After taking the master's advice, the guy really did stop using his right hand and started using his left for many things.
Gradually, he began practicing basketball with his left hand.
Back when he was studying in the United States, his left hand hadn't been his dominant hand, but his coach had made him train with both hands. So practicing with his left again wasn't as difficult as he'd imagined.
At most, he struggled when practicing moves that normally required both hands, since doing them with one hand was much harder.
But because of his love for basketball, he practiced those moves thousands of times. In the end, he could do them just as well with one hand as with both.
That was why, when playing one-on-one, he would often raise his right hand and tell people, "I'll let you have one hand."
He wasn't really trying to handicap himself. He simply didn't dare use his right hand too much.
Later, when he encountered certain unusual situations on the court, he would occasionally use his right hand.
For instance, when the ball was on his right and about to go out of bounds, he couldn't reach it with his left.
If he wanted to save the ball, he had no choice but to use his right hand.
In situations like that, he would use it.
Gradually, he started using his right hand a little on the court now and then. It still wasn't as natural as before, but compared to when he'd first started, it was tremendous progress.
He planned to return to professional basketball once he had fully overcome his mental block.
He would start with Japan's professional league, then make his way to the NBA.
But practicing normally wasn't enough to make a full recovery with his right