There are still two and a half months left, and the selection competition in Shanghai is about to begin. The first thing to overcome is the problem of the venue, which is completely insufficient for training. Moreover, after school, the volleyball team also comes to practice, and the noisy sound in a stadium can seriously interfere with the concentration of the players. This made head coach Li Xiaolong, assistant coach Zhou Junyi, team assistants Zhang Xiaoxue, and Fang Wenxin all have headaches.

Zhou Junyi proposed to bring all the players together for an internal meeting to discuss.

After school that day, all the members of the basketball team gathered at the entrance of the gymnasium, but because the volleyball team in the gymnasium had already started training to avoid noise, the basketball team could only hold an impromptu meeting in the open space outside the gymnasium. It is really embarrassing that last year's national top eight teams are now in such a situation.

Li Xiaolong spoke first: "At present, the problems in our basketball team are already obvious, the court conditions are poor, the main team has left, and the young players have not been able to provoke the pillars, but the goal is very urgent, how to achieve good results in this year's trials, this is a very serious problem." Let's start with the venue! ”

Before Li Xiaolong finished speaking, the underground players had already begun to whisper among themselves.

"The team has never achieved such a good result in its history, and now we have to cut the team's expenses and shrink the team's facilities. How do you let the basketball team train, and I don't know what the leaders above think? Center forward Xu Zhiqing said.

"Teacher Zhao and Coach Tian's departure must have a lot to do with this, is the leader bribed or brainwashed by sponsors, isn't this pushing the basketball team into the fire pit?" Jiang Haotian added.

"I've heard that there is such a statement. The sponsor said that the team's strength this year is average, the main team has left, and the estimated results are also average. At the same time, the sponsor's funds have not yet been funded, and this year, as an adjustment year, does not require too much from the team's results. ”

"Cut, just talk about the cool words, if that's the case, what else is there to train, forget about disbanding the basketball team, it's really annoying!"

"Everyone, be quiet. Let me finish my sentence! Li Xiaolong made a quiet gesture, and the audience immediately quieted down, and continued:

"We don't care what the leadership thinks. It's true that we haven't given any targets this year, but I think that since we achieved such good results last year, this is a good opportunity to improve the basketball atmosphere of Siyuan Middle School. And there are still many students in the school who really love basketball, take this school team selection as an example. More than 300 boys signed up for the audition. It accounts for more than 30% of the total number of boys in the school, which has to be said to be a very good phenomenon. In order to live up to the expectations of our classmates, we can't be self-indulgent, indulgent, and unmotivated. Our goal this year is to keep the top four and get to the semi-finals in Shanghai, and preferably still in the national league. As soon as these words came out, the audience began to whisper again.

"Reach the semi-finals. Can it be done with the current lineup? ”

"Zhuo Yifan and McCarthy are about to leave, and only Li Xin and Xia Jun are left in last year's main lineup. Everything else has changed blood, how to fight! 'The lack of self-confidence is obviously flooding the team.

"That's it! Shut up! Zhuo Yifan couldn't help it, jumped up and shouted, and the audience suddenly quieted down.

"I don't want to leave either, I want to go all the way with you, all the way to the end!"

"But, listen to me: whether McCarthy and I are on the team or not, our hearts are with you, we will be with you, we are the top eight team in the country, how can we back down when we encounter a little difficulty? We're not hot-blooded basketball teenagers yet! If you don't have this belief, then we don't have to fight, just go home and sleep! ”

Encouraged by Zhuo Yifan, Li Xin stepped forward, and the steps at the gate of the gymnasium were the podium: "Remember that Siyuan is already a nationally renowned team, and our goal is to dominate the country!" Whether it's this year, next year, or five or ten years from now! But this goal cannot be changed, we can no longer demand ourselves with the thinking of the weak, we have become the target of public criticism! All we can do is train hard, practice well and fight to the end in every game! ”

"Come on! Si Yuan! ”

"Let's fight! Si Yuan! ”

"Go ahead! Si Yuan! "The morale that was still a little low before was suddenly boosted.

The final result of the discussion was to use the open-air basketball court outside the gymnasium as a training ground for the team with the permission of the school, and at the same time, Zhang Xiaoxue and Fang Wenxin would maintain order in order not to be disturbed. It is mainly used as a basic technical and tactical training for substitutes and new players, and the training is in charge of assistant coach Zhou Junyi.

Half of the field in the stadium is used as the offensive and defensive training ground for the team's main team, and it also includes three-on-three confrontation training. After the volleyball team training is over, the off-court substitutes and new players will be called in for full-court offensive and defensive drills and full-court confrontation training. In other words, the training time is longer, and in order to achieve good results, it can only be supplemented by more hard work.

After Li Xiaolong's application report was submitted to the school, the school's leaders also agreed to the request. But when Li Xiaolong asked why the team sponsor was changed and when the funds would be available, the school leader only said four words: "No comment!" ”

However, it is better to get the right to use more than one piece of the site, although it is open-air, it is often disturbed by weather factors such as wind and rain.

In the past few days, although Zhuo Yifan's training has been hard, a trace of worry is clearly written on his face. Xia Jun saw his worries.

During training, a big hot pot by McCarthy slapped Zhuo's layup out of the court.

"Zhuo! Take a break! Xu Zhiqing on! The coach commanded.

"Hell!" Zhuo drooped his head and walked to the sidelines.

Xia Jun handed over a bottle of drink and said, "What's the matter, this doesn't look like you, I have something on my mind!" ”

"How can you be careless!" Zhuo Gu Dong took a sip of his drink.

"You should have guessed it, my heart!"

"I'm still worried about going to the United States!"

"Yes!" Zhuo said in a low voice.

"Did you tell your dad? Has the exact date been set? ”

"I said it would be a month later, but I said I didn't want to leave so early. Wait until the Shanghai selection tournament is over before leaving! ”

"What did he say?"

He said it depends on the implementation in the United States, and the formalities are all done. If we find a place to live, we have to go. At the same time, we want to sell the house here! ”

"This is the villa I live in now!"

"Yes!"

"That's our paradise! I don't know when we will be able to get together in the future," Xia Jun said, putting his hands on the cushion behind his head and lying down on the cushion behind him.

"Let's ask your dad again, can you wait until the winter vacation tryouts are over before leaving!"

"That's all there is to it!"

When I returned home in the evening, it was already past nine o'clock, and Zhuo had already completed the enrollment procedures in the United States, and there was no need for ordinary high school students to go on to higher education. But he longed to leave the troubles of playing the game behind. But it is always written on the face.

"What's the matter, son! Why have you been sullen lately? Mother He Beiyan asked.

"What can happen, Mom. Don't you know? I want to stay and finish the game before going to the United States! ”

"This little bit of caution, can my mother not see it? But we can't make a decision when to go, and we have to leave if it is implemented in the United States. Everywhere you have to sign for formalities. If you want to be there in person, how can you stand with us! ”

"It's just that I don't know exactly when I'm leaving, I think there's a rock blocking it, I've trained so hard, but when the time comes, I just want to go, and I just play the next day, so I can't play. Do you know how humiliating this is? There is one definite news, and then my heart is settled. Now it's just this annoying to me! Zhuo poured out his true thoughts to his mother. The mother smiled slightly, thinking: "The child is still a child after all, and he can't hide any worries!" ”

"So, I'll ask your dad for you, and see when there will be a specific answer in the United States!" He Beiyan walked to Zhuo Qunyue's study, where Zhuo Qunyue was processing emails on the computer.

"Qunyue, my son wants to go to the United States after the game, seeing that he is preoccupied all day, it is completely different from before, I am really a little worried, when will the United States go, has it been implemented?"

"Oh, there's news, they said wait for our news here, go early and sign early, go late and sign late. I want to wait until we sell our house before leaving. ”

"The race starts in three months, so can you wait until three months before leaving?"

"I guess it's okay!" Zhuo Qunyue replied absentmindedly as he continued to tap on the keyboard.

"Has the house been approached by a buyer?"

"The agent has introduced a few buyers, but most of them are waiting, after all, more than 10 million houses are not so easy to sell!"

"Isn't that the end of it? Tell your son earlier, he won't have to worry about it all day long, you don't know it, you don't say it, it's like death! He Beiyan stretched out her index finger and poked her husband's forehead hard, Zhuo Qunyue raised a smile at the corner of his cigarette, still tapping on the keyboard.

He Beiyan hurriedly walked to the living room and told Zhuo Yifan: "Son, your father said that we will leave when the house is sold, and the United States will wait for us to make arrangements, and then ask us to sign, and it is up to us when to leave now." ”

"So I'm going to be able to go to the tryouts?"

Mother nodded vigorously.

"Wow, that's great! Mom, I love you! As he spoke, Yifan jumped up, hugged his mother's neck, and kissed him fiercely on the face.

In the evening, Zhuo couldn't wait to tell his teammates and coaches the news through WeChat. The group immediately exploded, and Zhuo's retention was like a dose of strength injected into the Siyuan basketball team, and there was hope for the selection competition!

After McCarthy received the news, he said that his return date had been set, and he would leave in mid-November a month later. This made Zhuo still feel a little regretful.

The next day, Zhuo's enthusiasm for training was at an all-time high. After the basic basic training, the team began to compete in groups, led by Li Xin and Michael. McCarthy led the white team, and the same group also included Situ Jinghao, Zhong Shaoqiang and Sun Kaibin; The red team is led by Xia Jun and Zhuo Yifan, and there are also Xu Zhiqing, Jiang Haotian, and Huang Zesi in the same group.

McCarthy battled for the ball and the whites launched their first attack. In order to train more newcomers, Li Xin signaled more running positions for newcomers when organizing offenses in order to get better receiving and shooting positions. After three passes and two deliveries, the ball passed to Situ Jinghao on the left side of the penalty area, and Situ Jinghao's hair was naturally fluffy. The eyes are big and very energetic, and after watching the selection and playing a few times, the coaching staff think that he is a player with a lot of aura, and he can take on heavy responsibilities if he trains hard over time.

There was no one in front of him to defend closely. Situ Jinghao jumped directly and shot, but the ball smashed out of the basket. Fortunately, McCarthy's huge height advantage grabbed the rebound again, and passed to Situ Jinghao again, this time without wasting the opportunity, and the ball was thrown into the net bag in a beautiful arc. The white team leads 2:0.

Changed to the red team offense, organized by Jiang Haotian, this is his second year on the basketball team. He is a lean teenager, but his leg strength is good and he starts quickly. When I first joined the basketball team, my idol was the former core guard Han Chongyu. His characteristics are similar to Han Chongyu in some aspects, such as skillful dribbling and breaking, and fast offensive and defensive transitions. Good steal ability, but there is still a certain gap in organizational ability and scoring ability.

The ball passed to Xu Zhiqing's hand. As a center, the height of 188cm is really difficult to compete with McCarthy. But that's what the training is for.

"Come on, Zhiqing, don't back down!" Xu Zhiqing turned his back to McCarthy's defense, couldn't resist a single step, and broke out in a cold sweat. It's also obvious that, after all, McCarthy is also a first-class center in the country. Sideways hook hand shot, "Smack~!" The ball was ruthlessly covered by McCarthy. Xu Zhiqing was already out of breath at this time. As a teammate who joined the team on the same day as Jiang Haotian, Xu Zhiqing looks very honest. The hair is very short, but his physique is actually no advantage under the basket of the long man on the inside, when he was selected to join the team, he is still quite aware of defense, competing for rebounds in the front and back court is quite active, and the card position and block are also in place, a typical sapper-type center, but the scoring ability is lackluster. Xu Zhiqing's previous playing time has been suppressed by McCarthy and Peng Chenzhi, even when the above two centers are off the field, the coach will basically use Zhuo Yifan to replace the center position, Xu Zhiqing's playing time has always been very limited, and he can only play in some training games, friendly matches and trial matches in the substitute time. But for the current short-staffed Siyuan basketball team, after McCarthy leaves, he may have to take on the role of starting center. And this position is Siyuan's weakest position. We must strengthen our strength, and there is no way back.

The ball was obtained by Huang Zesi on the outside, and it was also the team that Xu Zhiqing and Jiang Haotian entered on the same day. It is also a perennial substitute, and now it has to take on a heavy responsibility, and the characteristics of Huangze Temple are also very obvious. The body is very lean, but the technique is comprehensive, the organization of the offense, shooting, breakthrough scoring have a hand, this year is 4cm longer than last year, and the height has reached 191cm. There is also some ability to scramble for rebounds, but the shortcomings are also obvious, and all these "all-round" skills can be unstable when playing on the court, which can become a hidden danger for the team. The ball was passed back to the inside again, but Xu Zhiqing really had no way to break through the defense, so he could only divide it again and hand it to Xia Jun, who easily shot at a position of about one step inside the three-point line of the bottom line, and tied 2:2.

You come and go on the field, and the combination of the main + substitute of the white and red teams is also average. You fought back and forth until the last 5 minutes, and the game was tied at 56. In the last quarter, Li Xin and McCarthy began to exert their strength, and cooperated with McCarthy to make several effective blocking attacks. McCarthy easily entered the interior to score, and the height and strength advantages had the upper hand in both Xu Zhiqing and Zhuo Yifan. The difference widened to 8 points. The last time the red team attacked, Jiang Haotian didn't pass half the court, the white team launched a full-court pressing strategy, these are of course Li Xin's meaning, the coach will only point out the shortcomings of the players, but the internal training game will not guide any skills and tactics, it all depends on the players' own understanding and play. Jiang Haotian was obviously unprepared, and was sandwiched by Sun Kaibin and Li Xin, and just wanted to pass the ball, but was quickly stealed by Li Xin, easily layup, and completed the last frontcourt fast attack.

68:58 White won, Li Xin 12 points, 13 assists, McCarthy 22 points, 17 rebounds. For the red team, Zhuo Yifan scored 23 points and 13 rebounds were the highest on the team, and Xia Jun scored 16 points.

Li Xin smiled and high-fived his teammates one by one. Li Xiaolong also applauded on the sidelines, expressing satisfaction with today's group confrontation game:

"Everyone's performance today was very good, and I found a lot of problems in the competition, which is actually a good phenomenon, and we will try to strengthen and solve these problems in the future training, and do more targeted training, I believe it will be improved soon." Fortunately, everyone's spirit is very good today, which is a good phenomenon! Zhuo Yifan has confirmed that he will stay in the team, do you have any confidence in the selection competition during the winter vacation? ”

"Yes!" The team members shouted in unison! It seems that last year's Siyuan basketball team that never gave up is back! (To be continued......)

PS: The idea of the remaining chapters of Chapter 5 has been completed, and the end of Chapter 5 is about to end the first part. It's been 10 years, it's been a long time, but I haven't forgotten her, my first novel, but a lot has really happened in 10 years, and the content of the story seems unreasonable and accomplished in some places, in order to take care of new and old readers, it was decided to make a big revision to the previous length, including the birth year of the protagonist, etc., and the name of the protagonist will be changed from Li Xin to Li Xin according to the suggestion. At the same time, it will not affect the follow-up reading to update the follow-up chapters, but it will be updated slowly at the beginning, I hope you can continue to support it, after all, this is the biggest motivation for the author to complete the long story!