Reborn NBA Gao Fushuai

On the plane to Dallas, all the Lakers players are taking time to rest. Once the adaptation period of the regular season is over, they will start to speed up. The problem is one by one back to back!
After playing the Dallas Mavericks, the Lakers will go to New Orleans to challenge the Hornets. For two consecutive days, two away games. .

No matter how you explain it, the most important essence of "back-to-back" lies in "continuity". If you appear in one stadium today, after the game, you will fly non-stop to another city where your opponent is located, and fight in another stadium that night.

As an important item of competitive sports, the physical strength factor of basketball will play an important role in the victory or defeat. Although no one can say that physical strength is the whole of the decisive victory, even if it is a first-class team, once it falls into the trap of physical strength, it is easy to fight. Discount, let alone mid-tier teams or underdogs.

"Back to back", this terrible term, is precisely what tortures the players' physical strength and even their psychological endurance the most.

Back to back, for any NBA team, is synonymous with thorns everywhere, for the players, there is no doubt that they face sinister repeated challenges.

There are more than 400 NBA players in Nuoda, with different emotions, sorrows, sorrows, and joys, but what is certain is that no player will like to play "back-to-back" games, let alone consecutive "back-to-back" away games. It's a test of luck.

Most developed countries have well-developed nightlife, and the nighttime entertainment industry is an important part of nightlife. As the world's first commercial basketball league, NBA, "basketball" is just a tool for "commercial" service, and economic interests are the operators of the league. final target.

It is not difficult to explain that the schedule of NBA games is mostly at night, which can drive fans to drive to the stadium to watch the game after dinner. In addition to the tickets, it can also form a huge amount of related consumption, such as TV rights, bars, and souvenir shops. , restaurants and other related industries and economic development.

The starting point of huge income is that the players work hard on the field to attract fans to watch the game, but the players' work is not only playing, but also dealing with the media.

So, after two and a half hours of fierce fighting on a certain night, the players returned to the locker room to take a hasty shower, then gathered at the press conference, and after 45 minutes of hard pursuit by the media reporters, the visiting team members took the team bus It is often early in the morning to return to the hotel where we stayed.

At this moment, the players may not be resting right away. They had just exhausted a lot of physical energy during the game and needed food supplements. Some hungry players rushed to the restaurant to comfort their stomachs, while other players who were also hungry succumbed to the "Sandman". , Go back to the room with a snack on an empty stomach and go to bed as soon as possible.

Of course, the quality of sleep after taking a hot bath will be higher, so the moment the players really snore, the clock is often pointing to the time when the sky is about to dawn.

Every NBA player has gone through a process like this, and it can’t be considered the most terrifying. If the game enters overtime, or two to three overtimes, the visiting team players go back to the hotel room to sleep, even at dawn hour.

On any occasion, the players of the visiting team are more prone to fatigue than the players of the home team. The day before the start of the game, or the day before the game, the visiting team arrives in the city. Pommel horse fatigue, coupled with differences in climate, air pressure, temperature, and humidity, will rapidly increase the fatigue of the visiting team players .

It goes without saying that players who can play in professional leagues have excellent bodies. Even so, when these iron towers come to a strange city and go through almost half a night of tossing, they will still suffer from lack of energy and lack of sleep. phenomenon emerged.

But this is just the beginning. The "essence" of the so-called "back-to-back" feast has not yet been served on the table. The players have gone through the fierce battle the night before and the press conference, and they can't sleep for a few hours when they return to the room in the early morning.

And the head coach or the uniform team in charge of the schedule will tell every tired player: "Please gather downstairs at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

A group of sleepy-eyed players were carrying bulging luggage, and beside them stood a group of coaches who were also awake, gloomy, looking around in the hotel lobby. After 15 minutes, the bus arrived at the hotel, loaded the players and coaches together, and drove to the airport or the next destination.

Where will the next destination be?

It depends on where the next away game is?

If it's an adjacent city, maybe the bus will drive on the highway for a few hours, and then go straight to the hotel in the next city.

This is a situation that the players of the visiting team are willing to accept, because everyone can at least sleep on the bus for a few hours without being disturbed, unless the head coach is upset because of the loss the night before, and thus conducts criticism and self-criticism on the bus Discussion sessions, otherwise the players can put on their headphones and go to sleep, and when they open their eyes, there is another hotel.

A few hours of rest during the period can provide objective conditions for the players to recover their physical strength. Even if the schedule will be bumpy, most of the players have practiced the hard work of sleeping in the car. The Zen meaning of "not moving".

Rookies often wonder why veterans can sleep and snore in the car, but they can’t do it themselves. In fact, veteran players have more experience than rookies not only in court experience, but also in coping with the "schedule". Squeeze out the drip time to rest and adjust, so as to ensure that the physical condition can be adjusted to a better level.

The above-mentioned possibility is a relatively close itinerary between the two away cities on the previous night and the next night, and the players can sneak in to supplement sleep while they are busy.

If the city span is far away, the players will have no respite at all. They take the bus directly to the airport in the morning, get off the bus and board the plane after sleeping in the car for less than 45 minutes, and sleep for 1 to 2 hours on the plane. After arriving at the destination, The players got out of the airport and boarded the bus to the hotel.

During this period, I frequently transferred to transportation, cut the sleep time into fragments, and arrived at the hotel in the second away city, often in the afternoon or even in the evening. After a short break, I had a meal immediately, and then continued to take the bus to the second away arena.

Before the game, the players whose bones were almost broken had to listen to the morale mobilization of the head coach, and then a short warm-up to familiarize themselves with the venue before the game, followed by another two and a half hours of fierce fighting, attending the press conference, and returning to the hotel in the middle of the night.

At this moment, the only players who still have the strength to go out to eat can only be described by the word "iron man". Most players take a hasty shower, fall on the bed and go to sleep immediately.

The above description belongs to the itinerary for the second away game starting on the second day. Due to the differences in time zones in the United States, if the end time of the game on the first day is not too late, and the time zone of the next "back-to-back" game can pass the itinerary Arranging to "steal" more breathing opportunities, most coaches will choose to rush to the next destination overnight, and then cancel the training session the next morning, so that the players can get a full rest.

It's scary isn't it?

But this is a true portrayal of consecutive nights of away games. Although they are exhausted and the dignity of professional players is destined, they will not easily give up their desire to win because of physical fatigue.

All teams regard the "back-to-back" second away victory as a high honor. The team that can maintain a stable performance in the second away game is not only good at adjusting the competitive state of the players, but also the overall cohesion and perseverance of the team. , physical fitness, should be fully affirmed.

The greatest characteristic of human beings is that when faced with a situation that cannot be changed, they will find ways to adjust themselves to adapt to the situation. The so-called "policy at the top and countermeasures at the bottom" applies everywhere in the world.

Physical strength is an important factor in winning or losing a basketball court. "Back-to-back" tortures players' physical strength. The business philosophy of NBA leagues for many years has helped professional leagues establish a set of policies and strategies to deal with different situations. For example, the handling of "back-to-back" games is famous. There are many ways to deal with it. Although the unfavorable situation cannot be completely recovered, the coaches still show their talents and try their best to kill the unfavorable factors to a minimum.

Deploying troops in the previous game is a science. Many head coaches will temporarily assign players to play according to the specific situation. If the lead is obvious, the main players will often leave the field early and sit on the bench to rest, allowing the substitute players to play. To maintain the lead to the end, similarly, if the disadvantage is so huge that it cannot be recovered, the head coach will not hesitate to replace the main players to rest early, and would rather give up one game in exchange for the physical fitness of the main players for the second game.

Even during the game, the appearance frequency of the main players is strictly controlled. The coach will not let the main player be in a state of overdraft for a long-term battle, and even replace the main player when the score is stalemate. .

It is not difficult to see that the painstaking efforts of the coaches are all to save a little bit of energy for the game the next night, but this is not an absolute theory.

If the opponents on the first night are evenly divided in absolute strength, and the opponents on the second night are so strong that there is no chance of winning, the coach will spare no effort to dispatch the main general to fight and strive to win the first game. There is no chance of winning the game, and we will play it by ear when the time comes.

Specific analysis of the specific situation, this is the best policy for facing back-to-back games, and there is no possibility that one set of strategies will fit everything.

But the best efforts that the head coaches can do can only adjust the physical strength of the players. As for the psychological endurance of continuous combat, they can only be supported by things such as morale, cohesion, and tenacious spirit.

Physical fatigue is not difficult to overcome, and the collapse of mental endurance is the reason why most teams often lose control in the second game of "back-to-back".

Having just finished a game, rushing to the second course under extreme fatigue, lack of sleep time, and frequent changes of transportation means that the players' brains are not enough to recover to their best condition.

Especially the game scene from the previous night is still lingering in my mind, and I will soon have to listen to the head coach chattering about the tactical points of the second game. Some players who are not psychologically strong enough may even experience time-space aversion I feel that the two tactics will be mixed together in my mind and I will not be able to achieve the best execution effect.

The human brain is different from the "perpetual motion machine". The brain needs sufficient rest to restore the peak memory level, analytical thinking, and reaction speed. Unfortunately, "back-to-back" continuous combat just challenges the limit of the brain, so the players on the second night There are often situations such as lack of concentration and slowed reaction speed.

Faced with this embarrassing situation, the head coach can only shake his head and sigh. By the way, during each timeout, he yelled some slogans like "No one can save us except ourselves", hoping to help the players fight. The spirit goes all out.

The trainer is also an important role in dealing with "back-to-back". Usually, within 24 hours before the first game of "back-to-back", the training plan specially formulated by the trainer will start to take effect.

This special training plan contains details of each player's training volume, training time, training intensity, etc. Some players reduce the training volume to maintain their physical strength, while others will strengthen the training volume, because they will be the first to charge. magic weapon.

This is like a large-scale record. The coaching staff is working intensely like a front-line headquarters, with multiple plans in hand for different emergencies. At this moment, not only the endurance of the players is tested, but also the coach The ability of the group to work.

Their strategizing could not win the applause from the stands, but it invisibly permeated every minute and second in the 48 minutes, and finally transformed into a hard-won victory.

The stadium changes rapidly, but it remains the same.

"Back-to-back" is a common "variable" on the court. All teams have unique means to deal with back-to-back. From psychological adjustment to physical adjustment, every step is interlocking like parts of a huge machine. Why is the legendary Can the "super powerhouse" achieve a winning streak?

Strength is a factor, and more importantly, players and coaches all know how to overcome "back-to-back" and resolve their own disadvantages to a level close to zero.

In Vujacic's previous life, back-to-back games also began to appear in the CBA, so he can handle it with ease.

On the plane to Dallas, Vujacic fell asleep as soon as he sat down. The sophomores on the team were still maliciously speculating that Vujacic was exhausted because of being too lingering with Hilary Duff these days. , And those old fritters can't help admiring.

This kid sleeps faster than us!

After a short time, the airport began to snort. After a two-hour flight, the plane landed slowly at the airport. Almost at the moment the plane stopped, Vujacic woke up, which was more accurate than the biological clock.