Chapter 18: Trainers
Reed's accommodation for Meng Xiaohao is a very ordinary student apartment, but the student apartment of an American university cannot be compared with the student apartment of a Chinese university, and the living environment is much better than that of a Chinese student apartment.
Meng Xiaohao's adaptability can be described as extremely good, he only took less than half a day to transfer the jet lag, the speed is jaw-dropping, but Meng Xiaohao is always Meng Xiaohao, a person who can't be idle at all, even if he can only train after two days, this does not mean that Meng Xiaohao will not touch basketball in these two days.
"Eh, did you hear that? There was a Chinese kid on the basketball court today, no one had ever seen him, the first time he came, he played all over the field! ”
"Really?"
"I also heard that this kid received an invitation to our school's basketball team!"
"I didn't expect this kid to be so powerful!"
In just two days, UCLA spread the legend of "a Chinese teenager shining on the basketball court". Legend has it that the Chinese teenager has a very good talent and dribbling skills, and his shooting level is also quite high, and he also has the physical fitness that is not inferior to that of American college players.
After the match with Brooke, Meng Xiaohao found that there was a certain gap between his physical fitness and that of the American players, so he spent a lot of effort on physical fitness and physical fitness in the past four months. In the past four months, Meng Xiaohao's body can be said to have made a qualitative leap.
Two days passed in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for Meng Xiaohao to train......
Meng Xiaohao got up early in the morning, washed up briefly, and left his bedroom, while Reed waited for him downstairs early......
"You kid, I didn't expect so many things to happen in just two days!" When Reed saw Meng Xiaohao, he had a smile on his face, he had also heard the legend of the Chinese basketball boy in the school in the past two days, and he naturally knew that the Chinese boy in the mouth of others was Meng Xiaohao, he didn't expect that Meng Xiaohao would cause so many things when he first came to the school, and it took two days to create a campus legend, which can be described as infinite.
"I just can't be idle, I just go out to play, and who knows how I made a name for myself." Meng Xiaohao shrugged, he naturally knew those so-called legends, but he didn't care.
"This shows that Coach Chris didn't look away!" Reed smiled, "You're going to have formal American training in a moment, how's it going, are you excited?" ”
"How can you not be excited." Meng Xiaohao nodded, "I was so excited yesterday that I didn't sleep much!" ”
Meng Xiaohao didn't tell a lie, he did fall asleep late last night because he was too excited, but when he got up this morning, he was extremely energetic.
Reed took Meng Xiaohao to the training hall......
"Coach!" Meng Xiaohao entered the training hall, saw Chris at first sight, and stepped forward.
"These two days should have been good!" Coach Chris still looked at him kindly, "I've heard about your legend at school, it's not bad!" ”
Meng Xiaohao laughed and fussed his hair, "I just can't be idle, so I just went to play, who knew that this fight would also make some fame." ”
"Humph! Don't be flustered, those people have not experienced formal training after all, and there is no comparison with people like you who have experienced formal training. The coach glanced at Meng Xiaohao.
Meng Xiaohao nodded, indeed, he would definitely be able to beat those who had not experienced formal training, but if he was replaced by someone who played on the UCLA basketball team, it would not be so easy, and he might even lose.
"Okay, no more nonsense......" Coach Chris pointed to a place next door to the training gym, "You can train there these days, there will be assistant coaches over there to train with you, absolutely professional American training, and after a while, you can join the big team after your McDonald's All-Star training." ”
Meng Xiaohao looked at the place that Chris pointed to, although the place was not as big as this training hall, but the baskets, basketballs, and fitness equipment were very complete, which made Meng Xiaohao also very satisfied.
"Got it, thank you, coach!" As he spoke, Meng Xiaohao walked towards the place.
"Huh? What are you still doing here? Meng Xiaohao was a little puzzled when he saw Reed coming with him.
"Why can't I be here?" Reed looked at Meng Xiaohao, who was a little puzzled, and suddenly smiled.
"You're a member of the basketball team?" Seeing Reed laughing, Meng Xiaohao was even more puzzled.
Reed smiled and shook his head, "I'm not a member of the basketball team. ”
"And what are you doing here?"
"I'm not a member of the basketball team, but I'm your assistant coach!"
"Huh?" Meng Xiaohao was obviously frightened by Reed's words, "You are my teaching assistant?" Meng Xiaohao looked at this young white guy with some incredulity.
"Of course, if it's fake, I'm your teaching assistant, what? I see how you look incredible! ”
"Even though I didn't have a teaching assistant when I was playing in high school, I have the impression that the teaching assistants are all muscular, serious ones." Meng Xiaohao was a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect that he, who had always adhered to the principle of "you can't judge people by their appearance", really judged people by their appearance for a while.
"Do you have any misunderstanding about teaching assistants?" Looking at Meng Xiaohao, Reed was also a little helpless, "To be precise, I shouldn't be called an assistant coach, but a trainer, I'm here to help you train, point out some of your shortcomings in training and playing, and make a training plan for you and supervise your training through your ability!" ”
Meng Xiaohao nodded, "Then please!" ”
Reed smiled with satisfaction, although Meng Xiaohao was surprised, but when he accepted the fact that Reid was his trainer, he also showed enough respect.
"Okay, everything that needs to be said has been said, let's practice first, I'll show you real American training, and then let me see your real level."
In the next two hours, Meng Xiaohao conducted his first American training under Reed's guidance......
"The speed of the shot is a bit slow, and the posture needs to be corrected!"
Looking at Meng Xiaohao, who was sweating profusely and panting, Reed held a small notebook and said while writing.
"Although your physical fitness is good, but you really have to go toe-to-toe with American players you can't take advantage of it at all, you need to gain weight now, and then convert fat into calories, and also, your bounce is not good, you are a player who often goes inside to attack singles, your bounce is really poor, bounce needs to be strengthened, your rhythm is very good, you don't have to train for this point, and you have to improve the arc of your shooting, and some three-pointers you seem to be pushing!"
Just look at Reed: "Smack!" He closed his notebook, "Don't look at your strength is not weak among high school students, but you have a lot of weaknesses in playing, I have now sorted out a lot of your shortcomings in playing, and then I will develop your unique training plan for you to improve your basketball level!" ”
Looking at Meng Xiaohao, who was already soaked in sweat, Reed smiled, "How is it, young man, how does American training feel?" ”
"It feels the same as my training in China, except that the intensity of the training is much higher than in China!" Meng Xiaohao was obviously really tired, and even when he spoke, he seemed weak.
"That's for sure, the training of Asian teams is mainly based on running and shooting, which is the characteristic of your Asian team!"
"So the first time it was such a big amount of training, I couldn't bear it!" Meng Xiaohao smiled very helplessly, such a high-intensity training now made his scalp numb.
"It's okay! Training requires a process of adaptation! You'll get used to it! Reed said, glancing at the time, "It's not too early, I have a lunch for you, suitable for athletes, you can eat, then take a break, take a nap, I'll make your training plan for you, at half past two in the afternoon, we're still training here!" With that, Reed turned and left the training hall.
Looking at the back of Reed leaving, Meng Xiaohao smiled bitterly......
"It seems that the devil's training is about to begin!"