The Fifth Point Guard

As for STO's favor, Jordan had already repaid it during the offseason last season.

But when Shentong brought out several boxes of things Jordan had never seen before and introduced their origins, Jordan finally couldn't help but give in.

Although compared to cigars, they are short, washed, small, and wrapped in white paper, but when you take a puff, the taste is too strong.

Chinese cigarettes live up to their reputation.

Although cigarettes are good, don’t smoke them too much.

"Yes, very good. You have to test it before turning around. Come again."

"This fake move is very good, just like that, the waist and abdomen should also twist along with it."

"Yes, I understood it quickly. The closing of my hand just now is the essence of this action."

"Although the goal was scored, your elbow movement was wrong, as it should be."

Seven days later.

"Damn, I don't think I have anything left to teach you."

Shentong smiled and passed the ball to Jordan.

"Michael, fight me with all your strength."

"I'm a little tired."

"If you try your best to fight me, win or lose, I will give you another box of Chinese cigarettes."

Jordan's eyes lit up and he said, "Really?"

"Of course, there is still a lie. If I lie, I will write the Chinese character Shen upside down!"

"good!"

After hearing Shentong make such a vicious oath, Jordan believed it.

The result of this battle ended with STO's victory.

6-3.

There is almost no suspense.

"Shen, you win." Jordan gasped and sat on the floor and said, "You are the second person to beat me in a one-on-one match."

Shentong shook his head and said: "You are already 41 years old, and I have just turned 22. It is my physical and physical advantages that allow me to defeat you. If you were 22 years old, the outcome would be unpredictable."

Jordan climbed up from the floor with a smile, walked up and patted Shentong on the shoulder, and said: "Shen, I really don't have anything more technical to teach you. I have watched your game against the Pistons. Well, your biggest problem right now is still the lack of strength in confrontation, so I will give you a business card, and you can visit him this offseason."

After saying that, Jordan turned around and came to the side of the field, rummaged in his pocket for a while, pulled out a business card and handed it to STO.

"That's him, ask him to train you, just say Michael asked him to train you, he will understand."

Shentong took the business card.

Tim Grove.

Professional strength trainer.

"I don't need a strength trainer, I'm in the gym doing strength exercises almost every day."

Seeing Shentong's confused eyes, Jordan showed his signature smile and said, "Go to him and he will make you understand everything."

After listening to Jordan's words, Shentong put away his business card and turned to leave.

Looking at Shentong's leaving figure, Jordan couldn't help but said to himself: "This kid will definitely become a great guy."

When Grove took his business card and heard about Shentong's intention, he burst out laughing and said, "Michael mentioned you to me. He said you wanted to try your best to improve your basketball level, is that right?

Shentong nodded, his eyes showing determination.

Grove said: "Do you know why Michael wants you to come to my place for training after he said he has nothing to teach you?"

Shentong shook his head in silence.

Grove continued: "Because I am a strength trainer, in other words, I am actually a ceiling breaker."

Shentong swallowed, he knew that the next training would not be easy.

In fact, before coming to Grove, Shentong had already searched everything from Grove on the Internet.

At that time, Jordan was still a young boy, and his Bulls team was often bullied by Pistons players.

The Pistons at that time were somewhat similar to the Pistons now. They were both fiercely defensive and full of passion.

Although the game is not enjoyable enough, the game is always won in the end.

After losing to the Pistons in a row, Jordan began to realize his lack of strength.

Before playing for the Pistons, Jordan never lifted weights or did much strength training, but after being severely repaired by the Pistons, he finally decided to gain some muscle.

So here comes Grove.

"Athletes are always running and burning calories, so it's hard for them to build muscle," he said.

As a result, under Grove's leadership, Jordan's strength improved significantly and his performance improved day by day.

Following Jordan's instructions, Grove almost completely copied his own standards for Jordan onto STO's schedule.

In traditional training, the main muscles of the body are usually trained, but Grove subverted Shentong's usual thinking, because in addition to strength training of the main muscle groups, there are also many detailed muscle trainings.

For this reason, Grove's core strength training for Shentong included not only the abdominal muscles (most players at that time concentrated on training this position), but also the side muscles (obliques) and back muscles (erectors). Core training like this is essential for increasing your body's flexibility while also avoiding injury.

In fact, this kind of core strength training is required in all sports on the basketball court, such as when grabbing rebounds and dribbling.

During the specific training process, Shentong was required to perform medicine ball training and other core strength training. For example, fitness ball sit-ups involve holding a medicine ball in both left and right hands and holding it in the air during the sit-ups. This kind of training is very useful for strengthening the abdominal muscles, and the gluteal muscles are also trained at the same time. In addition, there are many other training methods.

The day to return to team training is getting closer.

There's still a week to go.

When Grove took Shentong for strength training, Shentong asked Grove a question.

"Tim, through strength training, can you really significantly improve your basketball skills and tactics?"

"Of course." Grove replied while pointing out Shentong's movements during training, "Use more force and don't empty your waist. Pay attention."

After this action was completed, Grove replied: "How else could Michael sweep the Pistons?"

After listening to Grove's words, Shentong felt confident, but when he thought about it, he felt something was wrong.

"Tim, sometimes these iron-blooded defenses will even have someone hanging on you, one to two people, or even three people in severe cases. The guys who blocked Michael at that time were also Pistons, so how did Michael overcome them? Defensively, led the Bulls past the Pistons?"

Grove said with a smile: "That's all thanks to me. I took Michael to train for a summer. After the training, Michael was able to bear 6 times his own weight when sprinting, and completed the sprint. The basket moves."

Shentong stopped moving in surprise.

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