Tactical training is simple to say. The trainer explains the changes in tactics and then explains the changed tactics again. The goal of training is even simpler. Just practice until you remember how to run.
As for the players who really can't remember the tactics, there is nothing we can do. We can just use replacement players...
If there is really no other way, then there is really no other way .
Without good players in the team, tactics are useless.
The two tactical training ended and today's team training is over.
After Zhang Hao finished his training and physical therapy, he was called to the head coach's office.
When he arrived at Butch Baird's office, Zhang Hao saw that in addition to Butch Baird, Randy Whitman was also there, as well as the team's new shooting assistant coach and technical director.
"Axel, starting tomorrow, your shooting training will be handed over to Chris. He is a very good shooting coach. Many stars will hire him as a personal coach in the summer. He will give you the most professional guidance.
In addition to shooting, we also hope that you can improve your passing and defense, and make good use of your excellent vision and passing awareness. Alvan is very similar to you, and you should learn from him. "Randy Whitman simply and directly explained the training arrangements for Zhang Hao.
Were both of them brought here specifically for Zhang?
Zhang Hao's breathing quickened for a moment, but he quickly calmed down and said to the two new coaching staff members with a smile, "Chris, Alvan, I'll have to trouble you to take care of me from now on."
Don't hit a smiling person. The two men came to work, and when they communicated about the content of their work with the two coaches, they knew that their main responsibility was to train Zhang Hao. Seeing Zhang Hao's good attitude, they were in a good mood and felt respected.
"It's my honor to help train a shooting genius like you."
"Randy is wrong. We are not that similar. I just watched your training. Your speed and shooting are much better than mine when I was a rookie..."
After exchanging pleasantries, Zhang Hao looked at the assistant coach that the team had specially hired to guide his training.
Chris Irving is very young. During the training camp, he knew that he was a very good shooter in college, but he failed to enter the NBA. He retired after playing in Europe for a few years. He started working as a shooting coach at the age of 30 and became well-known in the field of private shooting training in just a few years.
Alvan Adams has retired for seven or eight years. He is only 41 years old this year. He still maintains a good figure, that is, he is thin. At this age, he probably still weighs just over 100 kilograms.
Looking at the two of them, mainly the latter, Zhang Hao seemed to have seen a valuable technical database of players of the same type!
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That night, Zhang Hao continued to work non-stop, and once again conducted simulated training on the problems encountered in the daytime training by comparing them with Jordan's catching the ball, turning around and jumping.
It is difficult to get started, easy to improve, but difficult to master. Zhang Hao stood on the shoulders of giants, and it was not difficult for him to overcome the difficulty of getting started. When it came to the stage of improvement, he made rapid progress.
The next day, October 23, the day before the game against the Timberwolves, Zhang Hao came to the gym for training again before 8 a.m.
Chris Irving arrived early and started coaching Zhang Hao on shooting on his first day of work.
It's mainly guidance on details, and when it comes to regular shooting and turnaround jump shots, Zhang Hao knows as much as Chris Irving, so the two can have a good discussion. Chris Irving's strength is that he is an outsider and can intuitively see Zhang Hao's shortcomings, while Zhang Hao can only feel it for himself. Each has their own advantages, but they can be compared relatively.
Alvan Adams, on the other hand, did not come to teach Zhang Hao how to pass the ball at the beginning, but came during the team training phase to observe Zhang Hao's training.
Zhang Hao is not a person who only cares about face and keeps up appearances. Instead, he is very eager to learn. After the team training in the morning, he took the initiative to ask Alvan Adams what he wanted to learn.
Alvan Adams looked at Zhang Hao, who was full of curiosity, and said with a smile: "I will observe your games this afternoon and tomorrow, and then make a training plan. Passing the ball is not a simple thing. You have too little experience in playing real team games, and I know too little about you. You need more game experience, and I also need to know more about you."
This is a very professional approach. Zhang Hao nodded: "I understand."
After thinking for a while, Alvan Adams continued, "There is one thing you can learn now. Don't just think of yourself as a pure shooter in training. I learned from Butch that your positioning is very good. You can try to change your thinking about positioning. Don't just think of yourself as a containment point or a shooting point, but as a part of the team."
No one mentioned this, and Zhang Hao really hadn't noticed it. Now that he thought about it, no matter whether it was training or a game, as long as the ball was in his hands, it was basically time to make a decision. Either he would shoot it himself, or he would find a teammate in a better position and successfully pass the ball to the teammate who would shoot. If he failed to pass the ball to the right position, it would result in a turnover.
He never seemed to be a tandem point in the game, but rather a shooting point and assist point.
Being an assist point does not mean that he can play a role in connecting the team's offense, because the few assists he has may be because the point guard discovered this point and had the opportunity to pass the ball directly to him.
However, even though I have discovered it, it will take some time to make Zhang Hao understand how to integrate it into the tactics and play the role of connecting the tactics... I am really confused!
"I'm not asking you to learn it now, nor am I asking you to make changes now, but I'm asking you to learn to analyze and observe your teammates' positioning habits during training and games. Not everyone knows what they should do as well as you do. Many players seem to have good positioning during training, but they become confused when they encounter defense in the game. You have to learn to predict the most likely reactions of your teammates when they may not do well.
This takes time, don't worry, you have plenty of time..."
After listening to Alvan Adams' words, Zhang Hao didn't feel that he could relax. Instead, he felt extra pressure and motivation because he didn't have as much time as he had imagined.
Zhang Hao knew the areas where he could improve, but couldn't quickly make improvements. It felt like a mosquito bite on the sole of his foot.
Coming to the locker room to change clothes, Zhang Hao thought about Alvan Adams' words - "Ignorance is the happiest..."
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Looking at the most luxurious building in the urban-rural fringe area - the Continental Airlines Arena, Kevin Garnett wanted to ask Zhang Hao - is his life miserable?
Garnett truly felt the difficulty of the road for a high school student to enter the NBA.
After arriving in Rutherford at around 4 p.m. today and putting away his luggage, Garnett walked out of the hotel and went to the Continental Airlines Arena, hoping to find some comfort.
Based on his own experience, Garnett thinks Zhang Hao is also quite miserable.
If there is someone who is just as miserable or even more miserable than you, then you will feel that you are not that miserable.
5:08.
After standing outside the Continental Airlines Arena for a while, Garnett was about to enter the arena to find Zhang Hao when he saw Zhang Hao, Kenny Anderson, PJ Brown, and Vaughn Fleming walking out of the arena gate talking and laughing.
"What? Why should a rookie like me treat you? You three veteran players should treat me!"
"I'm on the veteran's base salary, Aix, are you so embarrassed?"
"I'm also on a rookie contract, and my salary is lower than yours."
"I'm still on a rookie contract, so my salary isn't much higher than yours."
"Oh, I forgot. PJ, you're unlucky to be picked in the second round. It seems like you still have one year left on your contract. Vaughn...but Kenny, you're still on a rookie contract? You're going to be in your fifth year soon, right?"
"I signed a six-year rookie contract."
"Who is your agent? Change agents. I can introduce you to one."
"I've already changed. Who knew the salary cap would increase so quickly? I thought the salary cap would drop after Magic retired..."
Zhang Hao, Kenny Anderson, PJ Brown and Vaughn Fleming made an appointment to have dinner at a family restaurant, which is the restaurant opened by Dell Curry's friend. So, the common "debate" about who will pay the bill began again.
It doesn’t matter who pays the bill, the main thing is to enjoy the process of not paying the bill.
This time, the reason Zhang Hao used was salary, but he didn't expect that the salaries of the four of them were not very good and the levels were almost the same.
However, it doesn’t matter whether a conclusion can be reached through discussion. The boss will definitely rush to pay the bill in the end, and then the process of vying for who will pay the bill will be fun.
At this time, Zhang Hao saw a tall and thin dark-skinned man with a really dark face outside the gate of the stadium.
His appearance was so distinctive that Zhang Hao brought three teammates to Garnett and said, "Kevin, it's really you. Long time no see."
“???” Garnett was a little confused. This situation was different from what he had imagined!
Garnett knows who these three people are. Kenny Anderson and PJ Brown are two of the three best players of the Nets. Vaughn Fleming is a veteran who has played for many years. Among them, PJ Brown is Zhang Hao's theoretical competitor... Why does Zhang Hao seem to have a good relationship with these three people?
At this time, another competitor of Zhang Hao, Jason Williams, walked out of the stadium gate.
Jason Williams shouted at Zhang Hao impatiently, "Axl, the new assistant coach asked me to inform you that Chris and I will come to practice pick-and-roll with you tomorrow morning. Don't be late."
After saying that Jason Williams left.
Zhang Hao and his group didn't find it strange, as that was just Jason Williams' personality.
Garnett is in a mess... He has the coaching staff to take care of him, and even the president cares about him, but his teammates dislike him even more because of this. And Zhang Hao?
Zhang Hao didn't care about Jason Williams' attitude. He thought it was good to cooperate. He regained his attention and said to his three teammates, "Let me introduce you. This is Kevin Garnett, a talented high school power forward. You should have seen him in the news. Kevin, this is our team leader Kenny Anderson, our best inside player PJ Brown, and our locker room leader Vaughn Fleming."
Garnett was still a little dizzy and didn't reply for a long time.
"Hurry up, Axl, I have to go back to Jersey City after dinner." Seeing that Garnett did not respond, Kenny Anderson frowned and directly pulled Zhang Hao away.
Seeing Garnett's unapproachable appearance and rude attitude, Kenny Anderson became impatient.
The other two people had similar ideas. When they saw Zhang Hao being taken away, they followed him without paying any attention to Garnett.
When Zhang Hao was being dragged away, he did not forget to shout to Garnett: "Kevin, let's have dinner together after the preseason..."
Garnett came to his senses only after watching Zhang Hao and his group walk away.
"We are both high school students, why am I so miserable and he is so awesome?"
Garnett was very confused. Now that he came to his senses and thought about what had just happened, he realized that he was hated again.
The thought of being a thorn in the eyes wherever he goes...he took it as other people's jealousy!
Garnett couldn't understand why Zhang Hao was so outstanding even though they were both high school students. He envied him but didn't think about learning from him. He always knew that he was not liked by others. Even among strangers, not many people treated him well after they got to know him.
Garnett never thought about how to change this situation, because in his previous life, he could not show weakness on the surface. Over time, he had his own understanding of weakness and toughness.
Looking at the backs of Zhang Hao and his group, he had an idea at that moment - "Since everyone dislikes me, then I will become the one that everyone dislikes the most!"
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Zhang Hao didn't pay much attention to Garnett's personality. The Garnett he knew was much worse than this.
But while eating, he remembered one thing - when he was in the Adidas training camp, his height was almost up to Garnett's nose.
Zhang Hao thought that when he and Garnett stood together just now, the height difference seemed to have widened! But when the team meeting before the tactical training in the morning analyzed the Timberwolves lineup, Garnett's registered height was still 211 cm...
In other words, Garnett grew taller than Zhang in the summer when he was 19, but he didn't update, or...
Zhang Hao thought about it and it seemed that Garnett was obviously taller than P.J. Brown, who was actually 211 cm tall.
"What a shameless person! How can someone lie about his height?"
After dinner, Zhang Hao returned to the gym with the other three. The three drove back to Jersey City. Zhang Hao walked on the street for a while after dinner and then walked to the gym, where he prepared to practice his turnaround jump shot for a while.
His current training goal is to reach the point where his body can perform an action smoothly as soon as the idea of ​​doing it pops into his mind, instead of having to prepare in advance like he does now.
This preparation in advance means that during the running process, he has already determined that the attack is to receive the ball and turn around and jump shot, but sometimes the opportunity is not planned and comes suddenly without time for him to prepare. He can react and choose to turn around and jump shot in that attack, but because he is not prepared in advance, he is not in place when performing the action.
This means that the basic skills are not yet in place.
After entering the stadium, when Zhang Hao came to the fork in the road leading to the entrances of the home and visiting team training grounds from the staff passage, he saw lights on the visiting team's training ground.
"This is……"
Zhang Hao walked in and saw that, as he had guessed, it was Garnett, who was practicing his iron-blooded mid-range shot.
As they both had an iron-blooded fighting style, Zhang Hao couldn't help but feel a sense of mutual admiration.
In some ways, Garnett was much more perceptive than Zhang Hao. He noticed Zhang Hao coming at the first moment, picked up the ball that had just missed his long-range shot, and threw it to Zhang Hao: "Train together?"
"Okay." Zhang Hao did not refuse and took off his coat, revealing sportswear underneath.
Seeing Zhang Hao start to warm up, Garnett hesitated for a while, but couldn't help asking: " Why do have such a good relationship with your teammates?"
Zhang Hao was not able to react to such a sudden question. He wanted to be more tactful and answered, "Maybe I am more likable."
It was already very tactful, but after receiving this answer, Garnett simply turned his head and continued training, ignoring Zhang Hao.
"..." Zhang Hao couldn't think of any better words to describe Garnett. He couldn't be lying, could he? This guy really couldn't find a place to praise himself! Didn't he have any idea in his mind?