A few bites of turkey meat made a table full of dishes prepared by two top chefs lose their flavor.
Fortunately, because of the soreness in his arm, Li Ao remembered that the physical therapy function of the body was not in use yet. He had originally planned to prepare it himself and use it after meals, so he quickly used it.
Finally, his appetite increased, and he was attracted by the pile of delicacies next to him, and he began to eat wildly. He was as full as the hospital assistant aunt who also feasted on the food.
After finishing the meal and cleaning up the restaurant, Li Ao saw off Liam who had booked a hotel and was about to leave. He chatted with Vivian about an old man he had met who was very good at hooking up in the past few days, and then returned to the room to rest. .
On Liam's side, the taste is getting worse, but Li Ao is not worried about his 'safety'.
That guy was just lustful, not stupid. Instead, he had been educated in this area since he was a child. The idea of safety first was engraved in his bones. His wallet didn't contain any cash, only small balloons.
After taking a shower and lying on the bed, Li Ao thought about tonight's dinner and felt that this Thanksgiving holiday had been quite...happy.
It feels a bit like being with my family in China a few years ago.
When I first traveled through time, although I had the memory of receiving my predecessor, I still felt strange and afraid of my family in this life.
However, a filial son emerges from the stick. This little kid who just graduated from junior high school also played and got drunk for love. After he was discharged from the hospital, he was chased and beaten by his cheap dad for nine streets. After that, he became a kind father, a filial son, a filial mother and a kind son.
Feeling homesick, Li Ao got up and went to the landline. The transoceanic call came to his mother's mobile phone. After getting through, he called out "Mom" enthusiastically.
Unexpectedly, it was not his mother who answered the phone, but his father. After hearing the shouting, he started to yell: "You bastard, are you fighting again? Are you trying to escape after beating someone you can't afford to offend?"
Well, Li Ao's homesickness was suddenly wiped out by his cheap dad.
My mother's voice rang on the other end of the phone, and the phone was snatched away.
"Xiao Ao, don't be afraid. Your father is so stubborn. He is worried about you. He means that if you are not happy in the United States, come back. He is really serious. When he heard that he could send you to study in the United States, he didn't listen to you. I sent you out based on my opinion..."
Mom's motherly mode is on. He has been in the United States for so long, and she has learned that the real America is completely different from what the public advocates, especially the racial discrimination that contemporary Chinese people have almost never been exposed to or even have little understanding of.
She used to hear public officials say that the United States is the country most opposed to racial discrimination. Now she knows that the reason why the United States shouts against racial discrimination so lively is because discrimination is really everywhere.
However, Li Ao knew that his mother did love him very much, but it also depends on the time.
The time he was "drunk for love" and was chased and beaten, his mother watched the whole thing. If it weren't for the fact that cell phones don't have cameras these days, the whole thing would have been videotaped.
It wasn't until he was almost beaten that my mother returned to her role as a loving mother. She felt extremely distressed, and she really felt distressed.
But if you really want to teach him a lesson, you have to be really cruel!
Fortunately, she is a loving mother now.
"Are you short of money? If you have no money, tell your family that you were robbed at gunpoint last time. Why didn't you tell your family? Or did Professor Yang tell you this when he was drunk with your father a while ago? I have no money to eat and I actually work as a cook for others. My son is a student from a prestigious foreign university, how can he be a cook..."
A phone call lasted for 5 minutes. It reached the limit that Li Ao could accept. He finally reluctantly said that we would talk next time. Although he didn't say more than two words, his father had no chance to interrupt, but this was The familiar smell and his homesick melancholy were finally soothed.
With nothing to worry about, he quickly entered a heartless state and fell asleep in bed within minutes...
…
A new week has arrived, and Li Ao is back to studying and training.
After a phone call with his family, he paid more attention to his studies. This is a sense of responsibility.
It cannot be said that it is difficult for the family to support his study abroad, but it is not a casual matter. Since he studied abroad, hundreds of thousands of soft sister coins a year have had an impact on the cash situation of his family's factory, which is not particularly large. , after all, the per capita annual income in the imperial capital was just over 10,000 at this time.
The most important thing is that the knowledge he acquires belongs to him.
After a day of study, Li Ao happily came to Memorial Stadium and followed the team in preparation training against the University of Oregon Dukes.
During the meeting, he was responsible for listening, training, and studying hard, just like usual.
But his eyes were brighter and more lively than before.
This is a reflection of turning from finding it fun and interesting to loving it.
At 6 o'clock in the evening, the team meeting and the first training session to prepare for the Dukes ended, and the Trojans' activities for the day also ended.
The teammates are still very busy. 17 of the 18 people stay for extra practice. Li Ao is one of them. He has told the hospital assistant to ask the physical therapist to work later.
Xavier Johnson got off work early today, and Sam Hayes was responsible for helping the women's team train. Li Ao was about to shake his old man and practice shooting together when he was stopped by Henry Bibby.
"You have a special passing training today, and you will have a special passing training every week in the future. You will also practice passing more when you have time. From next week, you will be tested on shooting, defense, and passing every week. Kevin , he gave it to you."
Henry Bibby left after saying that. He had been outside the training ground to observe secretly from time to time in the past four days, and was almost arrested by the director and his father as a gangster. He knew that this kid was very patient, so he said he would work harder. This guy must be added!
Kevin Henderson was very happy to accept the overtime arrangement and took over the conversation: "Let's go, Leo, the small training ground has been set up. Looking at your passing skills, I didn't expect you to be so good. Your support talent, you almost had a fight with Sam and you made a good pass, but I thought it was an accident that time, but I didn’t expect... Tsk tsk, you’re making a lot of money, you’re making a lot of money, don’t look at Henry’s ugly words, he said If your progress satisfies him, he will consider applying for a basketball scholarship for you next semester..."
Li Aoleng, who was reading the mission prompts he just received, was stunned. With his strength, is it possible for him to get a scholarship?
+1 more motivation!
Following in the footsteps of Kevin Henderson, Li Ao walked to the small training ground while looking at the newly triggered task.
"The team training task is started. The host needs to actively cooperate to complete the training tasks and tests arranged by the team, complete all trainings scheduled every week, and achieve satisfactory performance in the test to the satisfaction of the instructor. 500 achievement points will be awarded. Each training and Tests are calculated individually.”
There are many rewards!
But since there is a test, there are requirements. If the goal is to apply for a basketball scholarship next semester, the requirements may be very high.
However, people have to be reasonable, and it is impossible to say that he will reach that level next week. He estimates that even if these coaches have higher requirements, they will do it step by step, and it is still possible to achieve satisfactory performance.
Xavier Johnson and Kevin Henderson are easier to talk to, and Sam Hayes is really a good coach who makes him feel pain and happiness.
There is also something to be said for choosing a test on Monday.
The Pac-10 League's civil war schedule is fixed. Each team's games are concentrated on Wednesday and Sunday, one home and away game, and the home and away times alternate every week.
This was discussed with the TV station. The NCAA has so many divisions and a fixed schedule, making it easy to arrange live broadcasts.
At the same time, it is also convenient for students participating in competitions to arrange their study time. After all, most college athletes have nothing to do with professional athletes.
With this schedule, Li Ao and his teammates do not have to go to school alternately on Mondays and Tuesdays. They may have to go to the away game on Tuesday, but they will either have class on Monday or come back from the away game, and they can test in the afternoon.
Arriving at the small training ground, Li Ao was sure that during the previous passing training, the chief assistant coach in front of him who said he was a genius was just lazy!
There were not so many auxiliary training tools before!
Well, at that time, no one had any hope for him who had no passing foundation. It was normal for the chief assistant coach not to put in his efforts.
Thanks to the skill of 'transfer specialist', the coaching staff saw his passing 'talent'.
However, he misunderstood one thing. What the coaching staff valued was not his first-class passing accuracy when triggered by the 'Transfer Expert Level 2', but his awareness of distributing the ball in actual combat.
He was very happy to see such a professional auxiliary training tool, but he regretted it soon.
The previous passing training was like playing, but the real passing training to polish the basic skills is completely different in difficulty.
To pass the ball, start with catching the ball.
The gesture of catching the ball and the angle of the arm that should be maintained when receiving the ball from different angles are all important. This affects whether to pass the ball immediately, protect the ball or control the ball.
Next, there is the correction of the body movements and force-generating parts of the three basic passing movements of ground pass, through pass, and lob.
There are so many professional tools on display, including a board placed on the ground with a round hole larger than the ball in the middle, hanging rings, and a pass beater that automatically rebounds after being knocked down...
All in vain!
From 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock, for nearly two hours, Li Ao had been practicing the most basic things and almost vomited.
But thinking that since the team asked him to practice this, it means that his 'talent' in this area is in the team's plan. After he develops this ability, the team's tactical system may add him as a support link. He insisted down.
"Leo, these basic movements may not be completely suitable for you, but they are the most universal movements that have been repeatedly studied and polished by various experts, players, and trainers for decades. They are the most suitable for laying the foundation. Once you learn these, you can pass the ball. Now that you have polished your basic ball skills, think about your personal characteristics. Rome was not built in a day...Okay, today’s training is over, go back and have a good rest. The next special passing training is on Friday.”
After Kevin Henderson finished speaking, he walked away gracefully. He didn't shed a drop of sweat during this special training, and his feet were full of energy.
Li Ao was surprised that he received a reminder that he had passed the training!
He felt that he had made a mistake in his judgment. The standards of the chief assistant coach were really low!
Xavier Johnson likes to encourage people, but his standards are not low, and Kevin Henderson seems to be able to tolerate them.
As everyone knows, on the other side...
Kevin Henderson returned to the office and excitedly said to Henry Bibby, who had also just finished working overtime: "Oh, Henry, can you believe it? Leo has learned all the first lesson and practiced very hard! I have been with the team for so many years, and he is the only newcomer who is willing to patiently learn the basic moves. When I gave Brandon a special training pass, he impatiently asked me to move on to the next step... It's a pity that those The training equipment was arranged for nothing.”
"This is a good thing. It is related to his passing habits. Having good habits at the beginning will be good for the future. Passing may sometimes fall short at critical moments." Henry Bibby affirmed , but stop there.
Seeing that the head coach was still so pretentious, Kevin Henderson took over and praised: "Although he has just started playing basketball, he is only 18 years old. He has just started playing basketball at this age. He is still not impatient or impatient. He seems to be the most useless. Don’t just deal with the training that will have a big impact on the future. His talent...anyway, he is the most talented child I have ever seen since he came to our school."
Henry Bibby didn't refute. Now that he was thinking of Li Ao, he just thought about how to use extra training to torture this kid.
…
On Tuesday, after Li Ao completed the team training in the afternoon, he continued with special training again. Today is a special shooting training.
Although there is a game tomorrow, this is how Henry Bibby arranged it.
The entire coaching staff was very satisfied with Li Ao's debut performance, but it does not mean that he will be given too much playing time in the second game.
The difficulty of this shooting training suddenly increased. In previous trainings, there were basically no training requirements for single sets of shooting, but this time there was.
It also adds supporting basic skills training for catching and shooting.
Li Ao took the initiative to develop this during the Thanksgiving holiday. Xavier Johnson praised him repeatedly, and then began to correct and strengthen the basic skills and details.
The training intensity is at least 50% greater than before Thanksgiving!
Even though Xavier Johnson seemed to follow up on the praise group, in the end, he still failed to give a qualified evaluation.
Li Ao hopes to have a dozen chief assistant coaches!
Fortunately, he completed the mid-range shooting and catching training task and can also use the body's physical therapy function.
Time came to Wednesday, and the Trojans' second game day of the season arrived. At 7 o'clock in the evening, they faced the challenge of the Dukes at home.
Li Ao did not reach the top position in one step. He was still half a water dispenser manager, but not a 'full' water dispenser manager. In the middle of the first half and the beginning of the second half, he played a total of 9 minutes for Shelby- Jordan creates breaks.
When he came on tonight, there were not as many boos as there were on the court, and there were some heckling cheers.
But his role has not changed, and his performance is good or bad. In the first half, he did a good job guarding the opponent's substitute power forward Julius Hicks, but in the second half, he switched to guarding the opponent's technical starting power forward Ed Smith and was beaten. .
Fortunately, the 5 minutes in the second half did not affect the team's victory. White Mamba and Trey Paganier played better in those minutes!
The characteristics of the Dukes are similar to those of the Trojans. They are a group of mainstay players with a 70+ comprehensive evaluation. Those with 80+ are all starters and the main team. However, the 85+ Dukes only have Fred Jones.
When it comes to competing for stars, the Trojans rely on White Mamba and Trey Paganier to establish an advantage. Then the Trojans also focus on the team and compete with each other until the end.
In the end, the Trojans relied on Mamba's 23 points and Trey Paganier's 17 points to narrowly defeat the Dukes 89-81, marking the start of their second consecutive victory!
Li Ao played for 9 minutes and failed to score twice. Once he made a layup and was fouled and made two free throws. He scored 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, plus a successful block on impulse, which was given to the opponent's point guard Da. Lewis Wright.
Although his performance was ordinary and purely defensive, Henry Bibby was still satisfied, although of course he didn't say anything about it.
At this time, Li Ao's biggest help to the team is not to be impulsive and to work hard.
And with the experience of several team trainings and the last game, Li Ao was obviously much better at cooperating with his teammates' zone defense movements tonight, and the defensive progress can still be seen.
After defeating the Dukes, the Trojans had no training schedule on Thursday and Friday, but Li Ao continued to receive special training treatment. Although there was no team training, the training time was extended. Moreover, the team's defense on Thursday During the special training, he was assigned 5 sparring partners, all of whom were the most powerful forwards in the club outside of the 18-man roster.
These people have also been treated as defensive coaches by Sam Hayes, who teaches them how to analyze the opponent's defense. They are happy to be sparring partners...and they don't feel like they are being sparring partners, because during one-on-one training, they all He is the one in charge of offense, and the only one in charge of individual defense is Li Ao.
Although they didn't make the squad this year, it's not like they don't play basketball anymore. They also train and like to play basketball in their spare time. They look forward to being on the squad next year.
Li Ao felt the difficulty of the suddenly intensified training, but he enjoyed it so much that he even wanted to yell, "That's it?" '.
But considering the character of Sam Hayes, forget it.
We can't let our teammates suffer along with us. It's already miserable enough if they don't make the roster.
Come Friday, it's time for passing practice again.
This time it wasn't so boring. After practicing a few sets of catching and passing based on movement, I started to enter the passing training with auxiliary facilities.
But the difficulty suddenly increases!
In the first set of ground passes, he failed to pass through the round hole that was only 10 centimeters larger than the diameter of the ball, which made Kevin Henderson facepalm.
Kevin Henderson was puzzled. In the game the day before yesterday and the game last week, this kid passed the ball very sharply!
He thought for a moment, he must have made decisions in the blink of an eye during the game, and he was just starting to play a high-level game at the professional level. His emotions were high, and the small universe exploded.
But it doesn’t matter, he took off the board with small circles and replaced it with a board with the largest round hole that anyone can get through. Let’s start from scratch. What kind of bicycle is needed for this talent?
This training lasted all afternoon. Li Ao had no class this afternoon and struggled all afternoon. The training time was greatly extended.
In the end, even Kevin Henderson, who has never been very demanding, did not give Li Ao a qualified evaluation.
At around 5 o'clock in the evening, Li Ao's heart ached when he saw Kevin Henderson, who seemed to have a headache and had a completely different expression from Monday when he left.
changed!
The chief assistant coach has changed!
As the difficulty level increased, Li Ao began to miss Xavier Johnson, a hardcore user of the Kua Kua group.
These two special passing training sessions were obviously aimed at allowing him to develop professional-level passing skills. Even though it was hard work, he didn't feel bad about it.
Regardless of this, he had time to practice passing more. He dialed the property management phone number through the internal line, shook the old man over, and trained on the task of catching and shooting.
Now that he knew that the old man would not lose his job in his later years, Li Ao felt no psychological pressure when he shook people.
The only thing that hurts is that the old man really wants to take him for a ride. After showing off his football skills, he also wants to show off his driving skills, so he can only run away in a fancy way after the training mission.
It's free to hitchhike, but it could cost your life!
