After a day of training, Philip dragged his exhausted body to the locker room, gritted his teeth and took off his prosthetic limb. The area where the prosthetic limb connected to his knee was already red and swollen.
"It hurts!" Phillip gently rubbed the red and swollen area. At this time, he suddenly missed Dai Li.
In the past, at Li Dai's place, every time after training, Li Dai would massage him for a few minutes, and his pain would be quickly relieved, and his skin would not swell. But now, this kind of swelling and pain has become a constant pain. Even if you go back and rest for a whole night, you can't eliminate it.
His legs hurt from training every day, and he always finished last in the competition. In this case, Philip couldn't feel any motivation. At this time, Philip even hated being an athlete.
Steven walked into the locker room and came to Phillip excitedly.
"Barron, good news, there is a sponsor in Auckland who is interested in you, so I am going to Auckland tomorrow to meet the sponsor and have an interview with him." Steven said.
"We have another sponsor." But there was no trace of joy on Philip's face.
These days, Steven would always tell him that a new sponsor was interested in him, followed by a short wait, and then nothing more happened.
Steven felt Philip's decadence, and he immediately said: "Barron, I will definitely negotiate for the sponsor this time."
Phillip sighed melancholy, and then said, "Do you think I made a stupid choice by leaving Coach Li?"
"How could it be? The AP training center is much larger than Dai Li's, with richer equipment and a more professional coaching team. It has the most advanced training concepts in the world..." Steven said hurriedly.
"But my performance has dropped." Philip shook his head: "I admit that the training at the AP Training Center is indeed very professional. Their coaching team has arranged a very scientific training plan for me. I really can't see it. Come out, there are no problems with their training, but I also clearly feel that my speed is not as fast as before!"
"Barron, this is just a matter of state. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just relax a little and you will definitely be able to get back to your previous state." Steven then advised.
"No, it's not because of my condition." Philip shook his head seriously: "When I was with Coach Li, I would feel very smooth when running. Sometimes, I couldn't even feel the prosthesis. existence, this prosthetic limb seems to be integrated with my body and becomes a part of my body. But now, I can no longer find that feeling. Especially during competitions, I feel that this pair of prosthetic limbs is very heavy. , it became a burden and made me feel difficult even if I didn’t run a step.”
"Barron, could it be that your prosthetic limbs are too old? How about we go to Iceland again, find the company that sells prosthetic limbs, and get a new set of prosthetic limbs. Maybe they have more advanced technology now, new ones. The prosthesis will be stronger and lighter." Steven advised.
"Is it a problem with the prosthetic limb?" Philip shook his head: "But when I bought the prosthetic limb, the company promised that the prosthetic limb could be used for twenty or thirty years. The strength of dozens of layers of carbon fiber is much higher than that of steel. Even if it is under continuous pressure, it will not deform. What's more, even if there is a problem with the prosthetic limb, I cannot replace it in a short time."
"Why?" Steven asked.
"This kind of prosthetic limb needs to be specially made, because everyone's body shape and bone development are different, so everyone's needs for prosthetic limbs are also different, so this kind of prosthetic limb is destined to be impossible to mass-produce, and this production process, It will take several months, after all, dozens of layers of carbon fiber need to be compressed together." Philip paused and then said:
"After the prosthetic limb is made, it needs to be installed and debugged to make the user adapt to the prosthetic limb. It took me a year to fully adapt to the prosthetic limb and I can walk with it like a normal person. Do you think now Do I have that much time to customize a new set of prosthetics and then adapt to the new ones?"
Phillip said and sighed: "I really regret it now. I should have continued to train with Coach Li. Isn't it just that I lost 5% of the income share? At least it is much better than now!"
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David Mills waved a stack of A4 paper in his hand and said with a high-spirited expression: "Dear directors, our Los Angeles center has given Barron Phillip a lot of extra training resources, and I have used the best in the center. The training team developed a scientific training plan for him, which is what I have in my hand. Before I came, I visited three consultants: Lawrence, Dale and Guderis. The three consultants agreed that, This training plan is very well done. For your information, here are the signatures of three consultants."
Mills opened the A4 paper, revealing three signatures.
The three men Mills mentioned, Lawrence, Dell and Guderis, were all top coaches in the United States. They all once worked at the AP Training Center. After retirement, they served as senior consultants at the AP Physical Training Center. These three people have high coaching standards, rich coaching experience, and qualifications, which are enough to win the confidence of the directors present.
As expected, Mills showed off the signs of these three old consultants, which immediately frightened many people. Even the members of the board of directors had to give these three old consultants a bit of slack. It is obviously impossible to find fault with Mills in terms of his training plan.
"Mills, since there is no problem with your training plan, why did Philip's performance plummet? Is there something wrong with your execution?" a director asked.
"There is definitely no problem with our execution. Our coaches are all trained by the headquarters and have passed the headquarters' assessment." Mills said.
The director who asked the question did not dwell on this issue anymore, otherwise it would be like letting the headquarters take the blame for Mills.
"Mills, as the person in charge of the Los Angeles Center, what do you think is the reason that led to the decline in Philip's performance?" Another director asked.
Mills cleared his throat and said: "I think that Philip's performance decline is entirely due to his personal reasons. Maybe he did not try his best during training, which led to poor training results; or maybe he did not train well before the game. He went to too many nightclubs, which caused him to be in bad shape during the game."
"Mills, what do you mean, are you going to put the responsibility on Philip? Put it on our customers and let them bear the responsibility?" The director just asked dissatisfiedly.
"What else? Do you think that the training level of our AP center is not as good as that Chinese-owned training center?" David Mills said without blushing.
The conference room fell into silence, and the directors all realized that passing the responsibility to Philip was a very good choice.
"Directors, there is already a voice in the media saying that our training is not as good as that of Coach Li's training center, and our colleagues are also waiting to see our jokes! So what we have to do now is to calm the public opinion as soon as possible Doubts. And the best way to quell public doubts is obviously to abdicate responsibility."
Mills spread his hands and continued: "Philip's performance dropped because of his own fault, not because of our poor training level, let alone because any Chinese coach's training level is higher than ours. So our AP training center is still The best physical training center in the United States. What do you think?"
"I agree with Mills' statement." The director sitting in the middle said: "For the reputation of our AP training center, we can only agree with Mills' statement."
"But this may not be the truth!" said a person next to him.
"Is the truth that important?" The director sitting in the middle continued: "The key is, this is the truth we need!"