After the day's training, Mark was indeed alone on the training ground to practice shooting. Zhou Yi did not leave the gym after the strength training, but was performing his physical training.

Both teenagers are working hard for their dreams.

However, when Zhou Yi was conducting endurance training on the treadmill, his mind was thinking about Mark's problem.

Improving one's own abilities is the foundation of the team, but it takes too long to do so. After all, improving one's skills is not something that can be successful overnight.

So is there any way to improve performance in a short period of time so that Mark can play at U19?

Zhou Yi was thinking hard.

However, until the end of training, he didn't think of any way.

On the way home, Mark's mood was obviously much higher than yesterday. After half an hour of shooting training, he felt that he had found the right direction of effort, and just keep working hard.

He suddenly became confident about his future.

However, Zhou Yi is not as optimistic as Mark.

When he went to bed at night, Zhou Yi entered the virtual world of FIFAOL3. When he and his virtual U19 teammates started training, his eyes were all on Mark. He was observing Mark, hoping to see something from the observation.

After only looking at it for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up and realized the problem!

He has actually seen this problem before, but he has always ignored it because he is somewhat similar to Mark in terms of football style, so he doesn't regard this problem as anything.

Until now, when he was thinking hard about how to make Mark perform well, he realized that this might be the fundamental reason why Mark did not perform well in training.

But he still needs to verify it. So he began to pass Mark variously during training.

Some balls are passed into those obvious spaces, and Mark will appear in the spaces at a very time. After receiving the ball, he is almost unmarked. He shoots and scores.

But sometimes, when the space is not that big, Zhou Yi will pass the football over. This kind of ball requires Mark to fight with the opponent's defender in close combat, and Mark's success rate of getting the ball plummeted, and he didn't even catch some balls because he felt that he could not catch them.

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The next day, while changing clothes and preparing to go out for training in the locker room, Zhou Yi pretended to ask Mark casually: "Mark, I found that you like to avoid defenders playing football?"

Mark nodded: "Well, after all, I'm not a very strong striker like Schneider. If I go to fight with the defender, I won't have the upper hand. I have to play to my strengths and avoid my weaknesses, right?"

"Then Mark, I think I know why you will not perform as well as I am present without me." Zhou Yi said.

Mark looked up at Zhou Yi when he heard this, a little surprised and anxious: "Why?"

"Well, the reason is that you like to avoid defenders when playing football. Actually, I like to avoid defenders when playing football. I always choose to catch the ball at the intersection of several defense areas. In this way, if you have time, I rarely face the opponent's direct defense. The reason is the same as you, my body is not strong enough, and if I directly fight against the opponent head-on, I can't even hold the ball. So I'm doing strength training now to make up for the shortcomings in this area. But I'm still good at playing like this now, because I'm a midfielder and there is a large area on the football field that allows me to move. I can always find free to catch the ball. But you can't."

Zhou Yi began to analyze it for Mark.

"You are the forward, of course you can retreat and catch the ball, but when deciding whether you can score, your activity area is basically concentrated in the opponent's 30-meter area, or even in the penalty area. The space is small and the people are dense, and there is not much space for you to catch the ball comfortably. If you still consciously distance yourself from the defender and avoid them playing, you will have even fewer chances of getting the ball..."

"Zhou Yi is right."

Suddenly, a voice sounded suddenly next to him, which scared Zhou Yi and Mark.

When they looked back, they found that it was Gotze!

Seeing both of them turning their heads to look at them, Gotze quickly apologized: "Have I disturbed you?"

"No." Zhou Yi shook his head, "Did you see it too?"

Gotze nodded, then sat down and said to Mark: "Mark, your problem is that you seem to be a little afraid of physical contact with the defender. In fact, although your body is not particularly strong, it is not as weak as Zhou Yi..."

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes: "Hey, who is so weak!"

Gotze ignored Zhou Yi and continued to look at Mark and said, "You are almost 1.8 meters tall now, right?"

"One meter seven or eight," said Mark.

"Yes, in terms of height, you are taller than Zhou Yi..."

"Hey! Are you embarrassed to say I'm short?" After saying that, he talked about his height and said that Zhou Yi was completely a counter-attack. Zhou Yi couldn't bear it anymore, so he stood in front of Goce, who was half a head taller than Goce.

"I'm talking about Mark's height being taller than you. Zhou Yi, not me. Of course I'm not as tall as you." Gotze said. "Don't compete with me, do you go to stand next to Mark?"

"You think I'm stupid?" Zhou Yi snorted, and continued to stand next to Goce with his head held high and his chest held high.

Gotze ignored him and continued to say to Mark: "So your own conditions are not as bad as you think. Of course, you cannot be a striker like Schneider who can directly play singles guards. But you can't hide like you when you see the defender. You have to know that not everyone will take good care of you like Zhou Yi, and care about you. The pass makes it very comfortable to catch it. More often, you have to compete with the opponent's defenders in a very harsh environment. If you avoid them, how can you play?"

After Gotze finished speaking, Mark fell into deep thought.

It is indeed his habit to avoid playing football from the defender. He has developed it since childhood. In the final analysis, this is a psychological fear. He is afraid of physical contact with the defender, because he will not be able to receive the ball...

But how many people can accurately find the gap like Zhou Yi and pass the football to themselves?

Moreover, Zhou Yi is not just looking for space, but he will create some space through his own running position and passing balls in the game.

How many others have this patience?

Mark's position is not very good, and the space is not very obvious, so I might as well not pass the football to Mark.

Over time, Mark couldn't even get the ball on the court, so he naturally became a substitute and a substitute.

"So if you want to get a chance to play and perform well after playing, you have to change this habit and dare to physically compete with the defender," said Gotze.

Zhou Yi nodded from the side: "Yes, it doesn't matter if you fall. If you can fall in the penalty area, maybe there will be a penalty kick?"

"That's a fake fall!" Gotze quickly objected.

"Why is it a fake fall? Mark really falls! With Mark's small body, is there any problem with falling when fighting against others?" Zhou Yi said seriously.

When Mark heard Zhou Yi say this, his face clearly showed a fantasy expression.

Gotze quickly waved his hand and dispelled Mark's fantasy about falling into the penalty area and getting a penalty kick: "Don't listen to Zhou Yi's nonsense. If the opponent doesn't raise his arm, it's just a reasonable collision. No one will care about how many laps you fall into the penalty area! Maybe he will even ask yourself a yellow card."

Zhou Yi made a face, and then Mark realized that Zhou Yi was just talking nonsense.

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During the offensive combination training, Zhou Yi could see that what he and Gotze said still worked. Mark obviously consciously went to the defensive players to fight physically, and no longer deliberately distanced himself from the defensive players like before, and he wanted to hide directly outside the court.

Of course, this was not effective at the beginning. Mark always fell to the ground while competing for the position with the opponent's defender.

Even head coach Yebala couldn't stand it anymore and scolded Mark: "Did you not have breakfast? Why do you always fall?"

"Mark, you fell again. Are you wearing the wrong shoes? Is our turf very slippery?"

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Facing the head coach's scolding, Mark always lowered his head and accepted it silently, but when the training continued, he began to do his own thing again, constantly confronting the defender, and then fell to the ground without any suspense...

Seeing Mark's appearance, Schneider's face was filled with contempt, would he still snort coldly?

But he finally didn't sarcastically at Mark directly, because he didn't want to be driven off the training ground by the head coach again... that was simply too embarrassing!

After a training class, Mark's jersey and training vest all changed color, covered with grass clippings and mud, and looked like a mud monkey.

But Mark himself was quite happy. After he came down, he said to Zhou Yi: "How is it? Am I very brave!"

Zhou Yi nodded as he looked blue and purple on Mark's body: "I'm very brave, but also very brainless."

"Ah?" Mark didn't expect Zhou Yi to say that. Shouldn't he praise himself at this time?

Zhou Yi spread his hands: "So your sister always looks down on athletes and thinks that athletes are brainless idiots. I think it's probably related to you... The courage is commendable, but there must be correct methods and methods for improving training. If you bump into this, it is useless except for hurting yourself. If you want to fight against the defender, you must also have the right way of fighting, right? At least you have to strengthen your strength training? I happened to practice strength with coach Wanler during this period of time and have some experience. I think you don't practice shooting after the training. You come to the gym and I will teach you how to practice strength, especially the upper limb strength, so that you can strengthen your ability to fight. Don't you think my physical confrontation during this period is better than before?"

Mark thought about it carefully and nodded: "It seems to be a little better..."

"So you see, my body can improve, let alone you. Playing football is actually a movement that requires brain-based exercise. Mastering the correct method is much better than using brute force." Zhou Yi said.

Mark was convinced by Zhou Yi. He felt that Zhou Yi knew a lot and had a high level.

He nodded repeatedly: "I'll listen to you, Zhou Yi!"

"Then let's work together!" Zhou Yi patted Mark on the shoulder.
Chapter completed!