Li Ao practiced two sets of shooting. Shelby Jordan came out after taking a shower and changed clothes. He still said hello to Li Ao nonchalantly, but didn't say much. Li Ao also responded, as if the fight never happened.

As if.

Although he felt the pressure of involution, Li Ao did not stay to continue training. After taking a good bath, he took the bus home.

When it comes to basic defensive skills training, he has reached the stage where confrontational training is required. Practicing footwork alone will get half the result with half the effort.

Shooting training, the amount of training today was large enough, and he felt the changes in his hand shape in the two sets of shooting he just practiced.

As for training other things, he has not learned professional training methods. He has figured out his own way, but once he is used to it, it will be difficult to change to a professional way.

Sometimes a blank sheet of paper is better for cultivation. Although this is what Xavier Johnson encouraged him to say, he thinks it is not unreasonable.

Adequate rest is a better choice for him. Maintain sufficient enthusiasm when it is time to train, and take a good rest when it is time to rest.

The main reason is that he has a different mentality from his teammates. He is not as carefree as Shelby Jordan. During today's training, Shelby Jordan tried his best to perform what he was good at. He did not paddle the whole process one by one when he was not good at it. He was not like others.

Deadly roll.

Shelby Jordan is confident that he will make the main team, while others are fighting for the other 11 main team spots, working even harder than when they were 50 and 18.

Li Ao is thinking about how to improve his abilities more reasonably and effectively, and he also aims to become the main force. But for him, since he has already entered the main roster, he may become the main force this season. It will happen sooner or later, so there is no rush for success.

On the other side, the coaching staff is also working overtime. After basically confirming the 18-man roster a while ago, they have started overtime mode. They want to make the tactical system more complete and more suitable for the existing lineup before the start of the running-in training after the big roster. Although

There will definitely be preparation errors or deficiencies that need to be adjusted during run-in training, but the more complete the preparation, the lower the probability of errors or deficiencies, and the preparation for the new season will be smoother.

While working overtime, they also paid attention to the situation of the team members. They were surprised to learn that Li Ao left after the training and did not stay for more training. They saw how hard Li Ao worked before.

But on the second day, after watching Li Ao perform mid-range shooting training with more enthusiasm than others and with sufficient physical strength, the coaches talked about it and easily analyzed Li Ao's thoughts.

There was no training scheduled for Tuesday, and no one who was not selected for the roster came, but only one person on the roster did not come - Shelby Jordan.

Yesterday, many people practiced too late. Yesterday, a company rented the main stadium to hold a press conference. It ended at 9:30 and the stadium closed at 10:30. Those who practiced extra were kicked out by the staff.

After suddenly increasing the training intensity to such an extent, the other people who came to practice today were completely different from Li Ao in terms of their level of commitment and training state.

Seeing that Li Ao maintained efficient training performance from 4 o'clock to 6 o'clock, Kevin Henderson said to Henry Bibby: "This kid not only has talent, but also has a good brain and can make more favorable decisions.

I really want to see what he can grow into in a year or two."

Xavier Johnson, who had guided Li Ao's training, echoed: "Yes, if he drags his tired body to train like others, it will not be a good thing for him who is laying the foundation."

Sam Hayes, who didn't talk much, also responded: "That's right."

Henry Bibby ignored this group of people. At 6 o'clock in the evening, when he was about to leave work, he came to the training ground and saw that the kid had indeed left.

He said to the team members who were still practicing: "Tactical training will start tomorrow. You should go back and rest early so that your body can get sufficient rest. It will also help training."

Everyone responded and said they understood.

But not many decided to leave early.

This is not what Henry Bibby expected. He did not impose a requirement, nor did he impose it. It purely depends on the players' own judgment.

Some people really need to take a break like Li Ao.

But there are also people who need instinctive training under fatigue to enhance muscle memory.

So he just reminded me.

In this way, Li Ao, who has entered the new season's squad, has not changed his pace of life. He goes to class, trains, occasionally cooks dinner with Vivian, and plays games on weekends to relax.

As for the team's training, starting from this Wednesday, it will focus on tactical training.

Not only were the 18 of them training, but other people also participated. Of course, they learned the tactics, but only as sparring partners.

In team training, everyone's role is naturally different. On the defensive end, Li Ao mainly focuses on individual defense. On the offensive side, his role is also very simple. He finds gaps to stand and receive, and looks for opportunities to cut in and rely on his height and wingspan for layups.

, make more use of off-ball pick-and-rolls from the wings, nothing else.

This made Li Ao a little confused.

He is definitely not the main candidate, let alone the starter.

In his mind, he was positioned as one of 6 substitutes, but he felt that the teammates who should also be on the waiting list, regardless of their strength, were given relatively complicated training content. It was obvious that they were trying to see if there were more possibilities.

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And what he wanted to do was too simple, or too clear.

However, he didn't think too much about it. There were few training projects, and they were all projects he had mainly developed in the past two months or so, which allowed him to continue to strengthen what he was good at.

Time passed day by day, and it was Thursday, November 11th. There was no team training today, but there were still 17 members of the roster practicing extra time.

Li Ao still practiced mid-range shooting today. After the regular training, he felt that he could practice for a while longer, so he invited the trainer to come to the small training ground to carry out training tasks without interference.

He usually tries to complete training tasks, but never completes them.

His training performance has improved recently, and he is in excellent condition today. He made a set of 50 balls in fixed-point catch and mid-range shots. After multiple sets, the number of hits almost exceeded 35. He wants to try again.

He has failed a lot, and his mentality has already been very peaceful. The first goal is to hit 50 mid-range shots in 120 seconds. This goal can be completed early.

This time it went smoothly. After 102 seconds, it took 77 shots to make 50 mid-range shots.

The shooting speed is faster than usual, so the hit rate is worse than in the previous training.

There is no way, the ability is there, the shot has been swung forward for too long, but this is something that needs to be considered in the future, the basic skills must be practiced steadily.

Then there were 5 fixed-angle shots from the free throw line. There were no surprises. A total of 50 shots were taken and the hit rate was 39. For him, this is a high-level performance!

However, Goal 1 and Goal 2 have both been completed by him before, but Goal 3 has not been completed even once.

He came to the right corner, signaled to the trainer, and began to catch the ball and shoot.

The first point went in! Then he quickly moved to a 45-degree angle on the right side. After receiving the ball, he quickly adjusted. From the last shot to this shot, he was within the 3 seconds required by the task.

This point was ironic, but he didn't hesitate at all. The moment after the shot landed, he immediately moved his position and went to the free throw line to catch the ball and shoot.

This kind of catching and shooting while moving requires time to change positions. It is still very difficult for him and the stability is difficult to guarantee. He can only try his best to shoot.

But he was in really good shape today. On his 47th shot, his most accurate shot from the free throw line, he made the 25th shot in this group of shots!

The next 45-degree angle on the left and the bottom corner on the left were all hit, 27 out of 50, and target 3 was completed!

When the 27th shot fell into the frame, the task prompt came.

"...The goal is 27 shots in 3:50, completed. Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the level 1 mid-range shooting training task. Today's mid-range shooting training has gained an additional 20% training results."

Li Ao was so excited when he saw the prompt that he didn't even remember how many he had thrown in, so he kept throwing them.

Fortunately, there were others around him, so he calmed down.

Otherwise, I would be considered a fool if I was so excited after a shooting training session with such a dismal shooting percentage.

At this time, it seemed as if there was an electric current flowing into his body, but the feeling disappeared in an instant.

He didn't know if it was an illusion or the effect of the 'additional training effect bonus', but it didn't matter, there were two, and he would know it next time he trained.

The trainer left first after he finished practicing these three sets of shooting, but he stayed and practiced a few more sets. Today's training is in good condition, maybe because he is excited and feels a little energetic. After all, today's total is 1.6 times the mid-range shot.

He shot the ball efficiently and didn't leave until he clearly felt tired.

The next day, Friday, with only one class in the afternoon, he came to Memorial Stadium early and started defensive training early.

The content of the training is precisely the single defense training task.

Compared with shooting, getting started with single defense is more difficult. Li Ao basically started training on single defense and mid-range shooting at the same time, but getting started with single defense took significantly more time.

Compared with a single mid-range catch and shoot, which is a pure mid-range shot without any independent offensive means, the basic single defense skills are more comprehensive and complex. His mid-range shooting level has always been ahead of the relatively more comprehensive and complex single defense.

Defend.

However, through that period of time as a defensive partner, the gap has been narrowing.

In the team's training in the past half month, the coaching staff arranged for him to focus on single defense.

Up to now, Li Ao himself feels that there is not much difference in the strength comparison between these two aspects. He may even be stronger in single defense than in mid-range shooting.

Although he didn't want to believe it, he always wanted to be a player who could combine offense and defense, but in the end his offense was weak and his defense was strong, and the gap was still widening.

Because in offense, he can only catch the ball and make mid-range shots...

He would occasionally try the single defense training task, but this task was more complex and difficult than the mid-range shooting training task, so he did not rush and patiently polished his basic skills. He did not try it every defensive training day and was selected into the 18th National Congress.

After being put on the roster, he was focusing on efficiency during defensive training days and hadn't tried for half a month.

I chose to give it a try this time because I have more time today, and because I completed the CIC training mission for the first time yesterday, I wanted to give it a try and see if it works. Anyway, if you fail, you won’t lose a piece of meat.

Compared with the CIC training mission, which only has 3 targets, the single defense mission has as many as 8 targets. Unlike the continuous training of CIC, the single defense requires higher physical strength. When the physical strength is sufficient, the physical strength will inevitably decline.

He did better during the game, so he would take a break after completing each task. Today he spent more time on the single-defense training task than on the mid-range shooting training task yesterday.

From moving laterally, sliding... to intercepting the ball and going around to steal it, it took a full half an hour.

However, this time he successfully completed all his goals!

When the last goal bypassing and stealing training was completed, the task prompt came!

"...Objective 8: Go around and steal...has been completed. Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the level 1 single defense training task. Today's single defense training will gain an additional 20% training results."

I was very excited to complete the training mission yesterday.

Today is a surprise!
To be continued...