Almighty Coach

The Clippers' training hall can be regarded as a relatively new training hall in the NBA. In 2005, the former owner of the Clippers spent 4.9 million US dollars to buy the entire land, and it took three years to build it. A modern training hall.

Surrounded by the sea on three sides, it is actually less than a mile from the sea, only four miles from Los Angeles International Airport, and more than a dozen miles from Staples Arena. The highway is across the road from the arena, so the transportation is very convenient.

After all, the United States is a country on wheels. Almost everyone, rich or poor, has a car. The public transportation in the United States has always been criticized by people. If you don’t have a car in the United States, your life will be quite inconvenient. Americans living near the highway are equivalent to living near the subway station. We live in an area where life and work are very convenient.

It is precisely because of the convenient transportation that housing prices and land prices in the area where the Clippers are located have been rising year after year. Now in this area, a 200-square-meter house can be sold for 2 million U.S. dollars, and the Clippers’ training The center has also become an asset worth hundreds of millions of dollars, which is one of the reasons why the Clippers were able to sell at a high price at that time.

A bus stopped in front of the Clippers training hall, and a dozen tall young people got off the bus one after another. The shortest of these people was more than 1.9 meters, and the tallest was more than 2 meters. One zero, one can tell that they are basketball players.

It's just that these people are all Chinese, which seems out of place with the surrounding English signs.

These are naturally the members of the Chinese men's basketball team. They will be training for a month and a half in the Clippers' training center.

Some young players looked around curiously. They seemed to be coming to the United States for the first time, even if it was not the first time to come to the United States, it was the first time to receive NBA-level training, so they looked eager to try.

Some players, on the other hand, seemed much calmer, as if they were more familiar with everything around them.

In fact, in this men's basketball national team, several players have been trained in the NBA, and some even have represented NBA teams and participated in the NBA Summer League. Although they don't have the ability to stay in the NBA to play, they are no strangers to the NBA.

The first thing the men’s basketball team does when they arrive at the Clippers is to visit the Clippers’ training hall. In fact, the basic hardware facilities of the training halls of all NBA teams are similar. Every team will have the necessary training equipment. equipped. However, compared with domestic teams, the hardware facilities of NBA teams are obviously higher-level and more professional. Those players who have never been to the NBA are naturally overwhelmed and feel that they are extremely tall.

Afterwards, the men's basketball players were arranged to go back to the hotel to rest. Everyone came from China and took a flight for more than ten hours. They should also rest and recuperate jet lag.

And Li Dai discussed the next training with Sun Chenggong, head coach of the national team.

Sun Chenggong used to be a basketball player. When he was young, he was a core member of the men's basketball team. He was selected to the national team many times in a row, and followed the national team to participate in several post-Olympic and men's basketball world championships. Only the team served as the head coach, and now he is called up to be the head coach of the men's basketball team.

Dai Li is no stranger to Sun Chenggong. When he was in school, Dai Li often watched Sun Chenggong play. Even after he graduated and started working, Sun Chenggong did not retire at that time and was still a first-line player.

Sun Chenggong also knew something about Li Dai. When Li Dai became the head coach of the U.S. track and field team, anyone who was able to succeed knew that there was a compatriot who was very good in the U.S. sports circle and achieved great achievements. After Li Dai became the head coach of the Clippers, he became Sun Chenggong's colleague. Sun Chenggong paid more attention to Li Dai's situation, including Li Dai's record of more than 60% after he became the head coach of the Clippers. Heart. It is estimated that the current Sun Chenggong can memorize Li Dai's resume.

In the reception room, Li Dai and Sun Chenggong were talking in Chinese, but Cassel and other assistant coaches couldn't understand them at all, so they could only sit there helplessly, staring at each other.

"Coach Sun, I don't know if the national team has any requirements for us in this men's basketball training camp?" Dai Li asked with a smile.

"It's up to you, Coach Li, you're welcome. After all, the NBA has the highest training level in the world, and Coach Li is also our own. I believe that Coach Li will be able to formulate the most effective training plan for our men's basketball team. " Sun Chenggong smiled and kicked the ball to Dai Li again.

Sun Chenggong knew that Dai Li was not a coach with a professional background in basketball, but Dai Li was able to lead a weak team to a winning rate of more than 60% in the NBA, which was enough to show that Dai Li really had two talents. So Sun Chenggong didn't show off, and pretended to obey the arrangement, and at the same time wanted to test Li Dai's quality.

"If that's the case, then I'll just tell you what I think." Li Dai was no longer polite. He cleared his throat and said, "One and a half months of training time, whether it's long or not. It's not short. I also hope that our men's basketball team can gain a lot in this one and a half months."

"As for tactical training, I don't think it is necessary. Coach Sun and other coaches of the national team must have detailed tactical plans for this men's basketball team. We don't need to intervene in this aspect. And the Clippers tactical coach The team is all Americans, and they don’t know our Chinese basketball style, and they don’t know the technical characteristics of the players. Let the Clippers’ tactical coach intervene in the tactical training of our men’s basketball team.

Sun Chenggong nodded, and he didn't plan to let Li Dai integrate into his tactical system.

Li Dai continued: "I don't think there is any need for technical training. The various skills of professional athletes cannot be trained in a short period of time. Some skills not only require years of training, but also require a lot of training. Constantly adjust and improve through actual combat. It is only a month and a half, if it is used to train skills, it is too wasteful, and it will not achieve too good results."

"What does Coach Li mean?" Sun Chenggong asked in confusion.

"I think that this one and a half months is best used for physical training. Physical training is the most effective type of training, and you can achieve more obvious results in a short period of time. I hope that through this one and a half months , can make our men's basketball players stronger, with better endurance and physical confrontation."

Dai Li paused, then continued: "I analyzed our men's basketball team's opponents in Asia. At present, our main opponents in Asia are Australia, New Zealand and Iran. There are many players in Australia who play in the NBA. There are several star players among them. If they all return to the Australian national team, the Australian team is fully capable of challenging the European and American teams. To be honest, we are really no match for the well-staffed Australian team. "

"The situation in New Zealand is similar to that of Australia. They have many excellent players. If they all represent the New Zealand national team, they will also have the strength to fight against the European and American teams. However, the top players in Australia and New Zealand seem to be reluctant to represent the national team. Conquest, so many times, what we face is their second team."

"And this Asian Games, Australia and New Zealand are not participating, so in the Asian Games, the Iranian team has become our main opponent. The Iranian team's technology is very good in Asia, and The physical fitness of West Asian players is not bad. However, in recent years, as the "golden generation" of the Iranian team has gradually aged, the Iranian team is also in a situation where there is no success, and their strength should not be as good as in previous years."

"In addition, there are some naturalized players. The Korean team, the Japanese team and the Philippine team should all have naturalized players, right? And there are quite a few naturalized players in the Philippine men's basketball team, including those who are active in the NBA or have played in the NBA. It is no exaggeration to say that among them, the more powerful ones can beat a team in Asia by themselves!"

Dai Li said, looking at Sun Chenggong, as if asking for his opinion.

Sun Chenggong nodded helplessly: "It is true. The current Philippine team has more naturalized players than their local players. Some of them are American-Filipino dual citizens, which means they have American basketball background. Although they Some of them have rough skills and cannot play in the United States, but in Asia, their physical fitness can indeed crush the local players in Asia. This group of naturalized players from the Philippines has really changed the Asian basketball landscape. situation."

"That's why I think that our players need physical training, and we need to let those guys who only know how to play with their bodies experience our strength." Dai Li said confidently.

Not all naturalized athletes in the Philippines are very good. Some of them also play in the Asian league, and some even play in the local league of the Philippines and mix in the Philippine league. Know.

In fact, these players are technically very rough, and they have no ball to play in the United States. American basketball players, as long as their skills are better, even if they can't get along in the United States, they can go to the European League for gold. If they are a little bit capable, they can get a good salary in the CBA, and they will not be reduced to the Philippine's own league.

In terms of physical talent, they are not very good, at least compared with the American muscular clubs, they are far behind. But compared with local Asian players, they are much stronger, and it is more than enough to abuse Southeast Asian players in the Philippine league.

It can be said that these naturalized athletes from the Philippines, except for one or two players at the same level, are all players who rely on their bodies to play, only play alone, with poor skills, and average awareness and overall outlook. Such players, against ordinary Asian players, can still rely on their physical talents to get what they want, but if they really encounter opponents who are equally physically strong, or even stronger, their shortcomings in rough skills will be infinitely magnified, and will instead become useless.

Sun Chenggong lowered his head, considered for half a minute, finally nodded and agreed with Li Dai's idea.

From Sun Chenggong's point of view, what Li Dai said was quite reasonable. Since neither tactics nor technique can be trained, physical fitness has become the only thing that can be trained.

After all, basketball is a sport with high physical confrontation, and Sun Chenggong also considered that Dai Li himself was a physical coach, and physical training may be the kind of training he is best at.

"Coach Sun, if you have no objection, I will come up with a training plan as soon as possible. It's just that my training plan is not only about physical training, but also has requirements for athletes' daily work, rest and diet. I I hope that during the training period, the players can abide by the discipline and follow my requirements." Dai Li continued.

"That's natural." Sun Chenggong nodded, but he felt in his heart that the words "discipline" always sounded particularly awkward when placed on the land of the United States.

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Dai Li led several coaches into the court, and the men's basketball players immediately stood in a row.

Only then did everyone realize that among the people who came in with Dai Li, there was a young black man who looked very familiar.

"Is that man Wood?"

"Wood? Which Wood?"

"And that Wood, the youngest regular season MVP!"

"Wood is now a Clippers player, right?"

"Wood, it's really Wood, yes, it's really him!"

The appearance of Wood caused a small commotion in the men's basketball team for a few seconds. They didn't expect that the Clippers' season was over, and they could still meet a superstar, or a former superstar.

Dai Li walked up to the crowd, coughed dryly to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said, "The one next to me, I think you all know him. Starting today, Wood will train with you!"

"Wood training with us?"

"Training with an NBA superstar? Awesome!"

"Take a photo for me later, a photo of training with Wood in the same frame."

Several young players appeared eager to try.

Dai Li smiled slightly, and then said: "Boys, there are not many opportunities to train with the MVP of the NBA regular season. I hope you can cherish this opportunity. How much you can learn from Wood depends on your own understanding." And luck!"

Not far away, coach Sun Chenggong also had a surprised expression on his face. He didn't expect that Dai Li would ask Wood to train with the men's basketball team.

"It seems that this coach Li is very concerned about the training of the men's basketball team. The cooperation with the Clippers this time is indeed right. Based on this, I have to write a beautiful report on the training in the United States. One point, I hope that the Basketball Association can reach a strategic agreement with the Clippers as soon as possible. In that case, our players may have more opportunities to train with these NBA stars. Great training!"