Chapter 15: Start from the Heart

Lee's expression became even more confused, no one may have ever said that he had a psychological problem, and ordinary people would not think that he had a psychological problem. He scratched his head and said with a dry smile: "Chang, are you kidding?" How could there be something wrong with my psyche? ”

However, what responded to him was Chang Wei's extremely serious expression, which made him feel a shock in his heart. There are a lot of such people, as long as they see the other party's troubled appearance, they will immediately begin to doubt themselves, of course, this just reflects Li's lack of confidence.

Chang Wei took another sip of coffee, organized his language a little, and said slowly: "It's not that there are no gentlemen on the court, but there are absolutely no cowards, because cowards can't survive in high-intensity confrontations." IMHO, now you're a coward! Although you seem brave to take the initiative to ask for help, it only means that you still have dreams, but in fact, you still don't believe in yourself in your heart, and you don't have enough courage to make yourself tough. You have to know that being tough as an outside defender is a quality that you have to have, but you're not ready for it at least mentally. ”

Hearing this, Li's face turned pale, and he stammered, "Then what do you mean...... Is that saying I can't do it? Also...... After all, I'm not a genius like Tim, and it's normal that you don't have faith in me......"

Chang Wei shook his head and said, "Since I said that I would help you, I won't break my word." I just think you have to make your heart strong first. A player who is not strong enough in his heart, even if his skills are outstanding, will not be able to become the climate. ”

Li let out a long breath, but then frowned again, and said to himself, "My heart is not strong enough? Is there a way to train for this too? Isn't a person's character innate? ”

Chang Wei patted him on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "I think you may not know me well, but my major at Columbia University before was not only sports rehabilitation, but also sports psychology, which is my professional scope." If you believe me, I'll help you get rid of that and become a better player, you know? ”

Before the cup of coffee was finished, the two had already reached an agreement verbally. Although Chang Wei's original intention was to complete the task of the system, he was actually very sympathetic to Li's plight. In the United States, no college player can resist the temptation of the NBA, but most people can't get into the top of basketball for a variety of reasons.

If he hadn't met him, Li would definitely be one of the thousands of people who had basketball dreams but were eventually shattered, but now Chang Wei will be his chance to change his fate. Chang Wei is full of confidence in Li's future, if he can't even save him, then there may be no one else in this world who can save him.

In the following days, Chang Wei simply became Li's personal sparring partner, but he uncharacteristically did not formulate too many training plans for Li, but instead dragged him to play boxing.

When Lee put on the boxer's protective gear, the whole person was still confused. In his opinion, basketball players should avoid all kinds of activities that can injure themselves, let alone boxing, it stands to reason that Chang Wei can't be unaware of this taboo, but why bring him to the boxing training gym?

However, when he asked questions, Chang Wei just smiled and did not give any explanation. Chang Wei from later generations knows very well that as long as protective measures are taken, sports like boxing will not affect the state of basketball players, and even Duncan, who has not yet entered the NBA, once competed with professional boxers at the end of his career.

At the beginning, Lee was knocked to the ground in less than five rounds, and the place where he was hit by his opponent was hot and painful, and despite wearing protective gear, it didn't seem to have much effect. After falling to the ground, Li really wanted to lie down like this, he had been really hard at the training session all along, how could he have received such "treatment"?

But he couldn't stand Chang Wei's crazy taunts on the sidelines! I have to say that although Chang Wei is not a player, his trash talk has reached the level of a professional player, and Li almost wants to spit out a mouthful of old blood. Chang Wei's loud shouting without dirty words was like a knife directly stabbing Li into his heart, and even the others on the sidelines couldn't listen to it. Li Chang, who originally wanted to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, blushed, gritted his teeth and got up to continue to fight with his opponent.

Five rounds, ten rounds, and soon Lee will be able to hold out for nearly twenty rounds amid his opponent's furious attacks. Although he has a cowardly personality, he is also a player who has been selected for the Villanova University team, and his physical fitness is much better than the average person. And in order to avoid Chang Wei's trash talk, he behaved quite desperately to be able to entangle with a professional-level opponent for so long.

Chang Wei's choice to let Li practice boxing in his free time made sense, and after only a few days, Li showed an eager expression when he put on the protective gear, and began to show a kind of gritted teeth and hard fighting in the ring. Chang Wei is not worried that he will bring this set to the basketball court, how many of the NBA's outside defensive gates are humble gentlemen? If you don't play a black hand on the opposing player, you can't be considered a good defender.

The whole team saw Lee's transformation. When Rappers first announced that Lee would change to shooting guard, they scoffed at the decision, especially Selesstad, who was the starting No. 2 position, and he didn't believe that Lee, the water cooler caretaker, could be reborn by changing positions, and in his opinion, he was the only reliable No. 2 on the team.

But Celestead soon paid the price for his pride. Of course, he was still the main force in the team's training games, but Rappers always used Lee as a shooting guard on the bench side, and it was this arrangement that made Celestead feel that every team confrontation was an ordeal.

He's really good, and any player who can start the varsity team has two brushes, but Selesstad felt a lot of pressure against Lee's defense. It's not that Lee is fast or the timing of the steal is accurate, but he has a kind of madness to choose people and devour them, and he is also very tough when it comes to physical confrontations, which is completely different from the cowering rookie before, and Celestead even wonders if this is Lee's sibling.

Celestead's embarrassment was all seen by Rappers, who glanced at Chang Wei with a calm face not far away with a slight surprise, and had a new understanding of this young Chinese boy.