In 2001, when Gao Wen was six years old, he started playing tennis.
That year, Lleyton Hewitt defeated Peter Sampras at the U.S. Open to win his first Grand Slam title, and in October of the same year, he was only 2 years old.
At ten years and eight months old, he became the youngest ever world number one.
At that time, Coach Qiu believed that even if his forehand strength was insufficient, Gao Wen could grow up using Hewitt as a model.
In 2008, Gao Wen graduated from primary school.
That year, the year-end number one in men's professional tennis was Rafael Nadal, whose forehand power and defensive counterattack were iconic representatives.
At this time, both Gao Wen's mother and coach realized that Gao Wen still had a long way to go before his talent could be realized and turned into a career.
On the one hand, Gao Wen needs more professional training, and there is a relative shortage of coaching resources in small and medium-sized cities; on the other hand, the high cost of professional tennis training is also unaffordable for Gao Wen's family.
After careful consideration, Gao Wen’s mother chose the path of high school and college in the United States, that is, the youth tennis league and the NCAA.
NCAA, the American college league, including basketball, rugby, tennis, etc., has a complete league system, which uses it as a stepping stone to continuously transport countless talents to professional leagues; at the same time, the importance that universities attach to the league also makes them willing to provide special scholarships.
Help students train.
The difference between the NCAA and professional tennis schools is that the NCAA believes that not all athletes can enter the professional field, and they need to ensure the future of these student-athletes——
Students first, then athletes, distinguished from professional players.
In this way, even if you cannot transfer to the professional league after graduation, you can still obtain a diploma.
Therefore, the NCAA has minimum credit requirements for all players, otherwise they will be directly banned from the game.
For Gao Wen’s mother, NCAA is undoubtedly the best choice——
Gao Wen's shortcomings in physical condition may bring more restrictions in the future, and he may not be able to turn professional. Therefore, when his family cannot provide effective financial support, he can enter the NCAA to receive professional training while ensuring his studies and preparing for the future.
It is the best choice to be prepared for future development.
Gao Wen worked hard enough and was ambitious enough to receive a tennis scholarship and an academic scholarship all the way from high school to university.
Unfortunately, Gao Wen's mother's worries finally came true, and injuries hampered her ability to move forward.
So, after graduating from college, he entered a public relations company and became an office worker.
Gao Wen once thought about it more than once, what would be the result if he had not suffered any injuries and if he could continue to train?
Now that the second chance has really appeared, what should you do?
His eyes fell on the properties panel again.
Even if we do it over again, the problem will still exist. The key point is how to face the problem and how to solve the problem. When February 15th comes again, will we make the same mistakes again?
Maybe, he can find the answer in this system.
Thinking of this, my eyes fell on the fourth plate in the lower right corner.
Level title:Advanced
Growth potential:36.01%
Huh? What do these mean?
His brows were slightly furrowed, and the focus of his gaze fell on the "advanced person", and a paragraph of explanatory text naturally appeared:
"Advanced players are at the advanced stage of learning tennis and have a strong competitive level. They represent the top level among non-professional players and the advanced level of teenagers who are about to turn professional."
I see!
Below the description text, you can also see two pages. If you scroll down, you can see more explanations.
"Beginners, the primary stage of learning tennis, represent the rapid improvement level of ability."
"Intermediate, the intermediate stage of learning tennis, amateur competitive level, representing the higher level of teenagers and the intermediate level of adults."
In other words, from beginners to intermediates to advanced players, these are all within the range of non-professional players, and are still far from professional levels.
Advanced should be the top stage of non-professional players. Gao Wen has already won the titles of beginner and intermediate, and is now in the third stage.
The NCAA is a competitive league, but objectively speaking, they are indeed not professional.
If you go to professional competitions, they are usually low-level hope tournaments and challenge tournaments. The competitors are all players outside the top 500 in the world. It is difficult to be more competitive in professional competitions at the ATP and WTA levels.
At least, that's the general average.
But I don’t know how far it is from an advanced person to a professional level.
So, what about “growth potential”?
"Growth potential values can be obtained through basic training, daily training and competitions. The specific value will vary according to the content, intensity, difficulty and method of training or competition."
The entire explanation is relatively written and relatively general and vague. No further details are known, but it is not difficult to understand.
Just like in a game, you receive tasks, kill monsters, and gain experience; then, the experience value is determined based on the difficulty of the task and the level of the monster.
In this way, the "0.01% growth potential" that just appeared should be due to his and MacDonald's pursuit?
No, to be more precise, it should be running.
Thinking of this, Gao Wen started training with his legs raised directly in the bathroom.
If it were normal times, Gawain would never be so reckless and impulsive. The bathroom is obviously not suitable for training; but after experiencing a series of incredible events, he seems to have regained some youthful spirit. His joy and excitement are uncontrollable. He can't wait to try it.
, there is an impulse.
So...he did this.
Tap tap tap.
Tap tap tap.
“Growth potential 0.01%”
“Growth potential 0.01%”
Strings of blue fonts were refreshed along the retina. The growth visible to the naked eye caused adrenaline to burst suddenly, and the mood also jumped up. After stopping the high-leg action, it was still jumping lightly on the spot:
Does this mean that as long as you train consistently, you can improve?
Also, what will happen if the growth potential reaches 100%?