From "can't register" to "extraordinary progress", the experience and growth of two seasons have made us see a more mature and confident him.
In the fourth issue of "New Life Voice", let's get closer to a young man born in 2002, Li Luyao.
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If you can't report your name, you will practice hard
Time back to the 2020-2021 season, at 11 p.m., in the hotel gym in Zhuji Division, Li Luyao was running alone. Near the wee hours of the morning, a tall 2.13-meter tall man was still sweating profusely in front of the treadmill, which was his norm during that time.
"Running so late should not be just training."
"Of course, one is that I feel that I have not trained enough, and the other is also a kind of venting!"
"Vent what?"
Li Luyao was silent for a few seconds and said, "I can't report my name." ”
In the 56 games of the 2020-2021 season, Li Luyao only attended 19 games, averaging only 10.7 minutes per game, the team's video analyst Gao Bo added: "His rim protection ability and backcourt rebounding are deviated from the league center, the defensive position selection is far from expectations, the physical confrontation is visible to the naked eye, and there are often cases on the field where he wants to score but can't score points." Therefore, Li Luyao's name rarely appeared on the players' roster that season.
In the world of competitive sports, if you want to play and there is a gap, there is only one way: practice, hard practice.
He cherishes the few playing time, plays well or badly, will calm down, watch the video, analyze the reasons, and then go back to practice repeatedly.
During the second Youth Games, Li Luyao's finger suffered multiple fractures, and when he was serious, his right finger was diagnosed as a spiral fracture, and the training naturally could not be carried out normally.
If you can't practice the upper limbs, you can practice the lower limbs, and if you can't practice your right hand, you can practice your left hand hook. "Watching everyone improve and I'm still standing still, it's quite low, all I can do is practice more, I don't want to be left behind."
After each training session, Li Luyao will also take the initiative to find assistant coach Xu Qiang to guide and practice his steps. Xu Qiang, who often accompanies the sparring, said: "He is young, willing to practice, and relatively smart, with great potential for development. ”
"Potential" or not,
Also cash in on your life-and-death battles
Let's start with the data. Last season, Li Luyao played 19 games, averaging 10.7 minutes per game, 3.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, 0.1 assists, 0.2 steals and 0.4 blocks, while in the first twenty-eight rounds of the season, he played 25 games, averaging 16.4 minutes per game, with 6.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.5 blocks, shooting 53.6%. He scored a total of 66 points last season, compared to 82 in the first two stages of the season.
Li Luyao improved.
"No matter what kind of strength you are, I have to touch you, I can't let you score easily." It is this kind of energy that makes Li Luyao become a player with a "temper" in the eyes of the team's general manager Shi Linjie.
"Temper" is Li Luyao's driving force and combat effectiveness. In the ninth round of the CBA regular season against the defending champion Guangdong team, Li Luyao, who started the game, whether facing the veteran Su Wei or Zhang Mingchi, who is also a young teenager, can use his basketball footsteps and hook hands to score frequently, feel hot, and play more and more daring. In this youth team duel, the second-year Li Luyao scored the highest score of 20 points in the team, setting a new career scoring record.
Plus, this second-grade newcomer – dare to speak. That is what Shi Linjie said: "I appreciate his personality of not accepting defeat, whether in the training ground or the arena, he can always drive the momentum of the players very well." ”
"Don't be in a hurry, be afraid of anything, isn't it ten points?" Fight it! In a game last season, Kendia trailed his opponent by a dozen points, and when the midfielder rested in the locker room, the players were in a more depressed mood, and Li Luyao, a first-year player at the rookie level in the CBA at the time, shouted to his teammates who were more experienced than himself. In fact, this situation is not uncommon, on the training ground, Li Luyao often uses shouting slogans to drive the training atmosphere in the team.
As a coach and father, Li Nan's evaluation is very simple, "For competitive sports athletes, not admitting defeat is a necessary quality. ”
Li Nan is a person who does not admit defeat
Li Luyao said that when he was a child, his father Li Nan was injured twice by competitions and had surgery, "taking out eight or nine broken bones from the legs." I was surprised to finally be able to walk on the ground. ”
He sighed: "My own small injuries are really nothing, if you can insist on it, you can bite your teeth when you should bite your teeth." ”
Indeed, there are many places where he needs to "bite his teeth", for example, as a father and coach, Li Nan is cruel enough to Li Luyao. In the team, Director Li is notoriously strict with this so-called "gongzi".
On the training ground, "Li Luyao, what did you just run?" "Li Luyao won't hit you down!" "Li Luyao, why are you so soft?" You can always hear Li Nan yelling at Li Luyao "regardless of his feelings". Li Luyao also understands, "My progress is inseparable from my father's strict requirements and words and deeds. ”
"If you had to give yourself a synonym, what would you hope for?"
"I don't want any label, I don't want this label to be my dad, I'm proud of him, but I don't want to look up to him, and I don't want to be attached to him." Once you've labeled someone, you'll never be able to beat them. Li Luyao said.
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