“GOGOGO~”

The luxurious indoor gymnasium, the gleaming floor, and the empty space echoed with shouts.

A middle-aged white man was shouting at the field, urging the seemingly tired player to run all over the field.

The player on the court is Wu Di, who runs back and forth to make layups again and again, and in the process, he needs to avoid some humanoid obstacles, and then perform various layup movements.

And the beads of sweat on his face made it clear that he was not an easy errand.

After a while, the middle-aged man walked up to the court and talked to Wu Di for a while, as if he was guiding him to some kind of shortcomings in the layup.

Subsequently, Wu Di no longer ran all over the court, but began half-court breakthrough training, and the middle-aged man acted as a defender to interfere with his breakthrough movements.

Of course, such a short-distance breakthrough practice is much easier than running on the whole field, and after a while, Wu Di, who was rested, started running practice again...... In this way, I practiced over and over again.

And the middle-aged man kept his passion all the time, while shouting and reminding from time to time.

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Such a scene often happened in the arena of the Air Canada Center during this time, and as long as there was no competition, Wu Di would conduct such training accompanied by middle-aged people.

The middle-aged white man named Frank, the Raptors' newest coach, is tasked with directing the players through their daily workouts.

Frank has a lot of experience, he has been coaching young people in the NCAA for 20 years, and he has a deep understanding of various technical techniques. The young men who followed him were generally making rapid progress. Thus. His reputation in the basketball circle is still good.

And coming to the Raptors is also an opportunity for him to make a name for himself, so he is willing to seize this opportunity.

Coaching young people is something he enjoys, and during the week he has been with the Raptors, Frank has been out early and late every day, and he takes his work very seriously.

Recently, he began to coach Wu Di to practice the basketball skill of breaking through to the inside.

In recent times. Frank has always accompanied Wu Di to practice overtime, which makes Wu Di have a good impression of him in his heart.

Frank's guidance of the breakthrough is not the kind of old-fashioned approach, he does not advocate Wu Di to break through the impact inside line between dribbling, because dribbling in advance and then considering the breakthrough often requires strong personal ability, explosiveness, starting speed or change of direction shaking, nothing more than these situations, but he feels that it is a way of playing that is extremely damaging to both legs.

Frank advocated for Woody to combine his shooting ability to make breakthrough selections, try first, or feint to shake, and try to get rid of defenders in one step while waiting for them to press.

Of course. It is also possible to shoot to attract and then look for opportunities to break through.

If neither of the two offensive chances is there. That can also pass the ball.

This is what the NBA calls a triple threat move.

The triple threat move can reduce the physical wear and tear of the ball carrier from a large distance, and Wu Di thinks it is good, so he is willing to practice hard to master this skill.

As for the way to score to the inside, it is nothing more than a layup, a pick-and-roll, a throw, or a dunk...... These methods can also be easily mastered by Wu Ditong guò hard practice.

During this time, Wu Di would practice breakthrough for at least two hours every day, and with such hard work, his breakthrough ability can be said to be growing rapidly.

In fact, Wu Di himself has already mastered this breakthrough skill, but he has not imposed practice.

Speaking of which, Wu Di didn't face a particularly big defense in the first three years of his career, so he was able to score high points with accurate shots.

However, once a player has become a superstar, it is not so easy for opponents to give defensive attention. Often, superstar players will face a bag or even a three-person bag, and at that time it is a test of individual ability.

Therefore, Wu Di also slowly felt that it was not enough to rely on shooting alone, and he needed to master more scoring methods.

During this time, Frank also mentioned this, he said that Wu Di can improve too much, and the most fundamental and biggest change is to let him complete the transformation from a shooter to a scorer.

Of course, there is a big difference between a shooter and a scorer, the role of the former is relatively single, and in the shooter circle, the highest achievement can be said to be Reggie Miller, which is almost the upper limit of shooters.

Scorers, on the other hand, tend to have a strong individual ability and are able to try to score in a variety of situations, whether it's attacking with the ball or catching and shooting. Breaking, layups, or shots are all scoring tools they can master...... Scorers play a big role, and the best ones are often able to achieve a lot.

And Wu Di has always been in the position between scorers and shooters, and the reason why he can't be completely classified as scorers is mainly because he relies too much on his own shooting.

Judging from the first three years of his career, Wu Di's scoring methods are mainly three-point, mid-range or dunk, and it is rare to see him use breakthroughs to score or make fouls.

Now, Frank is guiding him to practice his breakthrough, which is undoubtedly helping him transform into a scorer.

In these days, Wu Di's hard work has made him more comfortable with the mastery of breakthrough skills, and he also feels that sometimes if he doesn't feel good, breaking through is indeed a good choice.

In fact, Wu Di's determination to practice breakthrough is also the reason for his success in gaining weight.

When he came back a few days ago, Wu Di's weight was 243 pounds, and under this half a month of hard training, his weight has been reduced to 228 pounds, and the weight loss of 15 pounds has made his physical condition better and better.

Although the Raptors' record is still very poor, Wu Di is not too worried. He felt that as long as he was back to 100% physical condition, he would be able to lead the Raptors out of the slump again. That's the embodiment of his self-confidence today, of course. This self-confidence still comes from his personal ability, which is slowly improving.

In the blink of an eye. It's December. The weather in Toronto is getting colder and colder, but Wu Di's hard work shows no signs of decreasing, but is on the rise.

Like Frank, he goes out early and returns late every day, and this seems to have begun to become a habit.

And under this kind of relationship, Wu Di's good impression of Frank is also getting bigger and bigger, and he feels that this middle-aged man who is conscientious and experienced in his work can bring out a group of young people with outstanding personal ability.

So, Wu Di asked Frank to coach the team's newcomers. Help them grow quickly.

Of course, Wu Di will not relax himself, and his body recovery can be said to be very fast under Frank's supervision.

In December, Wu Di's breakthrough ability became better and better. In this case, Frank began to build Wu Di to learn to make fouls, and in this regard, Frank mainly took into account Wu Di's awesome free throw shooting ability.

In the field of basketball, breaking through and making fouls is a big science. Frank thinks if a player can make a difference in this area. Even if this player is not too outstanding in his personal ability, he is fully capable of averaging 25 points per game.

For this. Frank has been working on the art of making fouls, and he's doing it in conjunction with the NBA's current penalty blowing rules.

Observing the referee's blowing habits and current blowing rules, as well as the playing style of some foul makers, Frank slowly came up with a set of foul making theories that he thought were very good.

And now, he is ready to do it on Wu Di.

There are three main points in Frank Jian's breakthrough to make fouls, the first is to take three slow steps, use the momentum of the body to rush forward, and make fouls through the contact between the guò arm and the opponent. This requires good upper body strength and skill, and Wu Di has exactly that.

The second point is the Euro step, which is a way to break through, but Frank turns it into a means of creating fouls in a scuffle or a fast break. And considering Wu Di's athletic ability, he obviously also has the ability to master.

The third point is an opportunistic way, which is to cheat foul. Frank built a trick to cheat fouls, such as seizing an opportunity to wheel an opponent's arm. There is also the situation of showing a slight exaggeration when being violated, which can create a foul.

The third point can be said to be a more cunning and even shameless cheating foul move, but it can be combined with NBA rules, and as long as you can win free throws, it is completely easy to score.

In his fourth year in the NBA, Wu Di has now come to realize that free throws are a necessary tool, at least as a necessary skill for long-term scoring weapons. So, now that Frank has brought it up, he agrees.

Wu Di worked hard to break through and make fouls, in fact, the most fundamental thing is to consider his competitive state during this time.

Because he has just returned to poor physical condition, Wu Di's crosshairs on the outside line have been greatly reduced, which has caused him to constantly encounter scoring crises.

In this case, Wu Di will certainly consider other ways.

After scoring 32 points in the first game, Wu Di's individual score in the second game dropped to 25 points, and in the following games, the score slowly declined.

It can be said that after the comeback, Wu Di suffered a sluggish start.

This made the outside world think that Wu Di's first game was just a return to the past, and he faced very little defensive pressure at that time, so not many people felt that Wu Di could return to the level when he was healthy.

At that time, Wu Di was also under a lot of pressure, so he followed Frank to practice breakthroughs and fouls.

Coupled with the recovery of his physical condition, this made his personal watch slowly begin to show signs of recovery.

In the last two games, Wu Di has scored 30+ in a row, which has increased the attention of fans to him.

However, even if there are signs of slow recovery, Wu Di's performance after his comeback can be said to be a little bad. He averaged 23.6 points per game, shooting only 43.6% from the field and less than 30% from three-point range...... Such a statement makes it impossible to connect him with the original master of geniuses.

However, now that his physical condition is slowly recovering, there are also people who expect him to quickly play at the level he was before the injury. (To be continued......)