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Chapter 580: The so-called details

Chapter 580: The so-called details

After chatting for a while, Felton and Rondo also began to warm up, getting ready for the training camp that was about to start.

By 9:30, Jordan, Grove, Ingles, and Carlisle arrived at the training ground. Seeing that the three young players were already training didn’t surprise them. Zhang Yang and Rondo were gym rats and training fanatics. Although Felton was not as obsessive as the other two, he was still an ambitious team captain striving for championships.

Jordan, on the other hand, wished that one of them would get stuck in traffic so he could demonstrate his authority by scolding them furiously for daring to be late to his training camp.

Unfortunately, except for the highly congested Business District of Ballantyne, traffic jams were rare in other areas of Charlotte.

Having spent a month together last year, Zhang Yang and Felton were already quite familiar with Grove. A simple "Hi" sufficed as a greeting. Rondo was cold to strangers, and it took only a few seconds for Grove to greet Rondo when they first met. After the greeting, he went to prepare for the training with Ingles, like calling in the necessary number of trainers for overtime work.

After the four of them left, Rondo showed an eager expression.

Thanks to the effort during his rookie year, he finally got the chance to participate in the "Jordan Training Camp."

Felton: "Rajon, you don’t need to be so excited. You’ll see how boring it starts to get once the training camp starts. Your training should be the same as ours last year."

Rondo glance coldly at Felton, ignoring his buzzkill boss.

Being noticed by Jordan and listed among talents like Zhang Yang and Felton was already a matter of great happiness for him.

The not-so-slim team captain felt the humility of leadership again, but he was used to it and didn’t find anything wrong. The younger brother said, "Heaven, in imposing tasks on people, must first toughen their hearts and wills."

This was the responsibility that came with being a leader.

Felton asked Zhang Yang, "Our training should have some changes this year, right? I’m really looking forward to it."

Rondo instantly turned his head towards the boss: Are you also excited?

Zhang Yang: "I think our training might get even more boring and dull."

Rondo secretly gave a thumbs up: Zhang San bro, nice splash of cold water!

Felton: "Impossible, right? More boring than adjusting technical movements and playing habits last year?"

Felton was skeptical, but by 10 in the morning, when Grove came to the training ground with a datasheet, revealing the contents of the day’s work, Felton deflated.

This season, Ingles had a job that could be seen as important or superfluous—recording each player’s technical characteristics, habits in gameplay, whether frequently or seldom used skills, all fundamental skills, numbers kept on record.

What Grove held was a datasheet of recorded technical skills and fundamentals known by Zhang Yang and Felton, very detailed.

Rondo was assigned to continue practicing free throws, and it wouldn’t be his turn until the afternoon.

First, according to each technical skill and fundamental listed on the datasheet, Grove had Felton demonstrate the training process.

Felton groaned upon hearing the plan, asking, "Tim, didn’t we already do this last year?"

Grove: "Raymond, last year we only adjusted technical movements and habits. This year is about dissecting the details of the techniques."

Felton: "Is there a difference? Is it necessary? I feel like I’ve trained quite well already and want to learn new techniques!"

Felton said, looking towards Zhang Yang, as did Grove.

Having served many NBA stars, Grove was insightful. He knew, in this team, only two people could control Felton: one was Jordan, and the others, even legendary coaches like Bickerstaff or the current head coach Carlisle, could not handle him.

Zhang Yang said, "Boss, technology needs continuous refinement and correction. A long season has passed, and you might have not noticed, but your training, your habits of using techniques, are changing... Do you know why they change?"

The not-so-slim boss initially disliked his younger brother’s vague response but was distracted by the last question, thought for a moment, and said, "Maybe it’s because of different opponents, needing to adjust details in each game according to the defensive characteristics of each opponent?"

Zhang Yang: "What else?"

Felton continued thinking, and said, "Time, I guess. Last season I grew to 211 pounds (96 kg), stronger than in my rookie year, habits when performing technical movements are changing... Also injuries, I once sprained my foot due to a large step-back motion, later you taught me to prepare for receiving force... Right, Jack?"

Zhang Yang: "Correct, so every off-season it’s best to adjust technical movements and training content according to the real conditions of the last season, adapt to changes in the playing environment, adapt to changes in age, and yes, physical wear and tear, it’s a continuous process, and if not enough adjustment and adaption is made to these changes, you might be eliminated early, like one of your draft models—Steve Francis."

If adapted well, you can maintain a long peak period, like your idols Kidd and Payton. Payton was still an All-Star at 35 before joining the Lakers, and Kidd at 34 was still one of the best two point guards."

Felton: "A peak at 35! I’ll train! It’s just..."

Zhang Yang: "What’s the matter?"

Felton: "Jack, didn’t Confucius say anything about this situation?"

After being speechless for two seconds, Zhang Yang said, "Review the old and know the new, then you can be a teacher."