Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

Entering the arena, Zhuang Yu saw Zhou Zhiming at first sight.

Now that Zhou Zhiming is the translator for the national team, he is naturally also at the training base.

Later, Zhuang Yu glanced around the arena and recognized many people, including the team's head coach Yannakis, three assistant coaches, and a number of national team players.

Except for Director Gong and Zhou Zhiming, it was Zhuang Yu's first time contacting these people, but there were many photos on the Internet, and he had already seen them, so he could match them immediately.

"Zhuang Yu is here." Director Gong smiled and waved to Zhuang Yu.

"Director Gong." Zhuang Yu came closer.

at the same time.

A group of players couldn't help but look this way, looking at Zhuang Yu in different ways.

Seeing that the players were distracted, Du Feng roared with a dark face. The players shrank their necks, especially the young players, who were all silent and quickly looked away.

Here, Zhuang Yu stood in front of Coach Yannakis and said politely: "Coach Yannakis, nice to see you."

Zhuang Yu spoke English. After all, he had been in the United States for almost a year and his spoken English was already very fluent.

Coach Yannakis nodded, with no expression on his face: "Okay, let's get to know the teammates later. You can take a day off and train again tomorrow."

Zhuang Yu said: "Thank you for your understanding, but I am not tired and can participate in training now."

I came late in the first place, but if I take another day off, firstly, I will look too delicate, and secondly, it will not be conducive to integrating into the team.

Coach Yannakis nodded, the expression on his face softened.

First, he got to know the coaching staff and some important team staff, and then waited. Coach Yannakis did not stop the training, but waited until the training was over before he clapped his hands and summoned the players: "Everyone. come over."

A group of players gathered and stood in a row.

Coach Yannakis pointed at Zhuang Yu and said: "Meet the new teammate, Zhuang Yu."

Zhuang Yu also took the initiative to introduce himself, but the players' response was a little cold.

A few old players, such as Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Yi Jianlian, etc. were okay and even smiled with Zhuang Yu, but the reactions of several young players were very cold and looked unhappy.

After some introductions, coach Yannakis told Zhuang Yu to change clothes. Since Zhuang Yu said he could participate in training today, of course he wouldn't say anything.

Moreover, he also hopes to get to know Zhuang Yu.

......

Soon, Zhuang Yu changed his clothes and finished warming up.

It is not group confrontation training, but player-specific training, which can be regarded as a supplementary training after group confrontation training.

A group of players are conducting their own targeted training under the supervision and cooperation of coaches and trainers. There are also players who work in groups of three or two for small tactical drills.

However, a group of players had their eyes fixed on Zhuang Yu, and some gathered together to discuss quietly.

"This kid is really awesome. He didn't participate in the training camp or the warm-up match, and he was directly included in the squad. How can this make us embarrassed?"

"We were pretty good. We made it to the squad in the end. The most frustrating ones were those who joined the training team and even participated in the warm-up matches, but didn't make the squad in the end. The first batch of people started gathering in June. I participated in the training camp and worked hard for almost two months, but in the end I was kicked out. Do you think it was unfair or not?"

"That's not the case. They are probably all cursing at home at this time. How can anyone do this? It's so shameless."

"Hmph, I heard that it was because of the relationship with Brother Yao Ming. I really don't know what Brother Ming was thinking about putting so much effort into helping this kid..."

"Keep your voice down. You can't go out and talk about this matter. The higher-ups have spoken, and no one is allowed to talk about it outside. Otherwise, you will be severely punished."

"Tch, do we still need to say this? I really think those reporters don't have their own news channels. Besides, there is no point in saying this. Did Zhuang Yu join the national team and follow the standardized procedures? Has he gone through training and selection? Even if we don't say it, the fans and The reporter won’t ask?”

"Okay, okay, let's just say a few words. Things are already like this, and besides, it's not our place that's being squeezed out. Please calm down."

"I just don't accept it. Why can he get the spot just by lying at home while we work so hard to get it?"

"I want to see how much he weighs..."

Several young players whispered, focusing on Zhuang Yu. They had not given Zhuang Yu a good look just now, and were very unhappy with Zhuang Yu, the "airborne soldier who used the back door." Now they all wanted to see what this guy had under his command. How much is it?

Several old players are much calmer, they are not so talkative, but they are also curious about the level of Zhuang Yu, a "special case".

Not only the players, but also the coaching staff and staff were all staring at Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by everyone as soon as he arrived. He subconsciously looked at Zhou Zhiming, who made a "don't be nervous" gesture to him. Zhuang Yu nodded and focused on basketball.

Under the basket, a trainer held a basketball in his hand and asked Zhuang Yu: "Should we do dribbling training or shooting training first?"

"Let's shoot." Zhuang Yu said: "Just regular training, 20 points for each of the five points. Shoot mid-range first, then three-pointers."

"Okay." The trainer nodded, pushed with both hands, and passed the ball to Zhuang Yu.

After catching the ball, Zhuang Yu slapped the ball on the floor. Since he had warmed up just now, his movements were still very smooth. He took one step and then directly pulled up.

"boom!"

However, there was a muffled sound and the first one failed to enter.

puff......

Wang Zhelin couldn't hold back his laughter, but was glared at by Du Feng. He quickly lowered his head, but his expression showed that he was having a hard time enduring it, which almost made the teammates next to him laugh.

The first one was to hit the iron. Zhuang Yu frowned slightly. He caught the ball again and did not take action immediately. Instead, he rubbed it for two or three seconds.

The ball used by the training team and the ball used by the NCAA are different from the ball he usually uses for training. In addition, he is not a regular jump shot, but a "quick jump shot", so he felt the ball as soon as it was released. Won't enter.

Zhuang Yu jumped up and took action again.

brush!

There was a soft sound and the ball was scored.

Then came the second, third, fourth... Ten balls were thrown in a row. Except for the first one, the next nine were all scored.

Suddenly, Wang Zhelin couldn't laugh anymore.

Everyone raised their eyebrows. Although it was only ten balls, which didn't mean much, they could tell from Zhuang Yu's shooting movements that Zhuang Yu's basic shooting skills were very good.

"boom!"

There was another muffled sound, and Zhuang Yu hit the iron again, but he quickly adjusted and began to hit continuously again. After the first shot, he scored 20 out of 18.

Then the second point, the third point...

After finishing the five-point shot, Zhuang Yu took 100 shots and hit 90 of them. For these professional players in the arena at this time, the leaders of the CBA, they also hit % of the mid-range shots during training. You can do it, after all, it’s just training.

But Zhuang Yu had just arrived to report to the team, and he was very unfamiliar with venues and basketball. He even took a two-hour flight and just got off the plane.

Considering these factors, both the players and the coaching staff were a little surprised when the first round of shooting was 90%.