The bright and warm sunshine stood mottled on Lu Yu's face through the gaps in the old locust tree outside the window.
In front of Lu Yu's bed, there was a pair of brand new basketball shoes.
There is a note next to the basketball shoes with Lu Chaoyang's handwriting on it.
"Just try your best, just do your best. If it doesn't work, come back. Home will always be your safe haven, and dad will always be your strongest support."
Looking at the line of words in front of him, Lu Yu suddenly felt a little sad.
I went downstairs and looked around, but I didn't find Lu Chaoyang. On the table were breakfast, a few fried dough sticks, and a bowl of soy milk, all of which were still warm, just like Lu Yu's heart was at this moment.
After eating and eating, Lu Yu did not wait for Lu Chaoyang to come back.
He got on his little electric motorcycle and went to school. Today was his first day to report to the basketball team, and he didn't want to start off by being late.
When I arrived at school, I went straight to the basketball gym. Before I even entered the gym, I heard a "bang bang" sound.
Lu Yu followed the sound and looked over and found that it was Dan Dickau and several other senior players, including Blake Stepp. Although he was only a freshman, his strength had already been recognized by the senior players.
Lu Yu changed into his sneakers, picked up the basketball and went to an empty basketball stand to practice alone.
When Dan Dickau saw Lu Yu coming, he immediately walked over to him.
Lu Yu obviously also discovered that Dan Dickau and Blake Stepp were interested in him, but he didn't take it to heart.
Blake Stepp walked into the court and made a jump shot from beyond the three-point line. The basketball hit the net and immediately attracted praise from other players.
Lu Yu knew that Black was protesting, so he just glanced at him and did not compete with him. Instead, he came to the basket to practice rebounding and shooting.
Dan Dickau originally wanted to come over and say hello. In fact, he admired Lu Yu's strength, but when he saw Blake Stepp's provocation, he didn't say anything. In a basketball team, this kind of situation is very common.
Especially in the NCAA.
Every player here has the ambition to hit the NBA as long as their strength allows, so they are both teammates and competitors.
What's more, Lu Yu and Black both played the second position.
Blake Step made another shot, and the basketball bounced off the basket and landed in front of Lu Yu.
Blake Stepp yelled, "Hey, pick the ball up."
Lu Yu turned a deaf ear.
Blake Step shouted again. Seeing that Lu Yu didn't care about him at all, he was filled with anger and walked over: "I told you to pick up the ball, didn't you hear?"
"Do we know each other?" Lu Yu blinked.
"us……"
Blake Stepp was suffocated. If he said they knew each other, he and Lu Yu had introduced themselves the day before yesterday. If they said they didn't know each other, Lu Yu might not have remembered it.
"Don't think that if you join the team, you will definitely be the main player. Whoever is stronger on the basketball team has the right to speak." Blake Stepp said sternly.
Lu Yu slowly turned around, stared at the opponent and said, "So, let me pick up the ball after you win."
"You think I can't beat you?" Blake was so frightened by him that he couldn't help but take a step back and said bluffingly.
Lu Yu saw his guilty conscience, a smile appeared in his eyes, and turned around to continue practicing his own game.
Dan Dickau has been watching silently.
he knows,
In this game, Blake Stepp lost quite ugly, at least his momentum was completely squeezed by Lu Yu.
He couldn't help but sigh that Lu Yu did have his own personality charm. He was tough when he should be tough, indifferent when he should be cold, and gentle when he should be gentle. Just a few simple words made everyone feel fond of Lu Yu.
Got a different impression.
For some reason, he suddenly remembered what Lu Yu said to him that day.
"I am your opponent in the competition later. Today I can compete with two seniors, especially Senior Dan. I hope you will not show mercy."
Damn it, this guy pretended to be a pig and got eaten by the tiger.
…
After a while, head coach Mark Foyo and captain Casey Green walked in.
Lu Yu saw Mark Foyou and held the basketball in his arms.
Mark Four glanced at him: "Here he comes."
"coming."
A conversation between two people is meaningless.
"Casey, give the team's tactical manual to Lu Yu. The NCAA competition will officially start in two weeks. Before the game starts, you are responsible for making Lu Yu memorize all the tactics." Mark Four ordered.
Then he led the team members to start training and ignored Lu Yu.
Casey Green quickly brought the tactical manual and smiled at Lu Yu: "Lu, don't resent me. The coach asked me to do this..."
Lu Yu looked confused.
"Okay, now your training has officially begun. Come on, brother, copy this tactical manual a hundred times."
After speaking, Kathy Green took out a pen and a notebook from behind.
Lu Yu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say anything. He just took the things, sat on the bench on the sidelines, and began to copy the tactical manual meticulously.
Casey Greene was on hand to explain it to him.
Lu Yu copied a page and Kathy Green explained it again.
On the court, Blake Stepp, who was training to run back and forth, saw Lu Yu reduced to copying tactics and couldn't help but sneered: "I thought he was such an awesome character, but I didn't expect that he even had to learn basic tactics from scratch."
Dan Dickau said nothing.
Because although Black watched the two-on-two match that day, people who were not on the court could not appreciate the pressure of facing Lu Yu's defense.
Of course, Lu Yu's attack was equally fierce.
As for why the coach asked Lu Yu to copy the tactical manual, he recalled the situation of the game that day and gradually began to have some guesses in his mind.
courtside,
Lu Yu pointed to the tactics in the tactical manual and asked in confusion: "Captain, as a defender, what should I do after I transfer the ball to the weak side?"
"For example, you transfer the ball to Dan Dickau on the weak side. If you don't move and Dan Dickau breaks through and transfers the ball back, you are stupid. Your move should be, Dan Dickau breaks through.
, you open up the space in the opposite direction, and he transfers the ball to you. At this time, if your defender does not help defend Dan Dickau, he will have a one-on-one opportunity. If your defender helps defend, you can defend from a distance.
People are far away, and when the ball reaches your hand, there will be a big open opportunity."
"oh……"
Lu Yu was thoughtful.
"Captain, why does the fast attack have to be in a triangle formation? Isn't it that the faster the attack, the better?"
"There are many situations in the fast break. The page you are looking at is when there is a three-on-two situation on the court. The three players on the fast break must maintain a triangle formation at all times. If the defensive player rushes to the line and side,
The other side will be empty. If the defender defends both sides, the upper line players will be empty. You must not have three people in a line at the same time, otherwise you will lose the offensive space. This is the positioning option in the fast break space."
"Captain, what's going on with the flex attack..."
"..."
"Captain, diamond horns..."
"..."
Lu Yu asked and copied at the same time. Casey Green took the trouble to explain, so Lu Yu's progress in copying the manual was not fast. It was not until the end of the team's training that he only copied it a dozen times.
Mark Four glanced at the time. It was almost noon.
The weather is very hot today. The sun outside the stadium shines through the windows into the stadium, and every player is sweating profusely.
"Everyone, stop for a moment."
Mark Foyou clapped his hands: "Lu Yu, how are you studying? If there is no problem, run tactics with your teammates and get used to it."
Lu Yu stood up: "Okay, I have no problem."
At this time,
Blake Stepp among the players muttered dissatisfied: "Let us accompany this rookie to run tactics. He doesn't know anything. Isn't it a waste of our time?"
Mark Four obviously heard it, his eyes widened: "Who is talking, stand up for me."
"Coach, it's me."
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Blake Step simply stood up: "I think training tactics with a player who has no tactical literacy is a complete waste of our training time. It's time for the NCAA to start. There is no need for us to do it for a player."
The rookie sacrifices the opportunity to get used to it."
Mark Foyou narrowed his deep eyes: "So you don't want to?"
"I..." Blake Stepp didn't dare to refute.
At this time,
Lu Yu suddenly said: "Coach, I think what Black said makes sense."
Mark Foyo frowned slightly.
"But I always have to participate in team training."
Lu Yu looked at the closed dome of the arena and secretly lamented that he couldn't see any sunlight, let alone water leakage, so he said: "Let's do this, every tactical training starting from today, if I make the number of mistakes
than Blake, then as punishment, I will complete all personal training outdoors the next day."
The players on the team were all stunned.
You know, this season in Spokane, the weather outside is either rainy or extremely hot.
