Almighty Coach

Coach Alford finally got rid of the black woman.

"I’m sorry, guys, the lady just now wanted us to admit her son onto our basketball team. This kind of things happen every year. Thank you for your patience and forgiveness," Alford seemed to be worried that everyone’s English was not good enough to understand what he was saying, so he spoke very slowly.

Led by Alford, they visited the basketball team of UCLA.

The UCLA basketball team was worthy of its long-standing reputation. Their training conditions were no less than that of professional basketball teams at home, and of course, the athletes were better than most professional athletes at home.

After visiting UCLA’s basketball team, everyone had a sense of frustration. Especially the head coach of the basketball team. He kept shaking his head all the way, and his eyes were full of admiration.

Compared with the basketball team, the places they visited before were not the essence of UCLA sports. Basketball, baseball, and American football were the most popular sports in the United States. They were the most heavily-invested in sports at UCLA and many top-ranked players were trained there. So, these were the most important sectors of UCLA sports.

The next day, the visiting group went to the second destination, the University of Southern California.

The University of Southern California, was also a world-famous university with a long history. They had a great reputation in cinema, music, media, and other subjects, and many of the world’s best directors and musicians were once students in the University of Southern California. The university had the world’s largest number of Academy Award winners.

Meanwhile, USC also had strong athletic competence, and in many sports events, USC and UCLA were competitors. Especially in the NCAA matches, the competition between USC and USLA was very exciting.

USC had won a total of 144 gold medals, 93 silver medals, and 72 bronze medals. In terms of both the number of gold medals and the number of medals, USC ranked first among American universities. UCLA only ranked third in The United States.

They were at the basketball stadium of USC.

"Coach Babe, thank you very much." The deputy bureau director leading the team showed his gratitude to the basketball coach of USC. They shook hands again, and then the visiting group walked away.

Meanwhile, a middle-aged black woman rushed over.

"Hello, Coach Babe, my name is Anne Hampton, the mother of Allen Hampton. I want to talk with you? Do you have time?" the black woman asked.

"Allen Hampton? The Allen Hampton from Beze High School?" Coach Babe asked.

"Yes, you’ve heard of my son! Oh! It is such a great honor for me!" said the black woman.

"Of course, I know him. The top genius at his high school. Meanwhile, he is also a troublemaker!" Babe said with a pause and then added, "Does he want to join the USC basketball team?"

The black woman said expectantly, "Of course, everyone who wants to join the NBA is interested in USC."

"But you are on the east coast. There are many perfect universities for you to choose, such as Duke University, Georgetown University, Wake Forest University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. None of them is inferior to us. And these universities are closer to you. Why does your son want to join us?" said Babe.

The middle-aged woman hesitated, but finally answered, "Uh huh, the reason is..."

The middle-aged woman hemmed and hawed for a long time before she finally said, "Because Allen was arrested for carrying an excessive amount of drugs."

"Far more than that, Mrs. Hampton. As far as I know, this year on February 14, Valentine’s Day, Allen Hampton was involved in a brawl of more than 50 people, and more than 20 people were seriously injured. According to the district court, four people were sentenced to 15 years in prison, and Allen was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Am I right?" asked Babe.

"The judgment was unfair. The whites were released on bail, while the blacks were all convicted. They are discriminating against blacks. We have lodged an appeal and won the case. My son was released on parole!" The woman explained hastily.

"But my team doesn’t need a criminal," Babe applied gravely.

"But Allen has mended his ways!" Mrs. Hampton said immediately.

"But he is still on parole, isn’t he?" Babe shook his head and said, "I’m so sorry, Mrs. Hampton. Your son, Allen Hampton, doesn’t fit the admission requirements of our university."

"What are you looking at, Li? Let’s go!" Zhongyi Xu shouted to Dai Li.

Li’s attention was drawn back from Coach Babe and the black woman. He walked quickly to catch up with the team.

"What are you looking at, Li? Reluctant to leave? Why don’t you take some photos?" Zhongyi Xu continued.

"I am looking at the black woman. Yesterday at UCLA, there was the black woman who went to Coach Alford. She’s here again with Coach Babe." Dai Li added.

On the third day, they finally came to the famous AP training center to witness the world’s top sports training.

"This is the KEISER vapor resistance equipment. It is used to train the explosive power of athletes. The most striking feature of it is the ability to ensure that the users complete actions at any speed under certain loads and complete many actions that cannot be done by using traditional heavy weights equipment, and what’s more, it reduces injury."

"This is a vibration trainer, which is used frequently in basketball and football training. As an emerging neuromuscular exercise, vibration training can improve the coordination between neuromuscular systems."

"This is the liquid nitrogen cell for cryotherapy. When the athletes enter the equipment, the temperature decrease from minus 110 degrees Celsius to minus 180 degrees Celsius. This equipment can quickly relieve muscle and joint pain in athletes. I guess that you’ve seen it in many news reports, and this equipment has been widely used in the leagues of the United States."

The guide was just like a salesman who is always talking. The coaches were whispering to each other.

"They are so advanced, I heard about this sports equipment before, but it is the first time that I’ve seen it!"

"The liquid nitrogen cell for cryotherapy is so great. I really want to buy one, but I’m sure it’s be very expensive."

"As far as I know, the price of that is barely affordable. You can buy a cheaper one at the price of lower one hundred thousand dollars. However, it is quite expensive to use it. Liquid nitrogen costs $60 or $70 every three minutes. And this does not include the equipment wear and depreciation."

"It would cost $100 to use per time. That is 700 or 800 yuan! That’s too expensive! We can’t afford it."

"What are you worried about? We just came here to visit."

While the crowd murmured, Li was looking at the advanced equipment with admiration.

"If I had such a big training center and so much advanced equipment, that would be so great."

Just then, Li realized that he had another dream. He wanted to have a training center of his own.