Chapter 15: Full of Energy

"Roar, roar, roar! Little Prince! Little Prince!"

Amid the booing, Jilong felt helpless.

He simply felt that Gawain's mental state today was particularly positive, full of energy and courage. He could also feel the warmth of this enthusiasm and was vaguely eager to try. The boring daily training seemed to have added some fun.

But after being provoked like this, things changed.

Jilong was a little worried about Gao Wen's reaction. After all, he was still a freshman and it was inevitable that he would be arrogant.

But he didn't expect that not only was Gawain not angry, but he was also very excited and ready to fight. His bright eyes seemed to be ready.

Jilong was also infected. He put away his worries and straightened his back unconsciously. "How about it? Let's start now?"

Gao Wen nodded, "Basic steps?"

Jilong didn't respond and walked straight towards the footwork practice area.

Gawain also clenched his fist to cheer MacDonald on, then jumped up and down to chase after him.

Footwork training in tennis is very tedious and complicated. It is not just about the ability to move, but also about maintaining the body's center of gravity and balance while moving at all times, and trying to find the best hitting position and space to complete the hitting action. This is definitely not that easy.

As can be seen from the footwork training manual provided by the system, there are a total of 36 different training methods, including flat ground training without props, as well as equipment training with props - skipping ropes, rubber bands, balance balls, rope ladders, pedals, long wooden bars, treadmills, footballs, tennis balls, etc.

A variety of training methods and means ensure that footwork adjustment can become an instinctive reaction of the body, just like running and walking, and then evolve into a metronome, reflexively controlling the body's balance and rhythm in movement, so that all situations in the game can be handled without thinking.

Naomi Osaka, a female professional tennis player born in 1997, was very lazy in her steps in the early stages of her career, which caused her performance to fluctuate. Even with excellent physical talent, it was always difficult for her to achieve good results. Later in 2018, she replaced her head coach Sascha-Bajin.

Ba Jin was the sparring partner of tennis legend Serena Williams for eight years. This was the first time in his career that he coached Naomi Osaka as a head coach. But under his guidance, Naomi Osaka's footsteps underwent a complete transformation. Later, Naomi Osaka could be seen habitually patting her thighs before each return in the game to remind herself not to be lazy with her footsteps.

After Bakin took over, Naomi Osaka's world ranking jumped from 68th to 4th, and she won four Grand Slam titles.

Of course, physical talent plays an important role in Naomi Osaka's ascent and success, but footwork training is undoubtedly an important part of the countless important links that cannot be ignored.

Soon, Jilong also discovered Gao Wen's abnormality.

It’s not that the training is completed very quickly, but the quality of the training is very high——

Gao Wen was completely devoted to the training, with high concentration, and he paid special attention to every detail to ensure that each set of exercises could be completed according to the standards. At the same time, his training condition was also very good, his steps were very light and agile, his body was like a feather, and his dazzling steps were truly outstanding between jumping, crossing, switching and spinning.

Like a cheetah and also like a mountain cat.

Jilong, who was training side by side with him, could also feel the pressure, and inadvertently stimulated the mentality of competing.

No matter what, Jilong was only twenty years old, and it was inevitable that he was proud. In addition, he had high self-discipline, so he tried his best to keep up with Gao Wen. After just fifteen minutes of training, he was sweating profusely. The scalding sweat soaked his training suit and it even started to drip.

The other teammates also looked over, each of them was extremely shocked.

reason?

There are strict requirements for winter training time, which must not be exceeded. On average, daily training is less than two hours a day, so the training volume cannot be increased. Strength training, batting training, and footwork training can only be practiced independently by players in their extracurricular time, after completing homework and exams.

In training sessions, there is often a simple warm-up to avoid unnecessary strain on the body, and then the practice matches begin. The head coach will provide guidance on technical and tactical issues to ensure that the players can fully play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. Then, based on the actual situation, the players will make up for the shortcomings and conduct targeted training.

In other words, it was just a warm-up, but Gao Wen and Ji Long actually started practicing, and the way they sweated profusely was truly jaw-dropping.

"What happened to Gawain today? Was he rejected when he confessed to his crush?"

There was a rustling of voices, and someone quietly asked MacDonald, trying to find out what was going on.

MacDonald is an honest man, but faced with such an inquiry, he still stiffly defended his friend and said, "Please don't put your own experience into the situation, okay?"

Hahaha! Everyone burst into laughter.

Grant was a little worried when he saw this. The winter training had just begun. He wondered if Gawain and Gillon were overdoing it. He couldn't help but look at head coach Martin.

Martin also observed for a long time, but shook his head gently, with a smile in his eyes, "Don't worry, maybe this is a good thing."

In fact, judging from static talent alone, Gawain's feel for the ball and his touch are indeed rare. At least in Martin's opinion, the Bruins have not encountered such a talented young player for more than 20 years, and even Giron is far from it.

Although his dynamic talent is relatively weak and his lack of strength and burst limits his development prospects, Gao Wen has just been in the team for four months. Everything is possible. Martin is also looking forward to how Gao Wen's growth curve will develop.

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After an autumn season and a winter training, Martin also wants to see how Gao Wen will welcome his first spring season.

Thinking of this, Martin had an idea.

After finishing the warm-up, Martin did not call the players together, but directly shouted, "We will now have a mini-match practice match. The first group will be Gao and Jilong; the second group will be Thompson and McDonald; the third group will be Di Giulio and Sale. Everyone, get ready."

Buzz buzz buzz.

Buzz buzz buzz.

The players' eyes crossed, some were excited and a little excited - not because the match was too unfamiliar, after all, in normal practice matches, it was usually the main players against the substitutes; occasionally in special circumstances, there were also duels between the main players, but no matter what the arrangement and combination was, it was normal.

The main reason was that the initiative and vigor shown by Gao Wen this morning was really refreshing. In addition, young people like to stir up trouble. Even if there is nothing to do, they will make something of it. So one by one, they started singing war songs and making a noise.

"Roar, roar, roar! Go! Brown bear!"

"Roar, roar, roar! Go! Brown bear!"

Grant turned around and looked at Martin, who was confident and shrewd, and seemed to understand what Martin meant.

Morale and condition are the most important things for young players.

(End of this chapter)