Trial training to determine whether to accept the contract?

This operation shows that Grover is a very cautious person.

And let’s take a look at Grover’s resume.

In addition to Jordan, he also individually trained Hill, Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, and Wade.

Then, it was gone.

You will find that he picks people.

This is actually completely understandable.

As a trainer, the Grandmaster has a great reputation. If he trains someone and fails to perform well, then he has ruined his reputation.

So it's not a matter of US$500,000 or US$2 million, but a matter of the entire training career.

What Jordan wants, he naturally wants.

When one encounters high places, one feels like walking on thin ice.

…

The next day, Grover flew to Phoenix.

This time it was his turn to take the initiative.

At a private training facility in Phoenix, Grover conducted an individual trial training with Lin Ying.

He asked Lin Ying to do a lot of high-intensity trial training.

"This will be a very big challenge."

This is what he said at the beginning of the trial training, with a serious expression.

Lin Ying also had a serious face and was even prepared to not be able to practice more at night after the trial training.

Then when the trial training was over, he looked at him doubtfully:

"That's all?"

Grover looked stunned.

Then, the two sat on the sidelines and talked about many things.

First of all, of course, as a result of this trial training, Lin Ying perfectly met Grover's requirements.

Lin Ying also confirmed it and expressed that he could adapt to higher intensity training.

He was afraid that Grover had lowered the intensity of the trial training in order to get the contract.

As a result, Grover was made to laugh and cry.

"Besides Michael and Kobe, you are the first one I have ever seen who can do it so easily."

Grover is honest.

After the two parties established the most basic trust, Grover explained his training philosophy and his contract requirements.

He will not train Lin Ying with a high intensity all at once, but will do it step by step and last for three years.

That is his three-year training plan.

He had trained others with similar plans before.

After the two parties finalized a three-year training contract, Grover began to explain his personal training philosophy to Lin Ying.

Core: People's physical fitness can be significantly improved by training. The key lies in how to strengthen muscle groups.

Method: Stimulate the potential of specific muscle groups through high-intensity but moderate training to convert their potential.

Effect: Gradually improve various basic qualities of a person, including but not limited to core strength, resistance, jumping, explosive power, speed, etc.

Advanced effect: Through the improvement of basic quality and core muscle groups, various abilities that depend on the foundation are improved, including but not limited to the first step breakthrough ability, instant confrontation strength, aerial balance ability, etc.

After listening to this, Lin Ying instantly felt that this investment was extremely cost-effective.

He also understood why Grover was called the grandfather of trainers and why Jordan spent money to support him.

This is simply a gap in realm and understanding.

To use an analogy, Handy and the others are studying working methods, while Grover is studying working principles.

Lin Ying has never been exposed to this concept before, but from an analytical perspective, it makes perfect sense.

And Grover has so many successful cases, he will not become a guinea pig.

After Grover finished chatting about his trial training, he then chatted with Lin Ying about the training plan.

His training content does not require much time and will be concentrated before breakfast.

Jordan improved significantly under his training that year, advancing from SR to SSR, which also attracted many teammates such as Pippen of the Bulls to come here, and finally the famous "Breakfast Club" appeared.

While talking about this, Grover learned about Lin Ying's usual training intensity.

He immediately gave his advice: too much.

And his attitude was very resolute, because he saw a similar situation when he was training Kobe before.

"I really doubt it was that guy Kobe who taught you."

Lin Ying listened to Grover's suggestion.

His training methods did not follow Kobe's instructions, but what Springman asked him and Durant to do during the Naa era in order to quickly improve their strength.

Then they slowly develop this training intensity.

Grover then provided Lin Ying with a new training plan.

He still practices three times a day, but the training in the morning is mainly based on his physical training.

If the team has training in the morning, then the training time in the afternoon and evening will be reduced accordingly.

This is a more flexible training plan that still maintains intensity, just like Grover said before.

At Grover's request, Lin Ying will also hire a specific chef to perform nutritional injections according to his requirements.

In his vision, Lin Ying will reduce his body fat rate to 6% similar to Jordan's level in the next three years, and gain about 5 pounds of weight every year.

But the premise of all this is that Lin Ying's muscle groups must be built up, which is the most critical part to avoid injuries.

Lin Ying felt inexplicably excited. If he had the steel and iron bones of Jordan, he would definitely reach the peak of his personal career in three years!

…

The time has come to late January, and the second meeting of the season between the Suns and the Lakers is about to begin.

Because of training, Lin Ying's physical and mental confidence has been greatly improved.

But he soon discovered a problem. The Suns were obviously afraid of the Lakers.

Being swept in the playoffs last year, coupled with the disastrous defeat at the beginning of the season, made the Suns instinctively timid towards the Lakers.

This is understandable, not everyone is Kobe and can grit his teeth after a failure and say that he will definitely fight back.

I can understand the emotions, but certainly not the psychology.

Now if we want to break out of the Western Conference, we must defeat the Sun. Let’s not talk about the strength level, but the psychological level must be passed.

The best way is to beat the Lakers once.

But this kind of mentality will definitely make it difficult to beat the Lakers.

This is an infinite loop.

It was at this time that Lin Ying remembered what happened during the previous community care activities.

He communicated his ideas with Nash, and then they approached Gentry and finally decided to do something very meaningful.

There are still two days left before the game against the Lakers.

In this day's training session, the training intensity arranged by Gentry was much more intense than usual.

When the players returned to the locker room exhausted, they suddenly discovered that there was something in the most conspicuous place in the locker room.

It was a framed No. 41 jersey, and the whole frame was nailed in there.

And there is a sentence and signature written on the jersey.

"Never believe in fate, and never accept everything passively. Only by working hard can you get what you want."

Kevin Lauer.

Barbosa looked at Lin Ying in confusion. He knew about the exchange of jerseys.

After a while Gentry came in.

"I asked for this from Lin."

The first words he said when he came in dispelled Barbossa's doubts.

Then, he shared Laue's story.

Although Laue is relatively well-known in American basketball circles, most NBA players don't know about him.
To be continued...