Chapter 39 Thibodeau's Teaching
The game resumed. He Zhongqiu sat on the bench. First assistant coach Thibodeau squatted in front of him and asked, "He, how do you think you played?"

"I think it's very good."

He understood half of it, and after Philip supplemented it, he immediately spoke with confidence.

This sentence does not need to be translated. Thibodeau sneered twice and then said: "No, on the contrary, you played as bad as a pile of shit."

"Wellington, he said NO and said shit, what does that mean?" His eyes widened.

Philip awkwardly translated, "He said you played like shit. Zhongqiu, I think you actually played pretty well."

"No way, is he picking on me?"

He didn't believe it at all. He played well, so why did people say that about him?
At this time, Thibodeau explained: "Although you sent two blocks, you were outside the zone defense on the defensive end, just following the ball, and left your defensive area several times, allowing the opponent to take advantage. Several attacks were scored from the gaps you left."

"Isn't it wrong to follow the ball?" He Zhongqiu asked in surprise.

Thibodeau said patiently: "Of course not, we are playing a zone defense, you have to guard your area, otherwise what if the opponent attacks from you?
Other positions are defended by other teammates. Wherever the ball is, it will be defended by the teammates there. It is none of your business. "

"Is that so? Now I know. Coach, why didn't you tell me earlier? How would I know if you didn't tell me?"

He Zhongqiu scratched his scalp hard with his nails. He knew that he had very little tactical knowledge, so he felt a little embarrassed.

"Receive guidance from the coach, defensive tactical proficiency +100." A system prompt suddenly flashed before his eyes.

Thibodeau didn't understand his half-English, half-Chinese speech, and many of the grammar was wrong. Philip quickly translated it. After listening to it, Thibodeau said unhappily: "How do I know that you don't even know this common defensive common sense?"

"What about the offense?"

He Zhongqiu immediately changed the subject.

Thibodeau said: "On the offensive end, you also did not integrate into the team's tactics. You only knew to go to the basket to get the ball. There was no screen, no support, no retreat, no pass, no running. You almost did not understand the team's tactics at all. You were just playing alone.

You are a rookie with poor skills. Although you have a certain ability to attack the basket, the team cannot put too much offense on you. If you cannot integrate into the team's offensive system, you will be gradually marginalized. "

He Zhongqiu actually didn't quite understand and could only scratch his head.

Thibodeau and Philip looked at the big bald head in front of them with some worry, fearing that sparks would come out of it.

At this time, He Zhongqiu nodded and said, "Coach, I know I lack a lot of basketball knowledge, especially in terms of tactics. I will study harder."

"OK."

Thibodeau's stern face smiled and nodded with satisfaction.

He has been in the league for so many years and has seen countless guys with explosive talent. These guys rely on their talent and are too lazy to practice their skills or learn tactics. They just play based on their talent. Nine out of ten of these people are quickly eliminated.

In his opinion, no matter how talented He Zhongqiu is, if he doesn't even understand basic tactics and has no tactical qualities, he will definitely not stay in the league for long. After one or two seasons, he will be marginalized and then eliminated.

He Zhongqiu made a decision and picked up the tactical manual that Xia Song left for him. Since Xia Song left the day before yesterday, he had thrown that thing aside and had not touched it from yesterday to today.

After the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 28:28.

"He, you'll be on the court at the start of the second quarter."

At this time, Don Cheney came over and said to He Zhongqiu, and then said to Thibodeau: "Tom, tell him what he should do on the court? Don't let him run around like a headless fly." "OK."

Thibodeau brought over a tactical board, squatted in front of He Zhongqiu and began to explain the tactics to him.

"Look, defensively you should guard this area."

He drew a circle with a pen from the left wing low post to the basket to the left elbow area and said: "Whenever the ball handler enters this area, you have to double-team.

When double-teaming, be careful about the ball handler passing the ball, especially when you leave the basket, the weak side is likely to make a back cut, so when double-teaming, you must block the ball handler's passing angle to the basket.

By the way, do you know about back cutting? "

"N knows."

After listening to Philip's translation, He Zhongqiu nodded quickly.

He still knew these basketball terms in the NBA, because before coming to the United States, Xia Song hired a professional coach to teach him, and his tactics were improved by several levels.

"If the ball handler doesn't enter your zone, don't leave that zone, don't follow the ball," Thibodeau said.

Of course, the team's defensive shape will shift as the ball moves.

For example, if the ball is passed from the left wing to the right wing, then our defensive formation will also move to the right wing, but that is an overall movement, everyone is moving, and there will be no loopholes in the defensive formation.

If a player without the ball enters your area, such as the opponent's center entering the basket, as long as the opponent is not strong, you can just watch him. There is no need to confront him all the time, which will waste your energy.

But if the opponent is an offensive center, you have to block him and not let him get to the basket easily, understand?"

"Received careful instruction from the coach, defensive tactics proficiency +500."

He Zhongqiu absorbed this knowledge quickly in his mind and was also rewarded. His tactics improved faster than his skills, depending on the amount of knowledge he received.

"There's no time. Let me tell you more about the attack."

Thibodeau wiped off the handwriting and said quickly: "Our basic tactics are mainly breakthrough tactics, outside ball breakthrough, as an inside player, you have to evacuate the basket in time.

The so-called evacuation of the basket means using your mid-range shooting ability to pull out of the restricted area, take away the defender, and create breakthrough space for the outside.

Of course, you don’t have the ability to shoot mid-range shots now, but that doesn’t mean you have to stand there. You can set pick-and-roll screens for your teammates who are breaking through.

The so-called pick-and-roll screen is to block the defender of your teammates, do you understand?
After the pick-and-roll, if you don’t have the ability to shoot from the mid-range, you can choose to roll down and follow up, which means rushing into the paint with your teammates and being ready to receive the ball at any time.”

Philip's lips were trembling as fast as he could. He knew Chinese well, so he translated it almost accurately.

"Pick-and-roll? Roll-on? OK, I get it."

The coach's tactical theory teaching helped him gain proficiency in 200 offensive tactics. He Zhongqiu nodded quickly.

He decided to ask coaches for more knowledge in the future so that he could improve his tactical level more quickly.

(End of this chapter)