After the training, Levi was left alone.

The face of Coach David in front of him was expressionless, showing no emotion or anger, which made him a little uneasy.

Are you going to be eliminated in the first training session?

"Lee," David said, "do you know what your problem is?"

"My skills are not good enough and far behind others."

"It's not that it's not good enough, uh..." David paused, as if he was considering how to use his words, "It's that he's not professional enough."

"Eddie and I have discussed that we recognize your talent, but why are you always so unstable on offense?"

"Is it because my previous training was not professional enough?"

"Yes, that's the problem," David said, adjusting the glasses on the bridge of his nose. "Your technique is completely explored by yourself without professional guidance. Although your talent is not bad, sometimes you can make mistakes.

You can pass people by or shoot in front of people's eyes, but most of the time your performance is extremely unstable."

"I know, coach, I think I will train harder."

"No, that's not what I mean," David seemed a little hesitant, "I mean, you have to abandon your technical habits and start from scratch, starting from the most basic."

"The result of my discussion with Eddie is that your next ball training will be conducted with U14. But U14 does not train every day, so we will arrange separate one-on-one training for you when we are free."

Fortunately, he wasn't eliminated. Levi smiled bitterly in his heart. At least it wasn't the worst outcome, right?

However, his mental age is twice that of the U14 kids, which is really depressing when you think about it.

"Okay, I have no problem."

Besides accepting it, what other option does he have?

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When Levi returned to the apartment, it was already past seven in the evening. Lennon seemed not to be at home, and Milner stayed alone in the living room watching TV.

"James, aren't you going to give me an explanation for what happened today?" Levi went straight to the point without any foreshadowing. What he wanted was to catch the other party off guard. What's more, the injustice has its end, the debt has its owner, and he really has it."

Lennon was the only one "celebrating", and Milner was just an accomplice. He felt that he could win over it. While Lennon was away, it was a good time to divide and disintegrate their alliance.

"What's going on?" Milner was obviously a little confused by Levi's directness, but he was not a Lennon who would panic when something happened. He quickly pretended to be calm, "Li, why are you back so late? You've eaten.

?"

"Your skill in changing the topic is not very good, James," Levi naturally would not accept his trick, "Don't tell me that you haven't seen my sneakers?"

"No." Milner obviously couldn't let go so quickly, "Can't you find your sneakers, Lee?"

Haha, your acting skills are quite realistic, but it’s useless even if you are the best actor.

"James, do you have any problem with me?"

"Of course not, why would you ask that?"

"But Aaron seems to have it. Do you know why he always has trouble with me, James?"

Of course Milner knew, but he also knew that Levi just knocked down Lennon and there was nothing wrong with him. What should he say? Levi's series of questions were fast and jumping, and he was a little overwhelmed.

Looking at Milner who was hesitating, Levi became convinced. Obviously he knew the cause and effect, and knew that they were not reasonable in this matter, so he seemed so guilty.

"James, I know that you only helped him deal with me because you were friends with Aaron, and there is no conflict between us," Levi said in a persuasive tone. "The relationship between Aaron and me is

To tell you the truth, it’s just that I knocked him down, it’s not a big deal, maybe it will fade away in a few days.”

"In this case, why should we be at war with each other?" Levi did not give Milner time to interrupt, and continued, "I don't have to pursue the matter of sneakers this time, but I won't do it next time."

"You're right, Li." Now that Levi had finished speaking, Milner regained his composure. "I think I will try my best to ease the relationship between you and Alang. I don't want my two

Roommates turned into enemies. But if you have a conflict, I will stand on Alang's side."

"Of course, no problem," Levi smiled, "So, can you tell me the whereabouts of the sneakers now?"

"Oh, I remembered," Milner scratched his head in embarrassment, "I thought I saw a cat carrying them to the east of the corridor on the third floor this morning."

Do you believe this yourself? Li Wei slandered, but it would be great if he could get it back.

A peaceful night.

The next day, the morning training was the same as yesterday. Levi was still the most dazzling star. However, during the afternoon training, Lennon, who had been holding back all morning to see Levi’s jokes, suddenly discovered:

The Chinese boy is gone.

Others also discovered Levi's disappearance, but they were not familiar with Levi and did not pay too much attention. Only Lennon, Milner, and Carson were still persistently looking for traces of Levi.

Soon, they discovered Levi's figure in a corner northwest of the training ground, and with him was Coach David.

"Alan, look, coach David is coaching Li Wei alone. Does this mean that the boss values ​​Li Wei very much?" After what happened yesterday, Milner began to consciously say something to help Levi.

"How is that possible?" Lennon snorted with disdain, "That guy must have poor skills and can't keep up with our training progress, so he was called alone."

"Hey, it's not a gentleman's behavior to say bad things behind someone's back," Carson interrupted, "Lee is a good man, why do you always have to have trouble with him?"

"Scott, you can actually speak for him?" Lennon was surprised that Carson, who was usually dull and taciturn, actually took the initiative to speak for Levi, and was a little speechless for a moment.

"Scott, Aaron is worried about Lee's training," Milner stepped forward to help Lennon, "Lee is our roommate, how can we say bad things about him?"

"Huh, that's best. But you should worry about yourselves first." Carson decided to fight to the end for his rare new good friend. "Alan, don't expect anything from me in today's shooting training."

Score here!"

"We'll see, Scott!" Lennon refused to be outdone.

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Naturally, Levi would not know that his friends and enemies had already quarreled over him. He was now focusing on the basic training in front of him.

There is no training for the U14 echelon today, so if Levi wants to meet his new teammates, he will have to wait until at least three days.

The only person accompanying him now is coach David Clark. Levi didn't expect that it would be coach David who would train him, which made him somewhat complacent. After all, coach David seemed to have a pretty good status in the youth training camp.

High.

But the content of David's teachings really made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Today I will only teach you the most basic skills of passing and catching the ball through the arch of your feet." Coach David passed the ball over, "Pass it back and let me see your level."

Levi was a little dumbfounded. He felt that when he touched the ball for the first time when he was still in elementary school, he mastered the skill of passing with the arch of his feet. What is so good about this?

"Lee, tighten your ankles and don't let them swing around before and after touching the ball."

"Li, your swing leg is too tight, you turned the pass into a sweep."

"Why does the placement point of your supporting foot change every time? Can't it be fixed, Li?"

"Li, your center of gravity is very unstable. If someone hits you from behind, can you still stand?"

.......

Levi didn't expect that just after passing the ball a few times, coach David had already picked out several of his faults. He suddenly realized that there could be such a serious and responsible person with accurate vision who didn't care about the basics of the teaching content.

Teacher, how lucky you are!

He began to work hard to correct his movements according to David's guidance, but it was much more difficult than he thought. Because he already had a deep-rooted habit. It's like you have been writing inverted strokes since you were a child, and you have been writing for more than ten years.

It's the word "year", and suddenly I want you to change the inverted strokes into

Normal strokes, think about how difficult it would be. And Levi, who is practicing passing with the arch of his feet, is just changing the first word. Later, there are dribbling, pushing the ball, inner instep, outer instep, etc.

Countless words are waiting for him, and there is really a long way to go!

But Li Wei has a strong will to not hit the wall and never look back. Although practicing this simplest technique is really boring, and it makes him feel uncomfortable to forcefully change his habits for many years, the more uncomfortable he is, the more he has to face the difficulties.

.

One afternoon, he was playing ball with this arch.

Feeling that Levi's stability was improving little by little, and his movements becoming more standard little by little, David, who had always been unsmiling, also showed a slight smile.

Perhaps the young man in front of me is really a talented person!

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As soon as the day's training ended, Carson, Lennon, and Milner approached Levi at the same time.

"Li, what's going on? Why are you training alone in the afternoon?" The chatty Milner was the first to ask.

"Oh, it's okay. My current skills are not up to the level of U18," Levi replied without any trouble, "so the boss arranged for me to train with U14, but there is no U14 training today, so I will train alone."

"Let me tell you, the boss and the others just think that Li's skills are too poor." Lennon was proud.

"Shut your mouth, Aaron!" Carson couldn't stand Lennon's disparagement of his friend and had already raised his fist.

Levi stopped him and looked at Lennon expressionlessly.

The guy in front of him refused to deal with him at all times. He stole sneakers, made trouble during training, and now he was taunting him in person. Even with Levi's self-cultivation, he felt angry.

Rather than lingering with such a teammate, it would be better to end it altogether.

He made up his mind.

"I admit that my current skills are poor," Levi said calmly, "but it will not always be poor. Do you dare to make a bet with me, Alang?"

"What bet?"
To be continued...