The scorching afternoon sun is particularly dazzling, without the shelter of high-rise buildings or dense forests, the golden sunlight is unbridled and scorching the vast California land, steaming steam, the whole world is like a steamer, the rising temperature makes the air begin to distort, and after only being outdoors for less than twenty minutes, it begins to sweat.

It's hard to imagine that it's only April, and the streets of Los Angeles are already filled with the heat of summer.

In the indoor venue, the feeling is not too obvious, walking through the shadows, a small patch of goosebumps sporadically emerges on the surface of the skin, and you can vaguely capture the reluctant steps of spring; But out of the concrete wall, the scorching heat rushed to the face, as if immediately entering hell mode.

Lehrsternberg pulled out the handkerchief in his pocket and wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead, piercing the shadows of his sunglasses and his gaze falling on the pitch. The players are concentrating on training, but the training ground is not bustling but bursting with enthusiasm.

Among this group of training players, there is Lech's contracted player: Lu Ke.

At this time, Lu Ke gasped heavily, grabbed the kettle, aimed it at his mouth, squeezed hard, and quickly swallowed the energy drink, replenishing the continuous loss of physical strength; At the same time, Kipclyster, who was standing next to him, was demonstrating the movements himself, explaining the details of the movements and the power techniques.

The offseason has begun.

Strictly speaking, Lu Ke's offseason started a little earlier than the other players.

After returning from Hawaii, Lu Ke adjusted his time for another two days. Not to rest, but to make a special trip to Oakland to watch an NBA regular season game and cheer on his friend Stephen Curry.

Oakland and San Francisco are connected by a bridge, the "San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge", but residents of both cities affectionately refer to it simply as the "Bay Area Bridge", and it is easy and quick to get to and fro.

Because of this, the San Francisco Bay Area is widely regarded as a whole, forming a large urban agglomeration after New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, becoming the fourth largest urban agglomeration in the United States. Population, economy, arts, transportation and other aspects can be called important pillars of the North American continent.

The intimacy and friendliness between the two cities also continues through the Bay Area Bridge. At Oracle Stadium, Lu Ke enjoyed the home treatment of a superstar. The fans generously applauded and cheered, eagerly welcoming Lu Ke's arrival, and in a trance, they seemed to forget the existence of the Oakland Raiders.

Unfortunately, the Golden State Warriors lost to the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder by three points at home; But Curry performed well, dishing out ten assists and leading the team's technical stats, and after the rest adjustment of the league's shutdown, and after the conversation between Lu Ke and Watt, Curry slowly found his place in the team.

After the visit, Lu Ke drove to Los Angeles and officially kicked off his offseason at UCLA. While the rest of the players were still basking in the heat of the Super Bowl and planning their vacations, Lu Ke had already begun to devote himself to full-scale training for the new season in his second year.

For Lech, of course, this couldn't be better.

Every offseason, sports agents have to get busy.

On the one hand, to fight for better contracts for their own players in exchange for more benefits; On the other hand, push your players to adjust and train in the offseason, especially rookies and young players, who must work harder and harder to establish themselves in the league.

However, Lech didn't need to be supervised, and Lu Ke himself had already started to organize training. In turn, Lech is worried that Lu Ke has overtrained and caused unnecessary injuries. It's also a blissful annoyance for sports agents.

This time, Lu Ke was not alone.

With Lech's help, Lu Ke officially set up his own personal training team, including a physical trainer, a professional nutritionist, a data analyst and a physiotherapist.

All four members have temporarily signed a three-month short-term cooperation agreement, and they will be responsible for all the training details of Lu Ke during this offseason; As for whether there will be long-term cooperation in the future, just look at the effect of the three-month cooperation before deciding.

In addition, the quarterback coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Kipcleister, also came to Los Angeles in person to join Lu Ke's training team and was responsible for technical guidance.

However, Kip is only a part-time coach, he will not be by Lu Ke's side 24 hours a day, seven days a week, after formulating the corresponding training plan, he will still enjoy his vacation, and then regularly come to check Lu Ke's training results, and put forward guidance and improvement suggestions.

In addition, several players such as J.J. Watt, Logan Newman, Marcus Lynch, Mike Rupatti and Scott Tolsin have also joined Lu Ke in coming to the UCLA court for offseason training together.

The most surprising thing is that Joe Stanley, who is an offensive striker, actually appeared.

Also, Ted Jean came to Los Angeles to join him in offseason training. However, at present, Ted is not able to do intense sports for the time being, let alone training with the ball, and is still in the early stage of recovery, so his training program and content are different from those of his friends.

Originally, Lu Ke also invited Aldon Smith.

On the verbal side, Aldon praised it again and again; In terms of operation, Aldon was nowhere to be seen.

The so-called disappearing is literal, the real disappearing, the phone is not answered, and the email is not answered. Later, it was Logan who stumbled upon his whereabouts on the photo wall, and Aldon was enjoying his vacation in the Caribbean.

In this regard, Lu Ke, Logan and others can only spread their hands, in the final analysis, this is a personal choice.

Logan also said enviously, "Ah, that's my dream offseason." If it's not ......"

If it weren't for Lu Ke's invitation, Logan would have been sunbathing on the azure waters of the Caribbean Sea by now.

But Logan didn't have time to finish this sentence, feeling Lu Ke's gaze projected like a flying knife, he quickly stretched a big lazy waist, "Oops, in fact, the training is quite good, I'm already looking forward to it." In the new season, I think we can make it to the Super Bowl, you say? ”

Marcus, Watt and the others, who were standing next to him, did not respond, silently pulling away, saying that they did not know Logan.

……

No matter what, Lu Ke's offseason training still began. But Lech has never appeared on the training ground, professional training is really too boring, amateurs are completely unnecessary, today is his second appearance, just 20 minutes, the hot sun made him deeply feel the hard-won professional athletes.

On the court, after a short exchange and guidance, Lu Ke bent down and picked up the mineral water next to him, poured it on his head, and then distanced himself from Kip, returned to his position again, and devoted himself to training.

Lu Ke stood in the middle.

It does not refer to the center line of the court, but to the middle of the opposite left and right sides, which can be understood as simulating the actual situation of the game, standing behind the center forward.

Standing firm, bending down slightly, adjusting his breathing, Lu Ke made a starting posture.

Kip, crouching diagonally in front of him on the right, shouted, "Go!" At the same time, there was a large basket of rugby balls at hand, picked up one and threw it to Lu Ke, and then immediately picked up one again, ready to feed the ball in a row.

After holding the ball, Lu Ke adjusted slightly in small steps, then quickly stepped back, and after two big steps, he raised his arm and passed towards the net pocket outside the fifteen-yard line.

After completing the first action without any pause, he stepped up and returned to the starting position, and without stopping, Kip threw the rugby ball to Lu Ke again.

Lu Ke adjusted in small steps on the spot again, this time moving sideways to the left, and after two big strides, he raised his arm and passed the rugby ball towards the same goal.

It's a pocket foot and a movement pass.

According to the original training requirements, a four-quadrant area is drawn on the ground, and the intersection in the middle is the tee point, and then move in a straight line along the four directions of front, back, left, right, or southeast, northwest, and complete the pass in the process of moving.

The passing target is the same for every session, but the passing target will move after a training session and a new one.

For example, the passing target of this training is fifteen yards in front of him, so after moving in the four directions of southeast, west, and northwest, Lu Ke must aim at the same net pocket, and adjust the passing line, power and angle according to the movement of his footsteps; But next time, it may be changed to eight yards diagonally in front of you, and then repeat the training of constant movement in the south, east, and north.

The whole training is so boring. Just practicing a passing target fifteen yards in front of him, Lu Ke may have to go back and forth more than fifty times, over and over again, over and over again.

What's even more terrifying is that Lu Ke changed the original training plan, or rather, increased the difficulty.

In addition to the four directions of southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest, four directions have been added, making a total of eight directions, showing a radioactive coverage area, and completing the pass in high-speed movement.

In official games, defenders may flock from all directions, and even if Lu Ke is not a running quarterback, he must learn to complete the pass in the midst of turmoil, and any potential interference can be the reason for the pass to be not completed.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! ”

Kip squatted next to him, throwing the rugby ball to Lu Ke while controlling Lu Ke's training rhythm, and the rhythm began to gradually increase, like a stormy wave!