Chapter 46 Weight Gain Plan

Martin saw all the changes in the atmosphere of the Brown Bears team. Although he didn't say much, he praised Gao Wen and kept it in mind.

In fact, if we only look at the record of the mini duels, with three wins and nine losses, Gao Wen's performance is not amazing. Overall, he has more losses than wins. Even when facing direct competitors such as Di Giulio and Sale, he does not have a clear advantage. The suspense of victory or defeat still depends on his performance on the spot.

This performance is basically the same as the autumn season.

However, what Martin admired most was Gao Wen's tenacity and fighting spirit. As long as he was on the court, even in a practice match, he would still devote himself to every point. As long as the ball was not dead, he would run actively. This mental outlook made his game full of passion and vitality.

Even though he did not win more mini-matches, Gao Wen continued to face new challenges with more courage and strive for continuous improvement in summary.

Martin, much appreciated.

Now, looking at Gao Wen who was practicing his serve diligently, Martin showed a sense of relief in his eyes without even noticing it.

Serving practice means that Gao Wen knows his shortcomings and has no fear of difficulties. His attitude of facing challenges head-on is already commendable.

At the same time, Gao Wen did not bury his head in the ball.

Between serves, Gao Wen was constantly adjusting his serving posture and studying the effects of different frictions, practicing with deep thought.

After standing quietly on the sidelines and observing for a moment, Martin finally couldn't help himself and spoke loudly.

"You should practice without the ball first."

Gawain stopped what he was doing and looked in the direction of the voice, then Martin walked up and explained.

"When you were a kid and just learning to serve, you couldn't do some complex movements completely, so the serve was relatively simplified. When you grow up, your height increases very quickly, and you can often use your height and upper body strength to create a serve threat, so the simplified serve swallows up some details."

"At that time, your coach was not professional enough and ignored these details, which gradually led to your habits being implanted into muscle memory."

"In fact, if you break down the movements completely, your leg push-off is incomplete, and the twisting power of your hips, hips and waist is not sufficient, which also makes it impossible to fully deliver the power of your lower limbs. When you finally serve, you still continue your childhood habits and rely on the strength of your back and shoulders to press down from a high point."

“But there’s a lack of momentum to explode and release.”

As he was talking, Martin stood beside Gawain, broke down the serving action, and then guided Gawain step by step to complete a complete serving action.

"Ankles, knees, hips, waist... You need to feel the force extending from the soles of your feet all the way up, how the muscles extend, twist, and exert force, and you need to carefully and bit by bit to correct the muscles' wrong memory."

"Changing your serving habits is the most difficult of all technical moves and takes a lot of time. But you are already an adult. If you don't change it now, it will become more and more difficult in the future and may even affect your competitiveness."

Martin couldn't help but become serious and patted Gawain's knee, asking him to adjust his posture.

"You should know that the competition in men's tennis is getting more and more fierce. Not serving means losing the advantage. Even Nadal started to practice serving and slowly changed his technical composition because he saw the development trend of the entire tennis technology."

"If you want to be more competitive, you have to adjust your serve. Although it's difficult and there will be some pain in the first few months, which may cause your serve to lose power, it's a necessary process..."

Martin realized that he had been talking a lot, and he couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, revealing a trace of helplessness -

Even though he kept adjusting and suppressing himself, the expectation and restlessness deep in his heart still affected his judgment. Facing Gawain, somehow it turned into a serving lesson. He said a lot of things in a rambling way, wishing he could stuff them all into Gawain's head.

He was still anxious.

Gao Wen seemed to notice the confusion in Martin's expression and took the initiative to say, "Don't worry, coach, this is extracurricular advice, not a formal training class, and the NCAA observers won't say anything more."

Martin was not so worried at first, but after hearing Gawain's interpretation, the whole situation suddenly became relaxed, and a smile reappeared on Martin's mouth. He did not explain his worries, but followed Gawain's words and said, "You can train hard, but don't show up in front of me, otherwise if the observer confronts me, I won't lie."

Gawain immediately placed his left hand on his forehead, making a covering gesture.

Martin was confused, "What are you doing?"

"Haven't you heard the story of the civet cat? They only need to pick a leaf and put it on their head to become invisible, and no one can see them." Gawain said as a matter of course.

Martin was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Hahaha! Hahaha!" He couldn't stop.

The earth-shattering laughter resounded throughout the stadium, so much so that Gawain felt a little embarrassed - he also realized how childish his behavior was. It must be because he had been training too long and his brain was hot. That must be it!

Gao Wen quickly put his left hand down and took the initiative to change the subject, "Coach, I have already started strength training, and then I plan to start gaining weight. What do you think?"

Strength training should not just be about exercising muscles. Gaining weight is often complementary to each other. Otherwise, there will be no source of support for strength.

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Tennis is no exception.

However, as mentioned before, the goal of gaining weight as a tennis player is not to become a tank. You also need to maintain light mobility while gaining weight. This also means that the gained weight should all be muscle. Gaining weight while lowering body fat percentage is by no means an easy task.

More importantly, weight gain also requires a reasonable diet and rest schedule. The entire training is a complete system. It is absolutely impossible to achieve it relying solely on Gao Wen. He needs the help of the coaching team and the support of professionals.

Martin was not surprised by this.

It was Martin who instructed Grant about the strength training. McDonald, Jillong and others also needed to keep up with the corresponding strength training.

Now that Gao Wen's strength training has begun, Martin is also considering gaining weight. Winter training is undoubtedly the best time to accomplish this through professional diet and corresponding training.

Gao Wen took the initiative to bring it up, and Martin followed up the topic, "Mobility is your strong point, so you need to be cautious when gaining weight. Besides, we are not far from the spring season, and if you gain weight rashly, it may lead to unnecessary weight gain and disrupt your growth trajectory."

After a pause, Martin thought about it seriously, and his expression was very cautious. "How much do you weigh now?"

"83 kilograms." Gao Wen replied.

Martin nodded slightly and gave his advice, "If you can gain weight to 85 kilograms after winter training and keep your body fat rate around 10%, that would be great."

(End of this chapter)