Match Point

"Hey guys, good morning."

The head coach of the Bruins, Billy Martin, appeared on the court. He was wearing simple short-sleeved sports shorts and the iconic dark blue tennis cap of the Bruins. His cheeks were slightly flushed, and his eyebrows were almost invisible, but he looked amiable. , The slightly fatter figure, compared to his age, is still well maintained.

When he was young, Martin was not an outstanding player. He was more active in the field of doubles, but even his doubles results were not outstanding; as a coach, Martin has his own understanding and strategy, and is very good at discovering the shining points of players. Considered one of the best coaches in Bruins history.

"How is everything going well with the exam preparation? If there is still homework to be done, I suggest you finish it right after the training is over. I don't want to receive a call from the professor of your college, complaining to me that our practice time is disrupted Your final exam plans."

Martin joked with a smile, and all the players standing neatly in front laughed softly.

"To be honest, I want to complain that the winter training time is too short, and there is no place to complain, but the NCAA stipulates that the daily practice time is not allowed to exceed two hours, so let's just two hours, I am used to it."

As he spoke, he deliberately spread his hands to make a helpless expression, and even rolled his eyes, which immediately made everyone laugh even more cheerfully.

The assistant coach Grant Chen who was standing next to him had to cough twice, reminding Martin not to "slip his words." Not Martin, but his assistant coach.

Martin secretly glanced at Grant's eyes, quickly pursed his lips, and straightened his back exaggeratedly.

"This year, our goal is still the championship. We have always been a strong contender for the championship. I am tired of saying 'I have confidence in you'."

"However, our strong competitiveness does not mean that the opponent will hand over the victory to us. Someone in the south is eyeing it, not to mention Virginia, Oklahoma, etc. are all admirable and powerful. opponents, so we have no capital to take it lightly."

Enemy, any competitive sport has an old enemy, and because of the existence of an old enemy, the confrontation of competitive sports becomes full of sparks——

Such as "Real Madrid VS Barcelona", such as "Manchester United VS Manchester City", such as "Peyton-Manning (Peyton-Manning) VS Tom-Brady (Tom-Brady, or "Rafael-Nadal VS Ronaldo Jay Federer," and so on.

In fact, even comics are no exception, "Batman VS Joker", "Superman VS Luthor", the more powerful the opponent is, the more exciting the duel will be.

The same is true for the NCAA.

"UCLA VS University of Southern California", these two schools also located in Los Angeles are old enemies, not just tennis, or even competitive sports, it should be said that it is comprehensive hostility in all aspects, any match, any confrontation, every Every encounter is an endless contest.

The "someone in the south" in Martin's mouth is the Trojans of the University of Southern California.

Before this year, from 2009 to 2012, the University of Southern California completed four consecutive NCAA National Championship team championships. This is the first four consecutive championships since 1969-and it was also USC that created the feat that year.

Four consecutive championships again after forty years, which also brought the number of Trojans' national team championship trophies to 21, far exceeding the 16 of the Bruins. No less fights.

However, in May of the first half of this year, the University of Southern California lost to Ohio State University with a score of "3:4" in the quarter-finals of the National Championship, and missed the semi-finals with UCLA; , The Bruins also regretted losing to the University of Virginia in the final and missed the championship.

Entering the new season, whether it is the Trojans or the Bruins, each of them is preparing for the 300-round battle.

"We are not defending champions, but the hearts of champions are always beating in our chests!"

As he spoke, Martin hammered his chest with his right fist, making a bang.

"Go! Brown bear!"

In an instant, the players also rose with pride, beat their chests together, and shouted hoarsely.

"Go! Brown bear!"

With a slogan and a roar, Gao Wen's blood boiled with enthusiasm.

It's been a long time, it's been a long time! Different from the happiness brought by the warm-up and practice just now, at this time, you can feel the cohesion of the team's solid unity. The kind of youthful enthusiasm and publicity make people feel excited—

Once, they believed that a victory could change their lives; once, they believed that a champion could change their destiny.

It wasn't until they grew up that they realized that life is not that simple, and life and destiny are far more than just a championship in a game.

However, Gao Wen missed that belief very much. With a kind of silly courage, he sprinted towards a goal with passion, as if even the sun and the wind were cheering him on. Life was still so simple. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Destiny is still in the palm of my hand.

"Go! Brown bear!"

Gao Wen raised his fist high and roared with all his strength, but at this moment everyone had dispersed and prepared to warm up. Looking at Gao Wen who was fighting alone, he couldn't help but stop, those scorching gazes It made Gao Wen a little cautious.

But after all, it is a soul that has been polished by society and has just experienced incredible events, Gao Wen still kept his composure, and continued to raise his voice:

"I am the first to prepare for footwork, who else is with me?"

Step practice is one of the most tedious and hardest but also the most important items in tennis basic training. Usually, anyone who practices footwork needs some courage. Postpone a little more.

At this moment, seeing Gao Wen being the first one, he called for footwork training. Everyone had a look of hell, even Macdonald was full of question marks—

Gao Wen this morning was indeed very strange. Could it be... that he had a fever?

"Come on, let's go together."

Among the crowd, Ji Long said loudly, and took the initiative to step out and walk towards Gao Wen, "Let's start with the lateral movement first? Or the basic footsteps?"

"Ho **** ho, little prince! Little prince! Little prince!"

The players all booed and called Jilong's nickname, so lively.

After all, Gao Wen is only a freshman, and he has joined the team for less than four months. Although the atmosphere in the team is harmonious, they are not very familiar with each other, and even if they want to make fun of each other, there is nothing wrong with it; but Jilong is different, From the perspective of strength and status, Jilong and Gao Wen's duel is like a prince condescending to show his approachable temperament.

The shouts and eyes are all teasing and playing.