Li Ao followed Brown to the innermost part of the training ground, opened the door, and saw something else - a gym.
Continuing through the gym, there are three doors around the corner.
The first one was the storage warehouse. Brown stopped Li Ao and walked in alone.
Li Ao saw the notice posted on the door that players were not allowed to enter privately.
He took a look at the door. It was clean and tidy inside, and the items were all marked. As the club manager, Brown quickly brought out a set of training clothes.
Li Ao unfolded it and took a look. It was a standard four-piece suit, long-sleeved trousers and short-sleeved jersey shorts. But at a glance, he knew it was not custom-made. It was quite loose and should be standard for his height.
Brown said: "After training, put the used training clothes in the dirty clothes basket in the locker room. There is a registration form there, write your name, and someone will come to collect it. I will also put the new clothes in the clothes basket the next morning. Put your training clothes in your closet."
As he spoke, Brown opened the door next to him and continued: "This is the dressing room, come and choose a wardrobe."
Li Ao held his breath and walked in, and took a tentative sniff. It was not as bad as he thought.
The dressing room was relatively large and there were many cabinets. He randomly found one in the closet without a name card: "This is it."
Brown put the prepared name card in and said, "You want to train later? Then change into training clothes first, I'll go out first."
It was very hot in Los Angeles at the end of August. Li Ao dressed coolly and changed into short-sleeved shorts. He simply folded the clothes he changed and put them in the closet, then left the locker room and returned to the gym.
Brown saw Li Ao coming out and was about to take Li Ao back to the training ground. Li Ao pointed to the room he hadn't seen yet and said, "Steve, what is this room for?"
"This," Brown turned around, walked to the door of the room, his expression suddenly became mysterious and said, "This is..."
"This is this?" Li Ao was already curious, but now he is even more curious.
Brown pushed open the door and said, "This is another training ground!"
"..."
Li Ao had a black streak on his head.
There is indeed another training ground inside. It is similar to the training ground outside. It is a high-windowed room with relatively bright lights without turning on the lights. It is just smaller and square. It consists of two crisscrossing training grounds and four folders. The corners are areas where items such as basketballs and stools are placed.
From this point, he could see how confusing the area divisions in this arena were. No wonder the stingy Clippers boss ran away decisively.
Brown laughed: "Some teammates occasionally want to train alone. Sometimes the coach will conduct special training for a certain player alone, so a separate training ground is needed... What do you think it is?"
"I thought it was a small dark room or something, used for confinement, or a place for fights when there are conflicts within the team. I was really looking forward to it."
"..." This time it was Brown's turn to be speechless.
Is this disappointed look serious?
What kind of talk is this!
Brown suddenly believed what Henry Bibby said.
This newcomer seems not as sunny and innocent as he looks...
The two returned to the training ground. It was almost two o'clock and the coaching staff had already gone to work.
Henry Bibby, who was chatting happily with Bai Mamba, saw Li Ao, his face immediately fell, and said: "Already here? Xavier, you take him to warm up and start special training."
Li Ao immediately ran over and asked, "Coach, what special training should I do?"
Henry Bibby asked, "What do you think you should practice?"
Li Ao thought for a while and responded uncertainly: "Fixed shooting?"
Henry Bibby nodded: "Okay, let's practice fixed-point shooting."
So careless?
Seeing that the head coach didn't want to talk to him anymore, Li Ao didn't ask any more questions and followed Xavier Johnson to the half court.
Xavier Johnson pulled a ball stand into the field, picked up a ball and threw it to Li Ao, who was standing on the right side of the three-second zone, and said: "I am Xavier Johnson, you can just call me Xavier, you shoot first Try it as a group and let me take a look at your shooting."
Li Ao nodded, concentrated, and was about to shoot when the system prompt came!
"The host has started mid-range shooting training and has worn the shooting bag: DeMar DeRozan mid-range shooting bag. The bonus effect is: 20% of the mid-range shooting training results."
This is what the CIC training gain effect is about!
The excited Li Ao pulled up and shot. The assistant coach was quite surprised when he saw his jumping posture, his body movements when he lifted the ball, and his forceful movements when he threw the ball!
The teammates were also very curious about the newcomer Li Ao. They all focused their attention on him and were surprised to see his shooting action.
Three words describe Li Ao's mid-range shot - picturesque!
Then... "Bang"... the ball hit the neck of the basket hard.
The teammates looked away. Looking at his posture, they thought he was a mid-range shooter, that's it?
Xavier Johnson was also speechless. He picked up another ball and threw it to Li Ao, signaling Li Ao to continue shooting.
Li Ao was also ashamed. He heard the voices of his teammates talking after he hit the iron.
Now his shooting posture is very professional, but his shooting ability is not worthy of such professional movements.
Fortunately, he has a good mentality. He has just started his basketball journey, and his face is the least important thing. He continues to shoot.
After a group of 10 shots and 3 goals were scored, he smiled sarcastically at the assistant coach.
This is not as accurate as when he was not wearing a shooting bag, and his strength suddenly increased and he was not able to adapt to the shooting force.
This feels similar to the period at the end of last year and the beginning of this year when I was growing very fast.
Xavier Johnson coughed dryly and said: "Your shooting action is quite good. At least you know which parts to use to exert force. You don't need to start practicing from the shooting action. OK, now you start practicing the angle of shooting and finding the right basket. direction."
Li Ao put away his useless sense of shame and began group after group of fixed-point shooting training under the guidance of his assistant coach.
The process was very boring, but his expression and movements showed no impatience, which surprised Henry Bibby and Brown who were watching.
Brown whispered to Henry Bibby: "It seems that Leo wants to seize the opportunity to join the school team. Maybe he can do better than Shelby."
Henry Bibby responded with a cold snort: "He is just showing off. Looking at his shooting movements, you can tell that he is a guy who likes to be cool and tease girls on the court."
Brown said speechlessly: "You are biased. You have never seen him play."
"have you seen?"
"..."
Brown was speechless. He felt that Henry Bibby had reached menopause, or that he was quarreling with his son again.
Henry Bibby continued to watch Li Ao train.
It can be seen that Li Ao's shooting is basically zero-level, an amateur among amateurs, which makes Henry Bibby disgusted.
But just because it is a zero-based game, there are many problems that can be found. Xavier Johnson is very professional. After Li Ao made 50 shots in each group, Xavier Johnson could accurately find the problems and provide guidance.
What makes Henry Bibby happy is that Li Ao seems to be quite talented in shooting. After every adjustment, he can see some improvement.
After a complete set of training, Li Ao showed an unfinished expression and proactively communicated the training details with Xavier Johnson. This attitude made the latter more motivated to teach.
Moreover, Li Ao's physical strength was better than Henry Bibby expected!
Originally, he and the assistant coach had planned to let Li Ao, a layman, practice a large group this afternoon to get used to it. Unexpectedly, the amount of training was actually light.
While Li Ao was resting, Xavier Johnson asked Henry Bibby if he should continue. Henry Bibby responded in a low voice: "Keep practicing until he can't hold it anymore."
Yes, I had to work overtime again, and Xavier Johnson didn’t complain and was actively engaged in work.
Having a team member with good talent and positive learning attitude is a very happy thing for a trainer, and he is happy even if he works overtime.
It was past 5 o'clock in the evening, and the teammates had already finished training and left the Memorial Stadium one after another. Even the White Mamba, who had trained the hardest, left at 4:30.
Finally, another set of 10-ball shooting at each of the five fixed points ended, and Henry Bibby signaled to Xavier Johnson to stop.
In this group, Li Ao's shooting power stability can finally not be guaranteed.
Xavier Johnson said: "Ok, Leo, today's training is over. Go back and take a bath tonight and have a good rest."
When Li Ao heard this, his pent-up energy dissipated and he sat down on the floor: "It's finally over. The amount of special training is really heavy!"
He thought this was a special Super Bowl training specially arranged for him by Henry Bibby, so he kept gritting his teeth and persisted, not wanting Henry Bibby, who couldn't stand him, to look down on him.
Fortunately, he has been keeping fit and has the first-class physical strength of an NCAA basketball player, otherwise he would not have been able to persevere.
But even if he had good physical strength, he was really tired this time.
Shooting training is very different from his usual fitness. It uses more muscle groups that are rarely used in normal exercises, which is particularly tiring.
Xavier Johnson could tell that Li Ao had misunderstood this, but seeing the head coach's gloating look, he didn't point it out and silently helped Li Ao massage the muscles of his arms, shoulders and necks.
Henry Bibby stepped forward and asked: "This is the training volume of our Trojans. How about it? Do you want to escape?"
This sinister tone, if he hadn't lost his strength and this guy was the head coach of the team, Li Ao would have really wanted to jump up and hit someone!
It was clearly this middle-aged hottie who forced him to join in the first place, but now it's like he's licking his face to do it.
Li Ao responded disdainfully: "That's it? If Xavier hadn't been tired, I could do it again."
"Very good. I have also arranged a lot of training for you. It would be boring if this training scares you away. We will meet at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. If you are late, you will be kicked out."
Henry Bibby turned around and left after speaking.
Xavier Johnson massaged Li Ao to relieve the soreness of his muscles, stood up, stretched out, and said, "Leo, please take a look at your training records. I'm leaving first."
He was also very tired.
Li Ao thanked him, stood up and calmed down for a while, then walked to the small blackboard beside the court.
He remembered that he was standing here when the middle-aged handsome man was watching. It seemed that the middle-aged handsome man was recording it.
There were a total of 23 groups, each group had 50 balls, and a total of 1,150 balls were thrown. He did not expect to shoot so many times!
However, he took 1,150 shots and scored 529, with a hit rate of only 46%.
If this is a mid-range shot in the game, it is naturally outstanding. Few people in the NBA have such a shooting percentage.
But this is training…
The gap between playing basketball and quasi-professional basketball is really big!
He remembered a saying - don't use your hobbies to challenge other people's ability to eat.
Just when he was sighing, the system prompt came!
"Training mode: The team arranges training.
Training content: Basic skills of mid-range shooting.
Completion status: Overfulfilled the training schedule of the coaching staff.
Training Rating: Poor.
Congratulations to the host for receiving the training reward: 50 achievement points.
Because the host's training performance has not reached the qualified level, the body's physical therapy function cannot be used. "
Li Ao was very surprised when the achievement points turned into 1050!
At the beginning of the training, there was no training mission triggered, and he was still confused.
However, this training rating is too real.
He probably wouldn't even have 50 achievement points if he hadn't over-completed the training.
Also, what is the physical therapy function of the body?
He just had a question in his mind, and the system gave him an answer.
"Complete the training arranged by the coaching staff, complete the training tasks issued by the system, and the score reaches a qualified level, you can consume achievement points for physical therapy to relieve physical fatigue caused by training and repair physical damage. If the score reaches perfect, you will receive free physical therapy .”
This function is great!
But Li Ao was happy, but his balls hurt again.
Perfect rating, when can I see it?
46% field goal percentage in practice...
Try Harder!
He felt that he gained a lot from today's training. At least, he learned that he has many talents.
But this also means that he has a lot of room for improvement!
…
August 28, 1999, the first meeting day of the new season for the USC Trojans men's basketball team.
At 8:30 in the morning, Li Ao took the bus and arrived at the Memorial Stadium half an hour early.
When he arrived at the training ground, not all his teammates had arrived, but the manager and coaching staff had already arrived, as well as a few more people he hadn't seen yesterday, who should be trainers and doctors.
Brown saw Li Ao, who had lost all his energy from yesterday, and said with a smile: "Leo, you arrived so early! I made more than 1,000 shots on the first day of training. I really belong to you."
Li Ao had a drooped face: "Don't mention it, I want to run away."
He was still full of energy before going to bed last night.
As a result, when he woke up this morning, he felt that his arms were almost useless. The breakfast with the hospital assistant's aunt was canceled because he had to make it, so he went out and bought two hot dogs and milk to eat.
Brown laughed and said, "Come, sit here and I'll give you a squeeze."
Li Ao did not refuse. If it weren't for the training, he would have wanted to find Liam to go to the big sword today.
After Brown got started, he pinched Li Ao until he was trembling.
But he felt very refreshed, and felt that the pinch was in place, and said: "Steve, I feel that you are more professional than Xavier."
"That's because I relied on this massage to stay on the team." Brown sounded a little complacent, but then he smiled bitterly and said: "When I was a freshman, I also looked forward to becoming a part of the school team, but my freshman year I didn't make the squad even in my sophomore year, but I still didn't want to leave the team, so I took on the job of club manager, which others found troublesome. Leo, you work so hard, I hope you can get on the squad!"
Why do you suddenly feel like you are burdened with someone else's dream?
Although this expectation didn't seem to be much, Li Ao felt a little bit of pressure and a little bit more motivation.
However, he responded calmly: "Don't expect too much from me. I just think playing basketball is fun...but I will work hard."
"Hmph, so much nonsense. Have you rested? Once you've rested, go get ready. Let's do some leg training today."
An unfriendly voice suddenly appeared next to him, startling Li Ao.
But after Henry Bibby finished speaking, he turned around and went to talk to the assistant coaches. Li Ao didn't even have a chance to reply.
After the enjoyment time was over, Li Ao got up and did warm-up activities with Brown's help.
As Brown himself said, Li Ao felt that this club manager could really do everything besides playing basketball!
As the time approached 9 o'clock, members of the men's basketball team gradually arrived.
Li Ao probably counted more than 50 people!
Henry Bibby briefly introduced the 11 people who joined this year. When everyone was introduced, there was a sparse welcome, and the same was true for Li Ao.
Just one person is different - Nate Hale.
The freshman received enthusiastic cheers from his teammates.
Brown said to Li Ao: "In addition to the three people who passed the trial training with you that day, we have seven more people joining the team in the summer, some of whom are freshmen and some who have performed outstandingly in school competitions. Among these 11 people, only Nate is confirmed to enter. The big list, but you have no competition with him..."
Li Ao nodded when he heard this.
He knew about this teammate, but he didn't know about it originally, but these days Vivian and Liam often told him about the team.
Nate Hale is the 89th ranked high school student in the United States this year. The Trojans finally grabbed the top 100 high school students in the United States. He led Mission Viejo High School to the quarterfinals of the California High School League last season. Lost to Inglewood High School in the finals.
After Henry Bibby introduced the newcomers, he began to arrange the first team training of the new season.
It can be seen that there is an obvious difference. Those teammates whose names Li Ao remembered were assigned to assistant coaches or trainers by Henry Bibby for training.
The other 30 or so people were assigned by Henry Bibby to senior players who were juniors and had not been included in the official roster for training.
Li Ao felt frustrated when he heard that the assistant coach didn't call his name for training, but he was not on the list of seniors... Henry Bibby called him aside alone.
He who originally felt like he was useless suddenly stood up and asked excitedly: "Coach, don't I train with them?"
Henry Bibby asked, "What do you want to practice with them?"
"Uh..." Li Ao was stuck this time.
Henry Bibby sneered and said: "Can't guess this time? Practice your basic skills! Sam, come and teach him defensive steps. He is very confident in his physical strength. You can train him to get down!" "
