tennis giant

Chapter 64 Philosophy
Early the next morning, An Sheng packed up his belongings and went to the club team to report.

And yesterday, An Sheng had already agreed to the contract proposed by Chen Feiyang. He thought about it for a long time, and he was basically sure that this was indeed a very beneficial contract for him.

Crucially, once he signed the contract, he really didn't have to worry about anything outside of tennis until he turned pro.

It is very worry-free, allowing him to devote himself to improving his strength.

In addition, even if he becomes a professional player in the future, apart from not being able to quit the Guanhao Club and allowing them to use his image for external publicity, this contract does not place any restrictions on him.

In conclusion, it is beneficial to him and not harmful.

On the contrary, their Guanhao Club, in this contract, needs to bear a lot of risks. If Ansheng can't get enough good results in the future, they will definitely lose money.

Of course, Chen Feiyang is not stupid. What he does is similar to venture capital. High risks also mean high returns.

If An Sheng really became a top tennis player, then they must have made a lot of money. After all, in the future, An Sheng would no longer be able to charge them any endorsement fees.

And when An Sheng came to the indoor gymnasium that he was very envious of before, it was beyond his expectation that there were already people in the stadium, and there were more than one.

"Hey, An Sheng, good morning."

"Morning, Chen Haoyu."

"You can call me Lao Chen."

Chen Haoyu's attitude was somewhat enthusiastic, which surprised An Sheng, but after they greeted each other, he did not walk towards each other, but walked towards another person in the venue.

"Coach Sun, you came so early."

It was none other than Sun Binghua, the coach of Hu Tianbin and Lu Weiqiang, and he was chosen by An Sheng himself.

This is also the first power used by An Sheng after signing with the club.

The most important reason why he chose Sun Binghua was that in the previous trials, An Sheng had already realized that the style of play he was good at now was very consistent with Sun Binghua's coaching ideals.

He believes that under the guidance of coach Sun Binghua, his strength and tennis skills will be further improved.

In addition, there is another small reason, that is, Lu Weiqiang has already left. As for how he left, An Sheng doesn't care, such a result is enough.

But having said that, An Sheng actually doesn't like this bottom-line defensive style of play very much. He likes the bottom line, but he prefers offense.

Therefore, An Sheng now only plans to study with Sun Binghua for a while, and then probably change.

"An Sheng, I've been waiting for you on purpose."

"Uh, coach, you actually don't have to come so early, you can just come at your usual time."

"Hahaha, I'm kidding you. This man is old, but he doesn't sleep well. I usually wake up at five in the morning, and I can't fall asleep afterwards."

An Sheng scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. He didn't expect that coach Sun Binghua seemed to be much more lively than he imagined, and he was not so old-fashioned and serious, but he was easy to talk to.

"Let's go, An Sheng, before officially starting training, both of us need to do some basic understanding of each other, so that we can communicate better and train better."

"it is good."

An Sheng readily agreed.

Not long after, the two arrived at Sun Binghua's office.

It is worth mentioning that his office is very simple, with two desks, several wooden chairs, a filing cabinet, and two more conspicuous kettles placed on the desk. These are all the objects in his office.

After the two sat down, Sun Binghua didn't talk too much, and went straight to the topic.

"An Sheng, have you ever known me? Tell me, just be casual."

An Sheng was very serious and not too polite. He told everything he knew, including his general evaluation of Sun Binghua.

After listening, Sun Binghua nodded with a smile, but then, he described An Sheng's situation in great detail, which showed that he had put in a lot of effort in advance.

"An Sheng, you are a hardworking child. This is good, and it is enough for me to do my best to teach you."

"In addition, I have to apologize to you first. In the last training match, I didn't choose you. You can probably guess the reason, so I won't talk about it."

In this regard, Ansheng did not express his position and was noncommittal.

However, what Sun Binghua said next surprised An Sheng, and he had a new understanding of him.

"An Sheng, in your impression, I am a stubborn, conservative coach who is good at teaching bottom-line defensive skills, right?"

"But I have to tell you that your impression is wrong, if not completely wrong, it is at least one-sided."

"You say I'm stubborn, I admit it! You say I'm good at the bottom line, and I admit it! But you say I'm conservative, that I can only teach people to defend, but I don't agree."

"An Sheng, what do you think is offense? What is defense?"

An Sheng was stopped by his question for a while, and after thinking for a while, he finally got a clue.

"Coach, I think offense should be about actively pursuing points, and defense should be about preventing points from being lost."

"Hehe, what you said is very good, but it's not deep enough. Come and listen to my opinion to see if I'm right."

"I'll talk about defense first because it's easier to understand."

"You just said that the purpose of defense is to prevent yourself from losing points. This is of course true, but it is too brief. More specifically, the purpose of defense is to find counterattacks while defusing the opponent's attack. Only when you haven't lost a point can the game continue, you have the opportunity to turn defense into offense, or let the opponent make a mistake and then complete the score."

"So, the essence of defense is actually the pursuit of scoring, right?"

"That's right." Anson nodded.

"Okay, since defense is for scoring, isn't defense also equivalent to offense?"

"This..." An Sheng was a little confused and couldn't react for a while.

"Don't worry, let's talk about offense again. The purpose of offense is to focus on scoring. That's true, but more specifically, is your offense also designed to prevent the opponent from launching a counterattack?"

"You hit the ball vigorously to increase the speed of the ball, isn't it just to prevent the opponent from counterattacking? Isn't your left and right movement also to make the opponent exhausted and unable to counterattack?"

"In this way, isn't your offense also a defense?"

After finishing speaking, Sun Binghua was not in a hurry, and left some free time for An Sheng to think slowly and understand slowly.

It took a while before An Sheng realized it.

"Coach, I roughly understand what you mean. Offense is actually limiting the opponent's counterattack, while defense is actually pursuing scoring. Therefore, whether it is offense or defense, their ultimate goal is actually to Score, is that right?"

Sun Binghua nodded with a smile.

"Yes, I mean, that's about it. In a tennis match, whether it's the so-called active offense or passive defense, his goal must be to score."

"Since this is the case, do you think I will simply pursue bottom-line defense?"

"will not."

An Sheng gave this very simple answer, and suddenly understood what Sun Binghua really wanted to express. He was telling An Sheng that he never pursued defense alone. What he pursued was scoring.

"However, coach, since your coaching philosophy is all aimed at scoring, why do your disciples tend to play defensively? In addition, there are many tennis skills, but why do you Do you have to stick to the bottom line?"

"Haha, An Sheng, these two questions of yours are not very easy to answer. Fortunately, I prepared a little bit yesterday, otherwise, I would really be stumped by you."

"Uh~ Coach, you're joking." An Sheng scratched his head in embarrassment, but he didn't mean to embarrass the other party on purpose.

"Okay, let's talk about your problem."

"And to answer your first question, you have to figure out, what exactly is an offense?"

"Is offense an idea, or is it an adventure, or is it a tactic?"

"I don't think so. In fact, the offense I understand is very simple and clear. An offense is a high-quality shot. As long as your shot is of good quality, then your shot this time is a kind of offense. "

Hearing this sentence, An Sheng's eyes lighted up, and he felt that Sun Binghua's summary of "offensive" was really incisive.

"Oh, it seems that you understand."

Seeing An Sheng's expression, Sun Binghua laughed.

"Since offense is high-quality hitting, then of course it has higher requirements for players. You need to have better physical fitness and better tennis skills to play high-quality hitting. .”

"But if your ability cannot meet this requirement, then your 'offensive' may not pose any threat, and it is not an offense at all."

"And since it's not an offense, what is it? Can it be said to be a defense?"

"It is precisely because of this that when my students play, they appear to be focusing on defense. But in fact, it's not that they don't want to attack, but that they don't have the ability to do it. Hit some quality shots."

"Of course, I would like to remind you by the way that defense does not mean low-quality returns. We will talk about this later."

After taking a breath, Sun Binghua continued.

"Let's answer your second question again. Why should I stick to the bottom line tactics? This question is actually very difficult to answer. If I really want to say it, I may not be able to finish it for days and nights. However, I can use a simple fact , to prove its correctness and advancement.”

"An Sheng, you should have watched a lot of professional games, right? So, do you see more players playing the baseline style, or more players playing other styles?"

"The answer should be obvious. In today's professional tennis world, more than 90.00% of the players can be attributed to bottom-line players."

"This fact is enough to prove that bottom-line tactics are the most popular and advanced tactics in today's tennis world, and it's not me who sticks to them for no reason."

"By the way, I would like to remind you that a bottom-line player does not mean that his other tennis skills are not good. In fact, if you really want to become a top player, then your skills must be very comprehensive."

"Coach, I understand. I also want to apologize to you. I had a very deep misunderstanding of your coaching philosophy before. I even thought that you were too conservative."

"But in fact, my understanding of tennis is too shallow to have this prejudice."

An Sheng expressed his apology very sincerely.

Also from this moment, he put away his old prejudices towards coach Sun Binghua, began to agree with his philosophy, and was sincerely willing to regard him as a teacher and learn from him seriously.

(End of this chapter)