After breakfast, the team mbers waited nervously. Once they were sure that Commander Ling wouldn’t co back to tornt them, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Ling Chengyan wasn’t present, but the training continued. After the group completed their warm-ups and basic physical drills, they played in groups for half an hour.
Once on the court, as soon as they touched the ball, many instinctively used the movents and rhythm guided by Ling Chengyan. This half-session of training gas lacked the urgency of winning or losing, but it was still very exciting. When the ga was over and everyone reviewed their performance on the court, they all realized the changes in individuals and the team.
Although it wasn’t a complete transformation, so of the movent rhythms and angles were much more effective. This was still a defensive and offensive battle among themselves, like their own spear against their own shield, but what if the opponents were different?
Thinking of the upcoming invitational tournant, they beca less nervous and even looked forward to it.
In the afternoon, the basketball reserve players ca to the court again, and without seeing Commander Ling Chengyan, two couldn’t help but cheer.
Xu Dong, hands behind his back, watched the suddenly lively group, with a mocking smile on his lips: What are these fools thinking? Is Commander Ling the type to start sothing and not finish it?!
The result was that in the evening, this group was thoroughly drilled on the basketball court by Ling Chengyan for two hours.
At night, soone even dread about Commander Ling chasing them into their dreams, spending all night dreaming, with the fear imposed by Commander Ling pervading both day and night.
The next morning, seeing Ling Chengyan again on the court, they finally understood that Commander Ling had other work during the day and more regular training to conduct. He only had the ti to deal with them in the early mornings and late afternoons.
On the sixth day of the lunar month, the schedule for the basketball invitational tournant was confird, set to start on the eighth day of the lunar month. The five-day round-robin tournant would determine the top four, then rest for a day, with the semifinals on the fourteenth and the finals on the fifteenth, determining the champions, runners-up, and third place. It was also considered a cultural and sports entertainnt activity for the Lantern Festival.
Ling Chengyan focused on training until the seventh day, utilizing every mont to intensify training for a full week.
On the evening of the seventh day, as they were about to dismiss after ending training, Ling Chengyan said, "There’s no training tomorrow morning."
Several people let out a relieved breath.
Ling Chengyan scanned them with a light gaze, and those who had just breathed a sigh of relief imdiately stiffened, straightened up, and stood at attention.
"Tomorrow, the round-robin tournant begins. I wish you all the best in advance, to win with flying colors and achieve first place. That’s all. Go back and rest well. Dismissed!"
After giving the order, Ling Chengyan turned and left first.
Everyone else remained still, including a few overseeing leaders and the basketball players who had been rather miserably tornted these past few days.
Watching Ling Chengyan’s tall figure receding into the distance, suddenly soone shouted, "Thank you, Commander!"
Everyone reacted and shouted in unison, "Thank you, Commander!"
Ling Chengyan, already several dozen ters away, waved without turning his head, "Dismissed!"
The atmosphere suddenly lightened, and everyone laughed, slinging arms over each other’s shoulders as they returned to the dormitory.
On the eighth day of the lunar month, Ling Chengyan sent the kids to the training ground. She followed the usual routine and walked to the basketball court. However, this ti she didn’t guide the training or say a word; she just stood with Xu Dong and a few others at the sideline for a while, only about ten minutes, then left again.
Since it was the start of the round-robin tournant, several gas were scheduled on the Special Service Company’s basketball court. Coincidentally, the first ga on the morning of the eighth day was held on their ho court.
This was undoubtedly an advantageous condition for them.
These days, the team mbers spent almost all their ti outside eating and sleeping, training on the basketball court, so they were extrely familiar with the terrain and facilities, eliminating the need to adapt to a new venue, making it surely easier to play.
Ling Chengyan heard a new term: ho court advantage.
Today, it was the ho court for their Special Service Company.
Ling Chengyan ordered that for each ga, a platoon mber from their team would take turns to go watch and serve as cheerleaders.
They didn’t yet know that in professional sports events across the ocean in Arica, cheerleaders are highly enviable, wearing little skirts and dancing to entertain during halfti breaks.
However, the tradition in the military is well known: when brother units participate in etings or events together, they often start with a singing contest to enliven the atmosphere.
But when the Special Service Company’s ’cheerleaders’ arrived early, they waited and waited, and all they got was the participating team mbers and the leading officials—there were no audience mbers or cheerleaders.
The singing contest plan was shelved.
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