Chapter 187 Why not play for the championship?
Li Yan's new semester began with his magical rhythm.

In the past, although most of the students didn’t know what he was doing, at least he was sitting in the classroom, so they could guess that he was studying or writing. Now they can’t even see it.

Although his roommates knew what he was "going to do", they had no idea what the missing Li Yan was doing during class time.

Li Yan said he was very busy.

Although the preliminary round of the Informatics Olympiad League was easy, if she wanted to create a miracle with Chen Fan, her computer skills with 46% progress were probably not enough and she needed to find a way to improve them. Li Yan took advantage of the system mechanism and found a lot of computer software with different functions, and quickly mastered their use.

Learning software is almost no pressure for Li Yan. It is nothing more than a matter of memory. Once you have mastered the operation of a software, set some requirements for yourself, practice it, and understand how to meet various requirements, you can basically master it.

Of course, some software has complex parameters, and even has some functions that are not actually easy to use but are indeed usable - such as the 3D modeling function of graphic design software. Li Yan will not touch these for the time being as they are a thankless task.

Anyway, he first used the software that was not difficult and time-consuming to learn, improved the "software technology" value to feed back the advanced skill "computer", and then radiated "programming", learning the simple ones and improving the difficult ones, so that the efficiency was maximized.

The deadline for the mystery novel is approaching, so he needs to concentrate on revising it. The record project with Lin Heng also needs to be advanced, and he is currently selecting the right words. He also needs to start studying physics and chemistry, so he needs to learn the knowledge in the course in a short period of time. The online article has also reached a critical stage, and how high this book can go depends on the climax of the plot he is thinking about. The basketball team has been formed, and he needs to formally lead his teammates...

He wants to make use of all his time. When he gets tired of doing one thing, he switches to another. When his brain is tired, he participates in sports.

It sounds tiring, but one of his current skills with the highest values ​​- "Energy" with 60% progress, makes Li Yan enjoy it.

It's not so easy to drain his energy now.

During the physical education class on Friday afternoon, Li Yan appeared on the playground, which shocked the entire Class Zero.

"You don't even attend the main subjects, but you show up in the physical education class?" Lin Heng asked while running.

"The basketball team is not just my business." Li Yan's answer went straight to the point.

The Class Zero basketball team, including all the members of dormitory 403, plus the tall Bai Xiaosheng and the short and tough Hou Xuan, a total of eight people.

The only three people here who can really play basketball are Li Ruofei, Li Yan and Lin Heng. Hou Xuan can be considered to have gotten started. He has the physical fitness to dribble to the basket and can shoot three-pointers.

There is nothing much to say about the others. Players like Zhu Qinglun, who can't even dribble the ball and can only rebound under the basket, are considered "good players".

"In fact, it's very simple for us to be competitive," Li Yan, who was surrounded by people, was trying to boost morale. "Our biggest advantage is our good brains. I believe that after systematic practice, we can have a good understanding and execution of tactics. Position movement is something that is learned faster when people don't have much basketball skills, because they won't be thinking about how to play the ball themselves."

"Hmm..." The response was lukewarm.

"The tactical positioning will be handed over to the captain and head coach Li Ruofei. I will be the assistant coach. We will teach everyone what tactics to execute under what circumstances." Li Yan said with full energy, "We must believe that our opponents have no idea what positioning is. Most of them can only defend one-on-one."

No one understood, but Lin Heng nodded.

"You don't have to worry about not being able to play. As long as the positioning is implemented, everyone just needs to master their own three skills. A functional player who can fully utilize his expertise is the best piece of the championship puzzle."

Zhu Qinglun suddenly made a shot in the air, which made everyone laugh.

"Xiaosheng, with your height, you must be a center. You just need to be able to position yourself, grab the rebound and make a layup. You don't even have to move, just stand under the basket."

"Doesn't he need pick-and-roll?" Li Ruofei was a little surprised.

"Unless the opponent double-teams you, it will be useless for anyone to come." Li Yan said lightly, "As for the ball control, Ruofei and I will basically be on the court the whole time, just leave it to us. We are the organizing forwards, so Liang Ban, Qinglun, Chen Fan, you three just need to learn how to run and shoot three-pointers, and shoot boldly. If the ball can't go in, we are here for you."

"What about me?" Hou Xuan asked puzzledly.

"You have great potential, Brother Xuan."

The word "Brother Xuan" confused Hou Xuan.

Li Yan threw the basketball to him, "You put your body here, you can break through when you have the chance. Pass it back."

Hou Xuan threw a cannonball back, and Li Yan caught it steadily. "The passing technique is very simple. Once the tactics are implemented, if you do a good job of passing the ball, there will be opportunities everywhere. The same goes for defense. There is no need to ask yourself to be an elite defender. Just hold your position. Your main task is to build a defensive system."

At this point, no one actually had much confidence. Everyone looked at each other with wandering eyes.

The boys from other classes who were playing ball and running nearby also found it funny how serious Class Zero looked.

Especially Class 9 of Grade 7.

Enemies always meet. This semester, in the physical education class, Class 9 of the first grade, which had the most athletes, was defeated by Class Zero in the school sports meet. It could also be said that Class 9, which was defeated by Li Yan alone, had physical education class at the same time as Class Zero.

The level of their basketball class can be said to be at the seed team level, so they were quite angry about Li Yan forming a team with a group of people who couldn't even play basketball.

"Give everyone some confidence." Li Yan dribbled the ball a few times. "Your job is to play with your brains. As long as you can run the offensive tactics and form a defensive system, the rest will be left to Ruofei and me. Everyone really don't need to be nervous. The important thing is to participate. If we win, it's everyone's. If we lose, it's Ruofei and I's." As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yan suddenly lowered his center of gravity, started from outside the three-point line, and slammed a dunk at lightning speed.

Although they were mentally prepared, everyone was still stunned when they saw it with their own eyes.

Li Ruofei was previously a member of the city youth team. After seeing a group of people from the youth team flying around, he was relatively calm. However, considering the various things about Li Yan, he couldn't help but shake his head in amazement.

"You are our greatest advantage..."

The basketball hoop was still shaking slightly, and a burst of "Wow" came from the girls in the distance. Even Liang Tiancheng couldn't help but smile and scratched his head when he heard it.

The basketball practice of Class 9 of Grade 1 was stopped by Li Yan's dunk. The tall and thin guy who was defending the best basketball player in the class asked:
"Brother Qiu, this... doesn't look like a joke. Can you dunk it?"

Qiu Li, a student with a specialization in basketball and the only member of the school basketball team in the first grade of junior high school, shrugged and said, "Dunking doesn't mean basketball ability."

Then he shot a three-pointer, which went out of the rim.

Li Yan has already started to pull Li Ruofei to explain the basic tactics to the team. With the mobilization and demonstration of strength, the teammates have become much more active.

After all, these boys certainly have a dream of representing their class in basketball. Who wouldn’t envy the dazzling “class stars” in the basketball class game? Who wouldn’t want to hear the girls cheering for you with all their might?

It's just that my level is not good enough and I'm worried about falling behind. After all, I have to win the competition.

Going up there as cannon fodder is not that interesting, as participation is what matters.

But if there is a big boss in the team, that’s another matter, especially when this big boss also said that if we win, we will be happy together, but if we lose, he will bear the consequences.

Lin Heng beat his chest confidently: "If I lose, it's mine."

"As long as you start to fantasize about your performance on the court, we will be able to win the championship."

"I thought I was lucky enough to make it through the first round of eliminations..." Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile.

"The first round?" Li Yan glanced at Li Ruofei, "As long as we are not playing against those three strong teams, the first round will be left to Ruofei and me."

Hou Xuan realized it later, "Brother Yan, are we really going to compete for the championship?"

Li Yan smiled and walked outside the three-point line. "I can accept losing, and I can also comfort myself after losing. The most important thing is to participate, but the goal of the game... if it's not for the championship, why play?"

As he spoke, the basketball drew a beautiful arc from his hands and hit the net.

Taking advantage of everyone's high interest, the Class Zero basketball team practiced for a while after school on Friday under the leadership of Su Ya.

After his teammates had a preliminary understanding of "positioning" and "tactics", Li Yan decided to let them practice the three tricks first. He was responsible for leading Bai Xiaosheng to practice rebounding and layups under the basket.

Li Yan stood on the other side and randomly threw the ball hard, hitting the backboard or crossing the bridge, and then shouted to Bai Xiaosheng rhythmically: "Catch the ball, right! Go! Jump, grab the ball! Hold it! Good, go!"

Bai Xiaosheng's movements were still very stiff. For a 185cm tall man with long arms, the point where he grabbed the rebound was lower than his head.

However, as he trained, he gradually learned to raise his hands to grab the ball, which made Li Yan very pleased.

The girls who were watching always felt something was wrong. Su Ya whispered to Ding Qing:

"Don't you think that Li Yan is... just like training a pet?"

"You said Xiaosheng looks like a dog?"

"Shut up, when did I ever mean that!"

Li Yan just shouted over there: "You need to have a keen sense of rebounding!"

Until the end of the training, Bai Xiaosheng still didn't understand why the girls in the class would smile at him, and each of them had a blushing face and looked very shy.

It must be my tall and mighty image that shocked their girlish hearts.

When we returned to the dormitory, everyone in Room 403 was soaked and they all rushed to take a shower first.

Chen Fan, who always chose to take a shower first, did not move. He looked at the message on his phone and asked Li Yan while she was changing clothes:
"You're going to make up for the league preliminary test this weekend?"

(End of this chapter)