Chapter 10: Shortcuts to Improvement
Sorry?
Why apologize? Did Gawain's supernatural power cause the ball to go out of bounds? That's why MacDonald apologized? Of course not.
Gawain's return ball landed accurately in the court. MacDonald's apology was due to another reason.
His own return.
Generally speaking, when practicing, they tend to avoid extreme shots. After all, this is basic training at the technical level, and the core is for both sides to practice forehands - it is not about winning the game, and it is not even a practice match. Both sides must feed the ball to each other and make passes to each other in order to keep the streak going.
Although the landing point of Gao Wen's return was very tricky, it was still within the normal control range. He mainly changed the rhythm of the shot by changing the rotation, which was an important part of forehand practice; however, McDonald's return was not like that.
With his body fully stretched and his center of gravity unstable, he tried his best to hit an extreme return ball, leaving no room for Gao Wen to return the ball.
Although Gawain fought back with his superpower return, creating a breathtakingly brilliant return, McDonald was simply nailed to the spot and unable to respond; but in the final analysis, it was McDonald's shot that disrupted the rhythm of the practice.
Because it was batting practice, McDonald was the first to express his apology rather than congratulating Gawain.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry."
MacDonald took the initiative to run forward and apologized repeatedly. Then he saw Gawain turn around and meet his gaze, but the reaction was not what he expected at all.
It's not that they say "it's okay" with a smile on their face or make jokes about Canadians, nor are they showing off or making fun of Canadians. Instead, they are eager to try. Yes, they are eager to try, as if they still want more.
The problem is that during batting practice, they still need to avoid such shots as much as possible to avoid injuries.
But Gawain exuded a kind of excitement all over his body. The excitement that came over him was aggressive and it was really hard to describe in words. His eyes were glowing, just like the Joker seeing Batman.
So, he is Batman? Gawain is the Joker? The thought that flashed through his mind did not ease the atmosphere. The words were still stuck in his throat. He looked at Gawain, full of confusion.
"Dear Mike, don't worry, don't worry." Gawain's mouth corners slightly raised, his eyes slightly narrowed, with a lewd light, and he even rubbed his hands, almost spitting into his palms, exuding an impatient excitement from his whole body.
That look was strange. It was not just like the Joker seeing Batman, but like the Big Bad Wolf seeing Little Red Riding Hood.
MacDonald paused for a moment, staring at Gawain with a gleam in his eyes. He was stunned for a moment, then... slowly, slowly, strategically stepped back, "Why do you look like you've seen free labor? Are you thinking of practicing more after today's training? My schedule is already full, with reports, classes, and training. I don't have time to practice more."
Since entering college, Gao Wen has been training hard because he can feel the intensified competition. After realizing his own shortcomings, he works harder. However, tennis training often requires a partner, so McDonald, who is also a freshman, often accompanies Gao Wen for extra training.
This was MacDonald's first reaction when he saw Gawain's eyes. If Gawain continued to increase his training volume, he might really be overwhelmed, after all, he still had hard studies in college to take care of.
"Hahaha!"
Seeing MacDonald's alert look, Gawain could no longer hold back and burst into laughter.
The smile is because of MacDonald, but it is more than that——
Just now, his growth potential increased by 1% during the forehand duel practice with McDonald!
In the previous serving practice, after practicing 150 serves with great effort, the growth potential only increased by 1%.
Now practice a forehand duel with McDonald, and the growth potential also increases by 1%.
The ratio of effort to reward has increased exponentially, which is really gratifying! Gao Wen immediately remembered the explanation about growth potential: "Growth potential values can be obtained through basic training, daily training and competitions. The specific value will vary depending on the content, intensity, difficulty and method of training or competition."
Now it can be preliminarily confirmed that the higher the difficulty of practice and the more intense the confrontation, the higher the growth potential will be! Although the 1% is still not high, it once again proves that the core function of the system is still training, and the function of growth potential is temporarily unknown; but no matter what, now the function of the system is gradually being discovered, which also allows Gao Wen to see the possibility of continuous self-improvement.
As long as you work hard enough, you can grow!
Perhaps, if we explore further, we can tap into more possibilities for growth potential, and by then it will no longer be 1% or 2%.
At this moment, MacDonald was like a golden and delicious bun in Gawain's eyes.
He is worthy of being a guy who will be among the top 100 in the world in the future. He can increase the difficulty of training while strolling in the garden, and his opponents must also improve their condition. Maybe for others, McDonald seems too serious and too dedicated, but for Gawain, it is just right.
He just needs a training partner like this, which is much better than practicing hard on his own.
MacDonald noticed the light in Gawain's eyes again. Why did he have a feeling that his foreboding was always correct? Gawain straightened his back immediately and patted his chest, "Mike, I was thinking that we could study together, keep up with the school curriculum, study hard, and make progress every day."
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"Learn?" MacDonald expressed strong doubt. "Why do I always feel that the word you refer to as study is training?"
"Hahaha!"
Gawain laughed happily again. Seeing MacDonald stumbling back and forth, he gave up trying to hide his intentions and called out loudly, "Mac, practice, let's practice together again!"
"Learning is important, but practice is also important! Mike, you're not worried about not having enough physical strength to keep up, are you?"
MacDonald had no idea that he had become a "weapon for fleecing" in Gawain's eyes. He stopped, a fire ignited in his sight, turned around and waved his right hand at Gawain. He didn't say anything, but his action was obvious: Come on!
Bang.
Gao Wen picked up a tennis ball from his feet and hit it over without hesitation. Then the two of them started a new round of forehand pull training. The crisp sound of the tennis ball landing echoed in the noise-free court, as if stirring up ripples in the breath of youth and sweat.
The rising sun in the early morning slowly climbs up the treetops, and the golden sunlight sprinkles all over the ground, reflecting the azure sky above the head that is so clear and so deep, as if the whole world extends endlessly, and you only need to open your arms to embrace the boundless sky and the vast sea.
Everything is possible.
(End of this chapter)