Chapter 2 Master in Training

Wow!

Gawain raised his head from deep inside the sink, and fresh air rushed into his lungs, bringing a cool breeze. The chaos and excitement in his head cooled down a little. He looked at the young boy's face, which was still a little immature, in the water-stained mirror. He felt a little familiar, but more unfamiliar.

The wet black short hair hung down like water grass. He stretched out his five fingers and combed it back, revealing his facial features completely. The sharp brow peaks and full brow bones vaguely revealed a stubborn and unruly look. He was so vigorous and energetic, and his angular outline carried the assertiveness of an eighteen-year-old.

Gao Wen could no longer remember that when he was eighteen years old, he was also a highly regarded talented teenager. He once believed that he could win the Grand Slam and become the world's number one, until the cruel reality and the blows made the sharpness between his eyebrows gradually become rounder, and finally disappeared completely.

However, the projection in the mirror in front of me was a little different.

His eyes were no longer immature or naive, and his restrained sharpness revealed a sense of stability. He could vaguely see him working overtime in the company last night in a tired state. The reality gradually became real, and Gao Wen was truly certain.

He went back from 2021 to 2013 and returned to his freshman year in college.

At this moment, it is still the golden age when the "Big Four" dominate tennis. The new generation "post-90s" is facing comprehensive suppression, and the teenagers "post-95s" have not yet grown up. Although there is a lack of fresh faces, the duel between the Big Four is a classic every time, which is undoubtedly a blessing for the fans.

In fact, looking back from 2021, it was only seven years ago, but Gao Wen always felt as if it was something of the last century.

Especially after experiencing the magic of 2020 and 2021, time seems to have been disrupted, and Gawain needs a little time to calm his nerves.

After informing MacDonald, Gawain went to the bathroom and washed his face. He finally calmed down and his sense of reality gradually became clearer. His chaotic thoughts gradually sorted out a clue: the system, yes, the system! Huh...

Gawain let out a long breath and looked at himself in the mirror. His sanity had returned. He then summoned the system that had just appeared. He only needed to concentrate and summon it silently in his heart, and a virtual light blue interface would appear on his retina:

"Tennis Training Master".

The first page is divided into two sections, left and right, with basic personal information on the left.

Name: Gao Wen

Nationality: China

Age: 18 Birthday: November 11, 1995

Dominant hand: Right

Height: 193 cm Weight: 83 kg The right side is divided into four sub-sections, three of which are personal attributes.

Physical attributes: 52 Technical attributes: 63 Mental attributes: 70 Each attribute occupies a section, in which you can also see the attribute sub-items. For example, physical attributes include strength, burst, speed, reaction, endurance, and flexibility; technical attributes include serve, return, forehand, backhand, net, and prediction; mental attributes include tactics, concentration, resilience, and key balls.

This is where the fun part comes in. You can’t see the specific values ​​of the attribute sub-items. You can only see a series of bar graphs that vaguely show the high and low attributes. But if the gap is too small, it’s hard to tell the difference.

The highest value in physical attributes is endurance, followed by flexibility, the lowest value is strength, and the second to last is burst.

The highest value in technical attributes is prediction, followed by backhand, and the lowest value is serve and forehand, which are equally good.

The four sub-items in the spiritual attribute are almost the same and relatively average, with the highest value being tactics, which is slightly ahead.

The entire panel only shows the scores of three comprehensive attributes, and the values ​​of specific items cannot be seen, but this is enough to estimate a player's style.

Gao Wen was born in a small city on the southeast coast of China. When he was a child, he was very active and loved to run, like a wild horse that could not be stopped. His family considered letting him learn a sport to develop his strength. Because his mother especially liked the tennis superstar Andre Agassi, they chose tennis, which was relatively unpopular at the time.

Unexpectedly, by chance, I was discovered to have a talent for tennis.

As shown in the attribute data, Gawain's physical attributes are the weak link. He is thin and lacks strength, and his forehand and serve are relatively weak. This also directly leads to Gawain's backhand only being able to be held with both hands - because a one-handed backhand is not strong enough and requires support from the left hand.

Relatively speaking, Gao Wen's backhand and movement are very good, showing his outstanding ability at a young age.

However, tennis is not a sport like football, basketball, rugby, or boxing that requires direct physical contact. Instead, it is an indirect confrontation sport that requires a combination of skill and strength as well as flexible mobility. The height-to-weight ratio requirement is relatively special.

Take Novak Djokovic for example, he is 188cm tall and weighs 80kg, not very strong.

As for Gao Wen, he is still a bit thin overall, but that is enough for tennis. He just lacks strength and explosiveness, which affects his technique and tactics.

Gao Wen's truly eye-catching tennis talent is his feel for the ball and his touch.

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The so-called ball feel is the understanding of tennis.

Just like football and basketball, when a tennis ball is flying in the air, you can always master its rotation and changes, which is very obvious when doing racketless training. Roger Federer's ball sense is unparalleled in the world.

The so-called feel is the feeling of touching the ball through the racket.

It is mainly about the control of the small muscles in the arms, because tennis is a sport about rotation and power. At the moment when the tennis ball hits the racket at high speed, how to understand, analyze, wrap, apply force, etc.

Agnieszka-Radwanska, currently ranked fourth in the world in women’s tennis, has a touch that is a once-in-a-decade talent.

Of course, the feel of the ball and the feel of the hand are often inseparable, and it is a talent that is difficult to cultivate and improve through acquired training. It cannot be demonstrated by numbers in terms of physical fitness and technical quality, but it is definitely one of the most important and precious talents in ball sports.

In addition, Gao Wen showed excellent basketball IQ potential.

That is to play with your brain.

The ability to interpret the battle situation and arrange tactics is already apparent at the beginner stage. Naturally, the strengths and weaknesses of physical fitness are balanced, and one soon finds his or her place on the tennis court.

(End of this chapter)