At noon the day after playing the Sun Devils, Li Ao returned to Los Angeles with the Trojans.
The head coach invited the coaching staff to lunch and brought Li Ao with him. After lunch, he had to go back to the Memorial Gym to test the results of last week's special training for Li Ao.
Li Ao ordered two or three inexpensive but favorite dishes, which opened the eyes of the coaching staff!
Their team members are not greedy for petty gains!
In college basketball, for decades, the main team has been dominated by black players.
It seems that the basketball clubs in each school are more white, and they just have more people.
They are used to getting along with those team members who like to take advantage of small things. Even taking into account the living environment of most black people at the bottom, it is an instinct engraved in their genes to take advantage of an advantage... Seeing Li Ao's appearance when ordering food, they still felt in the mood Comfortable, the adjective that comes to mind is 'elegant'!
The establishment of goodwill is always strange. Most of the coaching staff had a good impression of Li Ao from the beginning, not for anything else but because he spoke politely.
He never imagined that just having a normal meal would get good reviews.
After lunch, the coaching staff took Li Ao back to the Memorial Stadium. They had to work overtime to prepare for the two games this week, and they will conduct preparation training tomorrow afternoon.
Li Ao was thrown into the head coach's office of the women's team by Henry Bibby. He was tested at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He had to go to the training ground to prepare. It was past two o'clock. It was only 1 o'clock now. He had just eaten and he did not run immediately. Go practice more.
The women's team will play Stanford University tomorrow and has already gone to San Francisco this morning. There is a computer in the office. Li Ao asked the head coach Henry Bibby and got permission to "do whatever you want" and then browsed the forum.
After browsing the forum for a while, he felt embarrassed.
(눈‸눈)
He performed well last night, right?
Why is it that the hottest topic related to him is how handsome he looks in a suit?
There is also the topic of saying that he is a rich second generation, which is more popular than the topic of discussing his performance last night.
Well, not many people are talking about his performance.
Last night, Bai Mamba's performance of first suppressing and then improving was the hot topic of discussion among the alumni.
Despising Americans who only care about face and money, Li Ao entered the website and played a small game for a while.
Not to mention, the graphics quality of games these days is terrible.
But even the mini-games on the website have their own creativity and various game mechanics.
Unlike in the future, all kinds of matryoshka dolls can be used to make money by changing their skins.
After resting for a while, Li Ao came to the training ground first, shook the old man over, warmed up, and carried out the training task of catching and shooting.
After the test is over, he will continue to practice more.
The training mission went very smoothly. It was completed in one go and 50 achievement points were returned.
He is beginning to look forward to higher-level training tasks for catching and mid-range shots. He used to regard level 1 tasks as exercise, but now they no longer serve the purpose of training.
There are two ways before him now, one is to undergo advanced special training with Xavier Johnson, and the other is to expand the basic skills and techniques related to catching and mid-range shooting.
The two paths do not conflict and can be pursued together.
After completing the catch-and-shoot training mission, Li Ao continued to catch and shoot quickly with the help of the old man, which is goal 3 of the level 1 mission.
Although he can now easily complete this mission goal, his training hit rate of about 60% is still too low and he needs to continue to improve.
Near 3 p.m., several coaches came to the training ground.
The old man greeted a few people cheerfully, and after receiving enthusiastic responses, he did not continue to talk to these people, and left the training ground unsteadily, not to delay the little friend's business.
If others don't know, can Henry Bibby know that Li Ao is a poor boy?
The coaching staff also knew through him that those outrageous rumors were false, so their good impression deepened after seeing Li Ao's "elegant" appearance at noon.
Henry Bibby was puzzled, how could this guy with an extra mouth, a golden bell, and an iron shirt who only trained his face be able to hang out with the big guys?
This time it’s still the boss and his dad!
This episode did not affect the subsequent testing.
The coaching staff had expected that Li Ao would come to train first. After they arrived, they skipped the warm-up phase and went straight to the point.
The content of the test was what they had practiced during the months of coaching Li Ao.
The test went very smoothly, except that some projects performed well and some performed poorly.
An hour later, all three sets of tests were completed.
Unsurprisingly, Sam Hayes was dissatisfied with his performance.
Surprisingly, Kevin Henderson was not satisfied either.
In fact, Kevin Henderson was quite satisfied with Li Ao's progress, but when he thought about the kid's outstanding performance with 4 assists and only 1 turnover last night, he was not satisfied anymore.
What's the use of playing so well in the game? The test is the time to reflect his ability as an excellent coach!
The performance in the passing test was not as good as the defensive test, and he felt embarrassed.
What surprised Li Ao even more was that the catch-and-shoot test actually satisfied Xavier Johnson!
He received the task prompt and received 500 achievement points as a reward!
Although this hardcore user of Kua Kua Qun likes to encourage others, he has always had high requirements for training.
However, he thought about the catch-and-shoot training task and the catch-and-shoot test just now, and his shooting performance seemed to be better than last week.
He suddenly remembered the skill of 'catch and shoot expert'.
If you make a mid-range shot without dribbling after catching the ball, your mid-range shot ability will be +2.
Even if his mid-range shooting is currently in a stage of rapid growth and still has an efficiency of 1.6 times, improving his two-point mid-range shooting ability will require at least ten days and a half of hard training.
No wonder Xavier Johnson is satisfied.
And this skill allows him to feel a stronger shooting feeling when catching the ball and shooting, and it also helps his shooting training.
After taking the time to test Li Ao, the coaching staff went back to work. For them, coming out to do a test was a refreshment after their brains were swollen from discussing tactics.
In the first test, Li Ao actually didn't have much hope. After all, the special training had just started for a week, and the newly learned things were still in the most torturous stage of practice.
One of the tests actually passed, and he was in a good mood.
Keep practicing!
Not long after the coaches left, the old man who had been hanging out for an hour came back.
Li Ao was overjoyed: "McHale, you came just in time, let's continue training!"
The old man's originally swaying steps immediately became more vigorous. He walked into the stadium and said, "How was the test?"
"Of course it's perfect. It doesn't matter who I am. I'm just a little bit behind in shooting. I'm going to practice again."
"Not bad, not bad. He is indeed the genius I admire. He is already so good, but he still works so hard to make up for his own shortcomings..."
The two chatted for a while, and the old man said: "Leo, I think you are very talented at hooking. Do you want to try practicing?"
Li Ao thought of his two nondescript hooks last night and responded: "That's why I have no talent. Did you watch last night's live broadcast?"
"I did not see."
"Then how do you know I'm talented in the hook?"
"I was in the box on the second floor last night."
"..."
Li Ao was shown off again.
Things are rare and valuable. Each team in the NCAA plays an unprecedented 40 games in a season. Those who can play 40 games will either be the annual champion or the runner-up.
This makes the strong matchup always attract a lot of attention. Two teams from the pac10 league that are competing against each other in the top three competitions played against each other. Tickets for last night's game were too expensive.
This old man goes directly to the private room!
Whether it's a purchased ticket or a free ticket, it makes people jealous.
After showing off Li Ao's face, the old man was in a happy mood and began to teach Li Ao the basic hook skills.
He has been tinkering with this matter for a while, just waiting for some opportunity to teach Li Ao how to hook.
As the old man who holds the keys to the Memorial Stadium, he has extensive knowledge. When he saw Li Ao's training, he knew that this boy might stir up troubles in the future basketball world.
If Li Ao really walks out of campus in the future, enters the professional basketball world, and makes a name for himself, when mentioning the person who helped him the most in the early stages of his career, he will mention his janitor...
Of course, the most important thing is Li Ao's appetite for him.
With this evil thought in mind, he has been working on a teaching plan for the past week. In order to keep up with the progress, he assigned a few people to help him.
The people who did it were the Lakers shooting coach, Bruins shooting coach, Clippers shooting coach, Inglewood High School head coach, and the industry's famous private shooting coach Chris Irving...
What he said was that he wanted to leave a valuable learning secret book for his hook skills, and put it in the deep mountains and forests, so that those who are destined can get it.
After a few days, a detailed hook shooting secret book was polished.
Li Ao did not dissuade the old man and agreed to follow him.
Originally, he just wanted to make the old man happy, learn it for a while and then continue practicing shooting.
But if you keep learning, you will really learn it!
After several months of practice in the mid-range shooting, his control of the ball and shooting are already excellent. If he wants to continue to expand his shooting in other positions, he has a relatively good foundation.
But the most important thing is that he feels that he is learning well!
Moreover, the old man has considered many details. No matter what problems he has, the old man can immediately come up with a solution.
The secret recipe he came up with by using his money ability to catch all the top shooting coaches in Los Angeles is so meticulous.
Li Ao compared it. I'm afraid Xavier Johnson doesn't have this ability!
He didn't begrudge his mouth, and he caught the old man and praised him.
This made the old man teach even harder, and Li Ao went from being prepared to perfunctory the old man at the beginning to actually studying hard.
Although he was a bit dissatisfied that this action was too old-fashioned, the detailed process of polishing basic skills...he learned it!
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There is another item in shooting learning - short-range hook, but it did not affect Li Ao's training process.
He set a fixed time and practiced just a few sets every day.
In this regard, the new senior hook shooting coach kept complaining, but he did not mess around. He knew very well that mid-range shooting, passing, and defense were what the team needed Li Ao to do more.
Although Li Ao personally also needs a way to score from close range, it is good for him to run mid-range shots or provide support. This was proved by playing against the Sun Devils.
But scoring from close range can only be an auxiliary role, while long-range shooting is the core.
Xavier Johnson didn't have any objections to this. He watched secretly. It's hard to say anything else about this old man, but he is really awesome at teaching hooks.
Moreover, Li Ao's mid-range shot is so handsome that as a shooting coach, he thinks he should neutralize it.
Another day passes, and on Wednesday, the Trojans host the Washington State University Cougars.
This opponent, in the words of Shelby Jordan mocking Sam Clancy, is to throw over the sophomore version of Sam Clancy who has already been scratched to thank you for your patronage, and the opponent will treat it as a treasure and re-train it again.
In terms of record, the Cougars lead the way, with a division record of 1-17 last season and only 27 games throughout the year, with a record of 3-24.
This season started with 3 losses in 3 games, averaging a net loss of 17 points per game.
What the media said about those three games - the high school and college games.
After playing against three strong opponents in a row, the Trojans finally got a chance to breathe.
The playing time of the starting lineup has dropped sharply, and Nate Hale, Sam Clancy, and Brusenthal have become the protagonists tonight.
Li Ao, who played 24 minutes in the last game, got a lot of playing time tonight. He played a full 19 minutes and scored 7 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls.
He didn't do things he wasn't good at just because he had the chance tonight. He still responded, supported, shot, and defended honestly.
He didn't score in the paint tonight. The Cougars are so sloppy and have nothing to pursue. They can't get talented players, and they can't get the weaker ones. So when selecting players, they chose to save face and build 12-man main force. There are four players on the roster who are over 2.1 meters tall, and there are two seven-footers in the paint at all times.
Not to mention Li Ao, Sam Clancy was in trouble even when he entered the battle position.
But aside from height inside, the Cougars really have nothing else going for them.
After 1 hour and 37 minutes of play, the Trojans defeated the Cougars 104-77, marking the start of their 4th consecutive victory!
After the game, Li Ao received a system prompt that the CIC had increased to 72!
If he improves it a little further and adds the bonus of the 'catch and shoot expert' skill, he can be regarded as a good mid-range player in catching and shooting!
More importantly, as his mid-range shot improved to 72, the system finally gave him a rating!
"Name: Li Ao, English name: Leo.
Age: 18 years old (August 1, 1981).
Height: 200 cm, wingspan: 215 cm.
Weight: 90 kg.
Overall rating: 60.
Physical fitness: Speed 89 (81 explosive acceleration), 89 strength (83 explosive power), 76 jumping (79 bullet speed), 92 flexibility, 88 physical strength...
Basic skills: Three-pointers - (not reaching the basic level), 72 mid-range shots, 81 layups..., 69 ball control, 69 passing, 72 step back, 71 lateral movement, 74 forward movement...
Technology: Does not possess basic level technology..."
We have finally reached the NCAA passing line. It is not easy to just rely on the basic skills of mid-range shooting and defense to achieve a passing level!
After the comprehensive evaluation reached the passing mark, three more options were added: explosive speed, explosive power, and bullet speed. He had a question, and he asked it in his mind, and the system answered it.
"When the host uses attribute points to increase speed, strength, and bounce, the burst acceleration, explosive power, and bullet speed will be increased simultaneously. If the host uses attribute points to increase the speed to 90, the burst acceleration will be increased to 82 simultaneously."
Just when he was about to recall the difficult past, he suddenly discovered a problem!
"Hey! Why the hell have I grown taller again?"
