whirlwind basketball

Chapter 187 Youth Competition (1)

But the president couldn't help but asked curiously: "Don't you really want to participate? It's such a great honor!"

Li Yifan raised his head and sighed, "I have to go back and think about it. Can I reply tomorrow?"

The president nodded, "Go back and discuss it with your family first!" Li Yifan respectfully responded and walked out.

Staring at the back of the president's office, the old fox couldn't help showing a confused and curious look.

Walking out of the CEO's office, Li Yifan looked up at the sky and sighed.Youth training team, can I really participate?The first time the president personally said such an invitation, he was indeed overjoyed and excited, and I believe that anyone would have the same reaction.But today, Li Yifan no longer has that kind of excitement and excitement, replaced by a touch of melancholy.

The youth training team may only be a dream that is close at hand but out of reach!

In his situation, it's not that he can't participate in the competition, but he is reluctant to part with his mother. As the only child in the family, it will take a long time to join the youth training team by himself, leaving his mother, but his mother is not in good health. I don't have the guts to leave.

He didn't choose the Hongyuan team because of this.

Li Yifan, who returned to the training ground, couldn't help being covered with a layer of melancholy. Even though he was as slow as a horse, he felt that the boss was a little different after he came back from the president's office.Among them, Jiang Dongyu was the one who cared the most about Li Yifan. From the first moment Li Yifan stepped into the training ground, she felt a little sadness.

Jiang Dongyu asked nervously, "Li Yifan, did something happen?"

With a slight sigh in his heart, Li Yifan thought that he still couldn't hide it from Dong Yu's eyes.He took out the fax from his pocket and handed it to her.Looking down, a trace of melancholy flashed in Jiang Dongyu's eyes - the lover of first love is naturally unwilling to part.Looking up, the melancholy in her eyes had disappeared, and she gently handed the fax back to Li Yifan, Jiang Dongyu asked gently: "This is a good thing, don't you really want to participate?"

Li Yifan sighed softly, and asked irrelevantly: "Has Coach Wang Tao returned to the club?"

"no!"

"Oh!" Li Yifan sighed.

"Touch!" Ma Jue dunked coolly, and the basket made a loud noise.Thunderous applause sounded all around at the same time.After falling to the basket, Ma put on a grim face, looking around with a smug look.Turning his gaze to the entrance of the gymnasium, his cool expression could no longer be maintained.He grinned and shouted excitedly, "Boss!"

The other team members turned their heads to look at the entrance of the gymnasium at the same time because of Ma's cries. Li Yifan, who had been away there for more than two weeks, was standing at the door smiling and looking at the players training in the gymnasium.

"Li Yifan!"

"Boss, are you alright?"

"senior……"

The team members ran over to surround Li Yifan in the middle, even Jiang Dongyu put down his basketball and stood at the outermost edge of the crowd, looking at Li Yifan in relief.

The enthusiasm of the team members dilutes the melancholy in Li Yifan's heart, and greets the team members one by one with a smile.The left hand held Dong Xue's hand for the last time, and the two were silent for a while, holding both hands tightly.

"Dongxue..."

Dongxue nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Everyone has been waiting for you to come back, as long as you are fine."

"Do you really want to leave?"

"I'm... not strong enough. Instead of taking it here, I'd rather go to school. The future is always there!" Dongxue was helpless. He loved basketball very much, but he was not strong enough, so what can he do.

Li Yifan's eyes were a little bit stingy. Dongxue has always taken good care of him since he returned to the basketball team. As the captain, he is not only willing to obey his orders, but also firmly stands by his side at important junctures, without reservation. support yourself.Captain, no one is more suitable for this position than Donghak.Taking a deep breath, Li Yifan tried to calm his tone: "Will you come back often?"

"Of course!" Dongxue patted Li Yifan's shoulder lightly and smiled, "Even if I quit the basketball team, I'm still a player in the Hongyuan reserve team. It's only natural to watch the basketball team's training." He raised his head and looked up. Look at the players on the sidelines, "Just like them!"

"Among those people?" Wang Yuning smiled, "Aren't you afraid, Captain, that pretty girls will surround you and carve you up?"

"Hahaha..." There was a burst of laughter.In the laughter, the melancholy atmosphere was diluted a lot.

"Let's take a photo!" Jiang Dongyu got a camera at some point and set up a tripod.The team members surrounded Dongxue in the center, Jiang Dongyu decided to adjust the focus and time, and ran over to lean on Dongxue.

"Crack!" A light sound from the camera captured this scene forever.

The captain, Dong Xue, retired, and left the basketball team with a wave of hands under the attention of all the basketball players.His jerseys are displayed in the basketball team showroom, signed with his name and that of the entire team.As the first basketball captain of the Hongyuan Reserve Basketball Team to lead the team to the championship, his jersey will be permanently displayed there as part of the history of the Hongyuan Reserve Basketball Team.

The vacant captain position left by Dongxue was expected to be filled by Li Yifan.Under Li Yifan's proposal, Jiang Dongyu was elected as the vice-captain.

But coach Wang Tao still didn't come in the end, so Li Yifan replaced coach Wang Tao.

Li Yifan shouted orders and kept waving his arms. Li Yifan seemed to be a real coach.And the team members who have long been accustomed to his command also enjoyed it one by one.Ma Jue and Mr. Jiang's handsome performances were gone, and Jiang Dongyu's independent training was also cancelled, and everyone was training seriously under his command.

The players on the sidelines were amazed by the situation in front of them.Who is this guy who appeared for the first time in more than ten days?Discussions sounded quietly.

What is the content of the discussion?Li Yifan didn't hear a word.

It was getting dark, the training was over, waved goodbye to his teammates, Li Yifan stepped on his bicycle and left the club.

But the road he walked was not in the direction of the dormitory.

After crossing the road and alleys, and asking passers-by a few times, Li Yifan finally stopped in front of a residential building.After settling down on the bike, I climbed a few flights of stairs, stopped in front of a door, and rang the doorbell.

"Who is it?" A familiar voice came from inside.

"It's me, Coach Wang Tao!"

The door opened, and Coach Wang Tao's huge body appeared inside the door.

"Li Yifan!" Coach Wang Tao's face was full of surprise.

"Coach Wang Tao!" Li Yifan looked at Coach Wang Tao inside the door with a smile, and opened his arms to embrace his huge body.This is the first time the two have met since they separated before the national qualifiers.

The two hugged fiercely for a while, Wang Tao looked Li Yifan up and down with a smile, and patted his shoulder vigorously, as usual, he didn't stop until Li Yifan's eyes turned black.

Wang Tao's granddaughter looked curiously at the young man who was able to stand safely after bearing such a heavy blow from her grandfather. She blushed and looked away after her grandfather gave a soft reprimand, and slipped back to her room.

After receiving the tea Wang Tao handed over, Li Yifan took a sip and put it down.

Wang Tao said, "Is your injury okay? Dong Yu has already told Li Yifan. You are still messing around like you were four years ago. Fortunately, Dong Yu is by your side this time, so you didn't cause any major problems."

Li Yifan smiled shyly: "It's almost recovered. How is Coach Wang Tao's health?"

Wang Tao shook his head, stared at Li Yifan, and asked for a moment, "Do you have anything on your mind? But is there anything you want to tell me?"

Looking at Wang Tao in astonishment, Li Yifan nodded lightly for a while, reached out and took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to him gently.

Wang Tao took the paper that Li Yifan handed over - the fax, looked down and looked up and down, his face suddenly filled with ecstasy, and said happily: "Okay, this is a good thing." Looking up, Li Yifan asked strangely : "You don't seem very happy, don't you want to participate?"

"No, I want to participate!"

Wang Tao put down the fax in his hand, stared at Li Yifan, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Or something happened?"

Li Yifan spoke out the concerns in his heart in every detail.

"Coach Wang Tao?" Seeing Wang Tao's silence for a long time, Li Yifan asked in a low voice.

"Nothing! Go! Trust me! Someone will take care of your mother's affairs." Coach Jiang Tao said mysteriously.

Li Yifan went back in doubt.

Sure enough, within a few days, Li Yifan's mother was settled, so Li Yifan made up his mind to go.

In the next two days, Li Yifan took Ma Jue and his party around the famous mountains and rivers in Jiang Province. After getting used to the hustle and bustle of the city, they suddenly came to Taoyuan Resort, which gave Ma Jue a very strong visual and physical feeling.After visiting Mount Lu, Ma stubborn refused to go back and said he would die here.The injured Li Yifan almost wanted to kick him back to the base.After finally sending them off at the capital airport, Li Yifan rushed to the basketball management center to report, because the basketball management center gave him a deadline of only three days.

The biggest dream of an athlete is to play for the national team, which is a responsibility and an honor.Li Yifan is no exception.

When he saw coach Piccolo in the training hall, Li Yifan felt weird. He felt that this foreign old man with white hair didn't like him, and he looked cold when he saw him.On the contrary, the assistant coach next to him was very happy to see him coming up and had a warm conversation with him, and asked a member of the Chinese coaching staff to get him training supplies.

The so-called training supplies are actually very simple, just a few youth team uniforms and jackets for training. Since he is a rookie, there is no number record in the Huaxia team, so his uniform is even more empty, not even a number or name. It made him uncomfortable to watch.

Piccolo just asked the players who were training and playing to stop and called Li Yifan to his side and said to everyone, "I believe this is familiar to everyone. Li Yifan will officially become your teammate from today onwards."

The team members applauded to express their welcome. Li Yifan seemed a little restrained and frequently greeted the players he could name.

Li Yifan can also recognize quite a few people, such as Jiang Dongyu from his own team, Long Xun from the Beijing Olympics team, and so on.Li Yifan looked at this place with curiosity, most of the people he knew were almost defeated, and he really didn't know how they would face him.

Curiosity is nothing but curiosity, but I can't draw any conclusions yet. Under Piccolo's yelling, training has resumed. Everyone is busy again, playing training games, and starting the game again.The one who was jogging on the sidelines ran again.Assistant coach Jonas arranged for him to do adaptive training on the sidelines.As everyone knows, Jonas is a famous protector of players. In the past he coached the team, as long as you have a little injury, you are not allowed to play.

Disappointed, Li Yifan walked to the sidelines where several people were already doing adaptive training, and one of them was his old acquaintance—Long Xun.

Long Xun got a little strained during training and is now doing recovery exercises. He greeted Li Yifan with a smile: "Hi, I saw your game was great."

Li Yifan is not a person who holds grudges, and with Long Xun's praise, the little unhappiness in his heart disappeared, and he said embarrassingly: "How can you be so good! I am lucky."

They were here politely, suddenly a person next to Long Xun asked hesitantly: "Your name is Li Yifan?"

Li Yifan saw that it was a young man about his own age, and one could see his immaturity from his face.But his eyes reveal a maturity that is not equal to his age.

"I am." Li Yifan nodded.

"My name is Ma Feifei, do you know me?" the young man suddenly asked Li Yifan.Long Xun, who was next to him, heard him ask if others knew him, and felt that there was something wrong with him.Who would have thought that Li Yifan would ask a different question?
"I don't understand!" Li Yifan was puzzled.

"That's normal, I don't understand you either!"

.......
They were chatting vigorously here, and Piccolo roared at the other side: "What are you two doing? Are you here for training or for chatting?"

Li Yifan stuck out his tongue and didn't dare to speak any more Ma Feifei's English was also very good, so he immediately lowered his head and pretended to be training.Only Long Xun was still staring blankly at Bik, Bik, and then roared: "What do you mean, you mean you."

Long Xun was startled, a little confused: I'm just provoking someone!

According to Ma Feifei, the team has recruited a total of [-] players for this training camp, most of them are players from the qualifiers. Of course, there are also some college players and some overseas players, but they are still the main players.

However, it didn't take long for Piccolo, a foreigner, to be dismissed because he was a foreigner and there was no reason to dismiss him. He ran away angrily, and the person they exchanged was Coach Wang Tao, whom they all knew.

dormitory.In the room of Jiang Dongyu, Long Xun and Li Yifan.

The three of them were assigned to a dormitory. Although they were rivals, they were similar in strength, so they cherished each other.

Jiang Dongyu walked around anxiously, looked at the time, and said worriedly: "It's already nine o'clock, and this bastard hasn't come back yet. I'm really worried that something will happen."

Lying on the bed, Long Xun put down the book in his hand, and said with relief, "The training base is completely enclosed, so it's impossible to think of something immediately, so don't worry."

It turned out that Coach Wang Tao brought a trainer with him today. He is a well-known domestic devil trainer who specializes in training Li Yifan's defense and offense. Many of them have not passed through his hands for a long time. Now Li Yifan has been away for so long. I'm back, so I'm a little worried.

Just as he was thinking, the door of the "Beng" dormitory was pushed open, and a person staggered into the room - Li Yifan.Sweat was dripping from his body, his feet were staggering, and his face was full of exhaustion. Under the eyes of the two people, Li Yifan staggered to the bed, fell on the bed, and muttered softly in his throat: "If you have any problems, wait until I’ll talk about it after I wake up, I’m going to sleep now, I’m going to sleep…”

the next day.

When Jiang Dongyu got out of the bed, he found that there was no sound of morning reading on the balcony at this time of the day. His eyes turned to Li Yifan's bed. There was only a neatly folded quilt on the bed.

At this time, in a training hall of the training base, there was the sound of "papapa..." dribbling at an uncertain speed, "chichichi..." The sound of fierce friction on the floor of the sneakers, accompanied by these sounds was the sound of a young man leaping and jumping. figure...

During this day's training, the devil trainer sat leisurely on a chair by the court with a teacup in his hand, watching the teenagers who were sweating profusely on the court. The devil trainer's eyes were full of approval, and maybe a little bit of surprise.

He has never seen anyone so desperate, especially under his own prestige, there is no one who is not weak-legged.Li Yifan on the court was completely immersed in the training, enjoying and joyfully comprehending the new insights emerging from the boring training.

In the afternoon, the same place.

The figure on the courtside chair was replaced by coach Wang Tao, looking at the figure on the court with a smile on his legs.

On the court, the devil trainer who changed into sportswear stood in front of Li Yifan.Under Li Yifan's control, the basketball erratically spun and bounced around him.

The ball control is still so superb.

What's different compared to yesterday is whoever has the ball.Probing the shoulders, turning the body, "snap!" A basketball bounced from the crotch, the person in charge of the ball suddenly started, and the figures intertwined, "Shua!" There was a crisp sound of entering the net, and a layup was scored.

"Papa..." Coach Wang Tao's warm applause sounded from the sidelines, "Okay, I have the same demeanor as I did back then, haha..."

Dizzy, the emotion still praises myself, the devil trainer rolled his eyes, wiped his sweat panting, and said to Li Yifan: "Take a break, I'm too tired."

"Yeah." Li Yifan, who was bending over to pick up the ball, responded lightly, but he grabbed the basketball and "pop!" The basketball bounced on the ground, and started his own training.

Turn, speed up, jump up, shoot the basket, "Shua!" The basketball enters the frame.The whole process is smooth and smooth, in one go.

The two people on the sidelines looked at each other and exchanged such messages: He has improved again!
……

At night, when Jiang Dongyu and Long Xun returned to the dormitory, they were surprised to find that Li Yifan had already returned first.Li Yifan, who was lying on the bed and soundly asleep, still had a smile on his lips.In Jiang Dongyu's words, that smile is: the expression on his face every time he finishes eating a roast duck.

the next morning.The location is the main training ground of the youth training team.

The youth training team members who had already arrived at the stadium lined up quietly waiting for the head coach Wang Tao to start today's training.

Coach Wang Tao stood quietly with his hands behind his back, his eyes turned to the door of the gymnasium from time to time as if he was waiting for something.

Who are you waiting for?

Two people appeared at the door, the one in front was a middle-aged man, followed by a young man.

"Li Yifan?" The youth training team had already recognized him.

"Coach!" Li Yifan walked up to coach Wang Tao and bent slightly.

Coach Wang Tao smiled slightly and said, "Enroll!"

Jiang Dongyu in the queue quietly gave up his position, and Li Yifan stood beside him.

"Start training!"

On the fifth day after entering the youth training team, Li Yifan finally started his first group training for the youth training team.

A practice game is going on on the pitch.Players are divided into red and white teams for a fierce duel.There are only twelve official players in the youth training team, and it is now the second stage of the training camp. The performance of the players in the game may be related to whether they can become one of the twelve players in the end, so the players on the field are full with all my might.The game was unusually exciting and intense.

The players who did not play on the sidelines focused on the game on the court, observed the performance of the players on the court, and thought about how to play if they played.

Li Yifan is also one of the off-court players.Coach Wang Tao beckoned him to sit beside him.Based on the game on the field, coach Wang Tao analyzed the situation of the game on the field, the tactics adopted by both sides, the running positions of the players in the game, and the skills displayed by both sides in attacking and defending... This is already known to the general youth players. It's common sense, but for Li Yifan, it's like opening up a new world. He listened attentively to Coach Wang Tao's analysis.

Although they could hear that coach Wang Tao's advice to Li Yifan was only basic for them, sitting with the head coach so closely still made many players on the sidelines envious.Moreover, they had seen that Li Yifan's strength was not inferior to Long Xun's in the last mixed duel, and it was almost certain that one of the twelve places was missing.

Coach Wang Tao seemed to be able to watch all directions and listen to all directions. Although he never stopped coaching Li Yifan, the performance of the players on and off the field did not escape his eyes.

"Substitution!" Coach Wang Tao said to the players on the sidelines without turning his head when the ball went out of bounds on the field, "Wang Siyang, Fatty Zhang, you two will come on the field to replace Yajialan and Smith."

The called Wang Siyang and Zhang Fatty were exactly two of those "envious" people.The two froze for a moment, then excitedly put on white training clothes and went on stage.

After the substitution, the game continued.

With Jiang Dongyu and Long Xun's partners, the red team has gradually gained the advantage on the court.Wang Siyang and Fatty Zhang are indeed two strong players, and their technical characteristics are just right to curb the opponent's advantage. After replacing these two players, the white team regained their rhythm, and the situation of the game tended to balance again. Obviously, coach Wang Tao is deliberately grasping the situation on the court.

(End of this chapter)