Chapter 132: Practicing Princeton for the First Time (Fourth Shift)
On August 3, U.S. time, Qiao Hai flew to Los Angeles.
Qiao Hai himself didn't expect that it wouldn't be long before he returned to Los Angeles, this time for the Southern California Summer League in Anaheim, Los Angeles.
Before coming, Qiao Hai made a call to Byron Scott, so at the airport, there were Grizzly Bear staff who came to pick him up.
Qiao Hai didn't dare to let them hold up the sign, and after getting off the plane, he made another call, determined the location of the pick-up staff, and found it himself.
After looking for more than ten minutes, I found the car.
After getting into the car and driving for about half an hour, Qiao Hai arrived at the Grizzlies' training base in Anaheim.
Byron Scott was organizing training, Chip Engelland and Stan Lefu were here to help, Qiao Hai suddenly arrived, only Byron Scott and a few coaches knew, so, seeing Qiao Hai, they were not surprised, but smiled and came up to talk.
Byron Scott and Stan Lefu are Qiao Hai's old buddies, Qiao Hai said hello, and didn't say anything.
Chipen Gelland is a newcomer, or a shooting coach that Qiao Hai values very much, Qiao Hai naturally has to pay attention to it.
"How's it going, Chip, these young guys on the team are shooting pretty well, right?"
As soon as Qiao Hai asked this, Chipen Gelland smiled bitterly: "It's amazing......
Qiao Hai saw that this expression was wrong, and immediately asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"There are a couple of players who have a full contract, and their shots need to be adjusted." Byron Scott helped explain.
Qiao Hai was a little strange, and Chip Engelland said directly one by one: "Actually, these young players are very accurate in shooting, especially in the open position, but each one has a problem. ”
"Let's talk about the biggest problem first, Sean Marion, his shooting hand and shooting posture are too weird, the shooting hands are on the chest, and the ball is thrown out with a shake of the hand, but the accuracy is there, the problem is that the shooting point is too low, and it is very non-standard."
Qiao Hai nodded, Marion shot ugly, he had heard of it.
However, Stan Lefu also said: "In fact, the most critical problem is that Sean does not think that there is a problem with his shooting posture, on the contrary, he thinks that his shooting is learned from Reggie Miller, which is the most standard posture." ”
Hearing this, Qiao Hai's mouthful of old blood was about to spurt out: "Then did he change?" ”
"Changed."
It's good to change it, the rest is not important, in fact, Qiao Hai also wants to see if he shoots in a normal shooting posture, will Sean Marion's shooting be more accurate?
That's a problem.
"And Earboy Kidns, he's too short and there's nothing wrong with his shooting position, but I think he should change things up a little bit......
Several players with contracts have been complained about by Chip Engelland, including roughly, the general problem is more difficult to solve, there is nothing wrong with the general shooting posture, the problem is that he is generally not good at confrontation, and once he encounters confrontation, his shooting posture will be deformed.
So, the rough training was not under the control of Chip Engelland, and Stan Lefu took over the rough training and let the strength training start roughly.
Hearing this, Qiao Hai also specially mentioned: "Don't give Wang weight gain, in addition, give him training speed." ”
For the rough, Qiao Hai's idea is to transform the roughly into a space-type No. 4 position and become a characteristic rotation player, with a template similar to Robert Horry, shooting from the outside, defending inside, and being more outside when attacking.
So, the next step is to build up your strength, strengthen your confrontation, and increase your speed, at least to keep up with the various off-ball runs in Princeton's tactics.
Qiao Hai roughly knew the situation of the training, and Qiao Hai talked to Byron Scott alone.
"We've played a game in Anaheim and it's still a bit bad, we've got set-up shooters everywhere in the team, we just don't have a playmaker."
Qiao Hai nodded, the Grizzlies summer league lineup lacks organizers, but the Grizzlies preseason and regular season lineups are not short of organizers, Mike Bibby and Maddie can be organized, and the Grizzlies' tactics are Princeton, and the center organizes and responds.
After thinking about it, Qiao Hai said directly: "That's it, I'll stay in Anaheim during this time, be your assistant coach, and in the remaining summer league games, we will play Princeton tactics." ”
"Princeton?"
Qiao Hai nodded with certainty, Rasionestrovic organized the plan at the high level, and the other group of fixed-point shooters ran without the ball.
This Princeton strategy will immediately solve the team's lack of playmakers in the summer league.
"Do we have a game tomorrow?"
"Nope."
There was no game, Qiao Hai nodded: "Then we will start tactical training tomorrow, let's have some simple tactical cooperation first, and use it in the next game." ”
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The Grizzlies all stayed in the hotel provided by the organizers of the Southern California Summer League, and Qiao Hai also opened a room nearby.
After going back, Qiao Hai directly used the 100% Princeton tactical board he bought before, and then took out a training plan.
When Rick Adelman took over the Kings, Pete Carell, the founder of Princeton's tactics, had been sowing the idea of Princeton's tactics for a year, but the Kings' lineup at that time was not suitable for Princeton's tactics, so the former coach Eddie Jordan's team did not perform well and finally quit.
As soon as Rick Adelman arrived, the Kings immediately traded for Vlad Divac plus Chris Webber, a lineup that best suited Princeton's tactics, and in Rick Adelman's first season in charge, the Kings averaged 7.1 points per game, making them one of the best offensive teams in the league.
By the 1999-2000 season, the Kings had removed that one, and they had the most offensive firepower in the league and were consistently in the playoffs.
Now, Qiao Hai also has to play Princeton tactics in the Grizzlies, and without the help of Pete Carell, the founder of Princeton tactics, Qiao Hai can only rely on the system.
There are two maxims in Princeton tactics, one is: don't turn your head, or you'll open the back door!
Although the words are simple and straightforward, the point is actually very simple, the back door is the most important thing in Princeton's tactics, by opening the back door, to create opportunities for the team's smaller players.
Another sentence is: strong can take advantage of the weak, and smart can take advantage of the strong, and the Princeton strategy emphasizes that the skill wins, requiring people to move, the ball moves, and coordination, among them, running without the ball occupies a large part of the Princeton strategy.
Moving without the ball, cutting in the air, and running back, in fact, the Grizzlies are the most suitable team to play Princeton's tactics.
Sean Marion is a top off-ball player, Mike Bibby's peak was spent in Princeton tactics, and Maddie can also play without the ball, but Joe Hay will design a few singles tactics for Maddie to give full play to Maddie's strong individual ability.
In the Grizzlies' current summer league lineup, Nesterovic organizes and responds, and as a European center, Nesterovic can do this.
Outside Boikins, Ragabel, and Marion play without the ball, and they can generally catch the ball and shoot.
In order to allow the team to start as soon as possible, Qiao Hai prepared the most basic set of Princeton tactics.