The high-intensity physical training lasted for half a month, of course the content was not just a monotonous retracement. Smash           

Jump rope, push-ups, squats, dumbbells... All physical training events were added by Ricard, but the players in the past half month of training still haven't touched the ball.

Due to boredom and a lot of training, seven more people voluntarily gave up and withdrew. Now only twenty people are still insisting on coming to the basketball court to report every day.

In half a month, most players have adapted to such training intensity, and only a few players still feel very difficult about these events. An Jie has not adapted to it.

He was able to grit his teeth and persist in completing the goals arranged by Ricard, but it was very difficult to accomplish them.

It's still a half months before the start of the new season. Now that the team's roster has not been confirmed, Ricard cannot wait for everyone to meet the standards and has to speed up the training.

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As usual, the first training session of every day is still a 10-hour run. After the run, the players sat casually on the floor of the basketball court chatting, waiting for push-ups after the rest. But today, Ricard's words aroused all the enthusiasm of the players.

"Okay, guys." Ricard slapped his palms while shouting.

"We won't do push-ups anymore. Today, we'll practice defense."

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" The entire gymnasium was filled with cheers, and the top of the gym felt like it was about to be overturned by the deafening shouts.

An Jie also yelled with a rare roar. He was really exhausted and needed to vent his emotions. After each training, he didn't even have the strength to walk, let alone go to the wild court to play. He didn't touch the basketball for half a month, and he had already been holding it crazy.

"Go there to get the basketball, gentlemen." Ricard pointed to the basketball that was pushed in by Old Moore when everyone was not paying attention. Who knows what kind of energy these hungry wolf cubs can burst out?

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Double-team, full-game press, regional joint defense, area double-team, misaligned defense, defensive posture Ricard tried to explain tactics in the most vivid and popular way. For example, before talking about full-game press, Ricard talked about the pet dog he raised in college. The young guys below had never heard anyone talk about tactics like this, so they listened more seriously.

"Maya, that's a pure black Labrador retriever. He looks loyal and honest, and majestic. He can attract the attention of many girls when he takes it out." Ricard's face smirked.

"But this dog has a little bit of it that makes me feel so bad. It always stares at what I do, as if there is nothing else to do. Before I finish my drink, it will bark continuously. If my computer is forgotten to turn off, it will bark continuously. Even if I am intimate with the girl, it will not let me go. Oh my God, this large dog is really noisy when he barks. Being stared at me all the time makes me manic and uneasy." Ricard grabbed his head, as if he was going crazy just thinking about this past event.

"So when I call Maya on the sidelines, it means we have to play the pressing of the whole game. We have to stare our opponents from beginning to end like Maya, making them irritable and unable to play their own rhythm and smooth attacks." At this point, Ricard began to talk about the various requirements for pressing of the whole game.

The young people below were not tired of listening to the tactics at all, but remembered them very firmly. Because Ricard prepared a short story for each tactic, and each story always corresponded to their tactics. Such explanations impressed the players without forgetting them.

"Okay!" After all the tactics were explained, Ricard threw down the tactical board in his hand.

"I think you can't wait."

"Yes, coach. Let's start quickly." The players were already ready to rush.

"Now, I'll group you, and then, we start to have ball training. The offensive side just plays in the way you like, and the defense side must do what I just said. After ten moves, the offense and defense will switch between the offense and the defense. If I'm not satisfied, the confrontation will stop immediately until I finish the problem. So if you want to play smoothly and enjoyably, you'd better come as required. I hope to see all the things I just said in the confrontation." After that, Ricard picked up the list and started grouping.

His grouping has no special purpose, it is just arbitrary allocation according to the position the players hold on the court. The only two are the exceptions, Andrew Morris and Anger, who deliberately divided the two into the same group. One is the highest in the team, and the other is the strongest in the team. The second position is the fifth position and the other can be changed to the fourth position. Ricard really wants to see what the effect of the two of them will have.

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When he was thought of being in the same group as Anjie, Morris was a little disappointed. Since the match between the two of them was not decided during the training day, Morris firmly believed that he could defeat this thin tall man with three successes, so he waited for the opportunity to prove this point. Now, he finally survived the off-ball training stage and waited for the opportunity, but he became Anjie's teammate.

"Don't get in the way!" Morris said to Anjie angrily, and then ran to warm up.

"You are so magnificent, I'm thankful that the coach can remember half of what you said." This is the first time Anjie responded to Morris' words.

The long-lost sound of basketball and wooden floor collisions sounded again. This sound had never appeared in the basketball court during half a month of physical training. People who don’t know thought the basketball team had disbanded.

Twenty players were divided into four teams to practice in two halfs, defending each other, pressing, and double-teaming. Ricard hopes to see what he said today during the drill.

Anjie's team started the group confrontation in the first round as the defensive side. In addition to the defensive side where Anjie and Morris are, the attacking team also has a candidate that Ricard is very concerned about, Mike Taylor, who is already a junior.

Buzz cut, sports belt, dark skin, strong muscles. Taylor looks very ordinary and has no characteristics. The height of Mi88 and 75 kilograms make him well at the point guard position. Taylor transferred to Iowa State University this semester for family reasons. In his sophomore season, he played 64 games for Chipallo University, and averaged 9.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. It is not good or bad. However, in Ricard's view, his scoring and assisting ability still need to be opened. As long as the correct data is guided, he can reach a higher level.

In addition, Taylor's response is very fast, and stealing is also Taylor's potential killer move. With these three people, the confrontation of this group can be said to be of much interest in Ricard's eyes.

At the beginning of the confrontation, the attacking side was indeed Mike Taylor who came to control the ball. He was more experienced than everyone on the field, and advanced slowly, observing his teammates' running position.

Suddenly his wrists trembled, and the basketball quickly passed through the crowd and flew to the three-second zone. The white center named Asajin was about to arrive at the position to receive the incoming ball. An Jie did not dare to slacken off, so he immediately stretched out his arm and held Asajin's back.

Asakin may be the largest player in the team. Although he does not look strong but huge. He leans against Anjie, he is like a big white bear leaning against a small branch. He feels that as long as Asakin uses a little force, the small branch behind the white bear may be broken at any time.

Asajin slapped the ball with both hands, and his body leaned back. The strength may not be too big, but he did have too many advantages in weight.

Sure enough, Anjie was knocked to the ground directly. Asajin did not hesitate. He jumped easily at 2 meters and completed the dunk. In the final analysis, Anjie was too thin and could not withstand the impact. If Morris was replaced by Asajin, it would be impossible for Asajin to succeed so easily.

"Damn." Morris looked at Anjie who was lying on the ground in dissatisfaction, and didn't even want to go up and pull his teammate, but Asajin pulled Angel up by himself.

In the attacking side's second attack, Mike Taylor used the same trick again and quickly passed the ball to Asakin's hand. However, this time Morris would not watch the opponent's players easily score in the penalty area. He assisted the defense at the basket and prepared to double-team Asakin with Anjie.

Asakin is not the kind of player who likes to show off. He is a typical representative of good academic kids. Therefore, he did not force himself to show off when facing double-teaming, but passed the ball to Taylor who had sneaked to the bottom corner.

Thanks to Morris' assisted defense, the opponent's fourth position went out unscrupulously to play Taylor with a no-ball pick-and-roll cooperation, blocking Taylor's matchup. Taylor also ran to the unguarded area as he wished, received the pass from Asakin and got the opportunity to take the open space outside the three-point line in the bottom corner.

Without hesitation, as a player who has been fighting for NCAA for two years, he is full of confidence in this kind of ball. Sure enough, after the basketball took action, it was accurately hollowed out and entered br    >

"How should I die from the bottom corner!" Realizing that it was the loss of points caused by his mistake in choosing a double-team, Morris was so angry that they were out of the way. Now they were two goals behind, all of which were caused by the inside players' defense not being done well.

"There won't be a mistake next time." Although Morris is competitive, he never shirked responsibility if the opponent scores because of his poor work.

"Don't worry about me, I'll try my best to withstand." Angel saw Morris lowering his posture, and felt that there was no need to fight with him anymore. After all, they are teammates now, and the person they really want to defeat is now leading by five to zero.

"Come on!" Morris growled, and the third round of the two sides began.

Mike Taylor and Asakin played a pick-and-roll cooperation, and the quality was good. After the pick-and-roll, Asakin did not stand there and wait, but quickly walked away.

Taylor made a move to the east and west to prepare for a breakthrough, but in fact he used a pass without looking at the ball to Asajin who was passing the ball.

Because the pick-and-roll quality just now was very high, Taylor's matchup was completely blocked, and Anjie had to defend in front of Taylor. So the point guards who are chasing Asakin are Anjie and their side, which can't pose a threat to Asakin at the basket.

Seeing Asakin killing in with the ball, Morris immediately went over to make up for defense and blocked Asakin's way. Asakin wanted to squeeze out Morris away and force a layup. Although Asakin had the advantage in weight, Morris was too strong and he was very powerful. After half a month of devil training, he is now even tougher than when he was confronting Anjie.

Seeing that Morris was unmoved, Asakin passed the ball to his power forward teammate who had already run to the basket and was unattended. The basket was already empty, and their third goal seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

The attacking power forward held the ball with both hands and jumped. As his hands were getting closer and closer to the basket, just as he was about to dunk the ball into the basket, he slapped the ball away from behind with his big hand and nailed it to the rebound. The opponent's power forward could only return without any effort by hanging the frame with empty hands.

It was Anjie! When Morris went to make up for defense, he saw the opponent's No. 4 player running to the basket while asking for the ball. Anjie rushed over like crazy. The height of 2 meters yi9 plus the 2.27 wingspan, such a height is enough for Anjie to cover the ball before it is slashed.

The feeling of successful blocking is An Jie's favorite, not to mention that this is such a wonderful nail-board hat. At this moment, the blood in his body was burning, so An Jie unconsciously waved his fist gently.

"Beautiful boy!" Morris rushed over and patted An Jie on the head. This defense was the result of their joint efforts. He helped An Jie defend first, and An Jie took care of him behind him. The two of them ensured the safety of the penalty area.

If you do well on the court, you will win the respect of others, and action is all about everything. After this wonderful block, Morris seemed to have forgotten how much he hated this tall and thin man with yellow skin. He just couldn't help but want to celebrate with the creator of this block.

Although Anjie's advantages in height and wingspan are shown, the disadvantages of confrontation are infinitely magnified.

Asajin can still do whatever he wants when playing singles against An Jieyi. The attacking side does not use any tactics at all. As long as Taylor feeds the ball safely to Asajin, the attack will be sure to win this time.

An Jie's attitude was very positive, and he did not give up easily and fought against Asajin desperately. However, 2 meters tall yi9 is only 87 kilograms, and to fight Asajin with yi24 kilograms, such a physical gap cannot be compensated by having a positive attitude.

The opponent's ten shots were finally finished, and Anjie and the others only defended four of them. Mike Taylor did not disappoint Ricard. He handled the offense well, and it was when the entire team had not practiced the offense.

Even if the inside has a great advantage, it is not an easy task to feed the ball to the center comfortably.

For example, Yao Ming, who plays for the Houston Rockets, is missing a teammate who can feed him comfortably.

Although the impact is slightly poor, Taylor's shooting is very stable. No one should be able to compete with Taylor, who has two years of NCAA experience in the position of point guard.

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Next, the offense and defense were interchangeable, and it was An Jie and the others' turn to attack.

"It's okay, they can't defend us." Morris stared at the basket and prepared to do a big game.

Morris received the ball, and he was going to use the opponent's way of treating Anjie. Although no one could stop him from pushing, Morris's shortcomings were his rough skills. Except for the direct dunk at the basket after yi squeezed out of the match, he failed to hit the two consecutive hooks.

Morris, who had wasted two opportunities, received a pass from his teammate again, but the opponent was not stupid. This time, the person who defended Morris was replaced by Asakin, who could fight against him.

Morris still tried and pushed it back hard. But Asajin stood behind Morris like a hill, motionless.

Seeing that he could not continue to push the basket, Morris passed the ball to his small forward, Anthony Ben, who is also a new player in Big Yi.

He was originally a No. 3 player with a slightly inferior shooting accuracy but excellent athletic and defensive ability. After receiving the ball, he had no doubts and took the ball and went straight to the penalty area.

I flew past the players who were defending him like a gust of wind, and plunged into the already crowded three-second zone. However, there seemed to be fewer people in the three-second zone.

Everyone knows Anthony. Ben has excellent physical fitness and athletic ability. As long as he gives him a gap, he may perform a wonderful dunk. So no one dares to slack off. His breakthrough attracted three people to defend in the penalty area, including the opponent's power forward who should have defended Anjie.

As the center, An Jie did not squeeze under the basket. He had already made a breakthrough and swam to the right of the center distance at the same time. This was his favorite shooting point. He only hoped that his teammates could see his own opportunities instead of yi's rude behavior.

Ben did not disappoint An Jie. He did not try to make a forced layup in the three-second zone filled with people, but instead used a very ornamental pass from behind without looking at the person in the process of breaking through, and sent the ball to An Jie who was unguarded.

"Damn it!" The opponent's power forward rushed out immediately, but nothing was wrong.

"Swish!" An Jie completed the shooting slowly, and the basketball was hollowed into the basket without any suspense.

Centers with shooting ability are the type that most inside players hate to defend the most. They are used to wanting to stay near the three-second zone to protect the penalty area and rebounds, so this type of center will always find the opportunity to yi for two open shots.

Ricard off the court was amused and laughed. The team showed good offensive talent, but the defense I talked about today was not ideal. However, he did not intend to change the training plan for the offense. He still firmly believed that solid defense was the cornerstone of success.

On the court, Anjie and Morris' teams have scored four goals in a row. Among them, Anjie used his steps to shake the ball past Asakin in the inside and easily scored with a hook. He was still the one who was still the one who turned around and jumped from close range when facing Asakin, and still hit.

An Jie can be said to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses. He did not fight head-on with his opponents, but instead used his excellent shooting and back-to-body skills to score.

With Anjie's restraint, Morris was even more upside down in the inside. He faced his opponents against him and unscrupulously used his physical advantages to rake the baskets in the inside.

On the offensive end, the combination of Anjie and Morris can be said to be the most efficient in this team at present. Asajin can be a very useful blue-collar player, but he can only make a difference on the offensive end when facing an inside line with a weight of Anjie.

Ricard had seen enough, and he picked up the whistle hanging on his chest and put it in his mouth, blew it hard.

"Okay! Stop it all!" His loud voice was still there. "I said that when I was defending, you should not be idle. You should make a sound and interfere with me. The sound started to be made when you put it on, but I didn't hear a few people coming as required. Do you think this is playing in the wild court? We are training!"

"Hand straight and lower your butt. This hand prevents the passing route. This hand keeps interfering with his dribbling. It's okay to raise your hand high, but don't just raise your hand high." Ricard used his hand to fiddle with a player who was not qualified in defensive posture and adjust his posture.

"Now, take a ten-minute break and prepare your push-up meal. Anjie, come here." Ricard waved at Anjie.
To be continued...