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After having dinner, watching movies, and flying cars with Gan Guoyang that night, Chamberlain felt great satisfaction. However, this giant, who is destined to be lonely but unwilling to be lonely, has a new "mission" to complete, that is, to play volleyball!

Sometimes Gan Guoyang thinks that the reason why Chamberlain's basketball career is so bumpy is not because of anything else, but because he knows too much.

In addition to basketball, high jump, sprinting, shot put, hurdles, volleyball, rugby, boxing, Chamberlain all had the potential to be a world-class athlete. Maybe it's because he is so good at so many things that his energy allocated to basketball is distracted.

Now that he is retired, he can finally pick up the sports he used to love, such as volleyball, such as boxing.

"If Ali dares to fight me that time, I will definitely beat all his out!" More than once, Chamberlain bragged about his boxing skills in front of Gan Guoyang.

"If your boxing skills are really that good, you won't break your hand with one punch." At this time, Thurmond would always stand up and tear down Chamberlain's table.

And now, the two old friends are about to separate again, no reluctance, no hug goodbye, just a "goodbye", Chamberlain drove his Lamborghini searcher away.

This is the friendship between real men, no nonsense, no verbosity.

Without Chamberlain's company on the weekend, Gan Guoyang felt that life was much less fun, after all, Mr. Thurmond had his own family and business, unlike Chamberlain, who could play around without care.

As a result, he devoted more time to basketball training, as the regular season and invitational tournaments at Palo Alto High School were over, and they ended up with an impressive 30-3 record and maintained a clean sweep in the regular season in the division.

In the last game, Gan Guoyang was a spectator, but he was also assigned a task by Bellman to do the team's statistics.

Not only is it necessary to count the basic data such as scores, rebounds, and assists of the team's players, but also requires him to calculate the usual shooting points and main areas of activity of each teammate.

This can make Gan Guoyang tired, while adding data to his teammates, he also has to scribble and change on a board with a court line, which is really more tiring than playing a game.

Gan Guoyang didn't know what Bellman's intentions were, but he vaguely felt in his mind that it was impossible for the head coach to torture him, and there must be some special reason behind this.

However, Gan Guoyang didn't think much about it, and in the nearly half a month of free time from the end of the regular season to the start of the championship, he devoted himself to training.

In particular, he learned the step-back jumper from Chamberlain, and he has mastered some of the basic movement essentials at present, but it is still very inconsistent to use in official games.

Gan Guoyang found that he still had a big defect in his waist and abdominal strength.

He is not born with a strong body like a black man, and although he has a special talent, it also requires a lot of exercise to develop.

The lack of waist and abdominal strength and the lack of ability to stay in the air are precisely his biggest shortcomings in physical fitness at present.

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't relax! Contract your abdomen and speed up the frequency! You have to understand how important a good waist is for a man. Fast! Faster! At night, the Palo Alto High School gymnasium was still brightly lit, and Bellman's shouts were constantly heard.

In fact, ever since Gan Guoyang joined the Vikings, the lights in the gymnasium were often the last to go out in the school, and he always practiced late.

And now, not only Gan Guoyang, but the entire Viking team has the habit of training. Because they're no longer the "Palo Alto Fishermen" (Gary Halek's former nickname for the basketball team) who go back to class after the regular season.

At this time, they are the champions of the Palo Alto Division in Northern California, seeded into the California State Championship, and seeded with a first-round bye, which means they will have more time to rest and prepare.

Of course, among all the team members, Gan Guoyang trained the hardest and latest.

Just now, under the guidance and reprimand of Bellman, with the help of two teammates, he opened a small stove for strength training and practiced his waist and abdomen strength.

I saw Gan Guoyang lying flat on the floor, his legs bent into a bow, and Diepenbrock sitting on his instep to hold him down. This is a posture for doing sit-ups, but Bellman is not asking Gan Guoyang to simply do sit-ups.

Bellman and another player stood on the left and right sides of Gan's feet, each holding a basketball.

Gan Guoyang sits up to the left first, then the person on the left throws the ball to Gan Guoyang, and Gan Guoyang immediately passes the ball back to the opponent after receiving the ball, and then lies down flat; Without waiting for his muscles to relax, he had to immediately sit up to the right, and the person on the right passed the ball to him, and Gan Guoyang also received the ball and passed it back, and then lay down.

In this way, there are repeated sit-ups, catches, passes, lying down, sit-ups, catching the ball, and lying down...... Gan Guoyang's speed was getting faster and faster under Bellman's urging, and his abdomen soon wanted to be burned by fire, becoming more and more unbearable, and the expression on his face was becoming more and more painful.

"Ahh Finally, Gan Guoyang couldn't hold it anymore, roared, and collapsed on the floor with his arms outstretched. He was sweating profusely, looking at the ceiling and muffling for air.

Because Gan Guoyang realized that his waist and abdomen strength was insufficient, he asked Bellman for guidance to help him practice his waist and abdomen.

Bellman naturally would not let go of this opportunity to "torture" his ace player, and after the whole team training, he kept Gan Guoyang for special training, and the sit-ups he did just now were just part of the training content.

"Okay, Gan, don't lie on the ground like a dead dog, the training has just begun."

Hearing Bellman's words, Gan Guoyang suddenly regretted letting the coach open a small stove for himself, this small stove doesn't taste good!

But after thinking about it, Gan Guoyang still obediently got up from the ground, endured the burning sensation in his abdomen, and prepared to accept Bellman's next training content.

In this way, from March 3, 1982, until the official opening of the California Championships on the 17th, Gan Guoyang almost never left the gym except for sleeping and eating, and he knew that this was the last chance to improve before the start of the competition.

The entire Vikings were also in a state of excitement and nervousness, longing and apprehension, as it was their first state championship for everyone, including their coach Bellman. This also shows in their training.

On the last day before the start of the competition, the training was still intense. Because of the first-round bye, the Vikings still have three days to rest even if the tournament officially starts, but the tension before the tournament has already permeated the team.

"Hey, Virgin! Williams! Stop, stop, stop! Bellman stood on the sidelines and watched the team practice five-on-five, only to see Virgins and Williams bump into each other while defending off the ball during an offensive and defensive drill.

The two seemed to have some quarrels, and it turned out that there were signs of making a move.

Bellman yelled to stop and rushed forward, just as the other players stepped forward to separate the two.

"What the hell are you guys up to? It's almost time for the tournament to start, so you're just playing infighting for me? Bellman looked at the two people who had calmed down, and instead of opening his mouth, he asked what was going on with them.

This is not the first time this has happened today, and Bellman found that the whole team looked very dull in training, and there was very little shouting and communication on the field, but there was a bit of gunpowder.

The clash between Vicis and Williams seems to be an outburst of negativity during training today.

In fact, Bellman also knew in his heart that they were too nervous, so they felt uneasy and irritable in their hearts.

The same is true for Bellman himself, who hasn't had a good night's sleep in days, so he hasn't scolded Virginis and Williams, and now they need to be calm.

But Bellman himself felt that he couldn't calm down, and everyone was looking at him, as if asking him what to do next, to continue training?

Or punish these two guys for violating discipline? Or something else. Bellman's brain was about to explode, and he couldn't help but yell, "Fu-ck-you".

"Mr. Bellman, why don't we go play billiards, I think it's time to relax a little, everyone seems to be a little too nervous." At this time, Gan Guoyang, who was the first to run up and grab Viciss, proposed to arrive.

Is this really a bold suggestion, about to play a tournament and actually play billiards? In normal times, Bellman would have spewed out Gan Guoyang a long time ago.

But Bellman looked at Gan Guoyang, his ace player.

Gan Guoyang looked very calm, as if he had forgotten that the coach in front of him had always been known for his foul temper and poisonous mouth, he was very indifferent and calm, as if he had come up with a brilliant idea and was waiting for his boss's approval.

"Okay, that's the end of today's training, I have the key to the billiard room, let's go over and relax together." Bellman also seemed to think it was a brilliant idea, and before Gan Guoyang made this suggestion, he almost didn't know what to do, how to deal with the team's nervousness, because he was also caught up in this emotion.

From this moment on, Bellman suddenly realized that perhaps Gan Guoyang was the real leader of this team.

When everyone was nervous and a little out of control, he was the only one who was still so calm, he was normal throughout the training session, and the other players were normal with him, and no one wanted to clash with him.

"The-King." This is a word that came out of Bellman's heart, and in Gan Guoyang's body, Bellman can vaguely feel the breath of the king.

In the United States, in California, there are many talented high school students, and Gan Guoyang is currently just one of them, but Bellman feels that Gan Guoyang will be the real king among them, and he is still a Chinese.

So, today's training session of the Vikings ended early, and Bellman took the whole team to the pool room to play billiards.

Billiards is basically the safest ball game, if you can get injured when you play billiards, then God is really joking with you, you have to laugh if you don't laugh. So it's a great place to relax with billiards.

………………

"By the way, ladies, I forgot, I should have shown you the schedule. I think it's important for us to say a moment of silence for the teams that are going to fall at our feet. In the billiard room, Bellman suddenly remembered the schedule, and he had forgotten about such an important matter.

The familiar nickname "Ladies" made the players who played billiards stop their clubs and gather around Bellman, all wanting to see who their next opponent will be.

Bellman took out a large piece of poster from his purse with a map of the schedule. The Vikings, as the top of the division, had no opponents in the first round and had a bye.

Next to them are Los Altos Conquerors and the Crusade of Our Lady High School, the winner of which will become the first opponent of the Vikings.

"Los Altos High School? I know, my cousin goes to school there, and I heard that they play very darkly. Stanley said as he saw the high school.

"I've also heard that they play really savagely, so no team wants to play invitational matches with them, they all go to play on other people's turf."

"Even if they go to other people's territory, they never see them retreat."

"We played an invitational tournament with them three years ago, and that's how they were at that time. Their centre-forward elbowed me in the chest a couple of times, and the referee didn't see it, and I was going crazy. "It's Virginis, who joined the basketball team when he was in ninth grade and is now a 12th grader.

"They are still this virtuous! I've heard that several players have been injured on their hands, and although it wasn't a major injury, they couldn't play at the time. Williams also has friends who go to school elsewhere.

"But Los Altos High School may not be able to defeat Notre Dame High School, Notre Dame High School is still quite powerful." Dippenbrock added on the sidelines that, indeed, Notre Dame High School is not easy to bully.

"Yes! Our Lady of High School is also quite good...... It's not easy to beat anyone anyway......"

Everybody, you and I discussed it word by word. Because the first few rounds of the high school tournament were arranged on the principle of proximity, Los Altos High School and Our Lady High School were not too far from Palo Alto, and the Vikings knew a little bit about both.

Bellman didn't stop the players from chattering, he must have shouted "ladies" before, but this time he looked at Gan Guoyang.

"No matter who it is, we're going to win anyway." Gan Guoyang comprehended, and a firm voice came, interrupting the discussion of the others, "So everyone just prepare for the future games, and you don't have to worry about who you will fight in the next round." I think it's time for us to think about our opponents in the final. ”

Bellman originally wanted Gan Guoyang to stand up and say a few words at this time, improve the confidence of the players, and at the same time further establish Gan Guoyang's leadership position in the team.

But he didn't expect Gan Guoyang to dare to say so much, saying that it sounds good is called self-confidence, and saying that it is unpleasant is arrogance.

In a competition like the high school championship, the odds of an upset are very high, and there will be dark horses every year.

In fact, Palo Alto High School is a dark horse in this competition, and they haven't made it to the state championship for a long time.

"Where is Skyrim High located?" Gan Guoyang cared about Skyrim High School at this time.

"They're not in the same half as us, so they won't meet before the final."

"Hopefully I'll meet them in the final."

In Gan Guoyang's opinion, Skyline High School should be the strongest opponent he has encountered so far, and he doesn't know or care about other teams.

Up to now, he still adheres to the principle of playing whatever game is arranged, and everything is based on me, and he is too lazy to know the opponent's information.

So in his eyes, Skyrim High School is the strongest team except for Palo Alto High School.

Obviously, Gan Guoyang's self-confidence is not for nothing, he is not arrogant, but comes from a full understanding of himself and the team; Of course, he is also fully prepared to take on the challenges of other teams.

The fierce battle is about to begin