king of defenders

Chapter 96 Starting with the Basics

How did it involve understanding?
Meng Yun was stunned, not knowing why.

"Hehe." Mason Carr smiled, pointed at Meng Yun, and the two sat down on the sidelines, and he said: "I thought it would take a while for you to discover these problems, and I might even need to mention them. But unexpectedly, you discovered these problems so quickly. It can be seen that your basketball IQ is very high and you are very savvy. An excellent basketball player requires physical talent, but basketball IQ is also very important."

"like ncaa"

"Oh, you have been here for a short time, and you may not know much about NCAA. Let me change an example, such as the NBA. You see that there are so many players in the NBA. In fact, their physical fitness is much better, but how many of them really become stars?"

"The reason why so many players with excellent physical fitness end up as blue collars is the basketball IQ problem. Look at LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Shaq O'Neal, and your Chinese Yao Ming .But among those superstars, which one is not someone with a very high basketball IQ?"

Mason Carr looked at Meng Yun and said with a smile: "Your physical talent is very good, even better than some black players, but what's even more rare is that you also have a very high basketball IQ."

Hearing this, Meng Yun scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

He knows his own affairs. If it is not because of the "solar storm", his physical fitness may not be much better than other Chinese university players. His skills may be good in the domestic university league, but it will not work in the NCAA.What he can really do is probably only his basketball IQ.

At the beginning, Meng Yun asked Guo Hai why he was selected from so many players. Is it because his family situation is not good and he looks pitiful?
Guo Hai's answer was: "Choose you? Hehe, it's not that I picked you, but we picked each other. Maybe this is fate. Oh, what's the difference between you and others? No, but not because you are poor, but because you have a basketball IQ that no one else has."

At that time, Meng Yun didn't understand what basketball IQ was. Later, as his strength became stronger and his role in the team became more and more important, he gradually understood what "basketball IQ" was.

Ever since he got in touch with basketball, Meng Yun is very good at thinking. Whether on or off the court, he always takes the initiative to think and read the game.
Meng Yun is quite confident about his basketball IQ.

"Let's talk about your problems." Mason Carr's smile faded, and he became serious, "You do have a lot of problems. The biggest problem lies in your poor basic skills."

Meng Yun listened carefully.

Just listen to Mason Carr said: "I told you, the basic skills are the foundation. It seems simple, but it is extremely important. If the basic skills are not good, the foundation is not solid, and the achievements are limited. Any movement is as complicated as pulling a bar after breaking through. A layup, or a turnaround jump shot in a post-up single; as simple as a simple pass, the most common shot is actually composed of basic movements and linked together to form these technical movements.”

"Your basic skills are too poor, so many techniques look gorgeous, but they are actually flashy."

"Let me give you an example. Your dribbling looks very fancy, but in fact many movements are not needed at all, which will only make your dribbling full of flaws."

Hearing this, Meng Yun's heart moved, and if he realized something, he said: "If a technical movement is originally composed of ten basic movements, but I have added some unnecessary movements, and it has become eleven basic movements. Actions, or thirteen. In this way, the original balance will be destroyed, right?"

"Yes." Mason Carr nodded and said to Meng Yun: "You have to know that the more refined a technical movement is, the less flaws it will have. In addition to the necessary basic movements, the more extra movements you add, the less flaws you will have. The more. You get up, you grab a basketball, you just dribble the way you always do."

Meng Yun got up, picked up a basketball, and began to dribble and break through.

First he pushed forward with the ball, and when he reached the three-point line, he lowered his center of gravity, dribbled the ball continuously under the crotch, and then suddenly changed direction, broke through from the right side, completed a layup, and returned to Mason Carr.

"It's like your dribble breakthrough just now." Mason Carr picked up the basketball and also went beyond the three-point line, "You don't actually need to do continuous crotch dribbles, because no matter how many crotch dribbles you do , you are still in place. This is not a very good confusing action. If I were a defender, I would stare at your shoulder, stare at your person, and don’t care about the basketball at all, so your continuous crotch Dribbling, it really doesn't make sense at all."

With that said, Mason Carr started, made a direct change of direction, then accelerated with the momentum, and made a three-step layup.

He turned around and looked at Meng Yun: "In fact, you only need a change of direction."

Shocked in Meng Yun's heart, he couldn't help nodding: "Yes, you're right, I actually only need one change of direction, and it's only this change of direction that really allows me to pass the defender."

In such a huge stadium, only Meng Yun and Mason Carr seemed a little quiet.

In this quiet environment, Meng Yun's thinking was running very fast, and he couldn't help but recall what happened just now in his mind, as if it was a slow motion playback.

Playing it back again and again, Meng Yun frowned, realizing something: "A simple change of direction, I added redundant movements, which is not only unnecessary, but actually harmful. First, continuous crotch movement The ball consumes my energy and destroys my rhythm; secondly, it wastes time, giving the defender more time to observe my intentions and prepare for defense. This is not necessary at all, it can be simple and straightforward."

"Yes." Mason Carr praised secretly. It is also a pleasure for him to teach this kind of player who can draw inferences from one instance. He made a summary: "Simple, direct, but effective!"

Meng Yun's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Coach, what should I do?"

Mason Carr said: "You have a lot of problems, such as passing, such as defense, such as shooting. These cannot be improved at once, and you still have to solve them one by one. But there is one thing, you should study the basics more. Movements, try to refine these movements as much as possible. Doing this will be useful to improve any of your skills."

"Coach, I understand." Meng Yun suddenly realized.

Originally, Meng Yun was troubled by too many problems, and he didn’t know where to start. Mason Carr’s guidance helped him find the direction, knowing that the technology needs to be improved one by one, and he can’t rush it, but he can start from the basics. All problems can be improved accordingly.

(End of this chapter)