Before the Spring Festival, the first half of the regular season concluded. The Qingbei team ranked 15th in the standings.
Qingbei team's regular season record was not ideal. Only the top 12 teams in the regular season can advance to the playoffs.
This result left the entire Qingbei team feeling depressed.
Coach Wang stood on the training field, observing the players' training and teamwork. After half a day, his face grew increasingly dark.
“Sun Meng, don’t rely too much on your second layup. No one can stop you from doing that, but how much energy can you afford to waste in a game?”
"Wang Jie, is Sun Meng all you care about? Get all the players moving! You need to create opportunities for Lu Xuping's outside shots!"
"Yang Lingling, what are you doing after you got the rebound as center? Which side of the basket is this? Such a good dunking opportunity, why are you passing the ball away?"
The voices from the sidelines grew louder and louder, gradually turning into shouting and cursing.
The players on the Qingbei team were also holding back their anger, becoming more and more anxious as they played, which led to more criticism and a vicious cycle.
Coach Wang noticed that the training was becoming less effective, so he suspended training in the afternoon.
Everyone gathered in the multimedia classroom.
The video playing at the front of the classroom shows the most recent match between Qingbei Team and Quangang Team, with Qingbei Team losing by 5 points.
The video has undergone tactical analysis, and serious mistakes are replayed in slow motion, which is practically torture for the five main players of the Qingbei team.
The scene paused, and Coach Wang's eyes sharpened.
"Shujuan, tell me, what are you supposed to do on the court as a power forward?"
Shu Juan, who was called out, sat in her seat and her face turned red instantly. She said, "Cooperate with the team's center to grab rebounds and make offensive breakthroughs."
Coach Wang gestured to the tactical layout diagram and said, "Then look at the offensive breakthrough part, how much of it did you do? When Wang Jie tried to dribble the ball across half-court, where were you?"
Everyone was staring at the running chart.
Coach Wang was furious. "You're next to Lu Xuping, she's a shooting guard! Your teammate just grabbed a rebound in the paint, and you're trying to screen for Lu Xuping's shot? I'm just wondering, you power forward are a step slower than a point guard, how are you going to get past him?"
A video of a match revealed a variety of problems, and none of the main players were spared. They were all criticized and looked like wilted eggplants, and even the six substitute players who played were scolded.
The atmosphere in the classroom was heavy; no one dared to speak.
Sun Meng, who never speaks, took the initiative to speak up, which surprised everyone in the classroom, and all eyes were on her.
"Coach, I don't think it's a problem with any one person; it's a deviation in the overall tactical direction."
The air was silent, and the atmosphere was even more oppressive than before...
Sun Meng's words sounded like a questioning of the coaching staff's tactical plans.
Coach Wang's nostrils, which had just calmed down a bit, started flaring up again.
Coach Wang rested his hands on the lectern, tapping his fingers. He knew Sun Meng; her love for basketball was pure and simple. He composed himself and finally asked, "Sun Meng, do you have any new tactical suggestions?"
"No."
“.….”
Sun Meng's sincere and clear gaze made Coach Wang swallow back all the words he wanted to say.
"But I'd like to hear what Lu Yu has to say."
All eyes were now on Lu Yu.
In fact, Lu Yu participated in every game, but he was always on the bench. When Coach Wang rotated the substitutes, he couldn't bring himself to put Lu Yu in the point guard position.
The main reason is that Lu Yu's identity is special and controversial.
The Qingbei team's initial tactical system emphasized penetration, but it wasn't very effective. Later, they gradually adjusted back to their current tactical system, weakening the point guard's ability to penetrate one-on-one. The main strategy is to use quick passing from the players on the court to bring the ball across half-court, and then have Sun Meng quickly score a layup after the ball crosses half-court.
Lu Yu's playing style is very distinctive, with strong one-on-one attacking ability. Once he comes on as a substitute, Lu Yu can perform very well individually, but if he doesn't fit into the team's overall tactics, the final result will be poor, and the coaching staff will only suffer from the barrage of criticism from keyboard warriors.
Therefore, Coach Wang has not yet made a decision regarding Lu Yu's rotation.
Lu Yu understood this as well; Coach Wang's thoughts had already given her the answer.
Coach Wang and Lu Yu exchanged a glance and said, "Everyone can share their ideas today, let's brainstorm. Lu Yu, why don't you go first?"
Lu Yu's fingers, gripping the pen, turned white. She hesitated for two seconds and said, "The current tactical system relies too much on Sun Meng's offense. It's difficult to mobilize the others, which means that once Sun Meng is marked by multiple defenders, our team's overall defensive structure and offensive tactics can be easily dismantled by the opponent."
To achieve a breakthrough, change is necessary. Everyone understands this principle, but the key question is how to change and in what way.
Coach Wang nodded, signaling Lu Yu to continue.
"We're currently focusing our efforts on Sun Meng's offense, but his defense is also excellent. We can try combining swingmen and combo guards. In modern basketball, the roles of different positions are becoming increasingly blurred. Of course, this doesn't mean playing haphazardly, but rather achieving offensive and defensive transitions between swingmen within a larger framework. This will make the team's tactics more diverse."
Coach Wang pondered for a moment and added, "You're right about that. Actually, our tactics were quite effective when we first implemented them, but they were too easy to counter and break. In that sense, it was indeed due to our simplistic tactics."
Wang Jie sensed that the tone of the conversation was getting increasingly off. Sun Mengneng was a swingman on the team, but a combo guard, which she couldn't do at all. She immediately retorted, "Coach, the coordination between a swingman and a combo guard requires a major adjustment to the entire team, and it demands a high degree of mobility from everyone on the team."
Shu Juan whispered from the side, "Now is the time to make major adjustments..."
As soon as the words were spoken, there was silence.
The classroom was hot and humid, and everyone had some different ideas.
The starting players are afraid of losing their positions, while the substitutes are nervous because they have new opportunities.
To put it bluntly, rearranging the strategic layout will affect everyone; major adjustments to the starting lineup and changes in the focus of players on the field will all be necessary.
Coach Wang stood up and looked directly at Lu Yu, "Do you have a good simulation of the tactical combination paths for swingmen and combo guards?"
"have."
"Go to the training field and demonstrate it to me." After saying that, Coach Wang picked up his tablet and stepped out of the classroom first.
Lu Yu knew that this was a test for her...
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