Procopio and Thompson finished greeting each other, and when he saw that there was still someone, he glanced at Thompson suspiciously.

"This is my friend, Don, who is a student at the University of Connecticut, and will be running this year." Thompson opened his mouth to explain.

"You're Don?" Prokopio looked at Tang Tian suspiciously.

"Uncle Mack, you know him?" Thompson asked, confused.

Tang Tian was also a little puzzled, he knew Prokopio in his previous life, but now, the two had never met before.

"Sean told me, he said he was now the public enemy of Duke fans." Procopio said with a smile.

After listening to what Procopio said, Tang Tian reacted that Sean should be referring to Sean Battier, which should be talking about his previous defeat of Duke in the tournament.

Procopio is very well-connected in the NBA, and if you haven't watched the NCAA, you will hear some news.

"Nice to meet you." Tang Tian took the initiative to shake hands with Prokopio in the past.

"Sean said you have a big heart, you don't know, he also led the team to complete a 22-point comeback in the semifinals, and now his school has been reversed by you." Prokopio was very talkative, and said with a smile after shaking hands with Tang Tian.

"We're lucky." Tang Tian also behaved more humblely.

Procopio laughed.

An NCAA topic has brought a lot of distance between two people.

After a little chat, the training began.

Thompson began to practice catch-and-shoot three-pointers with the help of Procopio, while Tang Tian held the ball himself in the other half and made quick three-point shots in practice.

"Bang!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

……

is completely different from slow-speed three-point shooting, after speeding up the shooting speed, his shooting rate plummeted, and the original three-point shot became about fifty percent.

This is also a reasonable thing, after the player adjusts the shooting method, the shooting rate will fluctuate very much, and the speed of the hand will be the same.

If it were that simple, Novak would have changed his shooting style in the NBA a long time ago.

Once you've developed shooting habits and rhythms, it's easy to change, but it's hard to change them and still maintain them.

But fortunately, Tang Tian is not really Novak, he just used Novak's skills, and there is completely time and room for him to adjust.

He slowly adapted to the accelerated shooting speed, but after practicing for a while, there was still not much improvement, and the hit rate was about 60 at most in a round.

60% looks good, but when you really get to the NBA, if you are a rookie, there are one or two big openings that don't shoot, and the coach should replace you, not to mention the problem of shooting percentage decay caused by physical decline.

Things were a lot more troublesome than he had imagined.

After a few rounds of throwing, his arm was a little sore, and he sat on the sidelines to rest.

That's when he looked at the next half, where Thompson was shooting well with the help of Prokopio and the ball was going in.

And I have to say that Prokopio deserves to be the top trainer, and the quality of the balls fed to Thompson is completely comparable to that of the NBA's first-class guards, comfortable to receive the ball, and the sense of rhythm can be reached without looking for it.

After a while, Thompson wiped his sweat with a towel and rested on the sidelines, Prokopio chatted with him, and then walked over to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian was still quite surprised to see Prokopio coming, after all, it was Thompson who found him.

"I just looked at you, are you adjusting your shot?" Procopio walked up to Tang Tian and asked.

Tang Tian was stunned for a moment and nodded.

Sure enough, a professional is a professional, and he didn't even say it, and Prokopio had already completely seen it.

"I'm improving my shooting speed, which in the NBA was too slow for me to shoot before." The most professional trainer on the other side is not hidden.

"Can you vote for me? Past and present. Procopio began.

Tang Tian nodded, he could feel that Prokopio was intentionally helping him.

He got up and shot a few baskets with his previous and current shooting speeds.

The difference is obvious, the first few balls bounce without missing shots, but only about half of the last few balls go in.

"Your shooting talent is pretty good." Procopio was not sparing praise for it.

Procopio has trained a number of players, many of whom are stars, and his assessment is by no means a compliment.

"But if you shoot slowly, you'll suffer in the NBA, and the idea of increasing your speed is right." Procopio continued.

Tang Tian nodded.

"It's just that your way of doing things is a bit of a problem, and it's just about speeding up the push when you shoot, which will have a big impact on the hit rate." Procopio continued.

Tang Tian was overjoyed when he heard this.

He did feel very uncomfortable after this period of training.

"So what to do?" Tang Tian asked with a little expectation.

"Come on." Procopio said as he picked up the ball.

"First of all, you have to change your shooting habits, I think you will unconsciously put the ball under your crotch after receiving the ball, which is actually a big waste of time, so you have to adjust this, like this, take the ball and put it on your chest, and then shoot."

Tang Tian nodded, he really didn't notice this.

"There is also the use of your auxiliary hand, although the shooting relies on the power hand, but the role of the auxiliary hand is very critical, after improving the speed of the shot, if your auxiliary hand can not hold the ball well, it will have a great impact on the shooting rate, your hitting rate fluctuates, this is a very critical factor."

"In this area, you can do one-handed shooting training under the basket, one-handed shooting after practice, plus a small action of the auxiliary hand to quickly hold the ball and leave quickly, so that you can ensure that the direction and trajectory of your ball can be as familiar as before when you are always fast."

Procopio said as he took the ball and demonstrated.

Tang Tian nodded again and again after listening, he was a godfather in his previous life, but he was more inclined to tactics and chicken soup, these shooting details, because the team has an assistant coach in charge of shooting training, he really doesn't know much.

Prokopio's advice really made him feel like he was stunned.

"Are you an offensive player with the ball or a receiver with the ball?" Procopio then asked.

"Catch-and-catch."

"Well, if you're a ball-handling type, you have to learn how to get into the shooting rhythm quickly after you have the ball, and I like Stephen Curry's kid a lot, he gets into the shot at a fast pace, so he can shoot very quickly, but if you're ball-handling...... I think you need to get a trainer to help you pass the ball, and a good trainer can help you get into the shooting rhythm quickly, so that you can get used to the team very quickly. Procopio continued.