Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 79 First meeting with a foreign teacher
At 5:30 in the morning, Chen Fang woke up on time. When he opened his eyes, it was still dark outside.

The bed was a hard-mattress bed, which was harder than the one at home. Chen Fang also knew that a soft bed could cause great harm to ordinary people, let alone athletes.

Not knowing what to do, Chen rolled over on the bed. The bed was very large, a king-size bed measuring 2.5 x 2.2, probably a bed for basketball players.

There was no point in struggling because he was definitely not sleepy. Chen Fang got up and washed up.

I went downstairs and ran towards the football field where I was yesterday. There was a track over there.

At this point, few athletes had gotten up and there was no one along the way until we reached the track and field stadium, where we saw an old man exercising.

The old man was not sleepy and got up early, so Chen Fang was not surprised. Instead, the old man noticed Chen Fang and looked at him a few more times.

"Uncle, good morning." Chen Fang greeted him and ran over.

After running a lap on the track and sweating slightly, Chen Fang slowed down his pace. It was now dawn and he could see the old man doing boxing in an open space in the woods.

He fought very slowly, but with great charm, and each move was very steady.

Chen Fang remembered that he still had to have blood drawn today, and he knew that he couldn't drink water, so he couldn't exercise much, so he walked towards the dormitory.

When the old man saw this scene, he shook his head, perhaps because he was accustomed to this kind of short-lived operation.

The waiting time was boring, as if a long time had passed. The clock hanging on the wall reached seven o'clock and the phone rang at the right time.

By the time I finished all this, it was already nine o'clock.

"The team leader is waiting for you, go there by yourself." Chen Baowei stopped and said.

It was not the office from yesterday. It looked more like a rest room, and half of the bed could be seen inside the suite.

Zhang Shaohong saw Chen Fang coming and waved: "Come here."

"How is it? Are you tired?"

"Fortunately, I'm young and I recover quickly."

After the polite greetings, Zhang Shaohong got down to business.

His face was serious: "There is no problem with the physical examination. Everything is fine with you. The experts have also given us a plan."

"Including academic subjects, the schedule from Monday to Friday is full. Just listen to me as you look at it." As he said this, he handed a form to Chen Fang.

"Your three main courses are scheduled for 3 from 123 to 7 p.m. We have arranged home tutors, all of whom are provincial-level special high school teachers with rich experience and high level of skills."

"The deputy class is arranged at Lishan No. 135 Middle School, and the class is held together with the physical education class. The time is from 9 to 11 a.m. in ."

"After talking about the cultural aspects, now it's your training schedule."

"From Monday to Friday afternoon, 2-5 o'clock is the training time, and 24 is your special training day."

"The specific training content will keep changing because the coaches are also changing. It will be updated every week. Xiao Chen will give you a weekly training details sheet."

"From Friday night to Sunday night, you have free time. However, there will be a check-up after 7 o'clock every Sunday, and you must be in the dormitory of the Basketball Management Center."

"I understand." Chen Fang nodded.

"Today is Monday. Can we start directly in the afternoon?" Zhang Shaohong asked.

"No problem. I can't wait."

"Very good." Zhang Shaohong nodded with satisfaction.

"This is my phone number. If you have any questions, please contact me directly." Zhang Shaohong pushed his business card over.

After carefully putting it away, Zhang Shaohong said, "Take a rest. Xiao Chen will come to take you to the gym at 1:30 pm."

When he went out, Chen Baowei was waiting at the door. As soon as they met, Chen Fang said, "Brother Baowei, I will trouble you a lot in the future."

Chen Baowei, who had received the instructions long ago, quickly said, "It's my duty. Chen Fang, you are being too polite."

On the way back, Chen Fang said, "Brother Baowei, I have already bought a car. I won't have to bother you to drive here every day. It's not convenient for you."

"Found it?" Chen Baowei asked in surprise.

"It's just a coincidence."

After sending Chen Fang back to the dormitory, Chen Baoguo received a call from his leader: "Xiao Chen, I forgot something. You should quickly find a translator in the college who is good at foreign languages. The hourly wage should be based on the original medium standard."

"Understood, Boss. I'll do it now."

Three minutes later, Gao Lin, who had just returned to the dormitory and had not yet sat down, heard a sharp beep from her cell phone.

The person suddenly became highly alert, quickly took out his mobile phone and opened the QQ group.

I quickly scanned the post and immediately sent a private message, attaching my Level 8 English certificate and study abroad experience.

Soon, the other party sent a mobile phone number.

"Hello, I'm a student from the class of 13. My name is Gao Lin. I'm very interested in this part-time job. I think I'm fully qualified for it." Gao Lin tried to speak as slowly as possible, not wanting to appear impatient.

The other party started asking questions directly in English, and Gao Lin responded immediately.

"Very good, please wait downstairs of Expert Dormitory No. 2 at :."

"Understood. I will be on time."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Lin jumped up. Her roommate asked, "Did you pass?"

"Yeah, yeah." Gao Lin said happily.

The roommates were very envious, but also admired Gao Lin's reaction. She was also in this group called Tongtian. Being able to enter this group meant that she was an excellent student in the college.

Some members of this group are from the Sports Bureau and were once outstanding seniors in the college. They are also called little gods and gods who have landed.

Occasionally, some part-time jobs are posted in the group, all of which are in cooperation with the Sports Bureau. These job opportunities are very rare because you can get in touch with the leaders of the bureau. In the future, when you take the exam, there is a chance that you will meet him as the interviewer.

This greatly improves the interview pass rate, so even if the part-time job fee is very low, it is still a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Many people in the group would rather give up their winter and summer vacations and stay at school, just to wait for such opportunities, because the competitive pressure at that time is relatively small.

Gao Lin began to rummage through her boxes and dress up carefully; this was her second part-time job within the system this year, and she didn't want to mess it up.

After lunch, Chen Fang lay on the bed and took a nap. He was woken up by the alarm on his cell phone.

I glanced at the time and found that I had slept for forty minutes, which was a perfect nap. As we all know, if a nap lasts more than an hour, the brain will suffer from oxygen deprivation due to prolonged suppression, and it will not recover throughout the afternoon.

I washed my face, started putting the clothes I needed for training into my bag, and then went downstairs.

You can't keep people waiting, you have to have this attitude.

After going downstairs, Chen Fang sat on a bench next to the green belt and found a girl at the door of the low wall who looked familiar.

At this time, Chen Baoguo drove into the yard and Chen Fang walked straight over. Strangely, the girl also came over.

"Why did you get off the car?" Chen Baowei asked as he got out of the car.

"I can't always have Brother Baowei calling and waiting for me."

Chen Baowei laughed and then turned his gaze to the girl standing a few meters behind him.

"Gao Lin?" he asked.

"It's me, leader." Gao Lin immediately raised his hand and took two steps forward.

"Get in the car first, I'll talk to her."

"Okay." Chen Fang sat in the passenger seat.

It didn't take long before the girl got on the bus.

Chen Fang is now certain that it was the person who transferred the car yesterday, but he did not recognize him.

Gao Lin actually recognized him at the beginning, but she knew very well that if the other party didn't greet her first, she shouldn't get too close.

The car didn't drive fast, but it arrived at the destination quickly.

"It seems to be quite close, Brother Baowei. I can come here by bike by myself later."

"Haha, it's OK. It's not far from the dormitory."

The Basketball Center covers a very large area. After Chen Fang entered through the side door, it took him five minutes to walk to his destination.

"Why am I the only one here?" Chen Fang felt puzzled when he saw the empty stadium.

Chen Baoguo explained: "Haven't you touched U16 before?"

"Yes, I played against them and also played against the U18s."

"The team leader said that at your current level, you can only practice alone. We are still looking for a coach to take charge of you. Now we are asking the foreign coach from Shangao to come over."

"Foreign teacher?"

"Yes, he's from the United States, a very famous trainer named Fred Enzo, a white man who played in the D1 league and just came to China this year."

Chen Fang naturally had never heard of him. There were many famous basketball trainers in the United States, but there were even more unknown ones.

But since he can stay in Shangao, he should be quite capable. Chen Fang is looking forward to it. It seems that this decision is right and he can receive high-level training and guidance right away.

"So?" Chen Fang suddenly understood, and he pointed at Gao Lin who had been standing quietly not far away.

"Yes, I found a translator for you. Her surname is Gao and she is a student at the college. You can just call her Sister Gao." Chen Baoguo called Gao Lin over.

"Hello." Gao Lin acted very serious.

"Hello, my name is Chen Fang."

"My name is Gao Lin, I'm your translator, nice to meet you." Gao Lin was polite in a formal manner.

"Ding ding." Chen Baowei's phone rang. He glanced at it and said, "You warm up first. I'll go take over the foreign coach."

After Chen Baowei left, Gao Lin relaxed a little. She said, "I didn't expect to see you again."

"Yes, it's fate." Chen Fang put his bag on a chair at the sidelines and began to warm up.

Seeing that Chen Fang had no intention of talking, Gao Lin tactfully found a seat and sat down.

Ten minutes later, Chen Baowei led in a tall white man, who was about 185cm tall, with obvious muscle lines and a very low body fat percentage.

"This is Enzo, and this is Chen Fang." Chen Baowei introduced the two to each other.

"This is your translator." Then, Gao Lin was introduced.

"HI, you can call me Fang." Chen Fang took the initiative to greet him in English. In his previous life, he always dealt with black people, so he had no problem with simple words. Enzo looked at him and he could tell that his spoken English was okay.

He had a slim figure and looked young, which was beyond his expectations, as he thought the extra cashier introduced to him by the club was an adult.

He knew very well what his mission was, which was to train the young man in offensive skills.

The rest was not within his consideration, so Enzo immediately said: "Please start your shooting and dribbling warm-up, without reservation."

Gao Lin immediately translated it for Chen Fang.

Chen Fang nodded to show that he understood and started to take the ball, while Enzo also took off his clothes and prepared for his own warm-up.

Chen Fang's warm-up just now has activated his muscles and loosened up his joints. He knows that this foreign coach named Enzo probably wants to understand his level so as to formulate a training plan.

Chen Baoguo did not leave, but sat on the sidelines and observed silently. He was also curious about why Chen Fang won the favor of the team leader.

Chen Fang tried a few balls and found one with a nearly satisfactory elastic feel. He started his dribbling from the sideline of the center circle, followed by a front V-shaped dribble and a crotch dribble, and finally a back dribble to form a closed loop.

Do this once with each hand, and move forward in turn.

Enzo observed very carefully and found that Chen Fang's left and right hands were very balanced, and there was no imbalance in the weak side hand. This alone was very good and surpassed many people.

His dribbling selection movements are also the closest to actual combat, because if you continue to practice one movement during training, it will cause muscle instinct, and in the game, you will make dribbling mistakes in a hurry.

This is also the underlying logic behind why many Chinese players are often forced into mistakes. Ultimately, it is because the dribbling connection during training is unreasonable.

After dribbling to the baseline, Chen Fang came back and started to cross dribble in advance, connecting with one side of the hip to close the loop with a back dribble. This is a simplified dribble, and more offensive and safe dribbling will be used in actual combat.

At the same time, he noticed that Chen did not move step by step when dribbling, but instead used small steps. This was a very interesting discovery and might be a habit of his.

The reason why Chen Fang did this was because his body had to avoid confrontation and maintain kinetic energy to get rid of it. He couldn't let his center of gravity sink too much and needed to move up and down. In that case, small steps would definitely be more suitable.

Chen Fang returned to the center line and began to dribble the ball vigorously in the high position, then connected it with a low hip dribble, and then continued to repeat with the other hand, keeping the left and right hands repeated, and his footsteps also turned into small hops.

This is another practical dribbling, combined with footwork training.

Enzo guessed that someone had taught this person before, and the level was very advanced. This made him perk up, as he didn't want to be outdone by others.

Chen Fang began to dribble the ball in place to warm up. His speed was increasing. The gym was filled with the sound of the ball hitting the floor. Gao Lin couldn't help swallowing, because it was too fast and the ball became an afterimage.

However, this also consumes a lot of energy. Chen Fang felt his arms becoming numb and he stopped decisively.

Holding the ball, looking at Enzo.

Enzo seemed to be shocked by Chen Fang's violent dribbling. He only reacted when he realized that everyone was looking at him.

"OK, OK, start shooting."

There was no need for translation, Chen Fang understood it. He knew the word "shoot".

He first came to the basket and started activating from his fingers, then as the distance increased, he added his wrists, elbows, shoulders, waist and abdomen, and finally his ankles.

After finishing this set, Chen Fang started by catching the ball and shooting, and the distance also moved from the five points around the restricted area to the three-point line.

After all the shots were made, the dribbling and shooting began.

Enzo's expression went from serious to solemn, and finally to sharp eyes, all his attention was focused on observation.

Apart from a few details that he felt needed improvement, Chen Fang's shooting was impeccable.

Because no one called for stop, Chen Fang dribbled the ball to the three-point line. He extended the ball very far, and when several people were not sure what he was going to do, he dribbled towards the three-point line and shot from about one meter away.

The ball had a high arc and hit the outside frame and bounced out.

This was the first shot that Chen Fang missed. When Enzo was still thinking about whether this was reasonable, Chen Fang had already picked up the ball and ran to the outside.

It’s still the same rhythm, connecting with a breakaway move and then taking a three-pointer.

"brush!"

This time, the knife fell quickly and pierced the net.

"Can someone pass the ball?" Chen Fang asked.

"I'll do it!" Chen Baowei ran into the court and came to the basket.

He passed the ball, but because the distance was too far, the quality of the ball was not high, and Enzo frowned.

"Let me do it. This is my duty." Enzo gave the other party a way out.

After receiving another long pass, Chen Fang felt much more comfortable. He dribbled the ball, adjusted his steps, and shot.

So, his performance began, and Gao Lin and Chen Baowei in the audience were gradually stunned.

Although Enzo was also surprised, he had seen the world after all, and he faithfully fulfilled his duty of passing the ball.

As the ball went through the net, Chen Baowei asked Gao Lin, "How many goals did you score?"

Gao Lin was stunned and said hurriedly: "I didn't count either, sorry."

"At least fifty in a row." Chen Baowei finally understood why the team leader valued this young man so much. It was too accurate.

It really refreshed my understanding. Although I am not a basketball professional, I have raised pigs but have eaten pork. I have been in the Sports College for six years and have never seen such an accurate prediction.

Even as he was marveling, the goals continued to be scored.

"Ding!" The ball hit the front frame and bounced out.

Chen Fang was panting heavily, his hands and feet were numb, and he was no longer able to guarantee his hit rate.

Enzo came to Chen Baowei and asked, "Is this a player from the Shangao Club?"

"No, he's from our Sports Bureau." Chen Baowei communicated naturally without any pressure. He asked, "How do you feel?"

"how old is he?"

"Just turned 16."

"Jesus, that's awesome." Enzo opened his hands exaggeratedly and exclaimed.

"This job means a lot to me," said Enzo.

Because this was a job outside the contract, Enzo was promised the right to refuse before coming. But now after witnessing Chen Fang's god-like hit rate, Enzo felt that he had encountered a great opportunity.

The ultimate pursuit of a trainer is to cultivate a strong person, which is the most striking feature of his resume.

Back on the court, Enzo took the initiative to extend his hand: "Enzo Fred, it's an honor to meet you."

"Me too."

"OK, let's start directly from dribbling and shooting." Enzo was in high spirits.

Gao Lin stood by and began to get into character.

However, Chen Baowei did not choose to leave, but watched quietly from the sidelines.

"Let go, you can't move like this."

"We simulated the pick-and-roll, the pick-and-roll on the perimeter, not just a change of direction or a hip turn."

Enzo dribbled the ball assuming there was a pick-and-roll in front of him. He said, "We have to take a step back. You have to consider that the defender's squeeze screen will cause the person who screens for you to move."

"You need to take a half step back and use small steps to connect to the next action. Your posture should not be to hold the ball in front of you, but you should learn to hold the ball sideways and turn around to dribble with your hands."

As he spoke, Enzo began to demonstrate. His center of gravity was very low. He stepped back, turned sideways, and turned around, still hitting the ball in the same place. Then he changed hands and accelerated to move sideways.

Chen Fang tried it, but was stopped by Enzo, who pointed out the details of his mistakes.

"Then after you get rid of the pick-and-roll, don't do the prelude to the shot, such as hand-to-hand contact, kneeling, or stepping open. This will make the person who is helping out realize what you are going to do immediately."

"You should make a move to penetrate, then read the defender's movements and then make the next move."

"Go and gather the ball again and make a move."

Enzo taught in great detail and Chen Fang listened attentively. He tried it and received Enzo's praise.

"Very good, you learn quickly, you are a genius." Enzo praised and supported her generously.

Gao Lin, who was translating, felt quite embarrassed about this.

But Chen Fang did not react at all, his attention was focused on understanding.

Enzo suddenly walked to the sidelines and said to Chen Baowei: "At this level, I need more help."

"Passing, screening, running, this will greatly improve my training efficiency for him."

Chen Baowei nodded: "Tomorrow will be different."

"OK." Enzo returned to the court and said to Chen Fang, "We learn a technical move every day. This is my style. I hope you can master it firmly and use it, not just know it."

"clear."

As time flew by, a three-hour class made everyone sweat profusely. Even Gao Lin felt sweat on her forehead.

Enzo's so-called technical move actually led to many things. He showed different game scenes. He needed to let Chen Fang know what the changes of this move were in what scene and how to judge it.

This is also the biggest difference between domestic trainers and foreign trainers.

In China, people think that they just teach the movements and that’s it, but foreign trainers try to make you understand why you should use this movement and what is the rationale for this movement.

In what situations is it right, and in what situations is it wrong.

Part of Chen Fang's training process is spent listening and thinking.

"See you tomorrow, let go." Enzo stretched out his hand. He was very satisfied with the young man in front of him. He was smart, had a strong understanding, and had excellent execution ability.

"See you tomorrow, Fred." Chen Fang stretched out his hand and shook it.

He is now sure that he made the right choice. After just one class, he feels that he has learned a lot.

Enzo's departure also meant the end of Gao Lin's work. After Chen Baowei told her to come here directly tomorrow, she left too.

Chen Fang was a little unsatisfied, but Chen Baowei's words made him lose his mood.

"You need to take a shower, change clothes, and eat quickly. Your cultural teacher will arrive at the dormitory on time at 6:."

No student in the world likes this news, including Chen Fang.

"I see." He said dejectedly.

(End of this chapter)