Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 12 The unexpected special skills trainer
Chen Ran was once again exposed to the "simulation training ground". Because of the previous episode in the English class, he practiced even harder.

When playing against his coach "Zhang Depei", Chen Ran fired the ACE ball for the first time in his life. At the same time, his technical attributes finally improved to 60 points.

The system also sent a message immediately.

"Congratulations on improving your technical attributes to 60 points."

"Get a trainer with special skills!"

Soon, a foreign young man about the same height and build as Chen Ran slowly walked out of the lounge in the distance and became the third person in the training ground.

When this foreign young man walked up to Chen Ran, his expression became more and more exciting.

"Hello, from now on I will be your ball trainer."

"You...are Alcaraz!"

Chen Ran pointed at the other party and blurted out excitedly.

The trainer of this special skill turned out to be the talented Spanish tennis player Alcaraz.

Alcaraz is known as the new tennis giant born in the 00s. He has reached the final victory in both Grand Slam finals. Especially in the 2023 Wimbledon final, the world is optimistic about the defending champion Djokovic. In this case, the two men fought for nearly five hours. Alcaraz defeated Djokovic 3-2 with difficulty and completed the new king's ascension.

A tennis prodigy who has just turned 20 has the same number of Grand Slams as all players born in the 90s.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran came to his senses. It's only 2002 now. You seem to have been born in 2003, right?

"The coaching resources we collected are all famous tennis players until September 2023!" The system quickly explained to Chen Ran.

that would be great!
Chen Ran's heart suddenly surged.

"I am only responsible for teaching you the skills of placing small balls, and I can only instruct you for four hours a day. You have to hurry up." Alcaraz put his hands on his hips and grinned, with a little bit of childishness on his face. acne.

Why is it four hours? Does it correspond to the four Grand Slams?
"Okay, let's start training now." Chen Ran said with anticipation.

Alcaraz possesses the most superb technique of releasing small balls. Even when playing against giants like Djokovic at the French Open and Wimbledon, he will still use unexpected small balls to make his opponents run tired.

Chen Ran is only 16 years old. If he keeps using his arms to swing the ball vigorously during the game, it will actually put a heavy burden on his elbows. However, releasing the ball requires a sense of the ball, hand feel, and accurate timing and rhythm. On the contrary, it will put a heavy burden on his arms. It doesn't require much strength, but it's a good way to score points and win.

As a result, Chen Ran devoted himself to brand-new training with great enthusiasm.

In front of the net, in the service area, in no man's land, and at the baseline, Chen Ran took the trouble to train the ball anywhere on the tennis court.

At the same time, Chen Ran was also observing the ball-dropping action of "Alcaraz" on the opposite side of the ground.

When placing a small ball, it must be sufficiently confusing and concealed. You cannot tell your opponent clearly that your next move is to release a small ball, so that the opponent can be prepared in advance.

Therefore, you must use your lower limbs, and all the movements of pushing and turning should be done before the racket knocks down the ball. Try to make it exactly the same as when hitting the ball hard. The greater the confusion, the less likely it is to succeed. The higher it is, then make quick changes during the lead-in phase, rub the ball gently, and hit the ball out.

It must be noted that the highest point of the ball's flight trajectory after leaving the racket is not on the net belt, but in front of the net belt on your side, so as to ensure that the ball will not be placed too far away from the net after landing.Every movement must be done to perfection in order to release a precise ball that can win with one hit.

Of course, when you release the ball, you should always be ready to rush to the net. After all, your opponent has a certain probability of catching the ball you release, but in a hurry, the quality of the return ball will most likely be average. This requires you to volley decisively in front of the net.

Chen Ran has a training environment that other athletes do not have. He is the best small ball player in the world. He constantly feeds you the ball one-on-one, and takes the trouble to personally demonstrate for you, making him like a sponge, quickly absorbing water. .

Since Chen Ran's physical fitness is unlimited in the "simulation training ground", he will arrange the 4 hours of small ball training every day in the morning and afternoon for two hours each, and also set aside an hour each in the morning and afternoon, and another hour in the evening. Two hours for other basic tennis training.

There are 8 hours a day, and the rest of the extra time is used for physical exercise.

A week passed quickly. Under the careful guidance of two world-class players, Chen Ran's attributes improved slightly.

技术属性从60提到了62，精神属性从65提升到了66，身体属性也从78提升到了79。

In particular, Chen Ran's level of playing small balls is already between the level of players in the ATP Challenger League and the ATP Tour. This is just the result of one week of training.

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Nowadays, the time for the high school entrance examination is getting closer and closer, with less than half a month left. At the same time, the amount of homework assigned by teachers is getting smaller and smaller, giving students more and more independent time.

At this stage, it is not worth the gain to increase the burden on students with massive homework. It is the best choice for them to prepare for the exam with a light-packing mentality.

This is obviously a good thing for Chen Ran, because he spends much less time copying homework.

But his deskmate couldn't stand it anymore, and said with a somewhat concerned tone: "Chen Ran, you still keep copying even though you have so little homework. If you look like this, you won't even be able to pass the general high school entrance examination." !”

"Your grades were pretty good, not much behind mine."

Zhou Jing's grades have been hovering around the top ten in the class for a long time, while Chen Ran's ranking in the class has been around the twentieth despite having to take care of the training of the basketball team.

There is a gap of about ten places, and the total score difference is about 20 points. It does not seem like much, but in the context of the entire Dongzhou City, the gap is hundreds of places.

At this time, Chen Ran just finished copying the last fill-in-the-blank question. He put the test paper down gently, gently turned the pen with his middle finger and index finger, and joked: "If you really can't pass the high school entrance examination, then you will start a business and start a company. Let me think about it... etc. You have graduated from college, maybe my company has already begun to take shape.”

"Hehe, college students at that time were not worth much anymore, and jobs were not so easy to find. For the sake of your former classmates and copying my homework, my boss will arrange a position for you."

When Zhou Jing saw that Chen Ran was talking nonsense and not serious, she turned away angrily and ignored him.

But after a while, she quietly reached over and asked, "Do you think it will be really hard to find a job as a college student in the future?"

The expansion of university enrollment began in 1999. Even those who enrolled in the expansion only graduated this summer, even if they are junior college students, and the impact has not yet been truly felt.

Bei Liuhui, who was sitting in front of Chen Ran, suddenly turned his head and said with contempt: "He knows nothing!"

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(End of this chapter)