Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Look." Coach Holland pointed to the court, "This is the effect I want. Zhuang Yu has a very strong scoring ability, isn't he?"

"Yeah." Assistant Coach Wesley nodded in agreement.

No one in the entire team pays more attention to Zhuang Yu than him.

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No one in the entire coaching staff knows Zhuang Yu better than him.

Assistant Wesley has been paying attention to Zhuang Yu ever since Zhuang Yu came to UCLA for trial training. Later, Zhuang Yu joined the team, and now... half a year has passed before he knew it. Watching Zhuang Yu train and compete, I saw Zhuang Yu's efforts and his progress.

In half a year, Zhuang Yu has made so much progress. The speed of progress made Assistant Wesley feel incredible and deeply shocked.

For a freshman player, in his first season, he can integrate into the team's tactical system, adapt to the intensity and rhythm of NCAA games, and be able to perform stably on the court and gain a firm foothold in the team. It's already pretty good.

Some excellent ones can become regular rotation players in their freshman year; more outstanding ones can become the team's starter in their freshman year...

But for an international student like Zhuang Yu who has no American high school competition background, this is really difficult.

Assistant Wesley's original expectation for Zhuang Yu was to establish a firm foothold and then try his best to become the team's "sixth man."

Unexpectedly...

After a few games, Zhuang Yu has firmly established himself as the sixth man, and now he is ranked second on the Pac-12 League's "Best Sixth Man" list.

Moreover, in recent games, with the increase in playing time, increase in ball rights, and improvement in tactical status, his performance is no longer inferior to Muhammad.

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Of course, personal data is still not as good as Muhammad.

However, in terms of field plus/minus, shooting percentage and efficiency, Zhuang Yu is even better than Muhammad.

Even Assistant Coach Wesley, who has been watching Zhuang Yu grow up, had to sigh - it's too fast, Zhuang Yu is growing up too fast!

"This is a true genius, but it is also inseparable from the hard work he has put in." Assistant coach Wesley thought to himself, and couldn't help but think of Zhuang Yu's usual training.

Others only complete the training items required by the trainer and the coaching staff, but Zhuang Yu not only requires himself to complete these, but also must be meticulous and uncompromising.

What does it mean to be meticulous and not compromise?

For example, one time, Kobe attended a training camp and guided the players in training, which was a relatively simple dribbling and running training, from one side of the court to the other.

Players work in groups, dribbling from one side of the court to the other, then back again, switching hands, and repeating the cycle.

But after a while Kobe stopped the training.

A group of players looked at Kobe in confusion. Kobe told them with a straight face that they did not complete the training according to his requirements.

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This confuses the players even more. We are all doing what you asked us to do, right?

Kobe said to them: "No, you didn't. I noticed that when many of you went from one side of the court to the other, you just put one foot on the line and then turned back. This is wrong. This is equivalent to ruining training. Got a discount.”

"Uncompromised training should be about crossing the line with both feet and then back again, not one foot crossing or one foot touching the line."

"This may seem like just a small detail, but I want to tell you that training cannot be compromised, otherwise your strength will be compromised when you get to the competition field. It may even be that just because of such a slight difference during training, you will not be able to compete with others when you get to the competition. The shot on the court is just a little bit off. If it's just a bit off, the ball may not go in. Do you know what this means?"

"That means, just by that little bit, all your hard work was in vain because the ball didn't hit."

Subsequently, Kobe asked the players to complete the training at full capacity, or even beyond the quota, because only in this way can you surpass others and become better.

Assistant Wesley was originally prepared to use this story to educate Zhuang Yu when he was lazy in training, but it turned out to be useless at all.

Zhuang Yu's training was not lazy at all, he was meticulous and did not compromise.

Even after the regular training, he would drag Anderson along for extra training...

Assistant coach Wesley has secretly observed Zhuang Yu's additional training. He will practice many things, not just passing and shooting three-pointers, running positions, but also mid-range shooting, breakthroughs, throws, and layups... ....He can even practice some technical moves that are rarely used by defenders.

"Without these, without the sweat and effort, even if the opportunity comes, Zhuang Yu may not be able to seize it."

A sentence came to Assistant Wesley's mind. It was what Zhuang Yu told him, and it was called: "Opportunities will only come to those who are prepared!"

Seeing that Assistant Coach Wesley seemed a little distracted, Coach Holland shouted: "Assistant Coach Wesley."

"Oh." Assistant Coach Wesley came to his senses and said, "Yes, Zhuang Yu doesn't only know how to shoot three-pointers. He has many scoring methods and a very strong scoring ability. I'm just feeling a little emotional, but in half a year, he It’s amazing how far we’ve grown.”

"Yeah, I'm surprised too." Coach Holland shared the same sentiment.

He didn't expect much from Zhuang Yu originally, but he didn't expect that only half a year later, he not only wanted Zhuang Yu to start, but even wanted to train him to become the core of the team.

This is so dreamy!

The two were silent for a few seconds.

After gathering his thoughts, Coach Holland continued to express his thoughts: "My idea is to let Zhuang Yu start the starting lineup and become the swingman at forward and back. Then Anderson takes Zhuang Yu's previous position as the team's 'sixth man'. Of course his ability is not as good as Zhuang Yu's, but he is better in all-around, he can organize and attack the basket, and he also has good defense and rebounding abilities."

"And, at some times, Zhuang Yu and Anderson can play together. The two of them cooperate quite well."

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"Thus......"

After listening to Coach Holland's explanation, Assistant Coach Wesley completely understood.

The starting lineup for the first half, and the starting lineup for the second half, is not just about not letting Muhammad start and just finding someone to replace him.

Coach Holland is actually trying a new lineup, and not only trying a new starting lineup combination, but also a rotation lineup.

Moreover, there is really no place for Muhammad here!

Assistant Coach Wesley took a deep look at Coach Holland and said to himself that there is a reason why Holland has been the head coach of UCLA for so many years. Even if he was hesitant and indecisive before, once he made a decision, he really dared to do so. Dare to do it if you want.

The team's core player, the No. 1 high school student in the United States, spent a lot of money to recruit Muhammad to UCLA, so he said he wouldn't use it.

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