Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 106 [The Magician Visits]

On March 3, the Rockets slaughtered the Cavaliers 6 to 94 in an away game, ending their losing streak.

After the game, LeBron James agreed with the statement that the Rockets are the nemesis of the Cavaliers at the press conference. "They are our natural enemies! We have Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady on offense, and Battier and Hayes on defense. Now it seems that they are too powerful. I don't know how to beat them."
James performed comprehensively in this field, contributing 27 points, 7 assists and 8 rebounds, but under the defense of Battier and Hayes, his shooting percentage was less than 4%, and he had 6 turnovers.

After playing the Cavaliers, the Rockets beat the Celtics away and avenged their home defeat.

After that, the Rockets returned to the home court and lost to the Nets 99 to 104.Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Hayes combined to score 70 points, but the Nets' three musketeers also performed well.Jason Kidd played his best game of the season after returning from injury, scoring 18 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists in a triple-double.Vince - Cartoon 27 points, Richard - Jefferson 24 points, the two unstoppable under Kidd's go-between.

The Rockets have lost their ninth game of the season. With 9 games left in the season, the Rockets have little hope of breaking the Bulls' record.

After defeating the Magic and taking down the Suns back-to-back with difficulty, the Rockets finally got a chance to adjust.Consecutive games against underdogs.

Chuck Hayes has stable data during this period, and he is attacking, but he has never been able to break through the bottleneck.The main thing is passing. Assistant coach Tom Thibodeau is good at defensive concepts, but he can't give him more advice on passing.

Hayes pinned his hopes on one person. On March 3, Magic Johnson came to Houston.

After the All-Star Game, Magic Johnson took the initiative to talk to Hayes and offered to be his assistant coach, which made Hayes happier than being elected MVP.Of course he is willing to ask Johnson to be his personal assistant coach, but Johnson just took the time to go to Houston to give Hayes some advice today, and then went back after watching a Rockets game.

Haye entered the friendship of the landlord and first treated Johnson to a big meal.After the meal, Hayes found a quiet place in the cafe and humbly asked for advice.Johnson didn't talk nonsense, and said with a smile: "Chuck, I have been following your game. Your consciousness is very good, but the pass is often half a beat. Tell me first, how do you usually pass the ball?"

"I saw my teammates running, and then adjusted their posture and passed it... Are you asking this?" Hayes didn't understand what Johnson meant.

"That is to say, you usually think 'teammates are in place, I want to pass', and then pass the ball?" Johnson asked again.

"Isn't that the case?" Hayes smiled wryly.

"Who says it's all like this? I'm not. If you want to be faster than others, you have to do it before you think. You are slow because you think." Johnson said.

"Do it before you think about it?"

Hayes Mouth suddenly opened.If you regard ball skills as a kind of martial arts, in addition to powerful moves, you must also have superior mental skills to become a first-class master.Johnson woke up Hayes with a word. Passing is not only a technique, but also a state.

"Ervin, if only you had said this to me two months ago, I always thought it was because my body was too hard, so I practiced yoga at home for more than a month." Hayes laughed.

"Your body is indeed too hard, and you need to strengthen your exercise. Yoga is definitely not as effective as systematic training. Now you have to play games, and you don't have time. After this season, if you are willing to sacrifice your vacation, you can find me in Los Angeles I will guide you to practice. However, whether you can become a good passer or not depends mainly on yourself. I am not in good health now, so I can’t practice with you, so I can only talk about the method.” Johnson laughed.

Hayes didn't expect Johnson to be a training partner either. He had been suffering from AIDS for so many years, and it would be a miracle if he didn't die. It would be too strange if he could still play basketball well.

"How many people have you taught besides me?" Hayes asked.

"All the players on the Lakers listened to my theory. Do it before you think about it. It sounds easy, but it's not that simple to do it. Derek (Fisher) on your team is an example. The average is less than 3 assists, what kind of point guard is this? Kobe is good, if he doesn’t focus on shooting, he should be able to increase to more than 8 in a game. Lamar (Odom) also works, he He really managed to do it before he thought, but it is a pity that he seldom passes where it should be passed.”

Hayes finally understood why Odom was able to pass the ball to his teammates off the court. He just practiced doing it before he thought about it, until he became obsessed.Odom's dribbling is very soft, and he probably imitated Johnson's play.

"I will surpass Kobe and Lamar," Hayes said.He dare not say anything else. He is confident that his reaction speed is faster than that of Johnson at his peak. As long as he has a method, he will not worry about not making progress. Even if he is not as good as Johnson, it is still possible to become a master.

Johnson also believes Hayes can improve.Because Hayes left the deepest impression is not scoring, not rebounding, but his speed of progress.

The two chatted for a while, and Hayes talked about his method of practicing passing.He practiced fancy passing. When he saw his teammates running out of position, he used the fastest way to pass the ball. In order to be quick, his passing movements were often awkward and there were many mistakes.

Johnson scoffed at him unceremoniously, saying it was a waste of time. "Technology is just one aspect. If you are not agile enough, it will be difficult to reach my level. You have to make your hands faster, dribble faster, and hit the ball faster."

At his peak, Johnson's speed was average and his jumping ability was even worse.His advantage lies in his agility. In the fast break, he can make fake moves very quickly, which is rarely matched by him.Although he has an inside height of 206cm, he is a pure outlier. Among all the insiders in the league today, no one can move faster than him.

Hayes thought for a while, and felt that his dribbling was really slow, because he was not used to his body when he was reborn, and it was difficult to grasp the rhythm of dribbling, so when he dribbled, he exerted very little force on his hands. got used to it.If you pay too much attention to the feel, you will lose speed.

"do you have anything else?"

Before Johnson came to Houston, he had already thought about Hayes' shortcomings clearly, and said without hesitation: "Of course there are other things. The most important thing is a wide field of vision and quick response. I feel that you are outstanding in these two points. Your shortcomings It’s physical coordination. When you pass the ball, your foot movements are very uncoordinated. I watch the game and feel that you often lose your balance when passing the ball.”

"Physical coordination, that's right. If I don't adjust my movements to pass the ball, it really feels awkward, and I can't pass it well. Erwin, how can I improve my physical coordination?" Hayes was excited, and his voice was also loud. Much bigger.

Magic Johnson is a 206CM big man, and his body coordination when dribbling and running is absolutely terrifying.No matter how fancy the moves are, he doesn't feel out of balance at all when he makes them. When the ball is shaking left and right in his hands, there is no disharmony under his feet at all.Hayes is far behind Johnson in this regard.

Among all kinds of physical fitness, coordination training can be said to be the most difficult, because in addition to heredity and the athlete's psychological personality, other factors that affect coordination include muscle strength and endurance, proficiency in technical movements, the relationship between speed and speed endurance, the balance of the body's center of gravity, and physical fitness. Flexibility and so on for a whole host of reasons.

There is a method for acquired coordination training.Johnson said: "Of course I know how to improve, and I have prepared a plan for you. You come to Los Angeles to find me, systematic training for a month, it will definitely be effective, it depends on how much you can improve. Now, you should concentrate on finishing this season .Don't rush for success, because this program is tiring and not suitable for you to practice now."

"Okay. I'll listen to you. What is the specific plan? I want to be mentally prepared to practice." Even if Hayes doesn't practice now, he still wants to know what to practice.

Johnson admired the self-motivated people the most, and he didn't give him the appetite, so he gave Hayes the prepared plan.

This training program was developed by several experts in Los Angeles who specialize in the coordination of athletes.Simply put, there are mainly eight items: 1. Practice various basketball movements that you are not used to; 2. Complete the movements in reverse, such as reverse running and rebounding; 3. Change the speed and rhythm of the accustomed movements, such as quickly shooting the ball while dribbling; 4. , Completing complex actions in a game mode.Such as dribbling the ball around the stump, using various fancy movements to pass the ball into the passing frame (apparatus used in skill games); 5. Creative movement methods, such as practicing streetball movements; 6. Using unaccustomed combination movements to make already More complicated exercises to master movements; 7. Change the range of movement space and try different rhythms; 8. Use signals or conditional stimuli to make athletes do various exercises that change movements.

If the plan is subdivided, it is divided into dozens of items.This is an intensive exercise that takes a lot of energy.Therefore, during the preparation period and the training period, it is necessary to lay a solid foundation, and you can only train during the holidays.

"Why don't you talk? Do you think this plan is scary? You can start with two groups and gradually increase the amount." Johnson laughed.

"What's so scary about this? There are too few sets! I want to try my limit first, and then quantify it." Hayes clenched his fists and said excitedly: "I want to exceed the limit!"

Johnson froze.Before coming here, he hadn't thought about someone like Hayes.

If it were other players, they might have relaxed training long ago to the extent that Hayes is playing now.Even if he works as hard as Kobe, he still finds a way out in other aspects, such as practicing back-ups and enriching offensive methods.Hayes has a lot of offensive methods, rebounding ability is already a top 10 player in the league, and his defense is fierce, but he is still not satisfied and wants to become a passer.How much will he improve in the future?Could he be "Big O" Robertson?

(End of this chapter)