"How many times have I told you that you need to hit the right timing when making the eight rounds."
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"You move when the pick-and-roll is stuck?"
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Such reprimands have become less and less frequent as time goes by.
Lu Yu has lost to Blake Stepp for five days in a row. He also did personal training for five days under the scorching sun. In yesterday's tactical training, captain Casey Green clearly felt that Lu Yu could do better than Blake.
·Stepp made fewer mistakes, but Lu Yu "accidentally" made consecutive low-level mistakes.
This guy, did he do this on purpose?
During these five days, Lu Yu discovered that it was exactly as he had guessed.
The learning progress of the Flame Breathing Technique will indeed increase a lot after training under the scorching sun. Although there is still a long way to go before it can be increased by 1% again, the effect is much better than usual.
The attentive Mark Foyou had a feeling that Lu Yu did not resist training outdoors.
He suddenly thought of Lu Chaoyang telling him that Lu Yu had always insisted on training no matter how bad the weather was, which was why he had made such rapid progress in one year.
How about... the whole team goes to practice outdoors in the future?
"Forget it, I finally managed to recruit a few good prospects this year. If I get scared and transfer to another school later, it will be more of a loss than the gain."
For a small school like Gonzaga, it is difficult to recruit the best high school students in the United States, so it can only choose high-end players from the pheasant nest.
Even for these players, the recruitment every year wastes a lot of effort.
As for Black Step's provocation against Lu Yu, he didn't object.
Healthy competition has more advantages than disadvantages for the team.
However, as a coach, this matter must be brought to an end before the official game begins, and competition cannot affect the stability of the team.
"Everyone, come here."
Mark Foyou clapped his hands and shouted. After all the players gathered in a circle, he spoke calmly: "There is less than a week left before the NCAA officially starts. Before the game starts, I want to hold it in the team first.
A competition."
No one spoke, and the stadium was silent.
Everyone knows that this is not an ordinary intra-team competition.
This is Mark Foyo's first year as head coach of the Gonzaga Bulldogs. The Bulldogs were blocked from the Final Four by the University of Connecticut Huskies last year, and former head coach Dan Monson subsequently resigned.
Was poached by the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Gonzaga had no choice but to find Mark Four.
Mark Foyo is confident that he can achieve good results this year because the team's player configuration is really good this year.
He picked up the player side report in his hand and looked at it silently:
Point guard: No. 7, Dan Dickau, height 6 feet (183cm), weight 190 pounds (86 kg)
Originally, he planned to use these three players as the cornerstones of the team, especially Dan Dickau. Although he is not tall enough, his scoring and organizational skills are pretty good.
At least, it's worthy of a small school like Gonzaga.
But something unexpected happened and he found Lu Yu...
The positions of Lu Yu and Blake Stepp almost completely overlap, which will inevitably lead to competition between the two within the team.
Although Mark Foyou believes that Lu Yu is much better than Blake Stepp, he can't take Stepp down with just one sentence. After all, when he recruited the opponent to the school, he promised playing time.
"So you can only rely on yourself to prove that you are the best choice for the team's shooting guard position."
Mark Foyou looked at Lu Yu who was warming up silently on the court.
"I hope you won't disappoint me."
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As soon as the whistle blows, the horse racing competition begins.
Mark Foyo greeted everyone and divided the team into two groups. Blake Stepp was assigned to the main team, while Lu Yu was assigned to the substitute team.
Blake Stropp looked surprised.
After a few days, he was shocked to find that he might not be as good as Lu Yu. Not to mention the personal skills Lu Yu showed at the Manhattan Arena that day, Lu Yu's progress could be seen with the naked eye just from the tactical practice in the past few days.
Originally he thought the coach would let Lu Yu enter the starting team.
Unexpectedly, the coach still chose me.
"It seems the coach doesn't believe in the rookie."
Stepp thought to himself.
When it comes time to play, he will definitely go all out because it is about his future.
"No matter what, I can't give up my main position to you easily."
Blake Step's eyes flickered, firm and serious.
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As soon as the whistle blew, players from both sides were already standing on the court.
Lu Yu looked up and saw that the main team's lineup was obviously much stronger.
Center Casey Green, power forward Zach Goode, small forward Mark Spink, shooting guard Blake Stepp, point guard Dan Dickau.
Looking at Blake Stepp, who was about the same height as himself, Lu Yu walked over.
The two sides stood still, and Lu Yu stood quietly in front of Blake.
The two people looked at each other, and the air around them seemed to be stagnant, and they were tense for a moment.
"You will definitely lose this time."
"Don't worry, I will definitely win."
Stepp didn't believe that Lu Yu could win. It was simply a fantasy for the substitute team to win against the main team.
Even when he first joined the team, although his personal statistics were very good, the loss of the substitute team he led should not be too ugly.
In this confrontation, Stepp firmly believes that he will not lose!
At this moment, the assistant coach walked to the center circle with the basketball. Casey Green and the substitute center Corey Worritt bent their knees at the same time, staring at the basketball in the assistant coach's hand.
The basketball was thrown into the air. Casey Green and Corey Warrit roared at the same time, jumped high at the referee's whistle, and swatted the basketball in the air.
At this moment, Mark Foyou sat on the courtside chair and closed his eyes slightly.
Even though Casey Green plays the center position, he is not as tall as the backup center. With almost the same bounce, Warry gave the basketball to the backup point guard Kyle Bank.
Kyle Bank brought the ball steadily across the half-court.
After several passes, the basketball was finally handed over to Lu Yu who moved to the elbow area.
Blake Step lowered his center of gravity, slapped the floor hard twice with his palms, raised his head slightly and looked at Lu Yu, who was holding the ball and preparing to attack, and shouted with excitement and expectation in his heart: "Come on, let me see you
Strength!"
"Is it starting so soon?"
Mark Four opened his eyes and sighed secretly. The battle between the two players came so quickly that he didn't even have time to take a nap.
The side of the court where Lu Yu was holding the ball had been cleared. He grabbed the basketball with one hand and leaned down: "Let the game decide our position!"
Lu Yu said what everyone was thinking at this time, is this boy really going to replace Blake Stepp?
Kathy Green suddenly had a premonition for some reason,
Perhaps what Lu Yu wants to replace is not just Blake Stepp,
