my mind, I only feel that my hands and feet have become more disobedient to my own calls, and it seems that for me, my hands will itch unbearably without playing basketball for a day.

I took out a new ball from the cupboard, opened the door and practiced dribbling as I walked, the basketball was like a small container full of magic in my hand, and I could transform all kinds of magical things out of it.

My house is only a few hundred meters away from the community basketball court, and it took me less than ten minutes to dribble the ball, and as I passed through the community streets, curious eyes passed me from time to time, and in fact there were other people who dribbled while walking.

There are a lot of residents in this community who like to play basketball, including blacks, whites, Chinese, the elderly, young people, teenagers, and sometimes even some girls can be seen dribbling skillfully.

Obviously, the most stares were on me, and I don't know if it was because they knew I was an NBA player, but even if they didn't know who I was, with my height and the dribbling skills I showed along the way, they should know that I was a very good player.

"Hi buddy, would you like to join us?"

"One of us is missing, can you join us?"

"You look pretty good, do you want to go head-to-head?"

As soon as I dribbled the ball into the community court, I was questioned by several teams, but I didn't respond to these invitations, in fact, I just wanted to find a place to pitch for the time being, the level of these ordinary people is too far behind me, even if I beat them, I don't have any sense of accomplishment, and my basketball skills will not be improved in the slightest.

Seeing that I didn't answer them, the guys all shook their heads and I walked straight to the innermost part of the community basketball court.

There were about 8 full-court basketball courts and 12 individual shooting practice frames in the community court, and I walked all the way inside until I found a single shooting frame with no one around.

Seriously, I just wanted to dribble and shoot, and I wasn't at all interested in the noise of the ball, so I wouldn't believe I would be in the same situation as I was in Hollywood.

Iverson, the top pick of our year, would go to an acting court in Hollywood and dress up as Michael Jordan, and the most coincidental thing was that I happened to run into him and accepted his heads-up invitation.

Of course, the result is also obvious, I was directly beaten by Iverson, although his height is more than ten centimeters shorter than me, and I think my defensive ability is not bad, but in the face of Iverson's offense, I almost have no ability to fight back, because he is too fast, but it may also be because I just had Kobe's physical talent at the time, so the control of this body is not very good, if I am given another chance to go to Iverson to fight alone, the result may not be like that again.

My shooting practice today was very casual, not at all like when I usually practice in the arena, I shoot wherever I want, and I use layups and dunks to finish the offense from time to time.

Just when I was thinking about something, a figure suddenly came out behind me, and I saw him first smash the ball heavily on the rebound, and then after receiving the rebound of the basketball, he took off very lightly, made a 180-degree turn in the air, and finally smashed the ball into the basket.

I was shocked by this sudden scene, I have seen a lot of beautiful dunks, but this is the first time I have seen such a simple and light dunk, when I carefully looked at the person who dunked, I found that this guy's height is only a few centimeters shorter than me, but it looks very thin.

I'm already relatively thin, 1.98 meters tall only weighs 190 pounds, and this guy I estimate to be 1.93 meters, 160 to 170 pounds.

Although his sense of power in dunking is not strong, the whole person seems to be able to easily get rid of gravity, and the feeling of dunking is very relaxed and freehand.

"You can have one too!"

What surprised me even more was that this guy seemed to know me very well, and threw the ball in his hand directly at me, and I easily took the ball from him with my left hand, and kept thinking about whether I had seen this guy before.

But whether it is the memory of my past life or Kobe's past memory, or the people I have met during this time, I have not found the slightest trace of this guy, it seems that I don't know him, but the possibility of him knowing me will indeed be higher, after all, I am also a public figure now, and people who have watched the Lakers games can probably easily recognize me.

I gently tossed the basketball I had brought with me and slowly stepped back, and by doing so, I had accepted his invitation, or rather his challenge, to have a dunk showdown with him.

To be honest, I've done a lot of shooting drills over the years, and I've had a few heads-ups with other guys, from Byron Scott to Iverson to Shaq at the beginning, and I had another one-on-one game with Byron Scott two days ago.

But there is really not much training for dunks, and the heads-up invitation from dunks is the first time I have encountered it, I shook my head slightly, trying to squeeze a smile from the corner of my mouth, dunking is certainly not a difficult thing for me, but if you want to dunk creatively, dunk as easily as this guy just now, it may not be a simple thing for me.

My eyes were fixed on the basket, and for a few seconds my whole body was frozen in place, but my mind was constantly changing all kinds of dunk movements.

However, after a few seconds, I didn't find a slam dunk that I was happy with, so I simply didn't think about any movement and just let my body follow my instincts to control the dunk, although a well-designed dunk can indeed make a deep impression, but there is no way to create a unique aesthetic.

I threw the ball gently in front of the basket, but the man rushed inside from beyond the three-point line, the ball hit hard and then bounced, and I just caught the ball bounced off the ground and made a back-turn motion, and then dunked the ball into the basket with my left hand.

I didn't prepare for this movement in advance, I just let my body follow the instinctual guidance, I tried to keep my brain blank, and all the movements were temporary reactions that I made in an instant when my body was flying in the air.

However, even after the dunk is completed, I have no way of knowing how well I have completed the dunk, but I can still feel from the constant exclamations of the people around me that my dunk must be quite good.

"Kobe, you're so handsome!" Looks like he knows me.

"Well, I'm Kobe, who are you? I think your dunks are pretty good, too. ”

"Haha, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Harley, I am a member of the FF91 dunk team, our slam dunk team members come from all regions of the United States, and even recently joined several players from Europe and Asia, we exist for only one purpose, that is, to use our dunk talent to show the best side of basketball to the world."

"Wow! Although this is the first time I've heard of your slam dunk team, your dunk is really amazing, especially since your athletic talent is so good, like a bird with wings spreading, I have to admit that you probably have the potential to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. ”

"Hahaha, NBA players are of course the best professional basketball players in the world, but the world's best dunk players are not necessarily in the NBA, there are many unimaginable dunk actions that are not seen in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest."

"Really?"

"Don't you think the NBA's slam dunk contest is a bit lacking in creativity? Even though you NBA players have the most all-round athletic talent, the best jumper in the world is really not in your NBA. ”

"For example?"

"Have you ever seen a guy less than six feet six inches touch the top edge of a rebound?"

"Is there such a person? Six feet six feet? Does his bounce have to be 60 inches? ”

"Man, do you know how much sixty inches is? Of course, it is impossible for anyone to jump to 60 inches, but 55 inches is indeed something that someone can reach, and with his arm span that is about 8 inches above his height, he has really touched the top edge of the rebound. ”

"Did any of you record that scene?"

"Of course, if I have the opportunity in the future, I can also take him to meet him and tell you a little secret, he is an old lake honey, if he knows that the future star of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant, will go to him in person, he will be very happy, and when he is happy, he may be able to touch a height beyond the edge of the rebound."

"Well, as incredible as it sounds, there are more incredible things in this world than this, by the way, you people are born to bounce so well, or is there any special way to train jumping?"

"You still need to ask us the secret recipe for training bounce, I think your bounce is enough, although the absolute bounce height is not particularly terrifying, but your bounce speed and ability to stay in the air are the most powerful among so many dunks I have ever seen."

"But it's still not as light as when you jump!"

"That's just because I'm too thin, players like you who play in the NBA definitely need to gain a certain amount of weight and muscle, which is why NBA players are unlikely to have the top dunks, because you NBA players need to improve their body hormone in an all-round way, while the folk special dunks only need to train bounce."

"What you said seems to make some sense, after all, the official NBA game is not about who can jump and who can dunk, if you don't have enough weight and muscle strength, it's simply difficult to move an inch."

"Just like your teammate Shaq, don't look at him now that he's getting fat and he's a lot bulkier, if he had just entered the NBA a few years ago or even earlier when he was in college, he has a very terrifying speed and jumping ability, but as a center, you still need to gain weight and muscle to fight inside."

"That's true, but you don't know how much this guy likes snacks and desserts, forget it, why don't we practice dunking again?"

For the next half hour, I exchanged dunk experience with the new FF91 dunk guy named Harley, and I helped him pass an aerial relay, and he helped me pass an aerial relay.

To be honest, learning to dunk with this kind of guy who specializes in dunking is still quite helpful to me, especially in the way some dunks jump, I have learned a few new tricks, for some of my previous dunk moves, it can greatly shorten my dunk preparation time and reduce the chance of being blocked by the opponent's interior player.

In addition, there is a very important point about the stability training of the landing foot after the dunk, which is also very easy for many players who like to dunk to ignore, in fact, in the complex NBA game situation, many injuries often come from some details, among which the landing after the dunk is also very knowledgeable.

Many NBA players will deliberately hang themselves on the basket for a second or two after dunking, and one of the most important reasons is to protect themselves, if they land as soon as they hit the ground after dunking, it is easy to lose balance under the influence of inertia, or fall on the defender's body, or rush beyond the sideline.

However, in some cases, there is no way to protect yourself by grabbing the frame with both hands after dunking, such as one-handed dunk and many other situations where there is no way to grab the frame, and the landing protection action after the dunk is very important.

In fact, the most important point is the maintenance and use of the body's core strength, which I also knew a little about before, but Harley provided me with some more tips, so that I can better mobilize my core strength to maintain the balance of my body after the dunk, so as to further reduce the chance of injury due to dunk.

After that, we each showed each other some of our best dunk moves, of course, in the end, I still found that my dunk moves were a child in front of this guy, and I thought that if I could learn some of the difficult dunk moves he showed, this season's NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion would definitely be mine.

But dunking is always a very physical thing, and when I felt that I was almost done, I said goodbye to Harley and left the community basketball court.

In fact, there was already a large crowd around us watching the two of us dunk the show, and when one of us made a pretty beautiful dunk move, there would be a burst of screams around us.

I smiled and squeezed my way out of the crowd, signed a few guys before leaving, and finally even the basketball I had brought with me was signed and given away.

When I got home, I took a cold shower, and by the time I was done, Kobe's parents had returned.

I talked to Kobe's father, Joe, about the two days of play, and I also mentioned that I'm getting better and better with the Lakers.

Joe didn't say much, he just encouraged me and said he believed his son would be one of the best players in the world.

I wanted to tell him about Jessica, but I swallowed it back when it came to my lips, as if it was because Joe said something that told me to focus more on basketball, and as an NBA player, I must learn to resist the temptation from all sides.

Anyway, is Jessica a temptation from all sides?

I laughed and told him that it wouldn't be long before I would be able to own my own car and that I wouldn't have to borrow his car anymore.

Joe just smiled and said that his car was mine, and I could drive it whenever I wanted, and I smiled and said that I would definitely buy a top luxury car for him and his mother in the future.

After that, I went to the gym for relaxation training, and considering that I used a lot of leg muscles when I dunked just now, I did targeted relaxation training on my calf and thigh muscles.

However, it is not enough to just relax the training, and then a few sets of strength training with little intensity are quite good, and most of the technical movements in basketball games require leg power.

However, dribbling, shooting, dunking, defense, blocking, etc. all require leg muscles to exert force, and those high-intensity games are often the most likely to have fatal injuries in the back of the foot and legs, whether it is a relatively mild cramp, a broken foot or a very serious ligament injury, or even an Achilles tendon rupture.

In order to effectively reduce the probability of these injuries, it is very important for the training and maintenance of leg muscles, as the so-called old legs grow old, if you want to maintain a longer peak of your sports career, you must pay special attention to the protection and training of your legs and feet from the beginning.

For me, I have developed a good training habit during this time, and for NBA players, regular games and training are essential, and training and games are also a pair of brothers who complement each other, and it is impossible to do without either of them.