Both John and Lu Ke were members of the sparring group, and Lu Ke's standard was even worse - in the first two years, he couldn't even enter the sparring group. In the third year, it was only because of Anthony's pity and sympathy that he finally able to join the team. Therefore, John naturally believed that defeating Lu Ke should be a simple matter and a matter of course.
But after the return run started, John discovered that Lu Ke had always kept pace with him, which aroused John's competitive spirit. He had fallen from the main force to the sparring partner, almost falling from heaven to hell. Will he continue to sink? So, John gritted his teeth and used all his strength, 100%, without any hiding.
Run, stop, turn around, speed up, sprint, stop again, turn around.
When the return run ended, John was only one body ahead and finished the entire race first. Because he sprinted so hard that he didn't brake in time in the end, he rushed out as if gliding, rolling and crawling and falling onto the lawn. However, John did not cry out in pain, but laughed loudly, venting all his emotions heartily.
Lu Ke slowed down, supported his knees with both hands, and couldn't help but laugh too, "How are you, does it feel good?"
"Yes...yes..." John said breathlessly, but after he finished speaking, the ridiculous smile rose again, "Actually, I shouldn't feel good. I almost lost. This is not the level a qualified wide receiver should have." The wide receiver lost to the quarterback during a 40-yard round trip? This is really embarrassing, not to mention that Lu Ke is not a quarterback yet, he is just a training team member with no field position.
"Looking at it from another perspective, after a year of training, I have reached the current level. Isn't this a positive meaning? Moreover, after you perform to the extreme, you can also show different strengths. So, if you continue Does continuing to train mean that you can re-enter the main lineup, even if you are just the third substitute?"
Lu Ke's words silenced John, and the smile stayed at the corner of his mouth. Only his chest was still heaving violently: How did he end up like this? Is it really because the talent has disappeared? Or is it because he stopped trying? Or maybe it was the fierce competition and his father's reputation that put him under too much pressure, and he chose to give up due to self-defeat? So, what is he insisting on now?
"I'm going to do two sets of return runs next, how about we do it together?" Lu Ke stretched out his right hand, "I bet your physical strength is not as good as mine, so I can beat you this time."
"Dog/shit." John choked back without any hesitation, grabbed Lu Ke's right hand, and stood up with the help of his right hand, "It was just a warm-up for me. Now that the warm-up is completed, I can relax I will leave you behind. If you are not worried about being embarrassed, then I will let you lose again."
From that day on, John became Lu Ke's regular training partner. In addition to ball training and partner training, John and Lu Ke completed basic training such as pull-ups, weighted squats, and sit-ups, as well as 10,000-meter long-distance running training. Three days came to an end in the blink of an eye. Lu Ke completed the second daily training task without any doubt and once again gained a basic point.
Lu Ke hasn't had time to add points to the points gained from the first daily training mission, so he now has two points.
At the beginning, Lu Ke hoped to make up for other shortcomings, but then he discovered that as a quarterback, he had too many shortcomings, and all of them failed. Two basic points were simply a drop in the bucket. , it is impossible to become fat in one bite, so I simply added these two basic points to the long pass accuracy again, so this data became 81 points.
Finally, among Lu Ke's various quarterback skills, one finally broke through the 80th mark, going from mediocre to good. Although there is still a long way to go from the excellent 90th mark, this is a good start. .
After the second daily training task was completed, the third daily training task appeared again. This time, not only did the training items increase significantly, with a total of fifteen trainings, but the number of consecutive training days also changed from three to seven days, which made Lu Ke really complain, "This is the third task. , it has been seven days in a row, so if you want to earn basic points in the future, do you have to persist for a whole year to get a few points?"
At first, Lu Ke thought that it was not difficult to gain basic points, as long as he kept training every day; but now it seems that this is unrealistic. The real role of daily training is to hone basic skills, and it requires years of persistence. . It is obviously impossible to become a rugby superstar just through these basic skills training without technical content or actual combat practice.
Daily training tasks are not shortcuts, but foundations. This also means that if you want to grow quickly through basic points, you can only hope to rely on game tasks and special tasks.
However, since getting the system, there has been no movement on other types of tasks, and he has not found a way to start tasks. Every time he asks Xiao Qi, the answer is the same, "No permissions at the moment."
Therefore, Lu Ke temporarily put aside other tasks and devoted himself to daily training tasks down-to-earth. Every day was hard, but also fulfilling. Compared with the basic points, he could feel that he had gained strength in every training. Progress, real progress, the entire training framework, methods, methods, rhythm, and measurement have become clear, and the unattainable dream has become more and more certain. This feeling is really wonderful. As for involuntarily indulging in it, training has gradually become a kind of enjoyment, and I can’t wait to get into training every day.
"Ding", the voice sounded in his mind again, and Lu Ke knew that the seven consecutive days of daily training tasks were completed, and he once again gained a basic point. Then, a new mission appeared again.
Instead of rushing to add points, I started the task: twenty basic trainings, completed for seven consecutive days. The difficulty did not double to ten or fourteen days in one go as Lu Ke expected. It was still a seven-day cycle. This was really surprising. "Is it because my foundation is really bad and miserable, so the system can't bear it," he said. Do you want me to continue to be useless? Xiaoqi, is that right?"
He didn't hear Xiaoqi's answer, but he heard John's half-joking voice, "You're smiling so brightly, could it be that you were hit in the head by a rugby ball just now? Have you lost your mind?"
Lu Ke glanced at John speechlessly, "I was fantasizing about your sister just now." This retort, which only men could understand, was heard by others around him, and everyone suddenly started to cheer, and John opened his mouth. , but found that everyone was so noisy that he had no chance to speak. In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly and burst into laughter.
"Hurry up, hurry up, everyone, speed up!" Anthony's voice sounded through the loudspeaker, "We are not here for vacation, this is training camp, training camp! There are only the last five days until the NCAA tournament, everyone Come quickly and gather!" Amid the shouts, everyone temporarily stopped chatting and began to speed up.
NCAA, National Collegiate Athletic Association, is an association of more than a thousand four-year universities in the United States and Canada. Its main activity is to organize various sports leagues. Before officially entering the professional league, NCAA competitions are for college students. The best platform for self-presentation, scouts are scattered in every corner, watching NCAA league games and selecting the professional players their teams need.
The NCAA is one of the most important events for American college students outside of their studies. Its influence is even greater than that of the professional football league, which is not taken seriously in the United States. Major TV stations will also broadcast NCAA games. The NCAA competition is divided into three levels and dozens of leagues, including football, baseball, ice hockey, basketball, track and field, gymnastics, wrestling and other competitions.
In the NCAA Football League, there are a total of six top-level conference leagues, and the University of California, Los Angeles is one of them and belongs to the Pac-12 Conference.
As the name suggests, this league has a total of twelve teams. They will play twelve games within four months, and then determine the league's ranking and compete for the Rose Bowl, the league's highest championship.
This year's Pac-12 season officially kicked off last week. The opening game was between the University of Southern California and the University of Hawaii. The former won. But this week, the game is about to begin. The University of California, Los Angeles, won the first game. , will play against Stanford University.
The first game of the season is always the most important, not to mention the opponent is the team's feud. Just like in football matches, the most exciting thing is always the derby, the intra-city derby and the national derby. The same is true in the NCAA league. The opponent of the University of California, Los Angeles, in the national derby is Stanford University, and the opponent of the intra-city derby is the University of Southern California. , they are mortal enemies who want to tear each other apart, and sparks fly in every game.
This year is certainly no exception.
In order to concentrate and sprint for the game, the team, under the leadership of the coach, left the noisy environment of the campus and came to the training camp in the suburbs. They excluded all potential interference factors as much as possible and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the final game. preparation for war. After three days of training, the new season officially begins.
John and Lu Ke threw the footballs in their hands back into the cart, and John asked in a low voice, "Do you think we have a chance to make the roster?" The so-called roster includes the third team of substitutes. But as long as you make the list, you have a chance.
"Big list? Ha, daydreaming also depends on the time." Kevin Price came over and threw the football in as if he was shooting, but he missed the shot and fell to the side, but he didn't see it. Without looking, he turned around and left.
John didn't care and replied directly, "Some people don't even have dreams, that's sad." 46
