Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 21 Second Team Selection
Chen Fang handed the copied form to Yue Gang: "Select according to this requirement."

Yue Gang read through it quickly and asked in confusion, "Isn't this screening missing something? Are dribbling and shooting not tested?"

"No accidents, what we want is talent." Chen Fang pointed to the table and said, "Height, weight, arm span, 25-meter full speed, 28-meter shuttle run, standing high reach, sprint high reach."

"Based on this, we can find the hidden talents in the school."

"Okay, we decided from the beginning that you would be the one to select." Yue Gang agreed, and said to Liu Feng and Wen Hui beside him, "Hurry up and go to the Sports Department and bring over the high-reaching bar and the physical fitness tester."

"Yang Shan, I'll give you the form. You will be responsible for recording the test results on site. Xue Chong, Hu Fei, Xia Wen, the three of you will go and maintain order."

"Huang Jian, He Lang, take the stopwatch and start timing."

Yue Gang made arrangements quickly and assigned responsibilities to everyone on the school team.

It was very hot at noon, but it was cool in the south stand under the shade of the trees. Chen Fang and Yue Gang sat down and waited for the students who had registered for the auditions to enter.

"There are probably about forty or fifty people."

"One lunchtime should be enough."

The two of them chatted intermittently, and while they were talking, a group of teenagers rushed in from the entrance of the stadium corridor.

"Everyone come here, fill out the form first, and then stay here. Whoever is called will come out to take the test." Xue Chong gave orders in a loud voice.

"Since you came, Xue Chong has been very motivated. He never came to training before, but now he is always the first one to arrive."

"Bai Ye has many enemies in Nanyang." Chen Fang replied with a smile.

Coincidentally, the equipment arrived just after registration ended.

The screening of Dongsheng Team 2 begins now.

"This is okay."

"The wingspan is a little bit off."

"Hey, this is good coordination, mark it down."

"It can bounce and has a good speed."

The audition, which lasted for an hour and a half, was quickly over. Some of the teenagers who came to participate in the selection were from junior high school, and the youngest was only 13 years old.

Looking at Chen Fang sitting there, the young man was very curious, who is this person? Why didn't Team Yue come to select the results?

Chen circled names on the table and called out each name when his circled name. In the end, there were fifteen people standing at the front.

"Those who were not called, unfortunately did not pass this test, but it doesn't matter. We will have another selection during the mid-term. Everyone work hard." After finishing the polite words, he signaled Xue Chong to ask them to leave first.

Yue Gang was a little surprised: "So many?"

"I've kept all those who have some talent. I don't have a keen eye, so I'd better keep them all to be safe."

Looking at the remaining people, Chen Fang said loudly: "This is just the preliminary selection. We will have to conduct screening in the next week."

"Five people will be in team one, and the rest will be in team two."

"This test is only to see your potential athletic talent, and does not take your basketball basics into account, so please make good use of your time and improve your basketball skills as soon as possible."

"Bai Long, Lou Qing, Ge Yuan, the three of you stay here, the others can go back first."

After everyone left, Chen Fang whispered to Yue Gang, "These three can be trained as they have good speed, arm span, and height."

Yue Gang sighed: "What a pity, they are all in the third grade."

"It doesn't matter. At least I'm still a Dongsheng person now."

"Hu Fei, Xia Wen, Huang Jian, the three of you fight against those three." After comforting Yue Gang, Chen Fang wanted to see the current level of these three.

The result of the game came out quickly, 5:0, which was a typical warning.

The three young men were panting, their eyes full of dissatisfaction.

"Xue Chong, Yang Shan, Captain Wen, you guys should also fight with them."

A few minutes later, the three junior high school boys were almost lying on the ground.

Shaved his head again, 5-0.

"Come here." Chen Fang called them to come down to the stands.

"You three all have talent, but your skills are all very poor. Do you admit this?"

The boy hung his head in silence.

"How are your grades? Tell me how many points you got in this monthly exam."

"Xiaolong, how much do you want?" Chen Fang asked one by one.

"570." Bai Long was thin but had a broad frame. At the age of 15, he was already as tall as Chen Fang.

"Lou Qing."

"621." The 16-year-old Lou Yanqing answered in a rough voice. He was stocky and already about meters tall, but looking at his small feet, Chen Fang probably won't grow any taller as it feels like his joints are closed.

"Ge Yuan."

"589." This is the one Chen Fang thinks has the most potential. He is fast and well coordinated. At 15 years old, he is 182cm tall and he can probably grow taller.

"The results are all good. The total score is over 800, almost 600. There is a great hope for you to be admitted to our Dongsheng University." Yue Gang became happy.

"You have great talent, but your skills are very rough. Because you are the second team, which is not a formal organization, you cannot apply to the school for exemption from morning and afternoon self-study classes, so you will not have much time to practice."

"Is it okay to come and practice for 40 minutes after the third quarter this afternoon?"

"no problem."

“Is 4pm on the weekend a problem?”

"No."

"We need to coordinate with our families and keep our grades up. We don't want to be complained by the teacher."

"Got it." The three people behaved very honestly after Chen Fang's repeated questioning.

"Bai Long, I want to ask you something."

"Is Bai Ye related to you?" Chen Fang asked, but when he saw the young man's face change, he was immediately surprised, as this was just an unintentional thought.

"Bai Ye is my brother." Bai Xiaolou thought Chen Fang knew something and confessed.

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere suddenly changed. Everyone who had been sitting there laughing and watching Chen Fang's lecture, all gathered around.

"Bai Ye is your biological brother?" Yang Shan's face was full of disbelief.

"No, he is him and I am me. I won't be a traitor." The young man tried hard to control his emotions and said loudly with a red face.

Chen Fang and Yue Gang looked at each other in surprise. They didn't expect that the audition would uncover someone who was related to Bai Ye.

"Okay, I believe you, you guys go back first."

After the three of them left, Chen Fang smiled bitterly and said to Yue Gang: "I just thought that there were very few people with the last name Bai, so I asked, but I didn't expect that we are really a family."

Yue Gang was speechless and wondered: "Why is Bai Ye's brother in our Dongsheng, and his level is too poor."

Thinking back to the boy’s excited expression just now, there must be a story behind it.

"Regardless of this, we have our own rhythm. I have made a new schedule for our future training, and I will briefly explain it here." "Starting tomorrow, we will add some training items. In the morning, we will have three groups of shuttle runs, and in the afternoon we will have a 3-on-5 training match, divided into four teams, with 5 people in each team."

"Xue Chong, Yang Shan, and He Lang, you guys are in one group, Wen Hui, Liu Feng, and Hu Fei are in one group, Yue Gang, Huang Jian, and Xia Wen are in one group, and I'll lead the rest."

"Play a 10-point game. The loser runs around in circles, and the winner continues the game. In a word, let us adapt to the death lineup as much as possible."

"There's only one week left, let's work hard together!" After saying that, Chen Fang stretched out his hand.

"Try hard!" Everyone put their hands together and shouted in unison.

"See you in the afternoon!" Chen Fang said and left. There was nothing he could do as he still had a pile of homework to do.

Looking at Chen Fang who hurriedly ran out, Yang Shan suddenly said: "Yue Gang, don't you think Chen Fang is becoming more and more like a coach now?"

“Well, it’s strange, the ones who were trying out just now were also 16 years old, but Chen Fang is also 16 years old.”

Yue Gang sighed: "It feels like there's a dozen years' age difference between us."

"Yeah, that's weird. Chen Fang is already a sophomore at the age of 16. Did he skip a grade?"

"I guess a lot of people skipped grades in elementary school. Okay, let's stop talking about these gossips and go back to the classroom."

The stadium fell silent, but became lively again as the setting sun reached the east stand.

When Chen Fang arrived at the stadium, he found Bai Long, Lou Qing and Ge Yuan standing and wandering outside the gate of the stadium.

"What are you doing here?"

"Our third period is a self-study class. We told our class teacher and he agreed to let us train," Ge Zhiyuan explained.

"You three are in the same class?" Chen Fang was surprised.

"Yes, the three of us have been in the same class since the first grade, and we started playing basketball together." It seemed that Ge Zhiyuan was the leader. When he spoke, the two of them became very quiet.

Chen Fang couldn't help but think of Wang Zhen and Liu Jun. They were almost the same. In school, there were countless such small groups, and all of them would leave them with many good memories.

"Very good, I will arrange your training later."

"Wait, um, what should I call you?" Ge Zhiyuan asked embarrassedly, scratching his head.

"My name is Chen Fang, you can just call me Captain Chen! Come, I'll take you in."

After this period of systematic arrangement, everyone knows clearly what they need to practice. The entire court is divided into several areas for practicing shooting, dribbling, and confrontation, and it is all clear at a glance.

Chen Fang first met with Yue Ganghe, and then arranged for the three of them to start basic training. After correcting their movements one by one, Chen Fang began his own training.

Half an hour later, Chen Fang finished his daily training and stopped everyone's training.

"Next we are going to do actual combat training. I will demonstrate first, and then we will form a group of three people, two groups per half, and take turns training."

After saying that, Chen Fang pulled Xue Chong and Yang Shan over.

"Let me fight. We both start from the bottom corner. Xue Chong is inside the three-point line, and I am outside the line. Yang Shan passes the ball to me."

After saying that, Chen Fang came to the corner and Xue Chong followed.

After the two stood in position, Chen Fang instructed, "Run at full speed, Yang Shan, pay attention to my movements, reach out and pass the ball to me, pass it with force."

After waiting for a while, Chen Fang suddenly started, and Xue Chong immediately followed along the three-point line.

Chen Fang stretched out his hand, and Yang Shan, who had been prepared, passed the ball to him.

After receiving the ball, Chen Fang pulled back and shot quickly.

The ball hit the back frame and bounced in.

"Now you come, shoot, break through, whatever you want."

The two men exchanged positions. Xue Chong was eager to try. He accelerated suddenly and went around the top of the arc. Chen Fang followed.

When the ball came, Xue Chong received it without slowing down, and rushed to the basket with a side shot.

Chen Fang followed behind and before the basketball hit the bottom and bounced into Xue Chong's hands, he reached out and destroyed the ball.

Xue Chong jumped up with empty hands, and after landing, he jumped a few times in regret.

"Chen Fang, why are your hands so fast?" he was puzzled.

"You didn't protect the ball well when dribbling. The player is in front of you and the ball is behind you. It's easy to cut. You should control the ball with your hands and move it forward, lower your center of gravity, and then make a layup."

"Okay, I understand." Xue Chong nodded.

"Yang Shan, come here."

Xue Chong serves.

Yang Shan was a little nervous. As soon as the two of them stood still, he started running and Chen Fang caught up with him.

When the ball came, Yang Shan received it and moved inside. He used the same-side step, dribbled the ball back in one step, and then shot immediately.

The ball hit the rim and bounced onto the floor.

"Pa!" Yang Shan clapped his hands, feeling quite regretful.

"It was a good escape, but the shot was too hasty. At this time, you should first determine whether I was out of position, and then consider shooting." Chen Fang still gave his insights on this ball.

"Come on, let's do it again. After everyone has watched, find a good person and start training."

"Remind everyone, this training is a summary of your own offensive skills, everyone should unleash your abilities."

Start, catch the ball, take a lateral step back, and then shoot.

The ball went into the basket very quickly.

The small group of junior high school students who saw this scene were all shocked.

Lou Qing asked in a buzzing voice: "He was able to score a goal after getting rid of the opponent. That's outrageous!"

"He scored twice, so strong!" Ge Yuan's eyes were full of amazement.

Bai Long didn't say anything, but his eyes flickered, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Let's get started, find some good people." Chen Fang pointed at the dazed trio and said, "You three, go help pass the ball."

"Coming, Captain Chen." Ge Yuan and the other two immediately obeyed and raised their hands: "Who wants me?"

After making the arrangements, Chen Fang pulled Xue Chong and Yang Shan over.

"I had a plan in mind when I asked you two to team up with me."

"Xue Chong, your breakthrough is your signature move, but you lack the ability to read the defense. You need to see what the defender is like, how far away he is from you, how his feet are positioned, where his center of gravity is, and you need to judge all of these immediately, and then attack accordingly to score."

"You have to be slow in your speed and find the most reasonable scoring option."

After Xue Chong finished speaking, he looked at Yang Shan again and said, "You have many weapons, but you are not resolute and confident, so you must be firm in your judgment and act without hesitation."

"Let's get started. Let's fight for real. It doesn't matter if we lose face in the training ground. It's always better than on the field."

Ge Yuan, who was assigned to Yue Gang's group, asked quietly, "Um, is Captain Chen the head coach?"

Yue Gang laughed: "Yes, he is the head coach of Dongsheng."

(End of this chapter)