I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 12 Our coach is a genius!
On the first day of the summer training camp, Yang Cheng gave all the players a huge surprise.

"Let me introduce myself again. I, Yang Cheng, am your head coach for the new season!"

The 23 players standing in front of him were all dumbfounded.

Although all the previous signs indicated that Yang Cheng, the club's small boss, would be deeply involved in football affairs, no one would have thought that he would decide to be the head coach himself.

This is simply outrageous!
How old is he?

Do you have a teaching certificate?

You know, after Adam Crozier reformed the coaching mechanism, he had very clear requirements for the coaching qualifications of the head coach.

At 23 years old, Yang Cheng does not seem to have this qualification at all.

Not to mention the players in front of Yang Cheng, even the coaching staff behind him all had complicated and embarrassed expressions on their faces.

Before, when they heard Yang Cheng say this, they were even more surprised than the players.

Except Brian Kidd.

Well, Yang Cheng had already thought of a countermeasure.

Since he doesn't have a coaching certificate, let Brian Kidd, who has a coaching certificate, be the nominal head coach.

So, Brian Kidd was the first person to know Yang Cheng's idea.

But I don’t know what kind of magic potion Yang Cheng had instilled in Brian Kidd, but he actually believed in Yang Cheng’s coaching ability without a doubt. He thought that Yang Cheng would shock the whole world and that he was an absolutely genius coach.

After the preparation stage, Thad Fawcett and Oliver Bartlet were really impressed by Yang Cheng.

Now, it's the players' turn.

But the most shocked person was Lin Zhongqiu.

When did this young master of ours, who had just graduated from university, learn how to coach?

Didn’t you invite Brian Kidd?
Isn’t this too ridiculous?
Yang Cheng had no time to care about the thoughts of the people behind him, nor did he intend to explain too much.

Regarding the goals for the new season, Yang Cheng expressed them in a very firm and confident tone.

"We will be promoted to the Championship next year as champions!"

His tone was filled with an unquestionable certainty that made it easy for people to believe it.

"My confidence comes from you guys standing across from me and the coaching staff behind me."

"Perhaps you are still unknown now, perhaps you have not yet demonstrated strong enough strength, perhaps you do not have the conditions for success now, perhaps..."

When Yang Cheng said this, he swung his right hand vigorously.

It’s like getting rid of all the worries and doubts around me.

“Maybe none of it matters!”

"Here with me, here with Bayswater Chinese, every one of you will get everything you want!"

"But the prerequisite is that you have to work hard for it and push out all the potential in your body."

Yang Cheng also explained his criteria for selecting players.

Among the Bayswater Chinese, no one is taken for granted as the main force.

Everyone must give their best performance and condition.

"With me, attitude is everything!"

Finally, Yang Cheng also told the players that the entire summer training would be very hard.

Especially compared to other English League Two and even English League One teams.

"Only high-level training can train a high-level and combat-ready team!"

"When you get through pre-season training, look back and you will be grateful for the hard work you put in during the training camp, believe me!"

“You’ll be proud of yourselves!”

And this will make everyone on the team more confident!
……

In his previous life, Yang Cheng started in the German Second Division and also coached teams in lower-level leagues.

He is well aware that many players playing in lower-level leagues are not bad in ability.

The vast majority of them are from professional youth training and have solid basic skills.

For example, Wales international Steve Jenkins.

The right-back, who will turn 31 soon, has decent defensive skills, but he is really slow.

He is only 1 meters tall, but he is as clumsy as if he is 81 meters tall.

What’s more interesting is that he has a very amazing cross from the right, but his other skills are very average.

Such obvious strengths and weaknesses, coupled with his age, made it difficult for Steve Jenkins to make a breakthrough in his career.

And people like Martin Roland.

The 24-year-old Irish midfielder made his debut for Brentford's first team when he was just 18 years old.

He was a regular starter in English Football League 19 at the age of and performed very well in his debut season.

But after becoming famous as a teenager, he was followed by frequent injuries, coupled with the frequent changes of coaches at Brentford, which led to his performance getting worse and worse in the past two seasons. He even began to fail to play as a starter and became a substitute.

Judging from his strength alone, Martin Roland is currently the most comprehensive and outstanding Chinese player in Bayswater.

Not only is he good at both offense and defense, but his passing and free kick were especially amazing.

And guys like centre-back Roger Johansson.

The 20-year-old English central defender is 1 meters tall, very strong and has excellent defensive abilities.

For Yang Cheng, apart from his rough footwork, Roger Johnson has no shortcomings as a central defender.

But Wycombe, who debuted from a low-level weak team, was snatched away by Yang Cheng.

Therefore, Yang Cheng is very clear that once these players are well trained and integrated, the strength they can exert should not be underestimated.

Improving training levels and strengthening physical conditions are key factors in improving player performance.

What is new to the players is that the training provided by Yang Cheng and the coaching staff is not simply physical training, nor is it simple running.

Most of the training is with the ball.

And a lot of it is basic training.

At first, the players felt very strange and thought that this basic training was meaningless.

Although they are English League Two players, they have solid basic skills.

When they actually started training and had to implement Yang Cheng's requirements, they realized the problem.

For example, Yang Cheng required them to run and not stand to catch the ball.

This is normal.

What is unusual is that Yang Cheng requires all players to keep the ball receiving distance between 10 and 15 meters. If the distance is less than 10 meters or more than 15 meters, he will criticize them by name.

This makes the players feel very uncomfortable and confused.

Because they find it difficult to control this distance.

Even if they control the distance well, after receiving the ball, they must kick it out and must not let the ball stay under their feet.

Where to spread it?
How to pass it on?
All the players were a mess.

The scene of the first training session was so chaotic that it was unbearable to watch.

Moreover, the consumption of players is very high.

The mind is always under high pressure, and the physical energy consumption can be imagined.

But Yang Cheng in the afternoon, the next day, the day after...

Still practicing like this.

It was not until the fourth day, when the players began to become familiar with the training requirements, that Yang Cheng started the first tactical class.

"First of all, let me tell you why it is required to be 10-15 meters?"

After four days of hard training, the players have developed a sense of awe for the 4-year-old head coach, who is also the club's minority owner.

Whether the head coach has any plan or not, the players are the ones who feel it most deeply.

Although Yang Cheng is young, he really has something.

And it's very clever.

He must be what Brian Kidd said, a genius!
"According to authoritative statistics, in a football match, facing a high-pressure defense, professional players have the smallest passing error within 10-15 meters and the highest success rate."

"If it's less than 10 meters, it's too crowded, which is not conducive to passing the ball; if it's more than 15 meters, the passing error and error rate will increase significantly."

All the players thought about it themselves, especially recalling the past four days of training, and it was indeed the case.

"Keep the distance at 10-15 meters. This should become an instinct. In the future, whether in training or in competition, you must always remind yourself to run away if the distance is less than 10 meters, and close the distance if the distance is more than 15 meters."

The players understood and nodded.

"Second question, why are you in such a mess?"

Yang Cheng still did not give the players a chance to answer, but revealed the answer himself.

"Because you guys don't have any brains."

"I don't know how your previous teams trained or played, nor do I care. Now that you have come to Bayswater Chinese, you must adapt to my requirements."

"Bring your brain to the court, think positively, analyze the game situation at any time and observe your teammates and opponents."

"The reason you are in such a mess is because the passing distance is short and the ball is fast, so it is difficult to pass the ball with one kick."

All the players nodded, it was indeed the case.

Unless the reaction speed is amazing and the skills are very superb.

"But have you ever thought about this: if you observe the surrounding situation in advance before receiving the ball, and think of the route to pass the ball, or even more than one route to pass the ball, will it still be chaotic?"

The players suddenly felt as if they had been enlightened.

"If you want to gain a foothold in my team, you must do this. When you are on the training ground and the court, you must observe the situation at all times."

"I'll give you a reference number. Before each run and receiving the ball, you should observe your surroundings at least 10 times. The best is 15 times. The more the better. Once you can do this, you will find that it is not difficult to pass the ball with one foot."

All the players looked at Yang Cheng.

Even Brian Kidd, Thad Fawcett, Oliver Bartlett and others were also looking at Yang Cheng.

This "genius coach" who is only 23 years old has really brought them too many surprises and surprises in the past few days.

"Here, I want to tell you another truth."

"The football training you received from childhood to adulthood has taught you that players spend most of their time without the ball in a game, and you must be good at running without the ball."

"In our team, every time you run, you are not only creating receiving points for your teammates around you, but also creating passing lanes for yourself."

"If each of us runs actively, for ourselves and for our teammates around us, then we will be a united and powerful whole!"

Yang Cheng’s requirement for running and receiving is that during training, there must be at least three receiving points around the ball handler at the same time.

In this way, when the game comes, even when facing the opponent's tight pressure, it can ensure that there are more than two passing routes at the same time.

What surprised the players and coaching staff was that Yang Cheng had high requirements for the players' running, but had no requirements for passing and coordination routines.

In other words, he only had one request.

simple!
The simpler the better!
"On the football field, the simpler the coordination routine, the higher the success rate and the faster the speed."

Therefore, during training, Yang Cheng asked the coaching staff to arrange the simplest and most basic passing routines.

For example, a three-man team receiving the ball and catching the ball in the air.

His idea is simple.

As long as these simplest basics are practiced well, the players can cooperate smoothly on the court and play the game calmly, then many seemingly complex and advanced cooperation will naturally appear.

……

After the meeting, Yang Cheng revealed the answer to the mystery and let the players understand his thoughts. The following training naturally revolved around Yang Cheng's plan.

And they are basically training with the ball.

There is even little defensive training.

Brian Kidd is responsible for the team's overall off-ball movement.

For individual players, the coaching staff has provided different targeted special training plans.

For example, center Jonathan Steed mainly focuses on improving his jumping ability.

Modric mainly focuses on strengthening his physical strength.

The burly and strong Huddlestone was asked to undergo speed-enhancing training to improve his running ability.

Thad Fawcett serves as a sports performance coach and regularly measures the players' physical condition through various physical tests.

At the same time, the training plan is constantly being improved.

By mid-July, after two weeks of intensive training, the test report submitted by Thad Fawcett to Yang Cheng showed that the players had made significant improvements in physical fitness, strength confrontation and stability.

Based on Brian Kidd's assessment and what Yang Cheng observed on the training ground on a daily basis, the players have gradually adapted to Yang Cheng's requirements during training.

This makes everyone in the team look forward to the new season.

But Yang Cheng knew it very well.

It is far from easy to build a mature and stable team.

This is just the beginning.

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