Kwame Brown's Freshman

Chapter 4 Why Play Basketball
Chapter 1 Why Play Basketball
"Skyhook" refers to a way of scoring in basketball - the hook. When facing the defender, the body is placed straight or sideways, one hand is used to protect the ball, and the hand far away from the defender is dragging the ball. At the same time, raise your arms above your head, swing your palms, and use the force of your fingertips to send the ball into the hoop.

How to maintain the coordination of the body after separating the defensive players, and use your strength reasonably to send the ball to the basket.

When the center is under the basket, there are many opportunities to use the hook shot in the partial cooperation with two or three people on the periphery or the overall tactical attack of the whole team. The center can shoot after dribbling to any side, or after receiving the ball. Quickly turn around for a hook shot, or grab a rebound and immediately make a second offensive hook shot.

A true hook master is absolutely proficient in positioning, he can always find the most suitable angle to send the ball to the basket.

Kwame is poor in this respect, so he has a strong body but can't grab rebounds.But now with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar training.What will happen?At least Kwame is having a hard time right now.

"Hey, bastard! Your right arm is straight, and you can't push it out? If you can't push it out, let me practice. Today, add 50 reps to the bench press. Why, the eyes are so big, is it too little? Then 100 reps is enough..." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Although he is a good teacher, but his temper. .Everyone understands.If you didn't believe in Christianity later.Maybe it's Rodman second. .

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar asked a few staff members to shoot and taught Kwame to grab rebounds and block positions, "You are such a softie, even an old man like me can't grab it, and you are still the No. [-] pick? It is an insult to the No. [-] pick!" "Shit , You see the direction of the ball's deviation, use the other hand to block me." "Is your foot a display? Stand in front of me and prevent me from grabbing the ball!" "Asshole, the direction of your ball is far away from you You just knock the ball out and watch others grab it? Who do you think you are, you can’t give up every ball to others!" "Oh bastard. Are your shoulders just used for food? You are better than most insiders. They're all short, it's normal for you to use your shoulders to resist the opponent's path"...

Next is how to use force when defending, and how to use feints when attacking...

After that.Kareem also made Kwame twist slowly for a long time, Kwame wanted to go back to rest quickly, and then he was scolded again. . .So when Kwame came home from her physical therapy, she fell asleep on the floor.As I fell asleep, I was still thinking: "Qigong, Bruce Lee. You have to die on an empty stomach... Start practicing at 5 o'clock in the morning..." It turned out that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar saw a talented kid who let himself be abused, When he was in a good mood, he handed over the health regimen he learned from Bruce Lee to Kwame. The last person who learned this method was Kobe Bryant...

Kareem called Kobe in the evening and talked about Kwame.Kwame works very hard and is a person who can persevere.But there's always something wrong, and he'll never be great.

Kwame woke up early the next morning. Although he only rested for 6 hours, he could not see the fatigue from last night at all, and his body was full of vitality.Came to the Staples Annex Park (rightly so.) only to find that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had already arrived.Kwame was very nervous, "Sorry, I'm late."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was very kind at this time, completely different from when he was holding the basketball, "You didn't come late, I came early, and when you get old, you sleep less. Come, practice with me for my new learning. Destroy you to die on an empty stomach, Tai Chi."

"What kind of Chinese kung fu is this sheep-like slow movement?? Kareem, are you sure you haven't been fooled?" Kwame wondered, imitating Kareem's movements.

As if he knew that Kwame would ask this question, Kareem smiled and said, "This is what I learned from a Chinese friend last time. It may not be useful for strength skills, but it is indeed a good way to cultivate patience."

"Patience?" Kwame didn't know why he said it here.

"Young people, they just lack patience. They always think about big contracts, brush up data, and only have the basket with the ball. There is a saying in China that haste makes waste, which means that the more you want to do it quickly, the more anxious you are to do it well. The farther away you are from the place you want to reach. When the deer eats the leaves, it raises its head and eats slowly. Although it often can’t eat it, because the trees are very tall, it can only find a short tree to eat slowly, but it will never go down. head to graze because it wants to be a deer, not a sheep."

Kwame is a good boy who always listens to the opinions of his elders. This is what his mother taught him since he was a child. Experience is the most precious wealth in a person's life.Kwame, who practiced Tai Chi with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, suddenly remembered many things after hearing these words. He seemed to only think about how to become stronger, how to gain the trust of Jordan Kobe, and how to get a big contract after becoming the No. [-] pick.But the fun of basketball is lost. Jordan Kobe also trains every day, but they are so happy, but I regard it as a kind of responsibility that must be borne.I really want to play basketball well, not for their trust. Although this is also very important, what is more important is to share my happiness on the court with my family and friends, and let others know that I am a strong player.

At the beginning, I was so happy playing basketball, and I was so excited when I entered the NBA, but after Jordan's devastation, I seemed to regard basketball as a burden and a tool to make money.It's been a long time since I visited my mother and younger brother, and I will go there after the practice is over.

Kwame, who was in a good mood, left and jogged to the Lakers Arena without driving (American Airlines is convenient, and consigned cars and the like are only charged a fuel fee ranging from tens to hundreds of dollars based on volume and weight).

After arriving at the arena, Kwame was humming and training, when he suddenly discovered that Kobe was wearing a Bluetooth headset! ! !No wonder I ignored him when I talked to him, because I didn't hear him! ! !Ah, this guy.The realm of pretending to be 13 is not low!Kwame keeps slandering her.

Kwame walked up to Kobe and handed Kobe a glass of Gatorade. Kobe saw that his mood had changed. Kwame, who seemed to be more open-minded, was a little surprised. He didn't expect Kareem to be so good. He just said After a while, there was something wrong with this guy's mentality, and there was such a big change in just one day.

"Brown, did you take the wrong medicine? No training?" Kobe was still a poisonous snake.

"Boss, can I call you Kobe? You don't have to be so unfamiliar, just call me Kwame, we will be teammates in the future, don't be so lifeless during training, let's listen to the songs together!" Kwame joked In a word, I came to the basket to practice the hook. This time it was no longer a brain-dead simple shot, but a simulation exercise with Kobe that I saw by chance last time. I scored the ball and immediately after the ball bounced. Catch and shoot, the last time I saw Kobe hit 100 consecutive shots.This time Kwame also started to give it a try.

Of course, being confident and being active are Kwame's current strengths, but that's all there is to it. The hit rate, let him go.

But Kobe saw this and smiled.Continuing with training, however, he took off his headphones and plugged in the subwoofer.Really listening to the song with Kwame.

Kobe is actually a good guy. He just regards basketball as his life and dedicates everything to basketball.He may be able to bear being someone else's younger brother, but he can't bear being a younger brother to someone who desecrates basketball.O'Neal was late for training every day and made excuses not to play.This is a bad player in Kobe's eyes. Even if he is very great, he is a bad player after all.

But even so, Kwame regretted what he said just now.It seems that there is not only a generation gap between the post-70s and post-80s in China, but also in the United States. What Kobe listened to was the songs of Elvis Presley and the Beatles. . . . .

this.To put it bluntly, Kobe is a retro guy.But isn't this guy on the Internet?It's too earthy! ! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)