Chapter 1227 Baby Steps

Technical ability and tactical quality are mutually reinforcing and promote each other's progress.

Players who come out of the North American training system lack sufficient technical ability, and naturally, their tactical qualities lose the soil for germination and growth.

Simply put, his basketball IQ is touching.

Many times, when the first plan doesn't work, they don't know how to play the ball right now. They just exert force, force, and more force. Even if exerting force can't threaten the opponent or score, and may even lead to frequent mistakes, they have no choice but to continue to exert force blindly.

Simple, direct, rough, straight line.

Lack of variation.

A pure "muscle" type of training, a quick but clumsy one.

In fact, I don't mean to insult anyone by saying this, but the objective reality is that players trained in the North American system are indeed more "stupid". What I'm talking about here is "basketball IQ" rather than "IQ" or "EQ".

It is for this reason that the North American training system is called the "power flow"; and based on this training system, industry insiders have also proposed a new concept -

The basic skills should start with red clay.

The reason is equally intuitive. From footwork to tactics, from rotation to strength, the requirements of clay court are very diverse and require players to pay attention to changes at all times.

Even the batting technique is different.

Although it is still a forehand, in addition to simply hitting the ball with force, you can also find many different ways to shoot, enrich your tactics in terms of rotation, rhythm, strength, etc., and finally achieve the goal of changing the entire game.

Strength is not a one-size-fits-all skill on clay. Naturally, the basic training requirements on clay are more diverse and richer, and can also evolve into different possibilities based on the player's own quality, style, type, and talent. The entire playing style becomes richer and more diverse, forming a virtuous circle.

Of course, the European training system also has power-based playing styles, such as Del Potro, Wawrinka, Karlovic, and so on.

But compared with the North American training system, the styles and types of players trained in Europe are obviously diverse. Players of different heights, body shapes and talents can all find their own way of playing. The diverse batting techniques and playing styles are naturally classified as "technical".

Look at Federer and Nadal. Although their forehand attacks are very entertaining, the techniques and tactics of both players are very rich and diverse. Whether they are leading or lagging behind, they can change their tactical routines through different hitting methods and techniques, and then establish their own advantages.

It is precisely because of this that industry insiders have always believed that the “Big Four” are all technical experts.

and!

The basic skills developed on clay courts are applicable to all surfaces, and can be transferred to hard courts and grass courts according to one's own technical characteristics; but conversely, the basic skills developed on hard courts may not be applicable to clay courts or grass courts, after all, strength is of no use on these two surfaces.

At the same time, the same is true for footwork. The footwork trained on clay is light, flexible, and highly adaptable, and can quickly adapt to hard courts or grass. However, the same is true for footwork trained on hard courts. When entering clay courts and grass courts, they must be overturned and started over, otherwise it will be like what Sharapova said, "a cow on ice."

The first twenty years of the 21st century also proved this development trend. European professional players rose across the board. Even if we do not discuss the Big Four for the time being, a large number of new generation outstanding players emerged in countries and regions such as France, Czech Republic, Italy, etc. Even small countries such as Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, etc. are no exception.

On the other hand, players who came from the North American training system have all declined.

Even though there are more and more hard courts and hard court tournaments around the world, they have not been given more room to perform.

On the contrary, players who came from clay courts have gradually taken off the label of "clay court experts" and are performing better and better on hard courts and grass courts.

It is also because of this that the rise of the Big Four was just the beginning. Later, the entire professional tennis world formed a pattern of "World VS Europe". Even the later Laver Cup team competition was divided into the World Group against the European Group. It can be seen that Europe is full of talents and has completely become the center of world tennis.

The relevant discussions had become an industry consensus by 2020 and 2021, and Gao Wen had heard about it more than once while watching live broadcasts of the competition.

But talking about it on paper is one thing, Gao Wen only knew that such a theory existed; actually experiencing it in person is another matter entirely.

Even training cannot compare to this. Only by actually standing on the field and fighting a real battle can you deeply feel the essence of the theory.

Gao Wen himself came from the North American training system, but the point is that he is very special——

His strength is not his strong point, and his serve does not fully utilize his height advantage. However, because of his natural touch, he has been trained to be a technical player. He enriches his game with different hitting techniques and finds a glimmer of survival space in the brute force style of play that involves power collisions.

In fact, according to the development curve of the previous life, whether Gao Wen had a knee injury or not, it would be very difficult for him to survive in the NCAA and it would be difficult to make a breakthrough.

The reason is very intuitive. Even if Martin has a different opinion of Gao Wen, it is difficult for Gao Wen to survive in the NCAA arena dominated by power flow. The space for growth and development will be compressed step by step, and it will be gone before he has the opportunity to enter the professional tennis world and experience different technical styles.

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Geelong and Macdonald are the best examples of comparison.

They also have objective shortcomings in terms of physical talent. Although they have invested a lot of time in basic skills and improved their competitiveness in the NCAA, after entering the professional arena, on the one hand, they are relatively short of strength, and on the other hand, their skills are not diverse enough, so their competitiveness cannot keep up with the trend.

In fact, Giron and McDonald have been persisting and working hard. By 2021 and 2022, they have gradually entered the top 100 in the world rankings, and have been able to win many times in Grand Slams and Masters, but they often find it difficult to get past the third round. They are Gawain's templates.

To be precise, they are the highest ceiling that Gawain could reach after his smooth development in his previous life. More realistically, Gawain may not even be able to reach their level.

However, after winning a second chance, thanks to the help of the system, Gao Wen's shortcomings in strength were made up, and it also provided space for the growth of technical skills. As a result, a whole new world opened up before his eyes.

At the beginning of the NCAA, Gao Wen had difficulty facing power players, but later in the National Championship Game he completely turned the situation around. This is a very intuitive experience.

This is what Gao Wen gained from his first clay court match today:

Basic skills. Basic skills. Basic skills.

Even though he has worked very hard and invested a lot of time in basic skills, the gap becomes apparent when he actually enters the clay court.

(End of this chapter)