It is purely a basic batting warm-up, without any skills or tricks. Just like a pre-game warm-up, the main purpose is to warm up the muscles.
For any tennis player, this is very basic. However, the training ground gradually became lively.
One, two, three or four, and then evolved into groups. After learning the rumors, the crowds who came one after another to watch instantly surrounded the training ground on three floors, even if it was just the most basic and simple attack.
The ball warm-up is equally attractive and no one wants to miss it.
This is the current appeal of Gawain. His charm and style are becoming a new banner for tennis and opening up a different world.
It can be clearly seen from the sight that many people come with pens and paper or large tennis balls, and some people come wearing the latest Nike jersey of Gao Wen for Wimbledon. You can tell at a glance that they are ready to ask for autographs; the people on the scene can't wait to raise it.
People taking photos and videos with their mobile phones are even more bustling.
Lively, crowded, crazy.
Who would have thought that just a mere appearance, or even a special training, would cause such a turmoil on the Westwood campus.
However, Gawain and Macdonald were very focused and unaffected.
In fact, in the middle part, MacDonald was a little distracted and obviously had no control over his hitting. However, Gao Wen quickly used the control of strength and landing point to form an oppressive reminder, drawing MacDonald's attention back, and the two of them devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the warm-up.
In the meantime, keep hitting the ball.
Regarding the game, Gawain is serious——
In his opinion, Macdonald's only problem is that he is too serious and serious, and there is no longer any enjoyment and immersion. Tennis has become a burden. His mind is not not thinking but overloaded with thinking, which naturally leads to a series of chain consequences.
reaction, the status will not be displayed.
Let alone the U.S. Championship game, even in the practice hitting just now, MacDonald's prediction was a mess.
Now, they just need a little "game" attitude.
After a short warm-up, Gawain began to control the line——
Left side. Right side.
Left side. Right side.
The entire line has not changed, it is purely a left and right adjustment, accompanied by changes in details:
Firstly, the landing point is slowly approaching the sideline; secondly, the hitting technique is constantly changing, pumping, cutting, topspin, backspin, sliding, lofting, anyway, every time the ball is hit, it is constantly changing.
At the beginning, Macdonald didn't know why. He thought that Gawain was just here to do some activities. Obviously this was not a formal training. Naturally, he controlled the return of the ball a little and kept returning to the middle without mobilizing Gawain.
It’s equivalent to feeding a ball——
As a result, Gawain's batting control is more controllable.
Slowly, slowly, MacDonald began to fall into passivity. When he reacted, he tried to reverse the situation through his own return, but found that his footsteps and shots were somewhat unable to keep up, making it difficult to change his line, and finally returned the ball.
Let's go back to the middle area.
Becoming more and more passive.
The situation was completely under Gawain's control.
However, Macdonald did not realize the abnormality——
Martin, noticed, bystanders know better.
Gawain's batting technique has been changing, but the route has not. First left and then right, left and right, left and right, never breaking the routine.
Is it because Gawain doesn't have the ability to change lanes?
Obviously not.
It's because Gawain is training and warming up, and is mobilizing MacDonald purposefully.
Involuntarily, Martin thought of the discussion he and Gawain had just discussed about MacDonald——
Because of the confusion of thoughts, there was no prediction, so I just chased the ball. The entire hitting point became more and more lagging behind, and it became more and more difficult to take the shot. In the end, I was just constantly torturing myself, but I could never reverse the situation. The so-called defense was ineffective defense.
, waiting in vain for the opponent to make a mistake.
Now, Gao Wen returns to the most basic batting line of tennis training through control and layout:
Run back and forth from side to side.
There is no change, just a constant back and forth on both ends of the court, a constant back and forth.
Players have already developed body memory for running back and forth from the bottom line. Every sudden stop and turn, and second start are a conditioned reflex. The brain does not need to predict or plan, it becomes purely an instinct. In this way, it can
Temporarily abandon the distracting thoughts in your mind and focus on hitting the ball.
He was still chasing the ball, but the overall rhythm and smoothness of the connection were significantly improved. It should have become more and more passive and difficult, but Martin could clearly see that the quality of MacDonald's batting was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Climb slowly.
Although it is still impossible to get rid of Gawain's control, the balance of confrontation is slowly returning to balance.
Instant results!
Martin, eyes full of surprise.
It's not that Martin couldn't think of this, but the communication between players is still slightly different, and Gao Wen and Macdonald are friends, and they are more familiar with and understand each other's personalities. Gao Wen just used a warm-up training to
Macdonald falls into a simple rhythm.
Everything, back to the starting point.
MacDonald's batting quality, speed, power, ball quality, etc. are all eye-catching.
Both Martin and Gao Wen know that MacDonald is a player with extremely solid basic skills. Perhaps he is not top-notch in terms of speed and power, but his batting is very "honest", and his impact and pressure can guarantee a certain quality.
, and both offense and defense are balanced.
When the game gets into MacDonald's rhythm, his hitting can cause a lot of damage.
boom!
Snapped!
Tennis, back and forth at both ends of the court—
MacDonald didn't understand what was happening, but he had slowly entered the state. Even though he kept moving at both ends of the baseline, his shots became smoother and smoother.
Gradually, Gawain could feel the pressure. He also moved left and right, and his strength and speed control at the moment of release gradually improved.
Tread, tap, tap.
Macdonald's speed has increased to the extreme. From the backhand to the forehand, with the body fully extended, he used the power of the sprint to completely throw the body out. The forehand was thrown at the extreme position, and the speed of the racket head increased to
A whole new level, knocking the tennis ball back.
Huh!
At the scene, exclamations of surprise could be clearly heard.
For training, the quality of the shots in this round was really eye-opening.
The tennis ball was pushed toward the other side of the court like a rocket. Then MacDonald controlled his steps and rushed to the backhand position again. This has formed a conditioned reflex. His body control is perfect, and his second start is quick.
Finish.
In his sight, MacDonald saw that his return ball had a strong impact, obviously squeezing Gawain.
Unfortunately, the return point is still in the middle.
Then you can see Gawain tilting his upper body back slightly, using a difficult technique of half rebound and half lift with his forehand, and his forearm and wrist are quickly lifted and flicked.
Understatement, easy to pick up.
Totally effortless.
But the tennis ball darted towards Macdonald's backhand like a meteor, and then disappeared.
MacDonald's speed had increased to the extreme, but he could only see the tennis ball falling into the corner of his backhand baseline. He had no chance at all.