Almighty legend life

Chapter 42 The New Semester Begins

At the beginning of September 1995, Li Rui took Liu Han and Safina back to the United States after a long flight. Fenner wanted to be his "daughter-in-law", and he still didn't really understand the term girlfriend.

Entering September, the autumn semester of American universities officially began. After Liu Han returned to Los Angeles, he returned to his normal student life. Every morning running is still going on, but now sometimes there will be a beautiful girl beside Liu Han .

In the first training camp for the Bruins in the new semester, Liu Han accidentally met Paul Pierce, who had fought with him in the summer training camp.

Paul Pierce won the title of best high school player of the year in California because of his outstanding performance in high school, which aroused the interest of all famous colleges and universities in the United States. After graduating from high school, he was invited by many famous basketball schools. At first, Paul didn’t want to stay in Los Angeles. He felt that the noise of the city would affect his practice, but after getting in touch with Liu Han, Paul Pierce felt that going to UCLA was a very good choice. Some people pass the ball and some people open up space, which is very suitable for him. Playing well, and Liu Han's personality seems to be quite good, and he is sincere to people. Paul Pierce finally decided to join UCLA.

The Bruins invited many well-known high school players to join them by virtue of their reputation as the NCAA championship last season. Those who finally chose to join the Bruins were small forward Paul Pierce, center Kevin Horford, and point guard Stephen Anderson.

The Bruins have left quite a few players after a successful season last year, with seniors Eddie Bonno, George Zidek, and Teus Edney and midseason backup point guard Hudson White transferring to the NBA draft. leave.Head coach George Krent chose to invite the above three high school students to join after consideration. The strength of the Bruins seems to have declined due to the loss of three absolute main players. With the addition of Paul Pierce, the team is still immature on the inside, but the outside firepower is very strong. The head coach George is able to choose players according to his own ideas, and the new players behind him all have good shots. Ability, George wants to make the Bruins a team that focuses on outside offense.

"Okay guys, I think you have seen the three newcomers around me. These are the new members who joined the team this year. I hope you can get along well." George Krent told the old man in the first training session. Players introduce new players.

"Welcome to you, I believe that your joining will allow us to win the final championship in the coming year." The team's new captain Thomson welcomed the new teammates. After the senior players left, the head coach George The post was handed over to center Thomson. In George's view, Liu Han's character is not suitable to be the captain of the team. Now it seems that Thomson has done a good job.

"Welcome, Paul, nice to see you again." Liu Han gave Paul Pierce a hug.

"To be honest, I chose to join the Bruins because of you. It's a pity that you left and let that boy with afro get the MVP of the training camp." Paul Pierce felt a little regretful that Liu Han failed to complete the training camp , he was very displeased with the rebellious Kobe Bryant.

"Okay guys, it seems that you will have a good time getting along, so let's start training now. I hope you didn't play unscrupulously during the holidays. I don't want you to start losing weight from the beginning."

After the head coach George Krent finished his speech, the Bruins started the training of the new semester. The training began with the physical test. George had to ensure that every player was ready for the new season. He did not want the team to There were casualties at the beginning.

What reassured George a little was that the test results were very good. Compared with the old players, the physical fitness of the new players was better, but no one had a phenomenon of soaring weight.

The training of the Bruins for the new season started with physical training. During the summer training camp, George admired the training arranged by the NBA physical trainer invited by Mr. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. In the new season, he hoped that the players of the Bruins team can also Has outstanding physical fitness, because the team's main tactics this season are mainly outside lines, which will pose a big challenge to the players' speed and physical fitness.

Liu Han and Paul Pierce seem to be comfortable in physical training because they participated in the holiday training camp. Other players are a little uncomfortable with a lot of physical training, because no coach has ever arranged such a large amount of physical training for college players. .

The team began to arrange the team's tactics after nearly a month of physical training. At this time, most players in the team have basically adapted to this high-intensity training mode. Under the special arrangement, the Bruins have to practice various offensive and defensive routines every day. The cooperation of the three-line fast break when attacking, the offensive cooperation of the eagle invented and promoted by Mr. John Wooden, and the rotation rotation during defense are adapted to the situation. Players with high-intensity physical training can practice in tactical training for a long time, and the Bruins have begun a radical change in such training.

Paul Pierce has found his most suitable position in the Bruins. Paul has the maturity that his age group does not have. His physical condition is not outstanding, but he has skilled offensive footwork and back-up skills, and his shooting ability He is also very good. His mature mental state makes him not feel that he must have the ball in the team. He can run open shots, and can also use post-up singles to end the offense in tough battles. The defensive attitude is also very active. , Coach George is very satisfied with the player recommended by his old classmates.

Liu Han has successfully transformed into a point guard after training in the summer training camp, with skillful dribbling, sharp breakthroughs, simple and threatening passes, coupled with Liu Han's original counterattack The three-point ability makes him very prominent in the team's training, and Liu Han's height gives him an advantage in the point guard position. Point guards of ordinary height cannot defend, and the speed of misplaced defense is as fast as not on.

When the team first started training, the rookies Kevin Horford and Stephen Anderson of the Bruins were still surprised that the boss of the team was an Asian. The arrogant Stephen Anderson even tried to provoke Liu Han after training. He said in public that if Liu Han can't beat him, he should be the main point guard. As a result, Stephen Anderson was shaved by Liu Han without a three-pointer amidst the laughter of the Bruins players—ten to zero, like this The score once made Stephen Anderson feel that he could not hold his head up in the team, but when he saw Liu Han's performance in the extra three-point practice, Stephen didn't feel ashamed at all, because he felt that he was like a "pervert" "Bi, any kind of result is normal, as a substitute for such a person, maybe it will be written in the book in the future.

Liu Han has to practice three-pointers for an hour after the daily training. He thinks that since this is his most outstanding ability, he should practice three-pointers to the extreme. The sound of strong rotation brushing the net.At the beginning, when Liu Han started extra training, Paul Pierce and captain Thomson would choose to stay together and do extra training, but after Liu Han could shoot for an hour without losing a ball, Thomson, who was hit hard, chose to give up. , He felt very upset to see Liu Han being so accurate every day, but he didn't improve at all. Although Paul Pierce was also hit, he still persisted. He actually thought in his heart, since he couldn't be more accurate than this pervert, then why Also have to be more accurate than others.

Safina also finds time to come to UCLA’s training hall to watch Liu Han’s training every day after the day’s classes. Although she sometimes feels a bit boring, seeing Liu Han’s wonderful performance every day will also make her feel better. get better.Although Liu Han would not give her sweet talk and romantic dates like other boys, Safina felt that this simple and sincere Huaguo boy would treat her sincerely in the future.

LaBeouf still insisted on playing ball with Liu Han every day after dinner, but what he didn't expect was that Liu Han began to ask LaBeouf to continue teaching him boxing. This made LaBeouf very happy, and he seemed to see himself again The hope of appearing in the professional boxing ring with Liu Han.Although Liu Han only received a short period of boxing training, he felt that such training could help him improve, so he proposed to let LaBeouf continue to train him.

Li Rui would take care of him and Nasha's children for a long time after returning home every day, but after seeing Liu Han and LaBeouf learning boxing, he suggested that Liu Han also learn yoga, because Li Rui always believed that basketball players should not To improve the strength of the body, flexibility and body coordination are also very important. The former ensures that athletes can make various difficult movements and can ensure that players are not easily injured, while the latter can ensure that players can maintain their bodies in fierce confrontation. balance.

Liu Han's daily time began to be filled with all kinds of training and studies, but he didn't feel that these trainings and studies were so annoying. Compared with his previous life, Liu Han felt that although his life was busy now But it is fulfilling, and with Safina's company every day, Liu Han enjoys everything no matter how hard or tiring he is.

(End of this chapter)