Basketball trainer, I created a super giant

Chapter 459 The Qualities a Top Scorer Must Possess
The physical test results were perfect.

Today's Durant meets Townsend's training requirements in terms of speed, strength, and endurance.

After completing the physical tests, Durant behaved himself and ran to Grover to begin his day's training.

The focus is now on physical training, so Durant's training for the past few months has been led by Grover.

After all, he personally created Jordan's freakish physique.

"Kevin!"

Tang Sen stopped Durant and said, "Starting today, you need to change your training focus and start practicing your skills."

The original plan was to spend six months practicing skills and building a foundation.

But Townsend underestimated his system; in five months, Durant had already met his expectations.

In the coming period, he will definitely need to continue to refine his physique, but the focus of his training will be on technique.

"Really?"

Durant was taken aback and asked urgently, "Sir, you're not lying to me, are you?"

He was well aware of the importance of his body, but he longed even more for an unbeatable technique.

Tang Sen smiled and shook his head.

In fact, these five months of hard training were also a test and a trial for Durant.

It hones his patience and tests his perseverance.

If you can be patient and spend so much time training your body, then you won't have to worry about not being able to develop your skills.

As it turns out, Tang Sen was right; this kid could endure loneliness.

He may not have Jordan's iron will to win, but basketball is truly the only thing in his world.

Wealth and women both came after basketball in his heart.

Upon receiving a positive answer, Durant was overjoyed and eagerly asked where he should start training.

When it comes to technical training, Tang Sen is the ace.

There is a wealth of experience and case studies available for specific training.

In summary, it boils down to a few points: refining technical details, studying video recordings, and honing skills through practical experience.

However, Tang Sen wanted to make some changes to the specific training plan.

That means practicing inside skills from the outside.

We didn't start by teaching Durant and other guards crossover and penetration techniques.

Instead, they should practice their inside offensive skills first.

It's just offensive skills, not the rebounding, help defense, and positioning of an inside player.

It's just some low-post hook shots, footwork, face-up offense, low-post jump shots, etc.

Tangsen believes these skills and the skills of guards have something in common.

Once you've mastered the hook shot, your layup finish will be solid, and your floater will be just as good.

If you master footwork in the low post, your footwork will be just as good when you're backing down the opponent.

Low-post face-up offensive techniques can also be applied to outside drives.

As for various jump shot techniques in the low post, they are all the same.

A crucial point is that low-post skills need to be developed through competitive play.

To become a top scorer, you have to adapt to competition from the very beginning.

In actual competition, situations where the smaller player is fighting the larger one will often occur.

And this training template is still based on Ewing's center skills textbook.

When Tang Sen brought Durant to the basket and started practicing his hook shot, Durant couldn't help but feel uneasy.

I'm afraid that in the future, Tang Sen will train me as an inside player.

But he has a good habit: he doesn't ask why.

He knew that Tang Sen was the best trainer, there was no better one. Since Tang Sen had made him train like this, there must be a reason for it, so he just kept training.

December ended just as Durant was practicing his low-post hook shot.

Not only should you practice your right hand, but you should also practice your left hand, so you can use both hands simultaneously.

Time came to 2006.

The regular season is in full swing, with both the Eastern and Western Conferences exhibiting a hellish level of competition.

Even the Knicks were dragged into it.

When Townsend chatted with Thibodeau and Brittenham, they all heard that Carlisle has truly returned to the form of his first season, starting to analyze the opponents' form and study the tactical options for each game.

His transformation speaks volumes about the harsh competitive environment the Knicks face.

The defensive alliance that Tang Sen predicted is slowly taking shape.

On the scoring leaderboard, Iverson's average points per game have dropped to 32.

Compared to last year, that's a drop of 3 points. Almost every strong team has top-tier defenders, making easy scoring a pipe dream.

This top-level offense and defense undoubtedly enhanced the excitement of the game.

The league's attendance and viewership are both rising.

If revenue increases, then the salary cap will have to increase again next season.

Players expect their income to increase, so they naturally won't resist this change, thus creating a positive feedback loop.

At the start of the new year, Durant's training focus has shifted back to low-post footwork.

Tang Sen also used some of the training techniques from back then, such as training balance in the swimming pool.

Durant has an amazing talent for coordination.

Once, Hakeem Olajuwon came to give him pointers and praised him for being able to develop the Dream Shake with the same elegance as himself.

Tang Sen agreed with this assessment.

Tang Sen had always wanted Yao Ming to practice the Dream Shake, but in the end he never fully mastered it, or achieved the effortless grace of Hakeem Olajuwon.

But Tang Sen saw that hope in Durant.

His coordination and astonishing speed, disproportionate to his size, gave him this advantage.

Even if he doesn't eventually master it, he can still develop excellent footwork skills.

Footwork training continued for another month.

This is just basic training; it doesn't mean spending a whole month practicing footwork and then stopping, or that you've already mastered it.

Not yet. I need to keep practicing and then integrate all the skills together.

It's like leveling up a skill tree, from the smallest to the largest, leveling up all the skills one by one.

In February, Tang Sen began having Durant practice low-post jump shots.

In the future, Tang Sen hopes his shooting can extend from the low post to beyond the three-point line, covering all angles without any blind spots.

The shooting form is naturally the standard form.

With a body forged through countless trials, there's no need to compromise like Ray Allen.

Durant has large, soft hands, which is a good foundation for him.

Durant, focused and absorbed in his lessons, was like a sponge, taking in every single drop of the techniques taught by Tang Sen.

His life became simpler.

Stay away from the media, living a life confined to the training camp and home.

He's still young; he's not old enough to get drunk.

These days, his main form of entertainment is engaging in other sports.

Tang Sen encouraged him to try other sports, such as badminton or soccer, as a way to relax during his training.

Then it's about finding a pretty woman to sleep with or something.

High-intensity training and the energy of youth also require outlets to release stress.

It wasn't until April that Tangsen began teaching him offensive techniques for defense.

At the beginning of this training, Tang Sen made one requirement.

That means when you start an attack, you can't dribble more than three times.

"Whatever happens in the future is irrelevant, but from the beginning, this is a red line. Once you break the rules, you will have to accept the punishment."

Tang Sen's expression was extremely serious.

The reason for making this request is to cultivate Durant's offensive mindset and develop a habit of high-efficiency offense.

Townsend disliked Garnett's previous style of attacking while retreating, or rather, his "cooking on the spot" offense.

If you look at Jordan's game footage, you'll see that when he was in a half-court offense, he almost never dribbled more than three times.

His dribbling is always highly efficient; he never dribble in one spot for ages without getting past his opponent.

He only dribbles once before passing his opponent.

This is not only a display of confidence stemming from exceptional offensive skills, but also a playing style befitting his status.

He's Jordan, the best player in the league.

During the worst era in the league, when Jordan received the ball, he would be surrounded by several players, who would try to take his shot at him.

In this situation, who would give him the chance to dribble the ball in place for half a day?

After receiving the ball, he must complete the attack as quickly as possible.

The rules have changed and the league environment has improved somewhat, but Townsend still needs Durant to develop this kind of awareness.

Now, Tang Sen is using a three-point agreement to force Durant to think about how to attack effectively as soon as he receives the ball.

In the ever-changing game, the opportunity may have already been lost when he stops dribbling.

Therefore, this is a quality that a top scorer must possess.

(End of this chapter)