It's ballet. Is this why you do ballet jumps?

The other four are difficult to deal with for the time being, but they are convenient for swimming. Just stay somewhere with a swimming pool.

Speaking of which, the apartment he lived in before felt a bit small, and he was planning to move to a larger villa.

After talking about physical talents, Duncan then shared his technical experience.

Some of the content here coincides with Lin Ying’s observation and understanding.

For example, the use of shoulders and elbows.

The purpose of lowering the shoulders is not entirely for confrontation, but to force the opponent to lower the center of gravity. After lowering the shoulders, use the inside foot as the axis to pin the defender with the elbow and attack the basket.

These are basically similar to what Lin Ying understood before.

More details are that if the defender's center of gravity is very low and stuck, he can adjust his pivot foot while dribbling and change the direction of attack.

This is linked to the inside moves that Lin Ying learned from Yao Ming.

Yao Ming's steps, or the steps of Dameng's dance, adjusting the pivot foot through dribbling is a critical part.

In addition to technical details, Duncan also shared some game details with Lin Ying.

"If you position yourself as the core of tactics, then what you have to do is to keep yourself on the court as long as possible. It is very important to reduce physical energy consumption at this time. Any choice you make must be quick and decisive, and as much as possible

Reduce the number of confrontations.”

Duncan's words explain why he doesn't have so many complex techniques when attacking in the low post.

It's not that he doesn't know how to do it, it's that he wants to save his energy the most.

If two post-ups cannot create a scoring opportunity, he will often choose to hand the ball to the outside and then go out to set up a pick-and-roll for his teammates.

This is actually very important.

Although Lin Ying's physical fitness has always been good due to long-term training, this Olympics shows that it is still not enough in high-intensity competitions.

As I said before, no matter how hard you train, there are limits to a person's physical ability, and how to allocate it reasonably is the key.

Some players will allocate their physical fitness in the first three quarters, such as Harden; some will save some of it for the fourth quarter, such as Durant.

There is no absolute difference between the two, because you don't know how the game will turn out.

It's possible that you stopped playing in the first three quarters and ended up losing the game; it's also possible that you tried your best and still couldn't win.

In contrast, Duncan's method of saving physical energy on the offensive end and ensuring that he stays on the court as much as possible is a more applicable method.

"We must pay attention to rebounds. Rebounds are the lifeline of basketball."

Duncan also specifically emphasized rebounding.

"Standing is the core of rebounding. Once you've locked your position, you don't need to jump most of the time.

You have to remember one thing, when your teammates hit the ball, they are passing the ball to you, and it is the same after you take the shot, it is your own assist."

Lin Ying couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Not only because of the words themselves, but also because Yao Ming also said similar words before.

It seems that all great insiders are alike.

But this is not Duncan's core understanding of rebounding. After all, most of these inside players know it.

What he shared with Lin Ying was the same as before, it was details.

"You don't have to get stuck all the time. You have to read the defense. Whether you should get stuck to grab the board or retreat early is a judgment call on the field."

When talking about this, he mentioned another detail, which he also used when the Spurs played against the Nuggets.

Prevent the opposing player from passing the ball.

This is very important in the game, because the inside players have good vision and can easily lead the counterattack as long as they have the ability to pass.

Therefore, after losing the rebound, if you are close to the inside line who grabbed the board, using your hands close to interfere with the opponent's ball is also the key to preventing defensive counterattacks.

"This will be very effective against you and the Suns."

This wave is really all about the details.

It can be said that Lin Ying was like a person who studied by himself in the past. How much he can learn depends on his own ability.

Then Duncan put these together and made a summary, and also reminded some knowledge points that are easily overlooked.

Lin Ying immediately felt like a complete academic master after finishing his studies.

In the end, how could it be possible without Duncan’s famous stunt of 45° boarding!

But unlike other people's impressions, Duncan is not always playing tricks.

"Why wouldn't you shoot a floater when you feel like you have a good handle? You only use it when you feel like you have a bad handle, because it's not about the feel but the technique."

This was the first time Lin Ying understood this.

In terms of impression flow, that is to say, there are more times when Duncan feels that his hand is not good?

It's also possible that Duncan found that his hitting rate was very stable while playing this way, so he kept using it.

After all, understanding and actual combat are sometimes not completely equivalent.

Of course, what they are discussing now is the technology itself, so Duncan also shared some boarding tips.

The hitting point: The hitting point generally refers to the two right angles above the square in the center of the basket.

Angle of hitting the board: The best angle is 45°, which is why Duncan always shoots from that position.

The hitting distance: generally cannot exceed 5 meters from the center of the basket, 3 to 4 meters is optimal.

How to exert force when hitting the board: Use your wrists and fingers to push out rather than throw. Because hitting the board requires high strength control, it is easy to make the throw too big.

After hearing this, Lin Ying felt that he was already a top student among academics.

And after this wave is over, he should be the only officially certified disciple of Stone Buddha.

Of course, theory is just theory, the more important thing is training.

This will take a long time to train.

…

Less than a week into practice, Durant called.

It turned out that he felt that training alone at the University of Texas was too boring, so he was going to San Antonio to find Lin Ying.

Just after they met, Durant was about to challenge Lin Ying to a duel.

In fact, he had thought about it before in China, but Lin Ying was too busy at that time and had no chance.

The one-on-one battle ended, and both of them were quite surprised.

Durant: Your ball-handling skills are so good!

Lin Ying: Huh? How come you can break the press with one hand?

Both found that the other's passing skills had improved greatly.

Duncan watched the two fight against each other from the sidelines for a while, and then came up to play with Durant.

Durant was quickly sanctioned.

"No more playing, no more playing."

Durant recalled the fear of being dominated by Tracy McGrady.

These famous giants don’t care about martial ethics.

Then, Durant received a classic blessing from Duncan.

"The future is yours!"

Well, this is Lin Ying's translation beside him.

What Duncan means is that Durant will one day become the face of the league.

Shi Buddha's judgment is quite good.

After training in San Antonio for more than half a month and gaining another two kilograms, bringing his weight to 105kg, Lin Ying returned to Denver.

Before leaving, Lin Ying and Duncan chatted for a while.

While chatting, he asked this question: Do you count yourself as an enemy?

Yes, that's the problem. The Nuggets and Spurs have met in the playoffs for two consecutive years, and there have been various fights. They are already considered old enemies.

Duncan is now teaching Lin Ying everything he can. Making Lin Ying stronger is equivalent to making the Nuggets stronger.

He thought that Duncan would have many answers, such as "I just value you personally and has nothing to do with the team", "I value basketball development and so on".

But Duncan's answer surprised him.

This is what this stone Buddha, who has quite good judgment, said:

"I don't think you'll be in Denver very long."

…
Chapter completed!