Chapter 29 Strength

When going to the training ground to prepare for training, Zhou Yi walked with Mark. He approached Mark and asked in a low voice, "Mark, have you seen Schneider?"

"No...yes, I didn't see it." Asked by Zhou Yi, Mark remembered that when Gotze introduced them to everyone today, there was no sign of Schneider at all. "Isn't he a U19?"

"Hey." Zhou Yi laughed, he could already guess what happened - Schneider was late for training!

"It's a good show." He said to Mark...

When Zhou Yi and Mark finished warming up with their teammates, someone hurried onto the training ground.

This person is Schneider, whom both he and Mark are familiar with.

This made the U19 coach Peter Yebara very angry.

"Schneider! Why are you late for training!" he yelled at Snyder.

Zhou Yi put his hands on his chest and bumped into Mark, with a look of fun on his face.

Seeing the head coach getting angry, Schneider quickly explained with a correct attitude: "Uh, sorry, sir. I didn't mean to be late. In fact, on the way I drove to Brakel, I met an old lady with her injured The dogs asked me for help, so I sent them to the veterinary hospital first... I was driving too fast, sir, and I was afraid I would never be able to catch up with training..."

Although Yebala was angry, seeing Schneider's sincere attitude, he didn't go into it. He just warned Schneider not to set an example, and motioned him to make up for the warm-up.

Unexpectedly, Schneider said: "Sir, I ran all the way from the parking lot. I want to warm up..."

But this time Schneider was not so easy to let him go: "Go warm up!"

Schneider's best to warm up obediently.

There was a burst of laughter among the teammates at Schneider being scolded.

But Zhou Yi was dumbfounded: "I'm going, are the Germans so stubborn? Such an obvious lie just let him go? Can't the coach hear it?"

Mark dissatisfied: "I am also a German, and I can see it. From what I know about him, Schneider is definitely not the kind of caring person. Whether it is towards the dog or the old lady."

"Then the coach didn't see it?" Zhou Yi asked in surprise.

"Maybe... there are other considerations." Mark guessed.

When the two were whispering together about Schneider, Schneider also noticed them.

When he saw that Zhou Yi and Mark were also in the team, he froze for a moment.

Seeing that he was discovered, Zhou Yi waved to Schneider, and said generously, "Hi, Schneider. I told you earlier, I'm your teammate."

These words instantly brought back Schneider's bad memories. In his opinion, Zhou Yi's words at this time are simply provocative!

So Schneider gave Zhou Yi a vicious look, but did not respond to him.

At the same time, he also noticed Mark standing next to Zhou Yi, and he was also surprised-how did this trash come to U19?

Facing Schneider's unfriendly gaze, Mark did not lower his head this time, but met his gaze and looked at him.

Schneider is not used to this kind of mark, but he can't do anything about it in such a public place, he can only turn his head away, and at the same time snort in his heart.

Anyway, they will return to U17 soon, there is nothing to care about.

U19 is different from U17, boys with no hair!

Schneider couldn't figure out how Zhou Yi and Mark came to U19. Since he left U17, he has never paid attention to that place again. Unlike Gotze, he still knows how to say hello to his old teammates and catch up. Schneider is as arrogant as if he has become a first-team star, and looks down on those former teammates.

His idea is also very simple - those people are still in the U17, which means that they are a group of poor people with poor strength. What reason does he, who wants to become a big star, still hang out with them? Price drop!

So he naturally didn't know how well Zhou Yi and Mark performed in the just-concluded U17 Ruhr Derby, let alone how well Zhou Yi and Mark performed in the previous series of warm-up matches.

Although the U19 and U17 locker rooms are only two minutes away on foot, and the U19 and U17 training grounds are only separated by a barbed wire wall and a slope, for Schneider, it is as far away as from Dortmund to Munich.

He doesn't care how Mark and Zhou Yi came to U19, because in his opinion, the result is the same, and the two of them will roll back to U17 in a short time, and that's where they poor people should be.

Rot there!

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The U19 training in the morning is mainly all kinds of training together with the whole team. In addition to the warm-up, it is defensive training, offensive training, passing training, shooting training... and other regular training content.

There is not much difference from U17, but the intensity requirements are higher and the rhythm is faster.

It can be seen that, as the highest level in the youth team sequence, U19 training is already the strongest training that young players can receive.

Although the U23 on the Internet has the letter "U", it is actually not a youth team, but a reserve team.

The reserve team of the German team is not called the "reserve team" in England, nor is it called the "second team", nor is it called the "B team" like Spain.

It is U23.

After the U19 players reach the age, some will be promoted to U23, and some will not meet the requirements of the team and will leave the team to play in other teams. Only a very small number of people will be directly transferred to the first team because of their outstanding talent and outstanding performance. Even if they go to the first team, they may not be able to play games immediately. The reserve team kicks.

Gotze is such a genius, he was directly transferred from the U17 to the first team, and he could only follow the training and could not play the game.

So from the youth team to the first team, the gap in between is like a natural moat. If you don’t put in extra effort, talent, and luck, you may just be a youth team player for the rest of your life.

In the afternoon training, Zhou Yi followed the team to complete part of the training tasks, and then was taken to the gym.

Zhouyi is no stranger to the gym, he has been practicing here for two months before.

But this time, he came here to practice...strength.

Waiting for him in the gym is no longer the fitness coach Bartlett, but Florian Wangler, who is in charge of strength training in the fitness coaching staff. Just by looking at his appearance, he can tell what he is in charge of, because he looks It looks like a bodybuilder, his upper body perfectly presents an inverted triangle shape.

Compared with him, Zhou Yi is like a little bean.

"Hello, Chinese boy, I am the number one hunk in the Dortmund club." When shaking hands with Zhou Yi and introducing himself, Wang Le joked. "You can call me 'coach,' but I'd be happier if you called me 'hunk.'"

He is only twenty-eight years old, but he is more lively than Bartlett who is almost forty.

"Okay, coach macho." Zhou Yi said while shaking his hand.

Hearing Zhou Yi call him that, Wang Le laughed happily: "I promise you will have a great future in Dortmund!"

"Is it because I called you that, coach macho?" Zhou Yi asked.

"Not exactly." Wang Le waved his hand, a little more seriously. "You're a young guy that Jurgen looks up to, I've never seen him do that on anyone. You know, me and Oliver (Bartlet) were part of the first-team coaching staff, but now Let's give you a little treatment alone. Do you know the expectations placed on yourself?"

Zhou Yi nodded.

"So are you scared now, Chinese boy?" Wang Le blinked playfully again. "If you want to give up now, there is still time."

"It's okay." Zhou Yi shrugged. "If I wanted to give up, I would have given up a long time ago, and I won't wait until now."

Wang Le whistled: "Ambition, I admire you, Chinese boy!"

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After the teasing, the formal training began.

In other words, the prologue part of the formal training has begun.

Wang Le was not in a hurry to start training with Zhou Yi on the equipment.

Instead, he asked a question that Zhou Yi was very familiar with.

"How do you understand power, Chinese boy?"

Zhou Yi wondered if Wang Le had colluded with Bartley...

This time he did not directly say "strength is strength" nonsense, he thought a little bit, considered this issue from a football perspective, and then gave his answer: "The ability to fight physically, that's how I understand it. "

After seeing the smile on Wang Le's face, Zhou Yi quickly said, "Is it wrong again?"

Wang Le smiled even brighter: "Not exactly."

Zhou Yi had an expression of "I knew it".

Wangle continued: "Strength does include the concept of physical confrontation ability, but for football players, it is not just that. You come to me because of lack of physical confrontation ability, and I will naturally help you acquire basic Physical confrontation ability, but strength training is not just to make you a muscular man, although I don't think there is anything wrong with a muscular man, but you are a football player, and being wrapped in muscles is not necessarily a good thing."

"Because that will affect the flexibility and balance of the body?" Zhou Yi asked.

Wang Le snapped his fingers: "Yes. So the strength of a player and the strength of a wrestler are two concepts. Physical resistance is only part of it. The other part refers to the strength of your muscles, and this part of strength is not used to fight against others. It's used to increase your other abilities, such as... speed, such as jumping, such as balance, and it can also protect you from injuries."

The last statement, that strength training can save oneself from injuries, made Zhou Yi very curious, and it was the first time he had heard such a statement.

"Can it protect me from getting hurt?" he asked.

"Of course. Just think about it—when you and your opponent jump up to compete for the top, then you fall from the air and when you land on the ground, which parts will bear the impact? You will bend your legs, right?"

Zhou Yi nodded, isn't that an instinctive action?

"This is a subconscious protection mechanism of the human body. If your legs can't be bent and you fall straight, what will happen? Without cushioning, the force will all act on your bones and joints, and then your two legs... ...It's useless. But because of the bending of the knees, a large part of the impact is buffered to protect your joints and bones. If you have strong and powerful leg muscles, you can better control your knees, To achieve landing is better posture control, which can effectively avoid injuries."

"Of course, in a football game, not every landing is done under your control. Sometimes, you have to use some unconventional and dangerous moves to land. At this time, if your The hamstrings are too weak to control the knee better, and you land with a stiff straight leg, which causes your tibia to move forward, which puts pressure on the ACL. When the knee is close to a straight line In stance, the hamstrings are at a structural disadvantage in stabilizing the forward movement of the tibia, causing an ACL injury. Conversely, when the knee is bent, the impact force does not cause the forward movement of the tibia. The more flexed the knee , the lower the probability of anterior cruciate ligament strain."

Zhou Yi found that no matter who he is, when it comes to his professional stuff, there is actually no difference between Wang Le and Bartlett... Serious and responsible, and full of professional jargon. Give him a feeling of "unknown".

Seeing Zhou Yi's expression becoming more and more confused as he listened, Wang Le knew that it was still difficult for Zhou Yi to understand so many technical terms he said in one go, so he gave a simpler example.

"During the warm-up, did you do such a warm-up action?" Wang Le said and motioned for Zhou Yi to come over. Then he supported Zhou Yi's arm, lifted his left leg, bent it and hung it in the air, kept his upper body straight, and his right The legs slowly bent down, and when the thigh and calf reached ninety degrees, he slowly straightened again.

Then bend and straighten, repeating several sets.

Of course Zhou Yi did this warm-up exercise. He and Mark supported each other's arms, and then squatted on one leg. A set of ten times, do it once, and continue with the other leg. This kind of warm-up is relatively difficult, because the speed required for depth is slow, and at the same time, the two of them pull each other, sometimes it is difficult to maintain balance, and the body will dangle. At this time, the assistant coach will remind them loudly to keep their upper body straight and keep their balance.

"This warm-up will work a lot of muscles, including the hamstrings." Wang Le pointed to the muscles in the back of his thigh. "The hamstrings, which run down from the gluteus maximus, are like twisted ropes that attach to your knees. They are the primary muscles that control the knee joint. This warm-up is an effective workout for your hamstrings." , can help you increase the control of your knees. When you train, does the coach remind you to keep your balance?"

Zhou Yi nodded.

"If you are dangling, it means that you have not controlled your knees well. On the one hand, the purpose of training cannot be achieved, and on the other hand, it may cause knee ligament injuries."

After Wang Le explained this, Zhou Yi suddenly realized.

He originally thought that the training of squats was just to strengthen the strength of the legs, and then improve the jumping ability...

Didn't realize there were so many details.

"So, you now understand what power actually does?"

"Understood, enhance the ability to fight, and protect yourself at the same time."

"That's right." Wang Le snapped his fingers again. "After understanding what 'strength' is, let's analyze your situation in detail. Your primary problem now is the lack of physical confrontation ability. Physical confrontation is a comprehensive confrontation that involves muscles in many parts of the whole body. Leg muscles It's very important, if you can't stand firmly, you can't resist the opponent's pressure. But the leg muscles are involved a lot in daily training, so we don't start with the leg muscles first, but with the arms."

Wang Le grabbed Zhou Yi's arm and said, "This little arm... I'm really afraid that you will break it, Chinese boy."

Zhou Yi quickly said, "Don't worry, Coach Macho, I don't lack calcium."

"But you lack protein powder." Wang Le said, "From now on, after strength training every day, you have to supplement protein powder. This will at least make you look less thin. If I hadn't been to China, look When it comes to you, I really wonder if your China hasn’t solved the problem of food and clothing.”

When Wang Le said this, the problem immediately rose to the level of "China's image". Zhou Yi's small body must be practiced so as not to discredit the motherland...

"There is a saying that 'football is a leg sport'. But this sentence is wrong, football is a whole body sport, upper body strength is indispensable. Why start with arm strength? When you imagine yourself playing football, you will Don't you use your arms frequently to block opponents from attacking you?"

Zhou Yi nodded: "Yes."

"So in order to enhance the physical confrontation ability, the strength of the arm muscles must be trained. In addition, when the body is in contact, it is also required to master the balance ability, and the arm plays a vital role in maintaining balance. In your warm-up, is it not One of them was standing on one leg while holding a football?"

"Yes, there is." Zhou Yi said.

That is, each player holds a football, and then stands on one leg. Make sure that the knees of the two legs do not collide. Hold for 30 seconds, and then continue with the other leg.

Zhou Yi didn't really understand the meaning of this warm-up.

But it didn't matter, Wangle explained it to him right away.

"This warm-up focuses on your hip flexors, including the psoas major, psoas minor, iliacus, and rectus femoris, hip extensors, including the gluteus maximus and hamstrings, and the tensor of the fascia lata. Muscle, sartorius and iliotibial band. Mainly training balance ability, many knee injuries are caused by not reacting quickly when the body is out of balance. Standing on one leg can improve your balance and Knee control -- you see, it's muscle control."

"But why are you holding the football? Single-leg training is enough to practice balance..." Zhou Yi asked his doubts.

"That's what I'm going to talk about next. Why are you holding a football? Simple, because holding a football creates partial distraction and a shift in balance. Your hands don't help you keep your balance, so the brain and spinal cord areas will adjust the balance more subconsciously."

This is indeed very reasonable, Zhou Yi felt that standing on one leg holding a football was more difficult than standing on one leg without holding the football.

"So, excellent football players, their upper body strength is very developed, which you can see from the picture after they take off their shirts. We start with the upper body strength, and then increase the training of other parts step by step , and finally let your body strength reach a balanced state. But the most important first thing is..."

Wang Le looked Zhou Yi up and down, and then said.

"You're going to gain weight."