Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 351 The Real Ace

"Senior, good afternoon." This junior, who had always had a bad face, was very polite.

"Omura-kun, you're here, we haven't cooperated yet." Just happened to be exhausted in the morning, relax a bit in the afternoon, and get acquainted with the other first-year catchers.

"Hi, I understand. I have already collected the information about seniors. Seniors have four seams, two seams, carters, shifters and sliders, right? What ball should I catch?"

This guy must have been too cautious, it was just a small coordination exercise, and then Takano thought, has this kid been waiting for this day or something.

"Haha, let me show you the trajectories of all the balls. By the way, you have cooperated with Eijun quite a lot recently. How about Eijun's ball path?"

Unexpectedly, this sentence drowned out Okumura's emotions like water. After Takano showed a questioning expression, Okumura had to say with difficulty, "It's very difficult to catch. All the balls will move when they are at hand." For this reason , He contributed so many missed connections in his life.

"It must have been researched by Eijun and Miyuki-senpai. It can really bring out the characteristics of the moving ball to the fullest." If you are not familiar with it beforehand, it is difficult to catch it with ease, so Eijun was sent to practice with Yui.

Of course, Miyuki-senpai's sudden showmanship is indispensable.

"Eh? Why do you want to get acquainted with the freshman catcher of the non-first army this afternoon?" Miyuki asked knowingly. After seeing such a pitch in the morning, he unexpectedly had thoughts of not wanting to move away from the pitcher.

"Miyuki-senpai and Ono-senpai have only half a year left in the team."

Miyuki slowly calmed down, and joked, "It should be said that it's been less than half a year, and it's already April." If he can't qualify for West Tokyo in the trials, there will be less than 4 months left.

"Well, the catcher is different from the pitcher. It exists like the commander of the entire team. There are very few good catchers like Miyuki-senpai."

"Eh—??" The catcher raised his head back, as if he was shocked by the sudden praise and couldn't stand still, "Why are you praising me so suddenly!"

Gao Zhiye was just talking about a fact in a very ordinary way, but he was a little surprised by the other party's reaction, "...it's just a fact, don't you usually call yourself a court brain?" How can you just repeat it and get such a big reaction .

"Yeah... isn't this... that?" Yuyuki's hand suddenly became redundant, first hanging on the side, then using it on his hips, and finally putting it behind his back, "Hahaha, you are so sincere suddenly, let me I was taken aback, hahaha."

Gao Zhiye took the whole process into his eyes, and his expression became weird, "Is it possible that Miyuki-senpai is embarrassed?" ? ?That cheeky Miyuki-senpai? ? ? '

Then there was no need to say anything about the training cycle of new catchers, Miyuki ran away first.

Gao Zhiye waved his hand at the fleeing figure, with a smirk on the corner of his mouth, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, it's like a home run."

However, he has been thinking about the problem of catchers in the team recently. The rookies are too immature. If they don't cultivate familiarity in advance, the shortage of catchers will be exposed in autumn. There are many people in Qingdao who can be catchers, but good catchers are rare. .

When their main pitchers are still in the situation, the catcher will become the wooden board that suddenly falls on the barrel, affecting the performance of all pitchers.

"Fortunately, Mr. Takashima reminded me..." After a long time, he felt again, "I have really become a senior..." He used to think that he was thinking about the whole team, but in fact he was only thinking about the pitching line .

My thoughts returned to the cowshed, where Okumura Kosune was already in place, and he put on his mask and squatted down, "Senior, can you cast the four squares first?"

"Yes, today is mainly to familiarize you with the game, and let's see how well you can adapt."

"Hi! I see."

There is no need to answer so completely every time, just 'Hi' is enough.

"Then let's start with the 130-kilometer throw and let you get used to the speed of the ball first."

'Senior has no airs at all, and looks very experienced. '

Okumura nodded and put the glove on the inside corner of the right-handed hitter, 'If I remember correctly, he likes to attack the inside corner of hitters. '

Takano didn't raise his legs, but just stepped out loosely like playing a toss and catch, using only the strength of his upper body to deliver the ball.

"Whoosh—" The white ball came straight forward very obediently, about 120-130, but because of the sharp contrast with this throwing posture, this ball looks very fast.

'It was so easy to cast. 'This is the first time for Okumura to see Ace's pitch from the first perspective. Just by this, he is distinguished from all previous pitchers.

"Pa——" the little catcher tried to answer softly to make the voice sound better.

There are many idealistic things in the catcher's catching skills. For example, if you catch the ball loudly, the pitcher will feel refreshed, and if you catch the ball softly, you will feel very stable. Expressions to judge the pitcher's mood and the like.

In short, in the relationship between shooting and catching, it is a position of guidance and care, and this is a bit contradictory to the relationship between seniors and juniors. Maybe not only catchers, but all pitchers have to adapt to this new relationship.

Takano and Okumura are gradually increasing the speed and variety of balls.

"After more than 140 kilometers, the sound of the glove changed. What's the matter, don't catch the ball hard." Many catchers catch the ball in the wrong way. If they catch the high-speed ball hard, the result is injury.

Think about it, wearing only one glove to pick up something with such a high speed, if the method is wrong, the wear and tear over the years will be amazing.Therefore, Takano kept paying attention to the sound and stopped at the right time.

"Well, now I can catch the ball, but not as well as before."

"Then start looking at the change ball now."

"Hi!"

Gao Zhiye shook his arm, secretly comparing the two new catchers in his heart. In terms of straight ball catching skills, both of them have good basic skills.

Then there is the speed of response.

As soon as I thought about it, the ball was already headed for home plate.

"Pa-da-da." The white ball fell out of the glove.

'Is the carter ball so sharp? Okumura bent down to pick up the ball in disbelief, and the sudden change in trajectory before the home plate came straight to his glove. It is not so much a beast as wisdom, which makes people behind Hairs stand on end.

"Oh—not bad, your reaction ability, I almost received it, obviously it's the first time I've seen it."

Gao Zhiye didn't use his full strength for this ball, about seven or eight points.

Okumura put the mask back on, and continued to catch the arrest with a calm expression, but his inner thoughts surged. You must know that after experiencing the torture of Sawamura's pitching, he has already become very defensive, but that's it , still can not receive.

The pitcher on the opposite side taught him to catch and catch his own ball with a kind tone and step-by-step guidance, but he could glimpse the strikeout ability as sharp as a sword during the pitch that was not put in full effort .

'This man is the real ace. '

　I’m going to play games on Monday, and this time I want to play around the kitchen. It’s almost time for the two of us to play
　　The video game store can play all day on weekdays, and the price is very cheap

　　Buy some buns tomorrow morning, bring biscuits, European buns and milk, and just watch the game for a day
　　I look forward to it~~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)