Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 62
After Holland's beating, the atmosphere in the team was obviously much better. Everyone returned to the previous state of hard training, and the coordination mistakes in training were obviously much less.In fact, if you are not a public figure who relies on eyeballs, then in the metropolis of Los Angeles, it is best not to understand too much what the media says, because many times, like lawyers, they can say that black is white, White can also be said to be black.As a semi-professional and eventually professional basketball player, the only thing they need to trust is their teammates and the basketball in their hands.

However, today's training session was a bit weird. Coach Holland, who always arrived half an hour early, did not appear in the training hall when the training started. Only assistant coach Blake led the players to do some warm-up exercises.Everyone whispered while running around the court, Westbrook turned his head secretly, and asked Ye Feng in a low voice: "Ye, what the hell do you think the coach is doing today? He didn't take a nap, did he? What do we say, don’t believe the hype of the media, but now it’s good, he swelled up first, and then again, this is the first time I have encountered a coach who is late for a training session.”

Ye Feng said angrily: "You are a big-headed ghost, how can you say that the coach is not playing in the NCAA for the first time, how could he get carried away after being praised by the media for so many times? But this is really strange, he has always Arrived earlier than the earliest one among us, could it be that there is something that can’t come today? But Coach Black didn’t say it clearly, and his face didn’t change, as if this is a normal situation.”

Westbrook wanted to say something else, but Coach Black, who had been following the team, yelled loudly: "Russell, Yeh, if you two chat there again, I don't mind letting you go to the track and field for an extra run together." Come back after twenty or thirty laps! And everyone else, shut up and run, don’t think I can’t hear anything. You just warm up, and anyone who talks will roll to the track and run!" The voices in the team disappeared under his roar, and everyone quickly shut up and quickened their pace. Westbrook and Ye Feng, who were running at the front, looked even more serious, as if they were caught by the assistant coach just now. Not the two of them the same.

Although everyone was quiet, Blake didn't intend to let them go: It's fine to be lively at ordinary times, but he talks so much during training, do you feel that the intensity is not enough?So Black changed the running at a constant speed to a running at a variable speed, and strictly required everyone to adjust their speed according to the rhythm of his whistle. If the whistle sounded soft, run slower, and if the whistle sounded too fast, they had to speed up immediately, which made the group of people miserable. Word.Even though they knew it was the coach's punishment, they didn't dare to speak up. Who made themselves the first to make mistakes?It's fine to mutter a few words in my heart, and then take it out and say it like no one else, for fear that others don't know or what?
After a whole set of warm-up exercises, everyone felt that the intensity was at least twice that of the previous training session, and everyone was paralyzed on the ground like a dead dog. If Black hadn't kicked them one by one, maybe everyone I'm too lazy to get up.Suddenly, someone shouted: "The coach is here!" Everyone was startled, and stood up as quickly as possible. The exhaustion on their faces was swept away, and more than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at The entrance of the training hall.

Of course, this wasn’t something someone shouted on purpose to get the players motivated. At the door, Holland was walking in with another person, and the two seemed to be laughing and talking about something.Holland's height is not too short, but he looks like a child beside the opponent.At this moment, some sharp-eyed team members exclaimed: "Oh my God, look who is that? "Sky Hook"! It's "Sky Hook"!" But in the American basketball circle, almost no one does not know this big man, even if he has retired for a long time.

"Skyhook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, formerly known as Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., is one of the most famous centers in NBA history.Since being selected by the Bucks with the No. 1969 pick in 20, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has played for the Bucks and the Lakers in his 20-year career, leaving a series of dazzling records for future generations.He is the first player to play 57446 full NBA seasons. In the longest playing time of 28307 minutes, he made 15837 shots and 38387 hits. Averaged 24.6 per game), 17440 blocks (NBA No.11.2), 3189% (NBA No.3) shooting rate.

贾巴尔是史上总得分最多，总盖帽历史第三，常规赛MVP最多，入选全明星次数最多和职业生涯赛季最长。他还创造过连续787场得分达到两位数的惊人纪录。他还缔造了令人敬畏的一份个人荣誉表及团队荣誉表：最佳新秀、6次总冠军、6次常规赛MVP、2次总决赛MVP、19次入选全明星、2届得分王，NBA35周年大庆和50周年大庆时均入选历史全明星阵容，还同时拥有8项季后赛纪录和7项全明星纪录。

But now this big man was standing in front of them alive, everyone looked dull.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar glanced at Holland, smiled and said: "I'm sorry to disturb everyone's training, but now I'm just an alumnus of UCLA, at most your seniors. I heard that everyone did a good job this season, just right I have something to do when I came back during this period, so I specially told Coach Holland to come and see your training session. Haha, you don’t need to put on such a surprised look, I just watched it casually, you follow the original training Just plan."

As soon as Jabbar finished speaking, Westbrook, an active member of the team, said loudly: "Mr. Kareem, can you give us some advice? To tell you the truth, this is the first time we have met you like this in a training session." I think everyone is very eager to learn something from you, and I hope you can teach me. As your junior, it is our honor to receive your advice."

Abdul-Jabbar looked at Holland next to him again, and Holland glared at Westbrook and nodded slightly.After getting the coach's permission, Jabbar joked: "In this case, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for me not to tell you something. Maybe I won't even be able to get out of the door later. I heard that there is a very good insider among you, I want to tell all the inside players on the team about the hook, oh no, it should be my 'sky hook', other people can listen to it if they want to learn, but since I am the fifth position, others It’s fine if you have advanced skills, but that’s not something I can teach you.”

He strode to the sidelines to pick up a basketball, and greeted: "Come with me, boys, come to the three-second zone, and I will show you what is called a 'skyhook'. Especially your two starting insiders, Kevin Love, Josh Shipp, I dare not say that my hook is very strong, but it must be useful to you.” After everyone gathered around, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar began to teach his own The unique skill - "Sky Hook".First, he made a demonstration. I saw him propping up one leg, leaning sideways, drawing an arc with his terrifyingly long arms, and throwing the ball into the basket.

Seeing the incredulous expressions on everyone's faces, Jabbar smiled and said, "This technique requires many years of hard work. Of course, if you have played streetball, you may master it faster. After all, this is not the way of regular basketball. Normal people Using such tricks, it is impossible to control the direction and strength of the ball. And the skyhook needs to be matched with some footsteps at the basket, such as this and this.” He said while flexibly making a few moves in the three-second zone. Turn your back and shake from side to side.

In fact, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar never minded sharing his stunts, which also led to "Magic" Johnson using a similar hook to kill the Celtics at the last moment of Game 1987 of the [-] Finals. It's called "Little Skyhook".Celtics forward Larry Bird said after that game: "When you're playing against the Lakers, you're always ready to get beat by a hook shot, and we just didn't expect it to come from 'Magic'. ' Johnson."

Among the crowd watching from the sidelines, apart from a few insiders, Ye Feng also studied very seriously.This is not the first time he tried to imitate the "skyhook", but it was the first time he watched the real master perform this technique face to face.He is still very confident about the footsteps at the basket, but he couldn't grasp the essence of the "Sky Hook" after watching the video before. This time he finally met Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, how could Ye Feng let go of this opportunity?
After a few demonstrations, Jabbar motioned for everyone to practice with the ball, while he walked around slowly to see if anyone needed advice.But soon Abdul-Jabbar was shocked by an Asian player near the free throw line. He didn't stand still and fumble for the knack of the "skyhook" like others, but seemed to have an invisible defensive player in front of him. After the shaking, the ball was thrown out.Seeing his shot, Jabbar was stunned: This guy is very talented, he has already looked decent in such a short time, although he added some of his own things, but it is really commendable.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar couldn't help but love talent, he stepped forward and asked: "Boy, judging by your skin color, you should be the team's starting shooting guard Ye Feng, right? I want to know, as a guard, why do you still So hard to learn my hook?" Ye Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said solemnly: "As long as I can improve my strength, I will study hard. My biggest wish is to become an all-around player. .If you can't let me defend from position [-] to position [-], then let me play from position [-] to position [-]!"

　The general steps of the hook are as follows: 1. After receiving the ball, whether the inside player is facing the basket or facing away from the ball, he must lean on the opponent, and use physical contact to realize the strength of the hook and make room.Usually one dribble can flash space. 2. Take the hook with the right hand as an example. After leaning on the opponent, the offensive player advances towards the penalty area, strides forward with his left leg, and at the same time exerts force on his shoulders and waist to squeeze out a body position as much as possible. 3. Use strides, shoulders and body contact to achieve a turn, and use your right hand to throw the ball from the side of the body higher than the top of the head. It is best to straighten the arm.At this time, the left arm must know how to rely on the opponent to prevent blocking.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)