Chapter 345: Desire to Shoot
What does Los Angeles look like at four o'clock in the morning? If you ask someone this question, the first thing that comes to their mind is probably Kobe. But if you ask Yiyang this question now, Yiyang's first reaction will only be one word - tired!
After an hour of running on the rubber track of the training community, Yiyang finally stopped, holding his hands on his knees and breathing heavily. Beside him, young Brickley was testing Yiyang's physical signs. Seeing that everything was working with the data, the young trainer smiled with relief.
"You're much better than when you first arrived, Yi."
On the fifth day of the training camp, this is the fourth time that Yiyang has gotten up and run in the early morning before the sun shows his face. Originally, I thought that Brickley's shooting training was just shooting training, but in reality, Brooklyn did much more than that.
It's comprehensive, and that's why Brickley is so popular. If a player's breakthrough ability is weak, Brickley will consider not only the player's breakthrough skills, but also whether the player's physical fitness is holding back the breakthrough. If a player is weak on the basket, Brickley will consider whether the guy's coordination needs to be improved. So when Yiyang wanted to improve his three-point shooting ability, Brickley thought of a lower body that could stabilize the lower game and a full body that could make Yiyang's three-point shooting rate more stable!
Skill is only one aspect of doing a good technical move. But a technical action on a basketball court is actually made up of many elements. That's where Brickley comes in, not just on the surface, but also on the deeper level of things that can be used to transform a player.
"Three-point shooting is a very physical way to attack, don't think it's easy to stand still and shoot. In NBA-level competition, to become a consistent three-point output point, you may need to expend no less energy than you can break through. Seeing that Yiyang was still resting, Brickley also chatted with him without a word.
Regarding Brickley's remarks, Yiyang agrees with it very much. In yesterday afternoon's shooting training session, Yiyang shot a fixed-point three-pointer in the afternoon. Shooting is the most basic technical action in basketball, and it seems to be very simple, but after last night's training, Yiyang was so tired that he almost couldn't get up. And to torture it like this, it's just shooting! Yiyang's three-point shooting rate also continued to decline because of the decline in physical fitness in the second half. Therefore, physical fitness is also one of the training contents arranged by Brickley for Yiyang.
"I'm rested Chris, let's move on to the next step!" Yiyang wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, and then stood up with his hands on his knees, ready to take on a more difficult challenge.
"Next, let's start breakfast!" Not only in training, but also in terms of the diet of the players, which is even more demanding than the NBA teams. I believe that under his training, Yiyang will improve more than just three-point shooting.
Although Brickley's bootcamp is expensive, it costs $80,000 a week. But for everyone, it's worth the money. At least the $80,000 is more meaningful than spending it on clothes and luxury goods.
When Yiyang and Brickley walked into the cafeteria, the other players who had come to practice had just gotten up and come down to eat. Seeing Yiyang's tired appearance, everyone made fun of him.
"Early in the morning, you went to the field with Chris to 'exercise' again?" The first to speak was Cameron. Anthony, as the most expensive star in this training camp, Anthony is also the most talkative in this group. This guy loves to joke with people, even if they have different skin tones.
"Give him some strength, Chris, or he'll lose to me again this afternoon!" After that, it was Brandon. Jennings. Brickley would let Yiyang and Jennings go head-to-head every afternoon, but they had one requirement for both of them, that is, they could only solve the problem with shooting.
Unfortunately, in the first three heads-ups, Yiyang lost. Although Yiyang's performance last season was much better than Jennings, in the bullring, all experience will be wasted. Brickley didn't arrange this matchup for fun, but to train the shooting ability of the two under high-pressure single defense. Only by competing with each other will we make rapid progress with each other.
Yiyang did not respond to Jennings's provocation. Because he knows that the other party is not really provoking himself, but just joking. As for the way Americans joke, Yiyang has long been accustomed to Terry's existence.
"Also, are you still with me for this afternoon's passing drill?" The last one to speak was Canadian living legend Steve. Nash, unlike others, is always amiable and likes to take the initiative to provide guidance to Yiyang when it comes to passing.
Is that true of all veteran point guards? I hope that my skills can be passed on in the NBA. That's with Nash, and so is Kidd.
"Of course, I want to learn more from you." Yiyang, who had toast in his mouth, hurriedly agreed, and he didn't want to let go of the opportunity to learn from the old-timers.
Smith and Griffin, they have very few words with Yiyang, and they hardly take the initiative to communicate with each other. Yiyang is indeed loved by many people in the league, but not everyone likes this super rookie.
Subsequently, all the training proceeded in a step-by-step manner. The players all trained according to Brickley's plan, and Brickley stayed with the players to guide them one by one, even if he himself was already sweating profusely.
Brickley is really willing to take time in training, not only during the day, but also when he comes home at night, the young trainer goes over and over to look at the players' game footage to deduce the current problems of the players.
In the past few days, Brickley has watched Yiyang's videos a lot. Through the video, this trainer also discovered a lot of problems with Yiyang. In fact, with the guidance of Peja and others, Yiyang's shooting action is already perfect. The reason why his three-point shooting is still inconsistent is that the poor is the auxiliary things outside of the technical action of shooting.
In the morning, Yiyang only did one thing, and that was to shoot at fixed points. After the lunch break, training resumes. Brickley brought Yiyang and Jennings together again, and the two are about to start a new round of heads-up!
"Today's rules are the same as before, you can only score by shooting. Goals scored inside the three-point line count as one point, and goals scored outside the three-point line count as two points. Whoever scores 21 points first wins. And the one who loses, will also participate in the morning run tomorrow morning! ”
"I don't want to accompany you to feel the four o'clock air in Los Angeles, either. Today, I'll still win! Jennings didn't show any weakness, and the boy who went to the high school league in high school never knew what it meant to bow his head. Even if it's a training match, he will give 120% of his energy!
Seeing that the two were about to start a bullfight again, everyone else also gathered around to watch the excitement. Suddenly, there was only half of the space left for Yiyang and Jennings. Jennings smiled and smacked the basketball in his hand to Yiyang. "The loser kicks off first!"
In the first shot of the opening game, Yiyang's stop-and-go jump shot was stopped by Jennings' tight interference. Although Yiyang successfully shot, the basketball did not hit.
Switching to Jennings' offense, the defender, who looks as thin as Yiyang, is actually very good at using his body. He deliberately leaned on Yiyang during the breakthrough process, squeezed out a small half step of space for himself, and then took this opportunity to make a jump shot.
This guy who went to play professional basketball as soon as he graduated from high school may not have as good potential as Yiyang, but his advantage in experience is also obvious.
On the second ball, Yiyang used a series of beautiful dribbling moves to pass Jennings and scored an easy layup. But Yiyang still didn't score a point, because goals that don't rely on shooting are invalid under Brickley's rules.
Yiyang still relies too much on his own breakthroughs, and often when attacking, Yiyang's favorite thing is to break through and pass. Now Brickley lets Yiyang go one-on-one, cutting off Yiyang's passing options. and did not allow him to shoot, killing Yiyang's choice to break through. He did this to force Yiyang to shoot! Can a person who doesn't have a desire to shoot three-pointers shoot well? Anyway, Brickley doesn't think anyone can do it! Every plan and arrangement made by Brickley has a purpose! He just wants to force Yiyang to shoot and shoot three-pointers in actual combat. If Yiyang doesn't even have the desire to make a move, how can he make progress?
It didn't take much effort for Jennings, who was experienced and adept at playing alone, to make it 18-10. In a 21-point bullfight, this advantage can be said to be huge. Jennings is almost within reach, and Yiyang is just three goals away from his fourth defeat at the hands of Jennings.
Three-Ball ...... Three points? Thinking of this, Yiyang looked at the three-point line. If he wants to win the game, shooting three points seems to be his only option!
After the score was beaten to 18-10, Yiyang attacked. As soon as Yiyang held the ball, Jennings took a few steps back. This guy knows that the most effective way to defend Yiyang is to watch out for his breakthroughs.
Yiyang will do what he wants, holding the ball and sticking to Jennings' left-hand side. But as soon as he was speeding, Yiyang suddenly took a step back and jumped back to outside the three-point line.
Jennings obviously didn't expect Yiyang to retreat suddenly, he didn't have time to adjust his center of gravity to pounce forward, and Yiyang had already made a quick shot.
Seeing this, Brickley secretly clenched his fists.
"Huh!" The basketball went into the net, Jennings looked at Yiyang with some surprise, and then looked back at the fluttering net.
"Good shot!" Anthony cheered loudly and applauded, breaking the silence in the stadium.
"You're in luck, boy." Jennings smiled disapprerovingly, luck, Yiyang must have just scored a goal because of luck. This stinky boy has only been practicing three-point shooting for less than a week, how can he improve so quickly.
However, less than a minute after Jennings consoled himself, Yiyang scored another three-pointer.
This time, Yiyang received a pass from Jennings and shot directly from a position one step away from the three-point line. Although it was far away from the three-point line, fortunately, Yiyang was not disturbed. According to Professor Brickley's method, Yiyang stabilized his lower body, and then used his upper body to exert force and accurately throw the ball into the frame.
18-14, Yiyang hit two three-pointers in a row, making him close to the score!
"Brandon, you can catch up!" Watching the lively Anthony fanning the flames on the sidelines, Brickley also picked up his phone and quietly recorded a video of Yiyang and Jennings going head-to-head.
After the next ball, Yiyang used his excellent defense to force the eager Jennings to shoot the iron, and the ball was back in Yiyang's hands.
Yiyang repeated his old trick and jumped back to the three-point line with a step-back step. But just as Jennings rushed forward with all his might, Yiyang changed direction in his hand and skimmed lightly past Jennings.
Yiyang's retreat to worship the Buddha feint made Jennings deceived!
Completely shook off Jennings, Yiyang hit a pull-up jump shot in the middle distance. 18-15, Jennings felt the pressure for the first time in four days!
Subsequently, Yiyang hit another three-pointer with a drifting shot from beyond the three-point line. In Brickley's opinion, this goal does have some luck elements, but luck also needs strength to support.
Yiyang, who felt hot, did not stop his steps, and a beautiful back changed hands and retreated, allowing Yiyang to get a three-point shot.
At this time, Jennings's face was full of horror, and he tried his best to block it, but he still heard the crisp sound of the basketball rolling up the net.
18 to 19, Yiyang completed the overtake!
In the last ball, Jennings pressed close to Yiyang, who was forced into the bottom left corner and could not continue to break through. As a result, the Chinese guard in training clothes leaned back, stabilized his center of gravity, and tried his best to maintain his composure and the integrity of his shooting movements under tight interference.
The basketball flew past Jennings' palm towards the basket, and Yiyang fell to the ground due to an unsteady center of gravity, and it looked like his offensive climax would be over. However......
"Brush!"
Jennings looked back in surprise and saw the nets fluttering and the basketballs bouncing up and down on the wooden floor. Today, it was Yiyang who won!
"Oh God, Miller moment!"
"Hahaha, you're going to have to feel the four o'clock air in Los Angeles tomorrow, Brandon!"
"Throw beautifully, if it's an official competition today, you'll be famous!"
The onlookers made a commotion, and Anthony also took the initiative to pull up Yiyang, who fell to the ground.
As for Brickley, the young trainer pressed the stop recording button on his phone and uploaded the video to his social media.
Yiyang's progress is really unexpected! This guy's strongest talent is not his speed or his super basketball IQ, but his ability to learn like a photocopier! Looking at this guy's performance in actual combat, do you dare to say that he is a guard who can't shoot threes?
Brickley smiled, it's time for the whole world to drop his jaw with him!