Chang Wei is not a player who does not care about the Pistons, in his opinion, this Pistons is much stronger than the grassroots army in the previous life, and if nothing else, they are basically the favorites to compete for the championship in the new season. In contrast, Yao Ming's growth will take a long time, and Chang Wei's goal is to let him reach his peak state faster.

Due to the discussion with Chang Wei in advance, Yao Ming did not return to China this summer, but stayed in Houston to continue training. However, he only has less than three months of special training in the United States, because he has to lead the Chinese men's basketball team to the 22nd Asian Championships, so Yao Ming hopes to get Chang Wei's guidance as soon as possible. Although he has hardly heard of Chang Wei in China, after joining the Rockets, people in the American basketball community have always told him how strong his compatriot is in terms of training.

This is also the fundamental reason why Yao Ming is willing to stay in the United States and ask the Chinese Basketball Association for leave to delay his return, and he hopes that he can quickly become stronger. Yao Ming averaged 13.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game over the past season, but he felt that he wasn't doing enough, and he wanted to be the one to defend the Rockets' interior.

Chang Wei could naturally understand his mood, so after coming to Houston, he rushed to the gymnasium where Yao Ming was training as soon as he had time to drop off his luggage at the hotel. Now that the season is over, the Rockets have closed their training gym, but Yao Ming still got the opportunity to use the University of Houston training hall through the team's connections.

When Chang Wei stepped onto the field, Yao Ming was sweating and practicing low-post back-to-back singles with the help of his personal trainer. But the embarrassing thing is that Yao Ming is difficult to rely on his own strength to squeeze under the basket, and can only frequently use hook hands and turnaround jumpers to score, and his personal trainer is also helpless, and it is not a good situation to easily guard his clients.

After Yao Ming failed in four consecutive rounds of singles, Chang Wei finally spoke up: "Da Yao, you can't directly train low-post back-to-back singles, if you don't improve your core strength, you will never be able to have an advantage on the inside of the NBA!" ”

Yao Ming looked up and smiled, he strode over, rubbed his right hand on his clothes, and said while shaking hands with Chang Wei: "Old Chang, I have been looking forward to you every day during this time, and now you are here." By the way, you just said that you want me to improve my core strength? How to improve? The nutritionist of the rocket made me gain weight, that's a concept, right? ”

Speaking of weight gain, Chang Wei looked at Yao Ming's arm, which seemed to be a little thicker than when he first entered the league, but it was only a little bit, which was far from enough for a big man who wanted to make a living in the NBA. Chang Wei shook his head and said with a smile: "What I said about improving core strength is not simply gaining weight, but comprehensively improving the strength of all parts of your body, especially the lower limbs. ”

Chang Wei said this for a reason, in his previous life, Yao Ming was able to defeat the Warcraft Howard in every duel, largely due to his excellent lower body strength, Howard's bounce and explosiveness barely played a big role in front of him. But I have to admit that Yao Ming's outstanding lower body strength was due to the fact that he gained weight according to Van Gundy Jr.'s instructions, which eventually led to him suffering an ankle stress fracture, which made him reluctantly choose to leave the court in the prime of a professional footballer.

After listening to Chang Wei's words, Yao Ming couldn't help but become serious, and asked in a deep voice, "What about your specific suggestions?" ”

Chang Wei stood on tiptoe and patted his arm, and said with a smile: "Da Yao, you are still a little too thin now, and weight gain is to gain weight, but it must be scientific, and at the same time, it must also be in line with your personal style of play, there is no need to blindly pursue weight gain." Your height is indeed a big advantage, and you can definitely play dominant with your weight, but if you are too heavy, you don't need to. ”

The two soon chatted about how to gain weight, and Yao Ming also deeply felt his lack of strength, but there was no good way to do it, so he could only gain weight according to the plan of the coaching staff, and Chang Wei undoubtedly opened a new door for him.

Yao Ming's personal trainer was hired through his own agent team, and he was mainly responsible for being a sparring partner during training, and he had no say in the topic of weight gain, so he could only watch Chang Wei talk there with envy. Of course, Chang Wei disdains to be a personal trainer, but this is not because of the salary, he prefers to train a dynasty team.

Chang Wei understands that for the vast majority of Chinese players who come to the NBA to work hard, weight gain is inevitable, but there is a lot of attention to how to gain weight. Yao Ming himself is easily troubled by leg injuries, and weight gain must be absolutely cautious. Chang Wei thought to himself: It seems that it's time to go to the system again to find props to improve the overall strength, otherwise I really don't know what to do.

But Chang Wei is not in a hurry, today is only the first day, there are still about three months for him to toss casually, and the most important thing now is to set the tone of training with Yao Ming. For Yao Ming, in addition to gaining weight, the style of play is also a point to pay attention to, although his attack in his previous life was strong enough, Chang Wei believes that there is still a lot of room for improvement.

With Yao Ming's height and weight, it is undoubtedly a dream to become a spatial No. 5 who moves back and forth between the inside and outside for a long time, but that doesn't mean he can't continue to expand his shooting range, such as adding three-point shots to his regular arsenal, just like Gasol Jr. in his previous life, of course, this is a stronger offense and weaker defense.

Thinking of this, Chang Wei couldn't wait to say, "Da Yao, have you considered practicing three-point shooting?" ”

What the? Pointers? Yao Ming thought he had misheard, and he smiled bitterly: "When I was in China, I occasionally shot a three-pointer, but the shooting percentage was very average, and what did the center look like when he pulled outside to shoot a three-pointer?" Maybe I'll be criticized by the coach. ”

Chang Wei smiled mysteriously: "Don't you think it's a good idea?" Think about it, when you're on the perimeter to shoot, who else can stop you? And I can tell you that in the near future, the range of movement of the center will be increasing, and the three-point shot will become a must-have skill for players in your position, and now it's obviously a big advantage to practice early. ”

Yao Ming looked at Chang Wei's smile and couldn't help but smile bitterly, will the center's three-point shooting become the general trend? Are you kidding? Yao Ming seems to have seen Tomjanovich roaring at himself next season......