basketball hero

Chapter 17 The First Training Camp

Unlike other teachers who work in a large classroom, Shao Ziqiang's office is single.In fact, it is not difficult to understand, given his status, which school would not arrange a one-person office for him?

Ying Xiong gently knocked on the door.Shao Ziqiang's voice came from inside: "Please come in!"

Ying Xiong pushed the door and entered, and gently closed the door.

Shao Ziqiang's office is not very big, but it is very clean and has everything he needs.

Shao Ziqiang asked Ying Xiong to sit down, sat opposite him, and poured a cup of tea for Ying Xiong and himself from the teapot on the coffee table.

"I like to drink tea, and West Lake Longjing is my favorite. How about you, do you usually drink tea?" Shao Ziqiang asked.

Ying Xiong smiled, took the teacup, and said, "I rarely drink tea, I only drink plain water."

Shao Ziqiang said: "You are still young, and you will definitely like drinking tea in the future, hahaha..."

Ying Xiong smiled and remained silent.

Shao Ziqiang and Ying Xiong looked at each other, smiled slightly and said, "We meet again, Ying Xiong!"

Ying Xiong said: "Yes, Coach Shao, I did not break my promise!"

Shao Ziqiang nodded and said with a smile: "You are indeed a person who keeps your word, very good!"

Shao Ziqiang took a sip of tea, and then asked, "Ying Xiong, what do you think of today's trials?"

Ying Xiong answered truthfully: "I think it's very good. This method is an innovation. No one has done this before. The selection group is set as the senior year, and excellent basketball players can be selected from the freshmen. Going to the second and third year of high school to choose may have the consideration of learning pressure. Playing 3-on-3 matches can not only show individual ability, but also to a certain extent, a person’s teamwork. That’s all I can think of.”

Shao Ziqiang gave a thumbs up and said seriously: "You are really smart, and you see things deeply. Ying Xiong, do you think I did this on purpose to recruit you into the team?"

Ying Xiong smiled and said, "Frankly speaking, I have thought about it, but I didn't think much about it. I only have one thought when I stand on the court—to win! I think even if you have this idea, if I am defeated in the first round Elimination, or poor performance, you won't go against the crowd and choose me into the team, right?"

Shao Ziqiang looked at Ying Xiong appreciatively, nodded and said, "Actually, I didn't do this entirely for you. I have two purposes. What you just said is right. I want to find someone with potential in the first year of high school." , but there is no one better than you. If you suck, or if there is someone better than you, I will vote you all. But the question is, will you suck?"

Both laughed.

Shao Ziqiang suddenly said: "Ying Xiong, I don't know if you realize that you have the temperament of a team leader."

"The temperament of a leader?" Ying Xiong smiled and said, "I don't know about that. I think the leader of a team is what everyone who plays basketball wants to be."

Shao Ziqiang shook his head and said: "Wanting to be and having it are two different things. Not everyone can have leadership qualities. Most people can only become a good player in their lifetime, but not a good leader. You said in the morning In the competition, try to get the other two people involved and make full use of their strengths. For this alone, no one present can compare to you. From what I know about your strength, you could have solved the problem by yourself Aren't those last two goals the best manifestation of your strength?"

Ying Xiong said with a smile: "I really can't hide anything from you. In fact, if I go heads-up, I can indeed advance, and maybe I will be lucky enough to enter the final. But it is still very difficult to win in the end. Let the two of them participate In offense, it can drive their enthusiasm for offense and defense."

Shao Ziqiang said: "You are humble, but this is what I admire most about you. You are capable of defeating your opponents one-on-one or even one-on-many, but you will win in the most correct way!"

Ying Xiong said, "Thank you Coach Shao for your compliment!"

Shao Ziqiang said: "Oh, yes, Ying Xiong, you seem to have grown a lot taller, what is your current height?"

Ying Xiong said: "175cm"

Shao Ziqiang said in surprise: "It's unbelievable. You have grown so much in just a few months. Did you know that I have already asked the school to abolish that unreasonable height regulation!"

Ying Xiong couldn't help giving a thumbs up.

Shao Ziqiang asked, "Ying Xiong, who is your idol?"

Ying Xiong said: "AI - Allen Iverson!"

Shao Ziqiang smiled and said, "You and him are actually not the same type. Which aspect of him do you admire the most?"

Ying Xiong said: "I like the super competitive spirit of AI the most, the spirit of never admitting defeat. Of course, he plays very handsome and cool."

Shao Ziqiang smiled and said, "It's nice to be young! When I was playing ball, I liked the magician the most!"

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Shao Ziqiang is not only the head coach of the basketball team of Yuezhou No. [-] Middle School, but also the head coach of the basketball team of Yuezhou University.Because of this, he didn't stay in No. [-] Middle School all the time.So usually the basketball team has some training and other trivial matters, which are all handled by Cai Guanzhong.

Cai Guanzhong is down-to-earth and diligent, but his business ability is very average, he is not suitable to be the leader alone, but he is very competent as a deputy.

In the evening, the basketball team gathered for routine training.Shao Ziqiang was absent, and Cai Guanzhong presided over the training.The senior members of the basketball team naturally admire the idol-like Shao Ziqiang.For Cai Guanzhong, most of them just pay lip service to him, and don't take it seriously at all.

Including the newly joined Ying Xiong, the Yuezhou No. 12 Middle School basketball team currently has a total of [-] players.At this time, the players gathered in the basketball hall.I saw Cai Guanzhong wearing a light-colored Adidas sportswear, a pair of white sneakers, a whistle hanging around his neck, and his bald head was very eye-catching.From the outside, Cai Guanzhong doesn't look like a physical education teacher, but rather an uncle in charge of logistics.

Everyone on the basketball team was tall and big, and Cai Guanzhong, who was not short, stood in front of them, and he had to raise his head when speaking, otherwise he could only see their chins.

This is Ying Xiong's first time to participate in the team's assembly, and it is also the first time to see other members of the basketball team in the team except Li Jianwu.

In the middle of the court, the members of the basketball team are standing there, some are chatting, some are doing small movements.And Cai Guanzhong stood face to face with them, with a serious expression on his face.Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore, blew his whistle, and said loudly: "Be quiet, be quiet, everyone, listen to me!"

The sharp whistle had its effect, and the crowd fell silent.Cai Guanzhong cleared his throat and continued, "Everyone, I'm going to introduce a new teammate to you today. You should have seen him a long time ago. He is Ying Xiong from Class One (6) of Senior High. Welcome!"

Except for Li Jianwu, few players present applauded.

"Haha, hero? Why don't you call him a bear?" One of them said eccentrically.

Ying Xiong frowned, followed the prestige, and saw that the person making fun of him was a person about 183cm tall.This person looks very sunny and handsome, but what he said is disgusting.The "instigator" glanced at Ying Xiong playfully, with an expression of "what can you do to me".

Cai Guanzhong is a good old man. He was worried that there would be conflicts in the team when he replaced Shao Ziqiang, so he quickly stopped him: "Zhang Rui, don't make fun of others!"

The person named "Zhang Rui" didn't speak anymore, but he didn't care about Cai Guanzhong's warning at all, and continued to chat with the people next to him.

Faced with this situation, Cai Guanzhong was a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the topic: "Ying Xiong, this is your jersey!" He took out two sets of jerseys from a bag beside him and handed them to Ying Xiong who was standing in the front row.

Ying Xiong took the jersey with both hands and said, "Thank you, Teacher Cai!"

Cai Guanzhong smiled and said, "You're welcome!" Then he continued, "Everyone, from now on, everyone should unite as one, work hard together, and train hard!"

"Teacher Cai, stop dawdling, let's train!" Someone in the crowd said.

"Yes, yes!" Many people echoed.

Cai Guanzhong has a good temper and is not angry. He said slowly: "Everyone, Coach Shao is not here. I will temporarily replace him today. The training will start immediately. Don't worry! Yu Dong, as the captain, you will be responsible for the training content later! "

The "Yu Dong" Cai Guanzhong refers to is 193cm tall, a third-year student in Yuezhou No. [-] Middle School, and currently serves as the captain of the school team.

Yu Dongdao: "Okay, no problem!"

Cai Guanzhong handed over the training to Yu Dong, which can be regarded as throwing out the hot potato.He can do logistical work, let him organize training, talk about tactics, those that don't exist, they have no goods in their stomachs, and they won't be run over to death.

Yu Dong commanded all the team members to run 5 laps around the field, and then perform warm-up exercises such as stretching.Basketball is a sport with very intense confrontation. If you do not warm up well, it is easy to get strained or sprained during the confrontation.

After the warm-up, Yu Dong directed all the team members to conduct half-court acceleration training, passing, layup and shooting training on both sides of the half-court.After these trainings, conduct full-court 5-on-5 confrontation training.Ying Xiong and Li Jianwu didn't get a chance to play, and practiced dribbling on the sidelines of the court.

Ying Xiong did not get the permission of captain Yu Dong to participate in the 5v5 confrontation, but he has already put on one of the two sets of jerseys given to him by Cai Guanzhong.

The number of the jersey is 14, and "14" is a number that many Chinese do not like.As for the number, Ying Xiong didn't care at all, and it didn't matter.In his opinion, the strength of a player is not determined by his number at all.

After the collective training, the team members went back to the locker room to change their clothes. Captain Yu Dong ordered Ying Xiong, Li Jianwu and a freshman from high school to stay for cleaning.

Yu Dong estimated that Ying Xiong and the other 3 people would have resistance, so he said directly: "This is the team's practice, and the new players have always done the hygiene!" explain.

3 people started to do hygiene.In fact, there is no rubbish on the court, but there will be a lot of sweat stains on the court because the game has just been played, and it needs to be cleaned with a mop.

(End of this chapter)