Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 81 Training Day (Part )
Two hours ago, if you asked Cao Kai, Huang Yang and Zhao Kai to imagine that they would experience a high-level personal training that could only be seen in videos, they would definitely laugh at you, but at this moment, they were fully enjoying the job of sparring.

No complaints, dedicated and responsible.

Chen Fang dribbled the ball inside and outside, connected with a drag step, and suddenly pulled up for the ball.

The ball hit the net.

Zhao Kai didn't know how many facial cumshots he had received today. It seemed as if this young man was on a roll. It only took Chen Fang an hour to go from being contemptuous at the beginning to being unwilling to accept it and then to being numb now.

He is 1.93 meters tall, has to defend against 1.8 meters of heads, and can be facialed unlimited times, which is outrageous in itself.

But even Gao Lin, who didn't know much about basketball, could see that Chen Fang's shot was not something they could defend against at all.

He dribbles the ball quickly and shoots even faster. The whole shooting action happens in the blink of an eye. What's more terrifying is that this young man is moving all the time. He never stands still while dribbling. You don't know whether his next step will be left or right.

Zhao Kai's center of gravity was shaking so much that he felt like he was dying and his soul was scattered.

Huang Yang and Cao Kai were good brothers indeed. They both took the initiative to switch positions with him to share the pressure, but it didn't take long before they could no longer hold on.

No one likes to be shot at all the time, especially when they are on full defense.

After two hours, the three men were panting and looking pale.

All my life's shamelessness has been shot out today, how can I still have the face to play basketball?

When I think about my mentality at the beginning, I feel even more ashamed.

This is not the second generation of officials, this is the second generation of gods.

Can't compare, can't beat.

All three of them had this mentality, so the quality of training dropped immediately.

Enzo saw the problem and immediately stopped the training, allowing the three poor people to rest and calm down.

He came to Chen Fang who was panting on his knees and said, "I have to admire you. Your face-to-face shooting is at an elite level. Even I can't do that."

"Let's have a one-on-one duel, let me feel it!" Enzo said unexpectedly.

Trainers have their own pride. They deal with stars for years and face pressure and intensity that ordinary people cannot bear.

But after all, the other party is a star, a big shot who has proven himself, and has a contract worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

But if a person of average height who has no proven experience beats the trainer, the trainer's mentality will also explode.

Chen Fang grinned upon hearing this, revealing his white teeth.

In his previous life, he was quite handsome, half of which was due to his neatly-shaped white teeth. Whether he was happy or angry, Chen Fang was particularly charming with his fangs showing.

He played basketball with many black people who came to China to seek their fortunes, and they would also play one-on-one in private. Don't look at the noisy one-on-one sessions during Dongsheng training. Chen Fang never participated. It's not that he doesn't know how to play, but that he thinks it's too bullying.

He knows too much about one-on-one fights.

To some extent, one-on-one competition is the least concerned with overall quality. If you have one outstanding skill, you can win in the one-on-one competition.

So now Chen Fang is not particularly interested in one-on-one duels.

But he has never fought with a serious trainer.

"Okay, how do we play? What are the rules?"

Enzo raised an eyebrow, "What rules do you want."

"You're a guest, so let's use the American way." Chen Fang stood up and stretched his back: "Three moves or a five-second countdown?"

"It's all fine." Enzo also became interested. It seemed that the young man in front of him understood a lot.

"Then let's count down to 5 seconds. This will be very close to actual combat." Chen Fang said.

"Indeed, it seems that you do understand."

Because of the translator, everyone else heard this conversation.

"Countdown 5 seconds?" Huang Yang was a little confused, and the other two didn't understand either.

Ten years ago, many things about American basketball have gradually become popularized through short videos, but now, they are indeed high-end stuff that can only be seen in private games between NBA stars.

The three of them perked up and watched intently. Zhao Kai had an idea and quietly reached into the backpack on the bench and took out his cell phone.

He had a feeling that this duel would be very exciting, so he had to record it and enjoy it slowly when he returned to the dormitory.

"Ms. Gao, please take the trouble to shout out the countdown in English, starting from 5." Chen Fang reminded.

"No problem." Gao Lin quickly agreed.

"Could you please help me, three senior brothers? Pick up the ball, go to the basket, pass the ball, and stand on the same level as me." Chen Fang said again.

Because Zhao Kai wanted to take pictures, Huang Yang went to pick up the ball and Cao Kailai served the ball, and the three of them each had their own responsibilities.

"How to fight?" Enzo asked.

"Hit 5, not 11 balls. If the ball doesn't go in, we can change serve. Then we won't do 5 rounds, three rounds will be enough. Let's play for a while!" Chen Fang said in a relaxed tone.

"OK!" Enzo agreed. This was the most common method. There was not much meaning in serving each ball individually. What Chen Fang did was actually a gambling rule. Two stars were not convinced of each other, so they made an appointment to play a few rounds to determine the winner.

Chen Fang walked to three meters outside the three-point line. This distance was the default, which kept both the defender and the attacker outside the three-point line.

Throw the ball to Enzo, Enzo gets into position and passes the ball back to Chen Fang.

Chen Fang leaned sideways to catch the ball. Enzo's hand was already close to him. Chen Fang suddenly stood up and shouted to Gao Lin, "You're too slow. Once I catch the ball, you have to count down."

Gao Lin quickly raised her hand to apologize.

The three caddies were stunned. Is it so difficult?
Seeing both of them at the three-point line and then ending the battle in five seconds is unimaginably difficult.

Cao Kai felt that if he were to do it himself, he didn't know what he could do in five seconds.

on the field.

Chen Fang took the ball from Enzo, and Gao Lin immediately shouted, "Five!"

The ball had already fallen before the sound was finished. Chen Fang dragged the ball sideways to create distance between himself and Enzo.

Enzo slid to catch up, putting his hands in front of him, trying to cut off Chen Fang's dribbling route.

"Four!"

He made a thrusting move as if to break through, forcing Enzo to immediately slide back to the side to avoid being broken through.

"three"

The stabbing step becomes a flash step, followed by a crotch move, and the left hand makes inside and outside dribbles to stabilize Enzo's center of gravity.

"Two!"

Seeing that Enzo had reset from the side slide to the front step, Chen Fang changed direction in front of his body, the ball returned to his right hand, and cut inward directly.

Combine the upper and lower steps, jump up with the ball, and shoot.

"One!"

At this moment, Gao Lin's last voice rang out.

Enzo turned to see the result, only to see the net floating and the ball bouncing on the ground.

You don't need to ask for the result, you will know it.

Cao Kai didn't have time to be amazed. He kept his duty in mind and ran to the basket to pick up the ball.

"Beautiful, but I won't be fooled again!" said Enzo.

Chen Fang smiled: "You will."

Trash talk is an indispensable part of a one-on-one duel. It is not only about using words to stir up the opponent's emotions, but also about making your own fighting spirit burn even more strongly.

Chen Fang held the basketball high and Enzo came up to him.

Gao Lin's countdown began.

"Five!"

Chen Fang turned his back but did not drop the ball.

Enzo clung on.

"Four!"

Chen Fang turned around, but his central leg did not move.

"three!"

"Why aren't you moving?" The three people watching the game on the sidelines were all anxious. This countdown was like a death warrant, making people nervous.

Just when several people were getting anxious, Chen Fang turned around and dribbled away from Enzo's close proximity, then took a step forward and ran towards the three-point line.

Enzo immediately caught up.

"Two!" Gao Lin's voice was a little broken. Chen Fang was already half a meter outside the three-point line, holding the ball, and stretching his hips to shoot.

Enzo jumped up and blocked the shot from the side.

"One!"

Chen Fang didn't jump, it turned out to be a fake shot. Looking at Enzo flying over, Chen Fang almost didn't jump to shoot a three-pointer.

The moment the ball was released happened almost at the same time as Gao Lin shouted.

"Shit!" Enzo blurted out when he saw the ball go in.

If the training just now was not very intense and was considered as slacking off, the current one-on-one duel was truly a strong confrontation.

From Enzo's octopus-like defense, to Chen Fang's McGrady-style back-to-back dribbling to get away, to a fake shot to shake off Enzo, and then take the shot.

What happens in these five seconds is so exciting that you almost have to interpret it frame by frame to enjoy it.

Serve again.

When Cao Kai passed the ball to Chen Fang, Chen Fang ran one step to the left in the direction of the ball.

When he received the ball, he went straight down. Enzo had almost no time to react and he had already rushed into the three-point line.

"F*ck, let go, you're too cunning." Even though Enzo was cursing, he had to admit the result, it was his own problem.

Once you are on the court, you need to concentrate highly. The game does not start until you receive the ball.

This is part of the game itself, just like a sideline ball. Before the ball is thrown, the defense and offense have already begun.

Chen Fang naturally understood this. He returned to his seat and shrugged: "You are old, no one will say anything to you."

This sentence was said directly in English, which made Gao Lin stunned. She couldn't understand it immediately and wondered whether she should translate it into Chinese for Enzo.

Enzo smiled and said, "Little friend, it's too early for you to be proud."

Chen Fang looked at Cao Kai and signaled to kick off.

Cao Kai passed the ball with a shake of his hand, and Chen Fang stepped forward to receive the ball again. This time, Enzo passed the entanglement and moved directly over.

When Chen Fang received the ball, he lowered his center of gravity, bent his body completely, and used his head to push Enzo's chest away. At the same time, he cut inward with his left foot, stuck on Enzo's left leg, and pushed past him.

"Five!"

Enzo reacted immediately, twisting his hips and waist and sliding sideways, trying to get back to a frontal defensive posture.

But Chen Fang used a back-movement and a sideways drag to widen the straight-line distance between him and Enzo again.

"Four!"

Enzo was very experienced. Instead of rushing forward, he did the opposite and moved towards the area of Chen Fang's vertical baseline.

Because Chen Fang was far away from the three-point line, he had to get close to the basket to make a shot, so the direction he was going was where he was going at the moment.

But Chen Fang pushed the ball straight forward, widening the distance between them and making it easier for him to break away.

"three!"

As soon as Enzo arrived, Chen Fang pounced on him. He immediately slid sideways to block the breakthrough route.

"Two!" After experiencing it twice, Gao Lin's voice became steady, and she faithfully counted down at a normal speed.

Chen Fang, however, made a sudden move, caught the ball with one hand, and circled it around his waist clockwise, and only when it returned to his waist and abdomen did he hold the ball together and raise it to shoot.

"One!"

"Wow!" The three of them screamed.

"Swish!" It was the sound of the hollow net passing through.

The stadium froze for a moment.

This kind of action is unheard of. After blocking the ball, step back and shoot with the ball around the waist?

This is a move that Harden would only perform when he was having fun on the training ground, but Chen Fang used it in actual combat.

It's even possible that Harden didn't even use it in 2014 without video footage.

But Chen Fang doesn't care about so many things. He allows others to travel through time and become plagiarists, but he doesn't allow me to be a football plagiarist?

What's more, in the situation just now, even if he stepped back, Enzo might catch up and block him. He did it on a whim, and the image of Harden's action suddenly flashed through his mind.

By delaying the combined shot, you can take one more step.

I can perform and score, and there is no referee, what can you do to me?
"Wow! Perfect!" Enzo, as the victim, was excited. He jumped over and screamed like a little child.

"Tell me quickly how you did that just now. I want to see it again. God, this is the coolest move I have ever seen." Enzo was extremely happy.

Chen Fang would not hide his skills and wanted to pass the ball to demonstrate on the spot.

"When I explode the ball, I first retreat, then synchronize my hands with my feet, turn around, catch the ball, take another step, and finally retract my front foot to shoot."

Enzo was very serious. He thought about it and decided to do it once.

But this involves the coordination of hands and feet, and there is some technical difficulty in drawing a circle with the right hand and a square with the left hand. He didn't manage to do it the first time.

Chen Fang quickly demonstrated it again, adding details: "When exploding the ball, first pull the back foot back, and then push back with the front foot. In this process, complete the movement of wrapping the ball around the waist. When you close the ball, you have already stepped back. Then, use the back foot to drag back half a step, and the front foot will actively retract."

Enzo was serious at first, then his eyes lit up and he clapped his hands: "I understand."

He tried this time, but his speed was not good enough. Despite this, Enzo was already very excited: "This will be my most subscribed video on Twitter. Let's split the revenue 50-50."

"If there's extra money, why not?" Chen Fang did not reject Enzo's idea.

Cao Kai and his two companions were also eager to try. They took the ball and tried it, but soon gave up in frustration. This action was a bit inhumane and required very high ball skills. They could do each action individually, but they couldn't combine them into one.

Thinking about Chen Fang completing this move smoothly and then making a three-pointer, and then looking at Chen Fang's eyes, it was like watching a god or demon being born.

"Let's continue." Chen Fang said.

"NO, I give up! I admit defeat." Enzo said.

"I gained something from this one-on-one match. I'm going to review it now. Thank you for your hard work today." After saying that, he held the ball and went to practice the move.

It turns out that Enzo is also a ball fanatic. When he saw the new and interesting tricks, he couldn't take his attention away.

Chen Fang also understood. He checked the time and found that the training time had indeed passed. He said to Cao Kai and the others, "The training is over. Thank you for your hard work, brothers."

"It's my duty. It's my duty." Cao Kai and the other two were really not convinced now. Instead, they felt a little flattered by the kind Chen Fang.

Cao Kai waited for Chen Fang's attention to shift away, then he touched Zhao Kai and asked quietly, "Did you take the picture?"

"Of course, my shooting technique is learned from Edison Chen!" Zhao Kai couldn't help but smile. This sudden idea actually resulted in such a wonderful battle. How could he not be ecstatic.

"Let's go, let's go back to the dormitory and upload the video to the computer. I also want to practice this move. I want to watch it a hundred times, a thousand times today!" Cao Kai also became excited.

The three of them were so preoccupied with this matter that they didn't even bother to say hello to Gao Lin and just ran out.

Gao Lin didn't care either. Her attention was on Chen Fang. This feeling was very strange. At first contact, you thought this boy was very ordinary, but when you got to know him better, you found that this person, especially on the court, seemed to have magic.

Chen Baowei's coming in didn't make Gao Lin think, until Chen Baowei asked how her day was, Gao Lin came back to her senses.

After a few casual words, Chen Baowei reminded Chen Fang: "You still have training tonight, you have to hurry up."

"At night too?" Chen Fang was stunned.

"Yes, 24 is a training day, and as the name suggests, there will be training all day long."

"What kind of training?" Chen Fang asked.

"The U16s have a full-court practice match tonight. You have to participate."

"U16?" Chen Fang understood: "Joint training, right?"

"Yes, it's the first training session with the new U16 coach, you have to cheer up."

Chen Fang expressed his inner guess: "Am I still in the team?"

"Of course, you just have more personal training plans than them. Next year, you will lead the U16 to the Youth Games. This is your top priority." There are no outsiders here, so Chen Baowei made it clear.

"I understand. I'll take a shower now, then eat. What's next?"

"Then go back to the Basketball Management Center. The U16 venue is in Area B. Don't worry, I won't leave. Everyone will follow me." Chen Baowei said to Gao Lin, "It will be the same time tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll be on time, Minister Chen." Gao Lin knew that this was a request for her to leave.

Watching Gao Lin leave, Chen Fang asked curiously, "Brother Baowei, what position does a minister hold?"

"Haha, I used to be the head of the disciplinary committee in the academy, so the younger students in the academy all called me that."

"Let's go. This evening's talk with the head coach is very important. I'll tell you in detail later." Chen Baowei suddenly realized that Enzo was still there and was surprised: "He hasn't left yet?"

"Yes, it's okay. He has his own things to do."

(End of this chapter)