professional shooting guard

Chapter 85 Left Hand Training
The morning is physical training, and in the afternoon Zhang Zifeng mainly trains his golf skills.

At around 15:[-], Zhang Zifeng was training with [-] three-point shots every day.

"Hey, Jack, you're here early!"

Zhang Zifeng was startled by the voice behind him. Just now he was concentrating on training, ignoring the sound of hitting the ball behind him.

Zhang Zifeng turned around and saw that it was Kyrie Irving.

Kyrie Irving entered Duke University in 2010 and is Zhang Zifeng's senior.

The NCAA league has great influence in the United States.

Americans have a family-like feeling for college campuses. Many famous stars will come to their alma mater to train during the offseason to keep in shape, and at the same time give advice to their juniors and keep the school's torch passed on.

This is related to American culture and is a process of accumulation.

Zhang Zifeng was a little excited when he saw Owen's voice.

"Ah, sorry, I didn't pay attention to your arrival, Senior Brother."

While doing a simple warm-up, Owen talked, "Are you interested in a contest?"

Zhang Zifeng nodded and shouted, "Of course!"

Owen said with a smile, "Okay, let me warm up first. Then let's compete!"

Although I trained all morning, my body is a little tired.

But being able to compete one-on-one with the superstar Irving, the excitement and excitement in his heart made Zhang Zifeng not tired, and he seemed to be full of vitality.

He is very much looking forward to the contest with Irving to see how far he is from the NBA superstar.

Zhang Zifeng nodded, and he also started warm-up training.

After warming up for 10 minutes, Owen shouted, "Okay, come on. Jack, let me see your strength!"

After speaking, Owen threw the ball to Zhang Zifeng, lowered his center of gravity, and waited with his arms open.

Zhang Zifeng took the ball, dribbled continuously under the crotch, and then suddenly accelerated and cut inward to the right.

Owen reacted quickly, turning around and clinging to the opponent.

Zhang Zifeng suddenly stepped back and shot.

Swish the ball into.

Owen saw it, and Chen praised, "Jack, I can see that you have put a lot of effort into shooting. Not bad! Come again!"

Owen picked up the ball and threw it to Zhang Zifeng.

Hearing Owen's Chen Zan, Zhang Zifeng was very happy.

When Zhang Zifeng dribbled the ball again, he tried to use fake moves several times but couldn't get rid of Irving's defense.

Zhang Zifeng tried to carry him to the inside, but found that Owen was stronger than expected and couldn't push him at all.

Unable to find a good way to dribble back and forth, Zhang Zifeng suddenly turned around and shot a jumper.

Owen's explosive power is very good, he jumped up with both feet, and his straight right hand put a lot of pressure on Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng's shooting was solid.

In the transition of offense and defense, Zhang Zifeng threw the ball to Irving.

When Irving was dribbling, it suddenly started after a few trials.

It was very fast, and more importantly, he dribbled the ball very well, shaking his body back and forth.

You don't even know which direction he will break through in the next moment, just like the lightness kung fu in martial arts novels, just slip away, and then dodge past Zhang Zifeng.

When Zhang Zifeng turned around and chased after him, Irving had already made a layup.

Is this the strength of an NBA superstar?

Zhang Zifeng used to think that his level was very good, but now he finally knows the gap.

Zhang Zifeng didn't feel sad. For him, it was very exciting to have a goal to strive for.

There are still three goals. Although Zhang Zifeng knows that there is still a certain distance from Owen's level, it does not mean that Zhang Zifeng is willing to give up easily.

Zhang Zifeng picked up the ball and threw it to Owen, "Come again!"

Next, Zhang Zifeng's defense against Owen became tighter, and he almost hugged him.

But whenever Irving breaks through and Zhang Zifeng predicts that he will run to every position, Irving can always throw Zhang Zifeng away from the other side in an incredible way.

One to five, the loss was clean.

Although in the game, I used my running position and shooting, scoring will not be as bad as it is now.

But one-on-one, he was completely defeated.

Zhang Zifeng smiled wryly, the gap is huge.

Irving dribbled the ball and said to Zhang Zifeng, "Jack, your shooting is great, but in terms of dribbling, you need to improve. I watched the Duke University game this year. Seriously, your performance in the playoffs was really terrible. Shit. Of course, the biggest responsibility here is Parker. But you are also responsible. Your physical fitness is really bad. You can score 48 points. After the game, your physical fitness cannot keep up. The NBA has to [-] minutes of fierce fighting, let alone overtime. And I see that your ability to break through is not good, and you can't adapt to the NBA at your level. You must know that the NBA has gathered the most talented people in the world, and there is a On the battlefield, no one will sympathize with you and pity you, they will only try their best to restrict you and knock you down. So what you have to do is to use more weapons to arm yourself and face the challenge without fear.”

Zhang Zifeng reflected and nodded, "Brother, in terms of dribbling, what changes should I make, that is, how should I improve my dribbling level?"

Of course Zhang Zifeng knew about his physical shortcomings.

But he wants to know what he didn't notice or think about when he dribbled.

Owen thought for a while and said, "You should also know the shortcoming of poor confrontation. I found that your left and right hands are very unbalanced. You are right-handed, but your left-handed dribble is much worse. This will not work. If you want to break through in the NBA, your left-handed dribble is very poor. You must be proficient. You should take advantage of the summer vacation to train your left hand well."

"Brother, can you tell me how you trained your left hand before?"

Irving switched the ball to his left hand and said, "Look, dribble with your left hand first. Dribble with your left hand, focus, and remember to touch the ball with your fingertips, or let's say fingertips, that's the basics. .Then dribble high, but keep control of the ball. Then dribble low, as low as possible, also using the fingertips. Do this back and forth for a few minutes.”

After Irving made a demonstration, he continued, "Then use your fingers to shoot the ball, first the thumb, then the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger. This is very helpful for you to control the ball."

Irving resumed dribbling normally after training and sat on the bench. "Next, we practice dribbling in front of the body. This training can be practiced after the usual training, when the body is tired and sitting on the bench to rest. The left hand can dribble from the left side to the right side in front of the body, and dribble vigorously. Make sure you don't lose the ball. Then there's the side dribble, which is to dribble the ball with one hand from the front to the back. The ball passes under the feet, train the sense of the position of the ball, keep practicing, let the ball pass through the feet all the time. The next step is to dribble low around the feet and practice fingertip control. It is difficult to keep the dribble low without losing the ball, Because the space is too small. Of course, it is very difficult to practice reverse dribbling. But don’t stop training, even if you lose the ball, pick it up and continue practicing.”

Owen demonstrated a few times, then stood up and said. "Sit down and practice for a few minutes, rest enough. You can stand up and practice. First dribble low, be sure to force. Then high dribble, switch back and forth between high and low dribbles."

"The next step is to put the right hand on the back and pull the ball with the left hand to change the dribble. The low dribble with one hand goes around the leg."

Owen stopped, stood up and said, "When you start practicing this, this wrist is very sore. Don't worry, this is the process of you getting stronger, the muscles are forming memory, your muscles will be stronger, and your dribble will be more powerful , the ball control will be better.”

Owen said, walking towards a wall of the training hall.

"After the practice of dribbling with the left hand, you need to train the dribble behind the left hand. You can practice standing next to the wall. Stand one or two meters away from the wall. Pass the ball behind the left hand, hit the wall, and the ball bounces back. Catch it, go on, slowly speed up."

"Dribble behind your back, pass the ball, catch the ball, layup, and use your left hand all the way. It's very difficult. After a few practice sessions, the hand is already weak. It's like the hand has died. But you have to keep practicing. It's for you The improvement in the strength of my left hand is also helpful. Understand?"

"Yes, thank you brother!"

"Come on, Duke University has not won a championship for several years, I hope you can lead Duke University to win a championship again!" Owen said.

Zhang Zifeng nodded and said, "I will definitely!"

"Come on, Jack, I am optimistic about you. I hope you will come to the NBA next year, by the way. It is best to come to the Cavaliers. You know, our Cavaliers are always short of shooters!"

Zhang Zifeng also said with a smile, "This, I can't make the decision. You know the decision is not on my side."

"Of course, but as long as no one chooses you, I will definitely persuade the general manager to choose you!"

……

After a few casual conversations, Zhang Zifeng started training.

Seeing Zhang Zifeng's serious look, Owen was very relieved, and his advice was not in vain.

Irving has been training at Duke University for a week and is about to leave. Irving has been selected for the U.S. men's national basketball team. In July, he will participate in several warm-up games with the team.

(End of this chapter)