Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 24
Although Holland generously gave the team two days off, the players could only openly skip class on the first day. You must know that Holland didn't say hello to the school on the second day.Others are naturally complaining, even if they don't say it, they are extremely nostalgic for the warm bed in the dormitory.But Ye Feng didn't have any special ideas. He was never a person who chose to give up his studies for basketball. Of course, entering the NBA early is not within this category. That's why he was elected as Mr. To the high score of 2300.

The day's class time passed quickly, but the meeting time announced by Holland was 07:30 in the evening. Ye Feng, who finished class at four o'clock, looked at his watch and smiled helplessly: There are still three hours left before the meeting. Gotta find a way to pass the time.After thinking about it, he decided to go back to the dormitory to change his jersey and shoes, and go to the arena to practice for a while.

When he pushed open the door in full armor, he heard the sound of "bang bang" iron strikes coming from inside.He said to himself: "Which lunatic is still here to practice now? It seems that there are no such hardworking people in our team?" He muttered while walking along the aisle to the court.

Generally speaking, the team always likes to turn on the lights during training, but now there is only one person in the field, so only one light is turned on, and Ye Feng doesn't need to adapt to the changes in the light when standing at the door of the player tunnel.He could easily see the man, and the No. 0 jersey on him.Westbrook didn't notice that there was an extra person on the side of the court at all, and he was still concentrating on running, jumping, and shooting outside the three-point line.

Ye Feng observed carefully. Westbrook's obsession to improve his shooting is very admirable, but the root cause of his continuous hitting is the problem of hand shape.Although many players can achieve high shooting percentages with their accustomed hand shape, almost all historical-level shooters have textbook shots.

With the sound of "哐", Westbrook didn't go to pick up the ball, but sat down on the spot, his face full of frustration.Ye Feng smiled and walked up to pat him on the shoulder, saying: "Russell, I didn't expect you to start practicing three-pointers so soon, it seems that you still care about this championship!" Westbrook With a wry smile, "What's the use of caring? Caring won't improve my hit rate!"

Ye Feng shook his head, pulled him up, and said seriously: "That's what I want to say, your shooting hand shape is not standard enough. First, it's best to shoot directly above your forehead, and then hold the ball with your auxiliary hand , The dominant hand should be relaxed, let the palm stick to the basketball, so that there is no gap between the palm and the basketball. Press the wrist down to about 180 degrees, and finally use your fingers to push the ball out."

Seeing Westbrook half-understanding, Ye Feng simply picked up the ball he missed and demonstrated it to him.After watching it a few times, Westbrook hesitantly took the basketball, slowly adjusted his hand shape as Ye Feng said, and threw the ball.Although he is not used to the new shooting style, but this time his long shot was smoothly into the basket.

Westbrook looked at Ye Feng in surprise, and couldn't help thanking him: "Ye, I love you so much, I only now know how your shots come from. But having said that, it seems that every time I see you, you don't like it. Does it need to be so serious?" Ye Feng said with a smile: "When you practice to make this standard hand shape a habit, you don't need to deliberately use it, and you can shoot accurate shots on the court naturally. Three-pointer."

After speaking, Ye Feng also brought a basketball and practiced with Westbrook.The two communicated with each other while practicing shooting, and they couldn't feel the passage of time at all.It wasn't until Lu Fu called Ye Feng to have dinner together that he realized that it was already 06:30.After asking whether he was still in the cafeteria, Ye Feng greeted him, put away the ball with Westbrook, and ran to the cafeteria wearing his jersey.

Love was very surprised to see the two people sweating all over their bodies. He asked, "Why did you two go this afternoon? Didn't you not train today?" Westbrook smiled embarrassedly and said, "We I went to the special training...don't talk so much, let's eat first!" Lu Fu didn't ask too much, and after the three of them bought the food, they started to eat wildly.

The evening meeting is arranged in the largest conference room of the school, which shows the status of NCAA in American colleges and universities.When Ye Feng and the others came to the conference room, the other players were almost all there. Seeing Ye Feng and Westbrook's jerseys that were not yet dry, Holland's eyes flashed a gleam of approval.

Soon at 07:30, the entire team, including assistant coaches and scouts, were already seated. Holland coughed lightly, turned on the projector, and said solemnly: "Everyone, the NCAA regular season will be held on November 11. It's officially started. For us, this is a brand new beginning, and I hope to achieve better results than last season." Everyone present did not speak, but their breathing suddenly became a lot heavier. They all knew that last season UCLA made it to the final four, and "better results" means that the coach's goal will be the NCAA finals!
Looking at the fiery eyes of the players, Holland nodded with satisfaction: "It can be seen that everyone has a fighting spirit, which is very good. And what kind of opponents we will face in the regular season, let me explain in detail, the second grade and above Players don't need to listen. The NCAA basketball season starts in late November each year, usually ends the regular season around early March, and then conducts a month of "Crazy March". During the regular season, each college will cooperate with its respective league Members within the league will fight twice, one home and one away; each college will also choose to fight against some schools outside the league to enhance its own strength and create momentum for itself.”

"When the regular season is over, generally speaking, most leagues will take the top eight teams in the league to conduct a single-elimination league championship game, and the champions determined in the league championship game can basically be automatically selected. Advance to the NCAA Tournament. In addition to the automatic promotion of the champions of each league, the remaining places in the NCAA Tournament are determined by the committee, which is called expanded invitation. Invitation qualifications are basically determined by the record, the strength of the league and other aspects. "

"As for us," Holland suddenly raised his voice, "as one of the four strongest teams last season, our only goal is to compete for the championship of our Pacific Ten Schools League! Let those shit expansion invitations go to hell! "

At this time, a freshman suddenly raised his hand. Ye Feng saw that it was the team's substitute forward Kevin Schmidt.He asked eagerly: "Coach, is our ten-school alliance strong?" As soon as he finished speaking, low laughter came from around him.

Holland didn't laugh. He said seriously: "The Pacific Ten Schools League is a sports-centered university league. It is also the earliest university league established in the United States. It belongs to the highest level of the NCAA Division I league. Except us in the league , as well as HSD University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California, HSD State University, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, University of Oregon and Oregon State University. Many of them have produced famous stars. The NCAA is not just for everyone."

"In addition to them, I will invite other strong teams to play against us. Picking weak teams will make me feel insulted. For now, I have played against Duke, North Carolina, Iowa State and Kentucky. An agreement was reached, and Kansas and Maryland replied that they still need to consider the schedule.” Every time he said the name of a school, the noise below increased, and when all the names of the six universities were announced, the discussion among the team members was overwhelming. Started to make his ears ring.

Holland coughed. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he couldn't help knocking on the microphone twice. The team members shut up quickly when they saw his eyes that seemed to be eating people.He snorted coldly and said, "We are aiming for the championship, and we dare not even touch the top teams, so let's take a vacation as soon as possible, so as not to be ashamed in the championship!" The eyebrows are pleasing to the eye, and the atmosphere does not dare to come out.

Holland vented for a while before he calmed down and asked everyone to continue watching the projection screen: "These are all the information that our scout, Mr. Cornell, helped us find. The top players in the NCAA new season, and you are very excited. It may be necessary to meet them in a life-and-death tournament, of course, like Mayo and Budinger in the same league, you must meet twice in the regular season, and there is no room for loss."

"Michael Beasley, Kansas State's talented swingman at positions [-] and [-], combines beast-like physical fitness with a relatively soft shooting touch. His strong desire to fight makes him unstoppable inside the college..."

"Derrick Rose, the point guard of the University of Memphis, has excellent physical fitness. During the breakthrough process, he can change direction and accelerate uninterruptedly, and even if there is a physical confrontation, he can still maintain his body balance well..."

"Eric Gordon, Indiana University shooter, tough, smart and has been able to perform consistently. Although he is not tall, his strong body can create more shooting space for him..."

……

As the slides continued to flash, everyone's expressions became more serious, including Love, the team's inside pillar. Only Ye Feng and Westbrook burst out with a strong fighting spirit in their eyes.For them, being able to compete with opponents of the same level makes the victory even more commendable.As for those opponents who are not strong, even if they win, they will not have much sense of accomplishment. In their eyes, the strength can only become stronger by fighting more.

Seeing the clenched fists of his backcourt team and showing a hint of excitement, Holland nodded slightly in relief.As the engine and scorer of the team, they must have high morale in the face of strong opponents.

The list of dozens of people was put on for half an hour. Holland slowly turned off the projector and said loudly: "Everyone, the new season is about to start. This is the beginning of your struggle for honor for UCLA and for yourself! Whether you can stand at the pinnacle of the NCAA in March next year depends on whether you can realize your full potential! UCLA must win!"

"Definitely!"

(End of this chapter)