Bernard King indeed had special training techniques, and his guidance on footwork brought great benefits to Gan Guoyang.
Gan Guoyang tirelessly practiced what seemed to be the simplest layup drills, repeating exercises with different postures, angles, and steps over and over.
The training process was tedious and dull, even reaching a point where it was unbearably boring, as if a person were a puppet being manipulated to perform the same set of movements.
Bernard King said that one could add some interesting games or unique methods to the training to make it more acceptable.
Yet Gan Guoyang refused, saying, "This is already very interesting."
Bernard King shook his head, looking at the tall Gan Guoyang, agile and nimble like a small forward, he reaffirmed that UCLA must have lost their minds.
"He has more talent than Albert even. But he works harder than Albert, even harder than me," King thought.
