A few bites of turkey meat made a stuffed table of dishes made by two top chefs unfragrant.

Fortunately, because of the soreness of his arm, Li Ao remembered that the physiotherapy function of the body was useless, and he was originally going to use it after cooking, so he hurriedly used it.

Finally, his appetite skyrocketed, and he was attracted by a bunch of delicacies next to him, and began to eat Haisai, and had a tie with Aunt Yuanzhu, who was also feasting, and ate to his heart's content.

After packing up the restaurant, Li Ao sent away Liam, who had booked a hotel and was ready to shake people, chatted with Vivian for a few days and met an old man who was very good at hooking, and then returned to the room to rest.

On Liam's side, the taste is getting heavier and heavier, but Li Ao is not worried about his 'safety'.

That guy is just lustful, and he is not stupid, but he has been educated in this area since he was a child, and the idea of safety first is engraved into the bone marrow, and the wallet is not full of cash, it is all small balloons.

Lying on the bed after taking a shower, Li Ao thought about tonight's dinner, feeling that this Thanksgiving holiday was quite ...... Happiness.

It's a bit of a feeling of being in the country with my family a few years ago.

When I first crossed over, although I had the memory of receiving my predecessor, I still felt strange and scared of my family in this life.

However, under the stick, there was a filial son, a little kid who had just graduated from junior high school, and he was drunk for love, and after he was discharged from the hospital, he was chased by a cheap father and beaten nine streets, and then his father and son were filial to his mother and his son.

Homesick, Li Ao got up and came to the landline, called the transatlantic phone to his mother's mobile phone, and shouted "Mom" enthusiastically after connecting.

Unexpectedly, it was not his mother who picked up the phone, but his father, who sprayed directly after hearing the shout: "You rabbit cub, are you fighting again?" Beat someone you can't mess with and want to run back? ”

Well, Li Ao's homesickness was suddenly wiped out by his cheap father.

My mother's voice rang on the other end of the phone, and the phone was snatched up.

"Xiao Ao, don't be afraid, your dad has a knife mouth, he is worried about you, he means, if you are not happy in the United States, come back, he is really, I heard that I can send you to study in the United States, and I will send you out without listening to your opinion......"

Mom's mother-loving mode was opened, he had been in the United States for so long, and his mother had also learned that the real America was not at all the same as what the public was advocating, especially the racial discrimination that contemporary Chinese people have almost never been exposed to or even know much about.

She used to hear that the United States was the most anti-racist country, but now she knows that the reason why the United States is shouting so loudly against racial discrimination is because there is discrimination everywhere.

However, Li Ao knows that his mother does love him very much, but it also depends on the time.

The time when he was chased and beaten for 'buying drunk for love', his mother watched the whole process, if it weren't for the fact that there was no camera on his mobile phone in these years, he would definitely be videotaped the whole time.

It wasn't until he was almost beaten that his mother returned to the role of a loving mother, and she was so distressed, and she was really distressed.

But if you really want to teach him a lesson, you are really ruthless!

Fortunately, she is a loving mother now.

"Is there a lack of money? When you have no money, you tell your family, last time you were robbed at gunpoint, why didn't you tell your family? Or did Professor Yang talk about this when he was drunk with your father a while ago, you have no money to eat and go to be a cook for others, my son is an international student from a famous foreign university, how can he be a cook......"

A phone call, made a phone call for 5 minutes, and reached the limit of Li Ao's acceptance, he finally reluctantly said the next chat, although he didn't say two sentences, his father didn't have a chance to interject two sentences, but this is the familiar taste of him, and the melancholy of homesickness was finally appeased.

Without any worries, he quickly entered a state of no heart and lungs, and fell asleep in bed for minutes......

…

The new week has arrived, and Li Ao has rededicated himself to study and training.

Talking to his family on the phone, he attaches more importance to his studies, which is a sense of responsibility.

It is not very difficult for him to study at home, but it is not a casual thing, since he started studying abroad, hundreds of thousands of soft sister coins a year still have an impact on the cash situation of his family's factory that is not particularly large, after all, the per capita annual income of the imperial capital at this time is just over 10,000.

The main thing is that the knowledge learned is his own.

After a day of studying, Li Ao happily came to Memorial Stadium to follow the team to prepare for the University of Oregon Dukes.

In meetings, he listens, trains, and learns hard, just like usual.

But his eyes were brighter and brighter than before.

It's a sign of going from being fun and fun to being loved.

At 6 p.m., the team meeting and the first training session for the Dukes ended, and the Trojans' activities for the day came to an end.

The teammates are still very volatile, 17 of the 18 people stayed to practice, Li Ao is also one of them, he has already told the aunt of the hospital assistant to let the physiotherapist go to work later.

Xavier Johnson got off work early today, Sam Hayes was in charge of helping the women's team train, and Li Ao was about to shake the old man and practice shooting together, when he was stopped by Henry Bibby.

"You have a special training to pass the ball today, and you will have a special passing training every week in the future, and you usually practice passing more when you have time, and from next week, you will be tested for shooting, defense, and passing every Monday, Kevin, he handed it over to you."

Henry Bibby left after speaking, he went to the training ground from time to time to observe secretly in the past 4 days, and was almost arrested by the curator and his father as a gangster, he knew that this kid was very durable, and said that if he wanted to toss this kid more, he must add it!

Kevin Henderson happily accepted the overtime arrangement and took over the conversation: "Let's go, Leo, the small training ground has been set up, look at your passing base, I really didn't expect you to have such a good talent for playmaking, you almost had a good pass when you fought with Sam, but that time I thought it was an accident, I didn't expect it...... Tsk, make a lot of money, make a big profit, don't look at Henry's words so ugly, he said, if you improve to his satisfaction, he will consider applying for a basketball scholarship for you next semester......"

Li Aolen, who was looking at the task prompt that had just arrived, took a moment, he broke his strength, and it was actually possible to get a scholarship?

Power +1 again!

Following in the footsteps of Kevin Henderson, Li Ao walked to the small training ground while looking at the mission that had just been triggered.

"When the team training task is started, the host needs to actively cooperate with the completion of the training tasks and tests arranged by the team, complete all the training sessions arranged every week, and achieve satisfactory performance to the instructor in the tests, and reward 500 achievement points, each training and test is calculated separately."

Lots of rewards!

But since there is a test, there are requirements, and if the goal is to apply for a basketball scholarship in the next semester, it can be very demanding.

However, people have to be reasonable, it is impossible to say that he will reach that level next week, and he estimates that even if these coaches have higher requirements, it is also gradual, and it is still possible to achieve the performance they are satisfied with.

Xavier Johnson and Kevin Henderson are easier to talk to, with Sam Hayes on his side...... What a good coach who makes him miserable and happy.

It is also important to choose Monday for testing.

The schedule of the Civil War in the Pacific 10 is fixed, and the teams play on Wednesday and Sunday, one home and one away, alternating home and away times each week.

This was discussed with the TV station, there are so many NCAA divisions, and the schedule is fixed, which is convenient for arranging live broadcasts.

At the same time, it is also convenient for students participating in competitions to arrange their study time, after all, most college athletes have nothing to do with professional athletes.

With such a schedule, Li Ao and his teammates alternate between Monday and Tuesday without going to class, and they may have to go to the away stadium on Tuesday, but they can either attend class on Monday or come back from the away stadium, and they can test in the afternoon.

Coming to the small training ground, Li Ao confirmed that in the previous passing training, the chief assistant coach in front of him, who said that he was a genius, was lazy paddling!

There aren't so many training aids ahead!

Well, at that time, no one had any hope for him who had no passing foundation, and it was normal for the head assistant coach not to put in the effort.

Thanks to the skill of 'Relay Specialist', the coaching staff saw his passing 'talent'.

However, he misunderstood one thing, the coaching staff did not value his first-class passing accuracy when triggered by 'Relay Specialist Level 2', but his awareness of distributing the ball in actual combat.

He was happy to see such a professional auxiliary training tool, but it didn't take long for him to regret it.

The previous passing training was like playing, and the difficulty of the passing training that really polished the basic skills was completely different.

Passing, starting with receiving.

The gesture of receiving the ball and the angle at which the arm should be maintained when receiving the ball from different angles are all particular, which is related to whether to pass the ball immediately or protect or control the ball.

Then, it is the correction of the body movements and the force part of the three basic passing movements: ground pass, direct pass, and lob.

There are so many professional tools, there is a board on the ground, there is a round hole in the middle of the board that is larger than the ball, there is a ring that hangs, and there is a passing hitter that automatically rebounds after knocking down......

None of it!

From more than 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock, for nearly two hours, Li Ao has been practicing the most basic things, and he is about to vomit.

But thinking that since the team asked him to practice this, it means that his 'talent' in this area is in the team's plan, and after he develops this ability, he may add him to the team's tactical system, and he persevered.

"Leo, these basic movements may not be completely suitable for you, but this is the most universal movement that has been repeatedly studied and polished by various experts, players, and trainers for decades, and it is most suitable for laying the foundation, learning these, polishing the basic skills of passing, and then you think about personal characteristics, Rome was not built in a day...... Okay, today's training is over, go back and have a good rest, the next passing training is Friday. ”

Kevin Henderson walked away in a dashing manner after speaking, and he didn't sweat a drop in this special training, and his feet were full of tigers.

Li Ao's side, very surprised, he received a reminder that he passed the training!

He felt that he had misjudged something, and the standard of this chief teaching assistant was really low!

Xavier Johnson loves to encourage people, but his standards are not low, and Kevin Henderson seems to be able to do it.

As everyone knows, the other side ......

Kevin Henderson returned to the office and excitedly said to Henry Bibby, who had also just finished working overtime, "Oh, Henry, can you believe it? Leo finished the first lesson and practiced hard! I've been with the team for so many years, and he's the only one who is willing to be patient enough to learn the basics, and when I first gave Brandon a special training pass, he was impatient to let me go to the next step...... It's a pity that those training equipment are arranged in vain. ”

'It's a good thing, it's about his passing habits, having good habits at the beginning, it's good for the future, passing things like that, sometimes when it comes to critical moments, it can be a little bit worse.' Henri Bibby gave the affirmation, but the point was there.

Seeing that the head coach was still so hypocritical, Kevin Henderson took over and boasted: "Although he has just come into contact with basketball, he is only 18 years old...... Anyway, he's the most gifted kid I've ever seen since I came to our school. ”

Henry Bibby didn't refute, he thought of Li Ao now, and he only thought about how to torture this kid with extra practice.

…

On Tuesday, after Li Ao completed the team's training in the afternoon, he continued to conduct special training again, and today is the shooting special training.

Although there is a game tomorrow, Henry Bibby has arranged it this way.

Li Ao's debut performance, the entire coaching staff is very satisfied, but it does not mean that the second game will give him too much playing time.

The difficulty of this shooting training has increased suddenly, and in the previous training, there was basically no training requirement for single-group shooting, but this time there is.

In addition, it has also increased the supporting basic skills training of catching and shooting.

Li Ao took the initiative to develop this during the Thanksgiving holiday, which made Xavier Johnson praise him repeatedly, and then began to correct and strengthen the details of the basic skills.

Training intensity, at least 50% greater than before Thanksgiving!

Don't look at Xavier Johnson's follow-up of the boasts, in the end, he still didn't give a qualified evaluation.

Li Ao hopes to have a dozen chief assistant coaches!

Fortunately, he has completed the training task of mid-pitch catching and can also use the body physiotherapy function.

On Wednesday, the Trojans arrived on their second matchday of the season, and at 7 p.m., the Dukes were challenged at home.

Li Ao did not climb to the top of the main position in one step, he was still half a water cooler administrator, but he was not a 'full' water cooler administrator, and played a total of 9 minutes in the middle of the first half and the beginning of the second half, creating rest time for Shelby Jordan.

When he came on tonight, there weren't as many boos as he played, and there were some cheers.

But his role positioning has not changed, his performance is not good or bad, and he did okay in the first half to defend the opponent's substitute power forward Julius Hicks, but in the second half, he changed the opponent's technical flow and started power forward Ed Smith and was beaten.

Fortunately, those five minutes of the second half did not affect the team's victory, and White Mamba and Trepagnier played better in those minutes!

The characteristics of the Dukes are similar to those of the Trojans, a group of mainstay players, the strength of the 70+ comprehensive evaluation is dominant, and the 80+ are all starters and the main team, but the 85+ Dukes team has only Fred Jones.

When it came to the star stage, the Trojans relied on the White Mamba and Trepaganier to establish an advantage, and then the Trojans also played as a team and competed with each other to the end.

In the end, the Trojans relied on 23 points from the White Mamba and 17 points from Trepagnier to narrowly defeat the Dukes 89-81, opening two consecutive wins!

Li Ao played 9 minutes, missed two shots, once cut to the basket and caused a foul and hit both free throws, got 2 points, 1 board and 1 assist, plus an impulsive contraction successful block, which was given to the opposing point guard Darius Wright.

Despite his mediocre performance, a purely defensive coolie performance, Henry Bibby was still satisfied, and of course he didn't say anything.

At this time, Li Ao is not impulsive and works hard, which is the greatest help to the team.

And with a few team training sessions and the experience of the last game, Li Ao is obviously much better in terms of moving with his teammates tonight, and the defensive progress is still visible.

After defeating the Dukes, the Trojans had no training schedule on Thursday and Friday, but Li Ao continued to receive special training treatment, although there was no team training, the training time was extended, and the team also arranged five sparring partners for him during Thursday's defensive special training, all of which were the most powerful strikers outside the 18-man squad in the club.

These guys, too, were treated as Sam Hayes' defensive coaches, teaching them how to analyse the opposing defense, and they were happy to be sparring partners...... And they don't feel like they're being sparring partners, because when they train one-on-one, they are all responsible for attacking, and only Li Ao is responsible for single defense.

Although they are not in the squad this year, they are not not playing basketball, they are usually training, and they also like to play basketball in their spare time, looking forward to being in the squad next year.

Li Ao felt the difficulty of the sudden intensification of training, but he was so willing that he even wanted to shout, 'That's it?' ’。

But when you think of Sam Hayes's character, forget it.

You can't let your teammates suffer with you, it's bad enough that they don't make the squad.

On Friday, it's time for passing training.

This time it was not so boring, and after practicing a few sets of catching and passing balls based on practice, I began to enter the passing training with auxiliary facilities.

But the difficulty has skyrocketed!

The first set of ground passes, the round hole that was only 10 centimeters larger than the diameter of the ball, he didn't pass a single one of the 10 passes, which made Kevin Henderson cover his face.

Kevin Henderson wondered, the game the day before yesterday, and last week's game, this kid's passes were very sharp!

He made up his mind, it should be that he has to make a decision between lightning and fire in the game, and he has just started to play a high-level competition at the professional level, and his emotions are high, and the small universe has exploded.

But don't worry, he took off the board with a small circle and replaced it with the board with the largest round hole, anyone can drill through it, start from scratch, start from scratch, this talent, what else do you need a bicycle.

This training lasted an afternoon, Li Ao didn't have classes this afternoon, he stumbled all afternoon, and the training time was greatly extended.

In the end, even Kevin Henderson, who has always been undemanding, did not give Li Ao a qualified evaluation.

At around 5 o'clock in the evening, looking at Kevin Henderson, who seemed to have a headache and left with a completely different expression from Monday, Li Ao's heart ached.

It's changed!

The head teaching assistant has changed!

On the difficulty, Li Ao began to miss Xavier Johnson, a hardcore user of the Kwakwa group, again.

These two passing trainings are obviously in the direction of letting him practice professional-level passing ability, and he doesn't feel bad about it.

Regardless of this, he had time to practice passing more, so he dialed the property phone with the inside line, shook the old man over, and practiced the task of catching the ball and throwing it.

Now that he knows that the old man will not lose his job in his later years because of this, Li Ao has no psychological pressure when he shakes people.

The only thing that hurts is that this old man wants to drive him for a ride, and after showing his ball skills, he still wants to show his driving skills, so he can only run away fancy after the training task.

Although it doesn't cost money to take this free ride, it can be fatal!