warrior godfather

Chapter 222
Charlotte, Basketball Acceleration Camp.

"Good! Stephen, you are doing a great job, keep it up!"

Brand Payne's encouraging voice echoed in the arena, and he stood on the sidelines, clapping his hands vigorously.

"Hu-hu-"

In front of him, Curry was wearing a pair of black sunglasses with extremely low light transmittance. The field in front of him seemed chaotic, but there were multiple beam rods placed regularly, changing the colors of the beams. Slap the basketball quickly with one hand, and throw a tennis ball around with the other hand, and complete the corresponding operation according to the change of the color of the light beam, and the action is very fast.

This set of training methods, called "Fitlight", aims to improve Curry's reflexes, ability to focus and ability to make quick decisions on the court by training neurons.

Snapped!
Suddenly, Curry made a mistake in his busy schedule, exerted a little more force, and the tennis ball in his hand flew out.

"Take a break!" Brand Payne took two quick steps, picked up the sweaty tennis ball, and shouted.

Hearing this, Curry stopped dribbling, bent down to put the basketball under his feet, took off his sunglasses, put his hands on his knees, and let out heavy breathing.

He was wearing a black sports T-shirt and tight-fitting breathable shorts, which were completely soaked in sweat. Large beads of sweat slid from his forehead and formed spindle-shaped droplets under the action of gravity, hitting the ground. above the floor.

Of course, simple dribbling will not make Curry so tired, but before the dribbling training, Curry has already had 45 minutes of high-intensity uninterrupted training. His physical fitness is close to exhaustion. It takes 10 times more willpower than usual to keep him from moving his wrist.

A trainer next to him brought an energy drink. Curry endured the feeling of hunger and thirst, took a few sips slowly, and handed it back.

After strenuous exercise, it is common sense that every athlete and trainer cannot replenish a large amount of water immediately. Of course, this kind of "strength" is relative to professional athletes, and it is difficult for ordinary people to reach this level. Always pay attention to these details, and in order to maintain the best physical condition, NBA players must endure unbearable harsh requirements in training in order to become taller, faster and stronger.

After just resting for 2 minutes, Brand Payne looked at the precision electronic watch on his left wrist, clapped his hands, and said loudly:
"Come on, Stephen, as long as you make 100 three-pointers, this morning's practice will be over gogogo!"

"call……"

Curry didn't answer, just nodded slightly, and then straightened up. As a result, the basketball handed over by another trainer came outside the three-point line in the left corner and raised his hand to throw a three-pointer.

Bang!

The extreme exhaustion made Curry use less force, and the three-pointer he shot was shortened, hitting the left edge of the basket near his side.

"This shot doesn't count, come again! Pay attention to your power control, try to shoot hollow, and don't slow down the speed of your shot. We must try our best to simulate the shooting in actual combat!" Brand Payne said loudly, rubbing Wiping the sweat left along the sideburns.

Although he is just a trainer, he is not just watching from the sidelines. During Curry's training, he often goes off the court to demonstrate the details of technical movements in person, and also runs with Curry to correct his high-speed movement. For the wrong movements in the process, every time Curry trains, Brand Payne also exercises a lot.

Curry raised his left arm to signal that he knew, then took the basketball passed by the trainer, raised his hand and threw it out without stopping the ball.

brush!
This time Curry controlled his strength perfectly, and the basketball crossed a perfect arc and fell straight into the net.

"Beautiful! Just do it, Stephen!" Brand Payne encouraged Curry loudly.

Brush—bang——swipe...

Starting from the bottom corner, Curry shot one by one three-pointers and began to move to the top of the arc. Now exhausted, Brand Payne still has speed requirements for his shots, which makes Curry need to make 100 of 3 shots. In the end, in order to make these 1 three-pointers, he used more than 100 shots .

After the shot was completed, Curry lowered his head, his arms hang down weakly, he swayed back and forth on both sides of his body with inertia, dragged his legs and moved to the sidelines step by step, turned around, leaned back, and fell on the ground. In a folding chair, a trainer has already delivered sports drinks beside him.

Brand Payne took a piece of paper from a trainer who was manipulating the computer on the sidelines, looked down, walked towards Curry, and nodded slightly:

"77.33% hit rate... Stephen, you are the most incredible shooter I have ever seen. You can still maintain such a high hit rate even in the extreme state. You have improved so much this month. You just came in early July. When it was time, it was only a 7% hit rate."

Stephen took a small sip of the energy drink, took a towel from the trainer, covered his head, his blue eyes shot out a mixture of tiredness and joy, and nodded slowly:
"Thank you, Huh... Brand, I can clearly feel that I have been improving, ho..."

Brand Payne shook his head and said:

"No, Stephen, it's all due to your own hard work and willpower. I didn't expect you to persevere with such high-intensity training without any compromise. To be honest, I thought you would retreat, and I did a good job for you Prepare to cry, but your performance was unbelievable."

Curry pulled off the towel covering his head, wiped the sweat from his face, and showed a tired but cheerful smile:

"You know, I don't have much talent. If I want to catch up with others, I have to make every effort. The competition in this league is too fierce."

Brand Payne nodded with deep emotion and agreed:
"Yeah, if you want to survive in the NBA, you must keep improving. No one knows what will happen in the next moment. As long as you relax a little, you may be left far behind by others. It's like James and Bosh joining the Heat. A super team was born suddenly. Those superstars who wanted to compete for the championship woke up and found that they were suddenly out of reach from the championship. Direct competition, let Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen have a headache, Big Three VS Big Three, this must be a great battle."

Brand Payne paused, raised his wrist, and looked at his watch:
"Let's go, go and recover, and then you can go home and rest, it is 11:17, we will continue at 2 o'clock in the afternoon!"

Curry got up slowly, and just as he was about to put the towel on the folding chair, out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the surface of the cotton chair was almost completely wet with sweat from his body. He flicked his wrist instead, and threw the towel to his side Standing trainer.

In the basketball acceleration training camp, the training team serving Curry is composed of 6 people, led by Brand Payne. There is a nutritionist who is responsible for formulating the diet plan for Curry during training; Load management during Curry's training; a technical expert from Silicon Valley is responsible for providing cutting-edge auxiliary equipment for Curry's training; in addition, there are two assistant trainers responsible for providing the necessary support during Curry's training. s help.

Such a training team, looking at the entire league, is very professional, and even many teams do not have such a professional training team. The NBA in this era still has only a vague awareness of load management, and it is rarely aware of the impact of technological equipment on players. With the help of training, many management and coaching staff, including players, follow the traditional NBA training methods.

However, Zhang Yu and Brand Payne both agreed that the technological content of player training will become higher and higher. For this reason, Zhang Yu deliberately found a technical team in Silicon Valley who specializes in sports training "technical talents" and let them provide Warriors players. The training provides technical assistance, and the basketball acceleration training camp is a pilot. If the effect is good, Zhang Yu will implement it on the Warriors next season.

Curry is more than happy to work with tech equipment, and he's been wearing a black wristband, a wearable device called a "Shottracker," during practice this summer.This is a product being developed by the "Technology Talent" team. The full set of equipment also includes a shooting sensor installed on the net, matching wrist or elbow pads, and computer software for statistical analysis of data, which can record shooting accuracy.

The wrist sensor in the "shottracker" device is very light, and Curry can hardly feel its existence. With this device, the route and hit rate of Curry's every shot will be accurately recorded, and the software will be accurate to Curry. Analyze the shots of Curry to find out the shortcomings of Curry's every shot, so that he can correct his shooting movements to achieve the most ideal state.

Curry is the first official user of this equipment. The "Technology Talent" team will make improvements at any time based on his experience. Curry's shooting can continue to improve on a high-level basis, and this equipment also has No small relationship.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg in Curry's training process. Technological equipment is full of Curry's shooting, movement control, strength, flexibility, speed and other training items. Even recovery after training is also used. "NormaTec" Pulse Leg Recovery System.

This set of physical recovery artifacts that became popular in the world is still little known and is in the research and development stage. Curry is one of its earliest users. This month he can carry out high-intensity training without interruption, adequate rest, healthy diet and High-tech recovery methods are indispensable.

After using "NormaTec" for muscle relaxation and eating the lunch prepared for him by the nutritionist, Curry left the arena, turned the car keys in his hand, and walked to the parking lot. He was going home for a lunch break and continued to come in the afternoon to train.

Sitting in the car, Curry put his hands on the steering wheel, his movements suddenly stopped, and his eyes stopped on his arms.

He bent his arms, looked at the obviously swollen biceps on his arms, and couldn't help laughing.

This month, his growth in football skills is not the most amazing, but the physical changes are the most significant.

Curry will carry out weight gain and strength training under a strict plan this offseason. On the basis of further three-point shooting training, Zhang Yu and Brand Payne also jointly developed a perfect mid-range shot, throw shot, If the training plan for finishing at the basket is completed on time, Curry's offensive threat will become even greater and more comprehensive.

Brand Payne mentioned more than once: "Next season, Curry will definitely shock the world!"

"The Big Three? I don't know when I will be able to shake the league like James..."

Curry murmured, and Brand Payne's amazed tone when he talked about the Heat came to his mind, and he couldn't help feeling a little yearning in his heart.

……

When Curry was about to go home to rest, in the distant Houston Tomball, in a slightly old arena, Butler was sweating profusely on the court.

Mid-range shots, dribbles, breakthroughs, sprints, defensive slides... Under the guidance of the trainer, Butler was like a stubborn rock, silently carrying out each training, his face was calm, like the sweat thrown into the air It didn't flow from him, only the heavy breathing during the confrontation showed his fatigue and exhaustion.

Papa - brush!

Under the slap of the trainer's two long leather sticks, Butler firmly controlled the movements of his arms and wrists, and made a steady stop jump shot after the breakthrough.

Compared with last summer's offseason, which focused on shooting and defensive training, this summer, according to the training plan formulated by the coaching staff, Butler focused more on offense with the ball, mainly training dribble breakthrough, mid-range Pull-up jumpers and finishers at the rim.

This is what it should be. The value of small forwards to the team is to attack the tough and provide hard solutions in anxious moments. Butler himself does not like to be a 3D player all the time. The arrangement of the coaching staff is exactly what he wants.

brush!
After making 20 mid-range pull-up jumpers in a simulated interference environment, the trainer stopped Butler's training and looked at Butler with a monster-like gaze-he has been a trainer for so many years. I have never seen such a hardworking player like Butler, he is really training all the time!
Although Butler was about to reach the limit, he still didn't mean to complain at all, and just sat there silently to rest.

Half a month ago, Zhang Yu called him and told him that Matthews would be the starting small forward for the new season.

Whenever he thinks of Zhang Yu's last words - "Jimmy, train hard, you will have a chance to perform in the future", Butler's heart is full of fighting spirit.

He only has faith in Zhang Yu and will not feel resentment towards Zhang Yu. He has not done so in the past, will not do it now, and will not do so in the future. The boss must have his reasons for doing so. All he can do is train, train and train.

As long as I work hard enough, I can keep getting stronger and help the team!
With fire in his eyes, Butler got up, picked up the basketball, and started training again.

……

When Butler turned into a gym mouse, in Los Angeles on the west coast, Clay ran non-stop, received the pass from the trainer, and silently and accurately made a three-pointer. The trajectory of each ball was almost It was exactly the same, and there were only the crisp sound of the basketball brushing the net, and the thumping sound of the basketball falling on the wooden floor.

In Sekino on the shore of Lake Michigan, Green was soaking in the gym, his upper body was bare, his muscles became more and more distinct, and his sweat gathered into a trickle, flowing down cheerfully, but Green was unmoved and looked forward with determination , slowly but powerfully lift the dumbbells up and down, burning the fat in the body.

They didn't go to Hawaii, Miami, or the Caribbean for vacation, but they all put in all their efforts for one goal—to become stronger!

(End of this chapter)