不过倔强的他硬是去找教练,希望允许他随队训练,教练告诉他说:“你个子太矮,反应也不快,打篮球的前途不大。”迈克尔失望而归。校队参加地区比赛时,迈克尔又来请求教练能随队看球。在他苦苦央求下,这位教练心软了,同意了他的请求,不过他必须为校队的队员看管衣服。为了看球,小乔丹只好抱着衣服进场。这段时间,乔丹开始苦练技术,他每天练4个钟头。前两个钟头跟二队练,后两个钟头与一队练。训练结束后他还给自己加码,一有时间他就会拍着球找个篮球架,挥汗如雨地练。这种习惯他后来一直带到NBA。刻苦的训练为乔丹打下了极为扎实的基本功。一年之后,校队一队的大门再也没有任何理由拒绝他了。那时他个子长到1.91米,篮球技艺也日渐成熟。 However, he stubbornly hard to find a coach, hoping to allow him to train with the team, the coach told him: “You are too short, the reaction is not fast, the future is not playing basketball.” "Michael disappointed. When the school team competed in the regional competition, Michael again asked the coach to watch the team. Under his painstaking demands, the coach was softhearted and agreed to his request, though he had to take care of the team members of the school team. In order to watch the small Jordan had to enter the clothes. During this time, Jordan began training hard skills, he practiced 4 hours a day. The first two hours with the second team practice, after two hours and a team practice. After the training he returned to his own overweight, a time he will pat the ball to find a basketball rack, sweat training. This habit he later brought to the NBA. Hard training for Jordan laid a very solid basic skills. A year later, there was never any reason to refuse him anymore. At that time, he grew to 1.91 meters tall and his basketball skills matured.