Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 38 The First Changeball
"...that's it, I just moved a few seams, the swing and release motion is exactly the same as the straight ball, only when the ball is touched, the middle finger is a little more force, every pitcher's hand is different, may need to be adjusted. "

Hayakawa looked silently at the pitchers who were discussing with their backs to him in the distance. He has been here for 5 minutes, and no pitcher has paid attention to him, "Is it possible that I am recessive?"So they can't see me? Hayakawa Qiu complained helplessly in his heart.

"I always think it will be confused with a straight ball." Takano gestured twice, and Sato nodded beside him.

Coach Fujii had just left, and Shibazaki said worriedly: "So, if your straight ball is not stable, you can't learn other types of balls. Did Coach Ninomiya really let you learn change balls?"

"Don't worry, I already asked him for instructions yesterday, and it's basically fine."

"What does basic mean?"

"It means yes."

Shibasaki corrected Shimotakano's grip with concern, and Akira Hayakawa dragged out his voice on the opposite side: "Okay——are you—?"

Because another backup catcher left with Coach Fujii, there was only one junior catcher who was about to be promoted to the junior high school, so the only one in the bullpen who could host pitching was Akira Hayakawa.

"Come on right away, but I don't know where I'm going to hit the catcher for the first time."

"Okay——" Hayakawa complained about these wayward pitchers in his heart. He didn't know where he would throw the ball, so he felt relieved to hit the catcher. These pitchers. . . .

Then he saw that the pitcher on the opposite side raised his leg, strode, and shot smoothly, as usual.

A straight ball?The high-speed rotating ball brings horizontal seam shadows in the afterimage.

'Where did the ball go?Does he only have accurate control of the straight ball? While thinking about it, Hayakawa's gloves began to move to the left.

However, unlike Takano's straight balls, Hayakawa watched his straight balls for two months. At this time, he felt keenly that the shaft was skewed, and the ball flew close to the home plate. Suddenly, from a certain point, the rotation of the shaft The tilt drives the whole ball toward the right-hander's outside corner, and a little bit down.

'What? Under the surprised eyes of everyone, Hayakawa's glove barely touched the edge of the ball, and the ball fell before he could grasp it firmly.

"Hiss—" Takano was the first to gasp: "Why did you move the glove, I threw the ball at your glove!"

"Huh? Didn't you say that you don't know where you will cast it?" Hayakawa Akira's tense shoulders relaxed, thinking that he would miss it directly.

"Yeah, so I didn't shoot towards your glove, it was probably to the left, about a third of the distance of the glove, and I feel like I can just hit the position of your glove after the change." Gao Zhiye said on the pitcher's mound He threw two shots in the air, looking for the feeling just now.

It took two seconds before he noticed the silence around him.

"What's wrong?" He asked strangely.

"Senior, is it your first time to throw a changing ball, can you know where to throw it?" Sato stepped forward, and suddenly touched Takano's hand inexplicably: "Lend me some."

"Sato-kun... what are you doing?" Takano looked at Sato with bright eyes, his back was fluffy.

Even Shibazaki stepped forward to learn from Sato while the two were fighting, and 'borrowed' a little bit of Takano's talent, and was finally pulled away by Akira Hayakawa.

"Gao Jun, the displacement of the ball last time was about one hemisphere. This time my gloves won't move. Please feel more accurate and keep this amount of movement. I don't want to be hit." In the inside corner of a right-handed hitter, "and a miss that could have walked the batter."

"Okay——" Takano complained about the pressure given by Akira Hayakawa, aimed at the inside corner of the hitter and was about one and a half balls away, and threw the second ball with a skillful enough pitching movement in the past two months .

Akira Hayakawa resisted the urge to move the glove, until he could feel the ball coming from the center of the glove, and he let out a breath, "NICE BALL! Come again!"

So when Coach Fujii came back, Takano had already thrown half of the 80 balls limited today to change shots.

"Didn't you say that after the physical test, you can practice the change ball?" The coach said with a headache. These kids had too many ideas, and Coach Ninomiya's office was almost flattened by them.

"Ah—that's what I said, but I don't think there is any need to wait for the test. My weight has reached the expected level, the speed of the ball has also been fixed, and the straight ball and pitching posture have also been fixed." Takano imitated Hayakawa Akira's hearty expression The laughter seemed unaffected by the worried coach at all, "Also, isn't there another practice match this weekend? I want to bring you a little surprise."

"Hey -- then let me take a look," then he turned to Sato who had been watching, "Sato, why don't you practice quickly?"

Sato turned around in surprise, "Senior Shibazaki, when did you..." I saw that Shibazaki disassembled the black and was practicing passing and catching with the little catcher. He hasn’t been officially promoted to junior high school, so let me, the senior with the lowest ball speed, let him adapt.”

Sato, who still wanted to say something, felt the resentment from Coach Fujii again. He is not Takano, and the coach really spent a lot of energy and time during this period.

The reason is that he can’t control the ball well in the second half of the pitch. Coach Fujii has been looking for problems in his pitching movements. Finally, by comparing his pitching postures before and after, he found that the inclination angle of his torso will change slightly before and after. s reason.

Generally, when twisting the body to face the home plate, the pitcher’s torso will be slightly tilted to the outside in order to drive the throwing arm behind. The angle formed between this and the vertical line is generally between 10 degrees and 25 degrees. It can bring room for the increase of ball speed.

In the second half of the ball count, Sato's body tilt angle will become slightly larger. This is a bad habit brought about by Sato when he was young to promote the speed of the ball. It was corrected by Kinoshita, but when his physical strength is not good, he still wants to maintain the speed of the ball. This subconscious The habits in the ball will surface, and his body will unconsciously lean a little more. Although it is only a little bit, it will still cause problems in the overall movement chain, and finally become a situation where it is difficult to control the ball.

Coach Fujii drove Sato to throw the ball with his eyes, then looked at Takano and nodded: "Let's shoot."

The first ball, as soon as the ball was shot, Coach Fujii, who was used to watching Takano's straight balls, felt the difference, "Hayakawa's glove didn't move at all. 'Then he saw the ball, and it shifted quickly, like it had eyes, and threw it into Hayakawa Qiu's glove.

"Have you been able to control the accuracy of the changing ball?" Compared to doubting the players' private training, Coach Fujii still decided to believe in Takano's talent.

"Probably, there is a vague feeling, and more practice is needed."

"Then do you feel awkward in your pitching action?" Coach Fujii still has to consider the impact on the pitching posture.

"Absolutely not."

"You will alternately throw straight balls and changing balls later, and I will shoot them with a camera." Out of concern for beginners, Coach Fujii still needs to check more, otherwise many bad habits will be formed and it will be difficult to get rid of them, just like Like Sato, it takes a long time to get back in the later stage.

After throwing dozens more balls, Coach Fujii stopped Takano's pitching and couldn't help clapping his palms, "Yes, this ball has already blended well with your straight ball from the naked eye. "

This is really an amazing talent. God is so eccentric. For children he doesn’t like, he closes the door and seals the windows. For children he likes, he will directly feed them with his own hands, for fear that he will be hungry. with.

Shibazaki is in the bustling bullpen, his brain seems to be placed in ice water, and there is a feeling of water oppressing him and suffocating him. He obviously told Gao Zhiye before that he knows his future development path very well, so for Others are not jealous at all, and they said such beautiful words, but seeing others fuse the balls I taught in an instant and play better, it is inevitable that it is a bit uncomfortable.

'Envy is very ugly and envy is utterly useless. Shibazaki said silently in his heart more than a dozen times, and slowly returned to normal, but he continued to think for a long time, 'How can I make my pitching more useful'.

That night, Coach Ninomiya's office was extremely lively, and the people who came even had to line up. Gao Zhiye leaned against the stairs, as if he had been standing there for a while.

He pointed upstairs: "Mr. Shibazaki, you also came to see Coach Ninomiya? Now Langzhi is inside."

"Lang Zhi?" Shibazaki leaned aside with Takano, "What's wrong?"

"He wants to get a training plan from Coach Ninomiya, so that he can go to Qingdao as a sports student," Gao Zhiye shrugged, and said helplessly: "His studies are really not very good. I give him extra lessons every day, but I'm almost exhausted."

"Oh—it's great that you brothers want to be together."

"What about you, what are you looking for from the coach? You've been preoccupied all day today."

"Well—although I haven't confirmed it with the coach, but I may have to change to a side shot." Shibasaki had a premonition that Takano would be shocked, but he would know sooner or later, so let's just say it.

"Eh—why?" Takano thought for a while, Shibasaki is a left-hander, if you add a side throw, it is equivalent to stacking BUFF, which will make the hitter very uncomfortable, but the question is why it is changed now.

"Actually, Coach Ninomiya advised me to change my side shot. My height has hardly grown any longer. Short people are at a disadvantage as a pitcher, so I need to tap every point of my potential. Now I want to understand, if the side shot can increase My deviation value, then I will do it." Shibazaki said these words with a bit of ruthlessness, and Takano felt more and more that this guy with a friendly appearance had a very hard heart.

Before he could say a few words, there was the sound of the door opening upstairs, Lang Chi came out, he was a little happy, and walked forward while jumping, the vibration was transmitted from the stairs to Takano and Shibazaki.

Two people:. . . .

Turning the corner and going downstairs, I saw two people leaning on one side, Lang Zhi: . . .

Lang Zhi regained his composure, and because he was too calm, he seemed a little flustered: "Brother, why are you here, and Shibazaki-kun."

The child was so panicked that he called out "Brother", Takano patted the child's head pityingly, not ashamed of him, but just made way for Shibasaki, and made a cheering gesture.

"Yeah." Shibazaki walked up with a smile.

"Hey—hey——Why did Shibazaki-kun go to the coach's office?" Lang Zhi, who was dragged to the preparation room to tidy up, kept asking.

Gao Zhiye was annoyed, he stopped, and performed to Lang Zhi the way he was happily bouncing and jumping just now, and exaggeratedly exaggerated and full of dramatic tension, he shouted: "Brother, why are you here?"

"Ahhh——" Lang Zhi collapsed and couldn't care less about asking Shibazaki anymore.

　Work is like a roller coaster, it's really exciting, I haven't complained about work for a long time, and I will continue to complain today
　　[Happy things] Project No.1 has a total of 4000 bonuses. I can probably get more than 1000, but I have to leave half of it for the team building. In the end, I can only keep a few hundred. It’s okay, anyway, it’s all for nothing of

　　[Disappointing thing] I deleted it when I edited the article today, probably because the leader felt that our work was not saturated enough, and asked the department to set up a project and report every two weeks. Everyone involved yesterday collapsed, and I wrote half a page in the diary Bad words about leaders 233
　　I watched some touching videos last night, cried and cried, and started to write after getting rid of all the emotional waste. I recommend this solution with my real name. It’s very efficient. Don’t get in the way of face. A man should cry when he has tears Just cry!
　　


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