Chapter 44: A New Training Plan
The tactical research office was full of people, and everyone was glued to the TV screen, which was an edited video of my game. The morning after the 94-112 loss to the Mavericks, Michael Jordan brought Doug Collins and his coaching staff, me, my shooting coach Pete Johnson, center technical coach Steve Kate, strength and conditioning coach Gary Fox, and my agent, David Hunter, together to discuss my next steps
After the video was played, everyone sat up straight, some bowed their heads in thought, and some whispered.
"Alright, gentlemen, I wonder what you think of the two clips you just saw?" Doug Collins put his whip pen on the conference table and looked at everyone sweetly.
There was silence in the room.
"Mr. Johnson, you're Kwame Brown's first coach in the NBA, specializing in shooting skills, can you tell me what you think of the two videos just now?" Doug Collins said to my shooting coach, Pete Johnson.
"Kwame is a very hard-working player, as you can see, in the game footage before the suspension, his shooting was very bad, basically I didn't see his mid-range shot, except for the three-point shot against the 76ers, and in the three games of the comeback, Kwame's shooting has improved significantly, of course, it's not very stable, there are many aspects that need to be improved. In just two months, Kwame has improved so much in his shooting, and I'm happy for him. I believe that he will make more progress and he will become a great center! Pete Johnson said.
"Mr. Kate, what do you think?" Doug Collins asked Steve Kate again.
"Although Kwamei's low-post back-to-body singles skills have improved, they are still a little rough, and the technical movements are very deformed when playing the opponent's center in the low-post back-to-back singles, which needs to be further strengthened. I'm glad I saw Kwame break down on the flank, he hit Tim Duncan with a beautiful ball, it was the result of his hard work, everybody knows what he's done during the lockout and I'm happy to be able to teach him the centre-forward technique! Steve Kate was a little puzzled by being invited by Michael Jordan today, and his words were full of caution.
"Mr. Fawkes, what about you?" Doug Fox was surprised that he was only training and he didn't have anything to say about the technical aspects of the game.
"Kwame Brown's physical condition is very good, full of physical energy, which is related to Kwame Brown's living habits, he basically does not drink, tobacco, coffee, etc. have nothing to do with him, there are basically no bad habits in life, he plays 36-42 minutes in a game is more suitable for his physical condition, if 4o minutes pass, I think it will affect his physical recovery, which is not conducive to the following games." Gary Fox said something irrelevant, an NBA player basically doesn't play 4o minutes, and I only play about 34 minutes now, and he says and doesn't say anything different.
"Anyone else has any opinions?" Doug Collins slowly looked at all the people.
No one spoke.
"Gentlemen! I wonder what kind of person you want to raise Kwame Brown to be? Doug Collins cleared his throat and said.
"The bench press of the recently tested Kwame was 45o pounds 15 times, the touch height was 367 cm, the running touch height was 391 cm, the 3o meter was 4.12 seconds, and the 1oo meter was 12.18 seconds, which is a very amazing number. Kwamei has an unmatched physique, I want to know what position you want Kwamei to play? Center? Power forward? Or a small forward? Doug Collins glared at the people around him. Everyone was listening.
"I'm sure most people would think that the best position for Kwame Brown would be the centre, and no one here has an opinion!" Doug Collins looked around, his voice full of determination, as if he was telling the truth.
"Since there is no opinion, we have to see what Kwame needs to continue to improve in the center!"
"Let's start with Kwame's height. Kwamei's height is only 211 cm, and it is not an absolute advantage to play the position of big center with this height, if you want to achieve something in the position of center, Kwamei's height needs to be 4 cm longer, that is, to reach 215 cm, so that he will not suffer in the face of all players. Mr. Fox, is there any way to make Kwame Brown grow in height again? Doug Collins named
"Kwame was born on March 1o, 1982, and is now less than 2o years old, theoretically it is possible for Kwame Brown to grow taller again, but it is not certain that for Kwamei's age, now only stretching training can be used, and stretching training can be used to increase the growth of his body, we can let Kwamei carry out stretching training, generally speaking, through guò stretching training, people around the age of 2o can grow 2-5 cm taller. I'm sure this will help Kwame. Gary Fox doesn't specialize in this area, but he clearly knows a lot about it.
"Good! Very good, this is exactly the same as the results of my coaching staff discussion, and in a moment Mr. Fox and my coaching staff can look into Kwame's stretching program! Doug Collins nodded.
"As a center, Kwame's defense is still reassuring, his strength, his degree, his bounce, and his arm span give him an innate advantage when defending the opponent's big man, and the most important thing now is to improve Kwame's low-post offensive skills, Mr. Kate, do you have a good build?" Doug Collins took aim at Steve Kate.
Steve Kate rubbed his aching head, and could only cheer up and said: "Kwamei's low-post offensive skills, especially the back-to-back singles skills, are really bad, when he turns his back to the opponent, he always can't accurately judge the opponent's center of gravity position, if he can't accurately judge the opponent's center of gravity position, it will be difficult for him to get rid of the opponent's defense lightly when he is back, if you want Kwamei to be able to judge the opponent's center of gravity lightly, he needs a lot of actual combat." We need a very good sparring partner, in the past, I usually worked as a sparring partner, with my small physique, Kwamei can fly with one arm, he doesn't need to judge my center of gravity at all. I'm not qualified as a sparring partner! After saying that, Steve Kate shrugged his shoulders and expressed his helplessness.
"Need a good sparring partner! Well, how about Luke Langley? Doug Collins followed.
Luke Longley?
Sitting on the sidelines, I thought of the shadow of this person in my mind, the big center when the Bulls won the second three consecutive championships, although he was not as famous as the four centers, but he was also able to rank in the NBA, and at the peak of the moment, he also had more than a dozen points, seven or eight rebounds, which is a practical big center.
"Good, very good, Lang Li has experience and skills, he will be a very good sparring partner!" Steve Kate said with a smile and a nod.
"Michael will contact Lang Lee later, Lang Li retired last year and is now at home, I am sure he will be willing to come and help Kwame Brown, but Mr. Kate, I hope to see Kwame in 1 year a different way in the low post, is there a problem?" Doug Collins' face suddenly turned cold, and he said with a stern expression, this question was obviously already expected by him.
"There is no problem!" Steve Kate sat up straight and replied sternly.
"Mr. Johnson, you are in charge of Kwame Brown's shooting drill, the professor is very good, his open shot percentage is already very high, thank you very much for your help to Kwame Brown, thank you!" Doug Collins suddenly said something inexplicable.
"That's what I should ......," Pete Johnson said confused.
"However, Kwame has a big disadvantage in his current shooting, when someone is close to the defense, he often shoots three non-sticks, even if it is not a close defense, as long as someone interferes in front of him, his shooting percentage has dropped dramatically, I have done statistics with my coaching staff, Kwame has a shooting percentage of 81.3% when he is open, but he only shoots 13 when someone interferes in front of him. 3%, which is a very bad result! I hope you will pay attention. "Doug Collins pointed to my shortcomings.
"Yes! I've started to pay attention to these, and I'll let him strengthen this practice in the future! Pete Johnson nodded.
"But I'm going to cut back Kwame's shooting time, especially the three-point shooting time, and his focus will shift to low-post offense and stretching, and we'll work out Kwame's training program together later." Doug Collins said in an unmistakable tone.
"Understood!" Pete Johnson said.
"Mr. David Hunt, I think I have something to communicate with you," Doug Collins said to my agent, David Hunt.
David Hunter hastened to say yes.
"I looked into it with my coaching staff, and we decided to limit the number of shots Kwame can take for the sake of Kwamei's logical growth." Doug Collins expressed regret.
"Why limit the number of shots he can take?" David Hunter frowned.
"In the last few games, I'm sure Mr. Hunter has also seen it, Kwame has been a bit biased towards shooting threes from the outside, his rebounds and blocks have dropped significantly, his defensive strength is no longer comparable to before the suspension, he has become more and more distant from a great center, we have to correct his mistakes, for this I will limit him to less than 6 shots per game, and he must limit his shots from outside the three-point line to less than two per game, of course, his own second offense after grabbing the rebound in the front court does not count! This will help him develop very good playing habits, do you have any opinions? Doug Collins turned to me and asked.
Although this discussion was about studying my problems, I didn't expect to limit the number of shots I could take, but I knew that Doug Collins was doing it for my own good. I stood up and stammered, "No... ”
"Alright! I know about it! I hope this doesn't have much of an impact on Kwame! Mr. David Hunt had to agree.
"Good! That's it, and in a moment, we'll make the following training plan for Kwame! Doug Collins nodded, and then made his final remarks.
I was like a lamb at the mercy of others, I had to accept the training plan they gave me, and the three-point shot that I loved would no longer be the focus of my training, and maybe in n years I would only be able to shoot outside the three-point line. I don't like this feeling very much, but this qiē is not something I can control, I am not alone, I have too many expectant eyes on my body, I can't and can't fight anything, I can only mourn for my three-point shot, after all, I have practiced for too long, too long......
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