Chapter 1114 The Third Fly-Catching Training Camp in the United States Opens

The next day, Li Ba went to the Sports General Association and met Liu Peng.

The two chatted for an hour and a half, and then Li Ba left.

On July 18, Li Ba's family flew to Changsha.

On this day, the Sports General Association announced several personnel changes.

Before Li Ba got home, Gao Yuanyuan called and said with a smile: "See, I was right, wasn't I?"

"Come on, this kind of thing must never be done again." Li Ba said helplessly.

"Don't be afraid, your name is heard directly by the heavens, you and basketball have become a golden signboard for China's external propaganda, and you have enough say in this circle." Gao Yuanyuan smiled.

"Really?"

Li Ba had never thought about this question.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Ba's family landed in Changsha, and then they were surrounded by a large number of fans and media at the airport.

"Iron Hammer, do you know about the personnel changes in the Basketball Management Center?" A reporter asked loudly.

"I don't know, who was transferred?" Li Ba lied casually.

"Iron Hammer, you are too cunning. Don't lie to us. You must know."

"Iron Hammer, you went to the Sports General Association yesterday. Is this transfer related to you?"

The reporters are not stupid. Such a big thing, as the number one in basketball, how can they believe that Li Ba doesn't know?

Li Ba smiled and said: "I just got off the plane, how can I know anything? I went to the Sports General Association because I had something to do. Can't I go to the Sports General Association? Don't blame me for these things, okay?"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Ba's family of three returned to their hometown.

Zhou Yuehe and Li Dacheng haven't seen their granddaughter for more than half a month. After meeting, they hugged her and didn't let go.

"Son, do you still have a game to play?" Li Dacheng asked.

"Well, I will go back to the United States in two days." Li Ba said.

"What about Guoguo? Are we going to the United States now?" Zhou Yuehe asked.

"She and Xixi will stay. I will come back to participate in the China Open after playing the US Open. I will be back in early September." Li Ba said.

"That's fine." Hearing that Guoguo was going to stay, the old couple had no problem.

After staying for two days, on July 21, Li Ba flew to the United States for tennis training in preparation for the US Open starting at the end of August.

However, after arriving in the United States, at the suggestion of Bill Duffy, he first opened a fly-catching training camp.

In this training camp, he also prepared for tennis players.

Gao Yuanyuan advised: "Tubei, your tennis training here is all for yourself, aren't you afraid that they will beat you?"

Li Ba shook his head and said: "My training here is very simple, there is no secret, they don't come here, they can still do the same training, don't underestimate their coaching team."

On July 25, the third fly-catching training camp in the United States officially opened.

This camp also attracted great attention.

Not only many athletes from the basketball and boxing circles participated, but also attracted a group of tennis players to participate, a total of nearly 200 people.

Li Ba invited Yan Zhi, Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie to participate in his training camp for free. When the three received the call, they were a little hesitant, because hitting flies is definitely a challenge for girls.

But Li Ba told them that the fly-catching training in tennis had been improved. It was not about hitting flies. The speed of that thing was much slower than tennis. It was useless to hit them. Then they came.

When signing up that day, Li Ba sat behind the table at the door, collected a large stack of checks, and his face was smiling.

"Roger?"

Someone else came in. Li Ba saw that it was Federer.

Seeing the check Federer put on the table, Li Ba said in surprise: "You are old. Is this learning until old age?"

"I am only 28 years old, only one year older than you, maybe less than one year older. Do you think you are young?" Federer said unhappily.

After signing up for Federer and putting his check on the stack, another group of people came in. At first glance, they were all tennis players, Nadal, Polo, Djokovic, Murray.

By the way, there were also a few women, including Sharapova and the two Venus sisters.

Li Ba was a little stunned. Except for Peng Shuai and the other three, this was the first time that women were going to participate in the training camp. Aren't they afraid of being disgusted?

"Let me make it clear first, I won't refund the money." Li Ba said to the women.

"Iron Hammer, can you try it first? I don't know if I can stand so many flies around me." Sharapova asked.

Li Ba shook his head quickly and said, "No."

"I always try clothes before buying them, why not?" Sharapova said dissatisfiedly.

Li Ba laughed and said, "My clothes are all custom-made, so this is the difference between us."

Sharapova was almost angry to death, and slapped the check in front of Li Ba.

Li Ba prepared some tennis rackets for tennis players, all of which were specially made. This was designed by him. It was just as big as the sweet spot of the racket, very small. In the fly-catching training, they had to use this small racket to hit the target.

The target prepared for them was not flies, but two tennis serve machines. Their target was real tennis.

Hearing that it was not to hit flies, the women breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Ba smiled and said, "But actually I suggest you go and hit flies. There are many benefits. You decide for yourself."

First, basketball and boxing training was done, and then Li Ba took a group of tennis players outdoors.

Several new tennis training courts were built outdoors, separated by iron nets, which was very simple.

Li Ba introduced: "The machine can adjust the serving speed and hitting height. You can choose by yourself, and the ball path is random, without rules. The training is very simple. What you have to do is to complete the hitting in one step. Of course, the machine can only hit the ball flat, without rotation. This machine is said to be under improvement, and it may be able to hit the ball with rotation in the future."

"I choose... 230 ball speed. Hitting height, 3.3 meters." Djokovic said.

Obviously, he chose it based on Li Ba's average first serve speed and height.

Li Ba pointed to the compartment at the back and said: "Go in."

Nodding, Djokovic took the small racket given to him and went in.

A staff member adjusted the machine's ball speed and height, and then signaled Djokovic that the training could begin.

Djokovic stood behind the baseline, looked at the small racket in his hand, and muttered: "Can such a small racket be hit?"

At this time, other people were also watching outside.

Djokovic made a gesture to serve, and the staff behind the machine pressed the button. Two seconds later, with a bang, a tennis ball was hit and hit the inside corner. Djokovic didn't react at all.

Djokovic tried several more times, but didn't hit it once. He turned back and shouted to Li Ba: "Iron Hammer, can you show me?"

Li Ba smiled, pushed open the iron door, took Djokovic's small racket, and motioned him to stand over the machine and prepare to receive the serve.

"Bang!"

After the gesture, the tennis ball was shot out, to the outside corner.

Li Ba reacted immediately, stepped out with his right foot, and at the moment of landing, he pushed the small racket forward and hit the tennis ball with a bang.

"Oh!"

Several people outside exclaimed, receiving the serve so accurately?