Chapter 49 The Way of Exerting Force

Kahun’s words are not just polite words. Players will definitely need time to recover and adjust after returning from injury. After all, Walker’s injury is not big, but it is not small. It is impossible to find the feeling after a month’s rest. .

After playing Pittsburgh, the University of Konstantin us ushered in the away game against West Virginia University after a few days of rest.

West Virginia University is also a famous school. The most famous player in the team's history is "logo" Jerry West. Last season, they were the regular season champions of the Big East Conference. They entered the championship as the second seed in the Eastern Division and reached the Final four.

This season, their strength has declined due to the departure of the core, but they are still ranked fifth in the Big East and are working hard to enter the top half.

This was a strong duel. The two sides went head-to-head against Maimang after the opening game, and they hit all the sparks. Smith even got kicked out of the game because of T.

The game played more than 8 minutes and the score was tied at 9.

Cahon replaced Napier with Walker at this time, and wanted to use him to break the deadlock.

It is the most classic tactics of the University of Kangxi, Tang Tian and Walker cooperate in the high position of the pick-and-roll.

The opponent was afraid of Tang Tian's three-point shooting ability and did not dare to double-team Walker. Walker singled the opponent's forward and made a shot after changing direction.

This was originally Walker's forte, but his change of direction was obviously a little too small. As a result, his shot was almost blocked by the opponent when he didn't completely throw it away, and the ball also went out of the basket after the shot.

After the opponent took the rebound, he directly pushed the fast break, and the defender chased after him and made a three-pointer, and the atmosphere of the scene was ignited.

"Kemba he..." Ollie hesitated at this time.

Kahon didn't speak.

There was clearly something wrong with Walker's state, but I couldn't say why.

In fact, after the last game, he chatted with Walker privately and asked if he had not fully recovered from the injury.

Walker's answer is that the injury has no effect.

The game on the court continued, and Walker missed a layup on the right, and he failed to seize two consecutive opportunities.

Seeing that Walker didn't play well, the fans on the scene cheered loudly.

In the end, Concordia lost the game 61-71 on the road, ending its four-game winning streak.

Walker played 20 minutes and scored only 4 points and 3 assists on 2 of 10 shots. His performance was not much different from the previous game.

After the game, Cahun chose to avoid talking about issues related to Walker.

After the game on this day, the players took a shower in the locker room to rest.

Tang Tian came out of the shower and didn't see Walker, and after asking around, no one knew.

He thought about it for a while, and finally went to the visiting team's training hall, and took a bottle of water with him when he went out.

This point is not in the locker room. With Walker's character, his poor performance is mostly due to extra training.

Tang Tian arrived at the training hall, and as expected, Walker was training there sweating profusely.

"Kemba." Tang Tian went in and shouted.

When Walker saw it was Tang Tian, ​​he wiped his sweat and forced a smile from the corner of his mouth.

"Take a rest, your injury is just right, and you just finished the game, it's easy to relapse." Tang Tian said.

Walker nodded after listening, walked to the sidelines and sat down.

Judging from the way he walks, his ankles are indeed fine.

Tang Tian handed the water to Walker.

"Thank you." Walker took two sips after taking it.

"Are you worried about your ankle?" Tang Tian asked suddenly.

"What?" Walker looked at Tang Tian unexpectedly, his eyes showed that Tang Tian had already guessed.

"You don't dare to exert force because you are worried that your ankle is injured again." Tang Tian repeated.

Lamb's poor performance before was a matter of mentality. Walker obviously couldn't be this. As a junior, he experienced a lot of ups and downs, and judging from his performance after the injury, his heart was extremely strong.

Of course, it can't be a problem of strength. If the ankle injury is good, Walker's strength is definitely in the top ten among NCAA point guards.

It's not mentality or injury, it's definitely something to be concerned about if you don't perform well.

The only thing he could worry about was his newly injured ankle.

Tang Tian had coached so many players in his previous life, and he was quite familiar with them.

"Yeah." Walker nodded with a wry smile, and touched his ankle unconsciously.

The one-month injury is not a long time, but it is also the biggest injury he has encountered in the NCAA.

A breakthrough player like him has no more ankle injuries than other injuries. If he is injured again, even if it is a minor injury like before, then he will really not be able to play in the championship.

Without him, Kangda would not go far, and his efforts this year would be in vain.

Walker didn't say this, but Tang Tian could fully feel that the two had been together for a long time, and he still knew Walker very well.

"I have some advice, I don't know if you want to hear it or not?" Tang Tian said suddenly.

"What advice?" Walker looked at Tang Tian curiously.

"You have to adjust the way you exert your strength." Tang Tian continued.

"How to exert force?"

"Yes, you are a breakthrough player. It is impossible to change your attacking style all at once. There are only half a month left in the championship, but you can try to adjust the way of exerting force, from the ankle force to the thigh and the thigh. Hip strength." Tang Tian said.

Players who focus on breakthroughs, unless they are hard-hitting players like Iverson, will definitely suffer from ankle injuries. The most typical example is Stephen Curry. During the rookie contract, various breakthroughs almost cost him his career. After more than a dozen injuries, both big and small, it was only after changing the way of exerting force and the way of attacking that he survived and had the opportunity to become a superstar.

Of course, the NCAA is not the NBA, and Walker doesn't have as much time as Curry to change the way of offense, so changing the way of exertion is the most likely solution.

Walker is curious, this is the first time he has heard such a thing.

This is also completely normal. The NCAA is not a commercial league, and many things are much less professional than the NBA. What Tang Tian said is like his physical training method, which he mastered when he was a coach in his previous life.

In the following time, Tang Tian explained the specific method to Walker. After Walker heard it, he was suddenly enlightened, and the gloom between his brows seemed to dissipate for the most part.

His concerns cannot be shared with his teammates or with the coaching staff, because no one can solve this, but what Tang Tian said was different. Tang Tian gave him a solution to his worries, and it was effective. of.

"This will take a time transition, because you still have to play, I suggest that you can choose to break through from the left first, so that in the transition period, even if you exert more force, it will be your left ankle rather than the injured right ankle. " Tang Tian added.

Congrats to the lazy don't remember the name for becoming the second helmsman of this book.