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Chapter 20 Alternative Training Life

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The next morning, Don Jack came to Schalke 04's youth team training ground and trained with other players.

At Schalke 04 Club, there are two standard training football fields and several training lawns. One of them is for first-team players, and the other football field is Schalke 04's under-23 youth team and under-19 youth team.

In the past, this football field was generally not used by anyone, and most of the players of the youth team were trained on a few pieces of turf. Although the venue was not standard, the goal and equipment were all in use, and it didn't matter at all.

Many times, youth teams under 19 will play training matches with youth teams under 23, and the two players will share another football field for internal competitions, which is also to give young people more experience in the game.

For youth teams under 19, most of these players are between the ages of 16 and 18. They focus on training basics, such as physical strength, endurance and basic tactics.

Most of the players of the under 23-year-old youth team have achieved basic success, physical strength, endurance, tactical foundation, and awareness. Their training programs are mainly competitions, tactical awareness and tactical cooperation.

Obviously, Don Jack is not on this list.

Tang Jack has very good physical strength and endurance. Even if Schindler did not really see the data, he still had some relevant understanding of this. However, this new boy has almost 0 tactical foundation. Schindler is extremely sure of this!

What tactical qualities can a kid who has been playing black football before?

Don Jack admits too.

In the official football game, he did not cooperate with his teammates at all because his running and consciousness were all very hazy. Standing on the court, as long as the football was at the feet of his teammates, he was a little at a loss.

So, after some brief training on the first day, Schindler sent Don Jack to the under-19 youth team.

"Haha, that kid was downgraded on the first day!"

"That guy performed well yesterday, but his foundation was too poor."

"I think those little guys will definitely give him guidance, haha, this is really interesting!"

Many under-23 youth teams are funny about Schindler's decision because they have never seen a player under-23 youth team who will be sent to the under-19 youth team for training.

Obviously, everyone's idea is correct.

Although Don Jack is only 19 years old, he is at least 1 or 2 years older than the under-19 youth team players. In addition, due to his experience, Don Jack looks very mature, which makes him look more like a 23 or 4-year-old player. Although he is immature, he looks older than his average peers. This makes many under-19 youth team players feel that the team has a big brother.

"Fuck!" Don Jack's eyes turned pale and complained, he learned this with an English teammate.

Of course, this doesn't matter, mainly because he must receive basic training guidance in the youth team under 19. However, Tang Jack's mood is very stable, but he is not afraid of any disdain or ridicule. He just follows the coach of the youth team under 19 and learn step by step.

In terms of formal football, he is a complete rookie.

Don Jack is very self-aware. He knows what his shortcomings and advantages are. Now with such a good training environment, he has to make up for his shortcomings. So after entering Schalke 04, Don Jack began to train with everyone's surprise perseverance.

First of all, there is tactics class.

Tang Jack used his perseverance to practice Shaolin skills in his previous life. He specifically consulted Mr. Keen, the tactical coach of the youth team. Every free time or after the afternoon training, he would consult Mr. Keen, which felt a little bored.

But Mr. Keane felt very good.

In the youth team, few players are interested in tactical theory knowledge. What they are more interested in is real practical exercises, or a wonderful extraordinary move, shooting skills, etc. These practices can make them feel that they have made progress, but what can tactical theory bring?

At least this doesn't make them feel obvious progress.

So, generally speaking, except for formal tactical training classes, Keane is very free, and he likes the feeling of being a teacher.

In the past, this small requirement was really not easy to meet. When taking tactical training classes, most players in general theory classes would fall asleep unless they were practiced, which annoyed Keane. He wanted to educate these young people about how important tactical theory is and how effective it will be in analyzing the situation and running position in the game.

However, he did not get what he wanted.

Now, Keane has room for performance, and a diligent black-haired oriental boy appeared on the team. This boy asked him to provide special guidance every day, and could listen to it from beginning to end, and even some basic and important contents were recorded silently.

All this made Keane feel very accomplished, and he was optimistic about this new boy.

And what about Don Jack?

In fact, this is really nothing. He just supplemented his foundation, that's all, isn't it? After all, Don Jack's state of mind is different from that of young players, and he understands the importance of the foundation.

In addition to tactical training, Don Jack also has to conduct basic dribbling training and basic shooting training every day, which are not popular among young players. Therefore, in free training, many young people are tied together. In real free activities, only Don Jack Jack silently does the repetitive basic training.

During these trainings, Don Jack mainly adapts to football, the feeling of dribbling, and the feeling of controlling the ball, that is, he is exercising his sense of ball.

This seems a bit strange, but Don Jack thinks that as long as he has a good ball sense, all movements and techniques will come naturally, so he thinks that basic is the most important thing.

Now, what he lacks is the foundation.

In fact, when other players are training freely, Don Jack does basic training on the sidelines, this scene seems funny.

Think about it, a group of younger boys are doing more advanced training freely, and there is only a young man with a mature appearance doing basic training in the entire training ground. How eye-catching is this?

At least when Schalke 04's first-team head coach, Joseph Heinx, who once took charge of many wealthy clubs in Germany and Spain, came to the youth team training ground to check it out, he noticed Don Jack.

"Is this kid really weird? He's been doing basic training? You asked him to do this?" Heinx said to Old Schindler. "Why is he in this team? Is he less than 19 years old?"

"Yes, sir."

When Schindler saw Don Jack who had been working hard, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "He just joined last month and was brought by a scout. I think this guy is in good health and may grow up."

Heinx nodded, touched his forehead, and smiled, "Hope, I want to do it."

Heinx just said casually that he certainly hopes that all the young people in the team can become successful, so he won’t have to have a headache during the transfer period. At least he can’t buy players. The young people in the team can also add to the lineup, which is great.

He didn't pay much attention, and of course Don Jack didn't know about this.

As for these arguments and the lack of understanding of the people around him, Tang Jack doesn't pay attention to them. He is just doing his own training. In fact, the more important reason is that Tang Jack is learning German by himself. At night, Li Xue learns a little by himself and teaches him a little by little. With this learning method, the progress can be imagined.

In other words, Don Jack and these young Germans had language barriers and he couldn't understand how the surroundings commented on him.

This doesn't matter.

Isn't it?

"In a few months, I'm going to leave." Looking at the contemptuous eyes of many young German boys around, Don Jack smiled in his heart: "Where to go? Of course, it's to the first team! Go to Schalke 04's first team!"

When this sentence comes out, there must be a group of people who will be disdainful.

But Don Jack doesn't care. He has this confidence and can only succeed after working hard. He firmly believes in this and his ability.

Of course, this seems to take a little luck.

However, since you stay in Schalke 04 Youth Team, you will always have luck, right?

In a blink of an eye, more than a month has passed. Now it is February in Germany. Christmas has passed for a month and a half. The war in the German League One has become increasingly fierce. This has nothing to do with Don Jack, but he still lives an irritable and tiring training life.

There is only one thing that is, the day after tomorrow of the German Youth Team Schalke 04 Youth Team vs Bayern Munich Youth Team.

Although the opponent's name is very loud, it seems to be just a youth team game. However, Schindler's words made many youth team players excited and excited. First-team head coach Heinx will come to watch the game on the spot.

Yes, this is Schalke 04's home court.
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