Almighty Coach

The first day in the basketball camp had passed, and the coaches of the visiting group spent a whole day sitting in the stands watching games.

Actually, it was not a boring experience to watch high-level basketball games at all, even if for a whole day. On the contrary, some felt that they didn’t get enough games to watch.

Just like watching video games live, we like it because it is quite a pleasure for us to watch excellent games, especially those high-level ones. If we participate in the games, it would be game over in no time. So it brought satisfaction just by watching those high-level gamers win the game.

The same was for watching basketball training games. We can acquire a great sense of satisfaction from their hard work, especially from the training programs where many athletes train together. It was like a real game.

The layman watched the crowd, and the inner man looked at the doorway. As head coaches, they’d seen the world. Although they were not basketball coaches, they could still acquire some information by analyzing.

For the group of professional coaches, the more they knew about the AP Training Center, the stronger feeling of respect they had. At that time, they were eager to bring their players to this center.

"This is just the first day, and we’ve already seen such strong training intensity. I bet our high school students would throw up after this kind of training."

"It would be too much for adult athletes, let alone high school students."

"Actually, you must have noticed that plenty of them were not accustomed to the training intensity."

Then, head of the AP Center David Mills appeared again.

"Gentlemen, I guess you’ve gotten a lot after a whole day’s watching," David Mills said. "Today’s training is just a simple start; tomorrow’s training will be more complex and intense."

"Mr. Mills, I have a question," a coach who could speak fluent English asked. "Don’t you think this intense training is too much for high school students? I noticed that everyone was exhausted at the end."

"That is a good question." David Mills smiled and said, "The goal of this basketball training is not only to show their strengths, but also their weaknesses. That is why we set complex training programs."

David Mills continued, "Starting tomorrow, a number of scouts and coaches from university basketball teams will come here in succession. They hope they can know about every athlete, know their strengths and weaknesses."

"Mr. Mills, improving their ability is not one of your goals then?" The coach asked.

After several seconds of consideration, David Mills said, "The goal of most training camps is to improve the skills of their participants, but we are different. We don’t charge fees from the athletes. We don’t earn any profit. Yet, we have our sponsor, Adidas. For Adidas, what they want is to raise their brand influence, not to train excellent athletes. Strictly speaking, Adidas is the employer, and we are the employees. What we must do is to put their needs first. However, great athletes can improve their skills here, I believe."

The coaches gathered in the McDonald’s near the AP Training Center, chewing hamburgers and drinking cola which could be refilled.

"The medium coke is as big as our large coke. But the chicken in the sandwich is too hard to chew."

"This apple pie is good, enjoy yourselves."

"Eating in McDonald’s is economical after calculating price. This chicken nugget is as big as two of those in China. I am full after eating only one."

"We must save as much as we can as our budget is limited. I hope we can make the best of it," the deputy bureau director said, wiping his hand with a napkin.

Zhongyi Xu leaned over to Dai Li and said, "I saw a convenience store along the road when I came here. Let’s find something to eat in a minute."

"What do they have in American convenience stores? Do they have bread and ham?" Dai Li asked.

Zhongyi Xu had been in America before. He replied in a low voice, "Lots of snacks, instant noodles and doughnuts that can satisfy our hunger."

"I need a bag of instant noodles." Dai Li drank up his coke, stood up and said, "I need to use the bathroom."

At the sink, Dai Li washed his hands and was leaving when he saw a middle-aged black woman staring at him.

Dai Li recognized her immediately because he had seen her several times.

The black woman approached him and greeted him, "Hello, my name is Anne Hampton."

"Hello." Dai Li replied.

"Are you a member of the foreign visiting group?" Anne Hampton asked.

Nodding his head, Dai Li admitted it.

"Have you been to the Adidas Basketball Training Camp?" Anne Hampton asked continuously.

"Yes." Dai Li nodded his head.

"Are you going there tomorrow?" Anne Hampton asked.

"Yes, I will stay there for another day according to our schedule." Dai Li then asked, "Is there anything that I can help you with?"

"Sir, could you help me record training activities in the Adidas Training Camp?" Anne Hampton took out an old mobile phone.

"Why don’t you go yourself? Anybody can go there," Dai Li asked.

"I need to go to three other universities tomorrow. I don’t have enough time," Anne Hampton answered.

"Then can you tell me why you want me to do this?" Dai Li asked vigilantly.

Anne Hampton noticed his alarm and said, "Please don’t worry. I mean no offense. I just want to record the training and show it to my son. My son should have been at the camp, but he couldn’t, for certain reasons."

Anne Hampton spoke fast. Dai Li didn’t follow, and he asked her to speak again, then he understood.

"Ma, you are here!" A young black man came over.

The young black man was young, 18 years old, maybe. He was no more than 1.8 meters with short spiky hair. However, he was very strong with obvious muscle lines in his arms. And Dai Li also noticed that there were tattoos on one arm.

"He is my son, Allen Hampton," Anne introduced.

"Allen Hampton! The genius?" Dai Li looked at him and turned on his detector.

The next second, Dai Li was shocked by the result.

S-level basketball talent! S-level football talent! A talent who is S-level for two sports! I haven’t seen anyone like him before. What a sports genius!