Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 7
After the visit, Shen Qing and her team were handed over to the contact person who received them at the beginning.

"Mrs. Sasaki, I am very happy that you chose our club. Now let's go upstairs and talk about the precautions. For the children, I will leave it to Grandma Gu Yue." A woman who looks like a kindergarten teacher said, standing beside her An old woman with gray hair.

Shen Qing left, and the remaining three sat down on the sofa in the hall. The old woman named Grandma Gu Yue explained the rules to the two brothers, but before that she asked very kindly: "How is it? Afterwards, do you feel like you can play baseball happily here?"

The brothers smiled politely.

"Although Coach Nigong is a serious person, everyone thinks that he is a very professional person and he cares about the future of the children. Because of this, few of our children drop out, and many of them have been in the team for several years. It's been a year. Ah, I'm so sad to think that I have a child who will leave here soon." Grandma Gu Yue's hair, which was very neatly pulled, shone softly and shinyly as she moved.

"Then how long has Grandma Gu Yue been here?" Lang Zhi asked cautiously.

"Well, it's been more than ten years. After all, my son used to be in this little baseball team and is now an adult. Think about it, how long has it been?" Like all elderly people, Grandma Gu Yue suddenly fell into memory.

So in the astonished eyes of the two brothers, the topic began to drift away slowly, starting from the position played by Grandma Gu Yue's son, to when he went to a famous high school, but had a conflict with his father who was injured at home at the time, and then went to college. Shi went far away in anger, and finally returned to work with his parents. Now he has a dog, but because of business trips, they often need their help to take care of it. It always has conflicts with the neighbor's cat.

"Hey, it's so annoying. Every time Meowgoro leans on the wall on purpose, he is so angry that Jianghuang, ah Jianghuang is the name of my dog, so angry that he keeps whining and biting his tail in circles. My neighbor's Mrs. Liu and I really Unfortunately, she and I both belong to the community committee. Every week, Mrs. Liu would ask me, "Are you here?" If I said "Come", she would lock the cat in the house. It's gone." Grandma Gu Yue seemed to have completely forgotten what she was going to do, chatting with the brothers as if she ran into a neighbor on the street.

But then the voice from the stairs woke her up, "Ah, the big thing is not good, did I talk too much about myself, don't tell Eri. Ah, it's actually very simple, We gather at 7:[-] pm every day. If it’s a holiday or weekend, you need to come at [-]:[-] in the morning unless you’re on leave. Well, you must pay attention to your safety. If there’s anything wrong, just let me know by text message, ah, Haven’t I added your email address yet, come on, we’ll get it done before Huili comes over, and you’ll know the rest as soon as you start training.”

Grandma Gu Yue quickly settled the mailbox with agility that did not belong to her age. At the same time, she added, "Sasaki-kun had equipment before, so you can just bring them directly. Takano-kun also needs to prepare additional defensive gloves. , shoes, etc., but we also have a store here, you can buy them all today, and it will take a week for the team uniforms.”

"Okay, it's done, Sasaki-kun, Taka-kun."

It happened that Shen Qing and the receptionist named Hui Li who looked like a kindergarten teacher walked over, and the three put away their mobile phones and smiled at each other.

Shen Qing then accepted Grandma Gu Yue's suggestion, quickly bought all the equipment for Gao Zhiye, and went home after work.

At 07:30 the next morning, the two arrived on time. In the outdoor practice field, many people were already warming up. The entrance of Gao Zhiye did not attract everyone's attention.

Several coaches in the distance came over carrying things together, preparing for today's training. Just when Gao Zhiye was wondering where Coach Ninomiya was, the scattered teenagers on the field quickly ran to the bench with a sound of "Assemble". At the same time, Gao Zhiye and the two also went with the crowd, and some teenagers found new faces in the middle, and people looked at Gao Zhiye and the two from time to time.

Among them was Akira Hayakawa, who was arrested by Takano yesterday, and the two nodded in greeting.

"Then, you are the newcomers that Coach Nigong said." The one who called to gather just now turned out to be a kid about their age. He was very strong, about 1.7 meters, but his short and thick neck made him look a little thick. "I am the captain. Shuichi Ido, coach Ninomiya will be here in a while, and you all will warm up first."

Then he turned to everyone lined up, "This is Sasaki Langzhi and Takano, who are new to the team. They are in the second year of junior high school. They will practice with us in the future. Welcome everyone."

After a brief welcome, dozens of teenagers consciously lined up in a four-way column and began to run around the field, with Gao Zhiye and Lang Zhi following at the end.

"These people are so self-conscious, it really makes people's hairs stand on end," Gao Zhiye followed easily, because he was going to practice today, so he didn't run in the morning.

After running to the tenth lap, the voices of everyone chanting slogans gradually became a little breathless. At this time, the coaches had almost finished their work. Coach Ninomiya took the record booklet to discuss today's work with the coaches.

"Okay—stop, the team spreads out, faces the bench, and starts stretching."

Gao Zhiye dispersed, and the captain deliberately approached them, leading the movement in front.

"Lung step stretching, upper body straightened, legs pressed down."

After more than ten minutes of stretching, Coach Ninomiya stepped forward and said today's training plan: "This morning, each group will conduct defensive practice, and in the afternoon, strike + actual combat practice. The newcomer Sasaki will follow the infield team to conduct defensive practice today + Strike, I won’t participate in the actual combat in the afternoon, I’ll just watch and blend in first, that’s fine.”

Lang Zhi replied loudly: "Yes."

"As for Takano, the assistant coach—Coach Yoshioka will teach you the basics today, okay?"

Gao Zhiye imitated Lang Zhi and answered loudly, so the large army was divided into several groups tacitly, and each followed the coach to a fixed position for practice. Coach Yoshioka also called Gao Zhiye to return to the indoor practice field, and he walked in front. In a hurry, Gao Zhiye followed closely behind.

"About the knowledge about baseball, I think you should already know it, or if you don't know it, you can go to Grandma Gu Yue after training, and she will take you to the video room to watch the detailed rule introduction."

The coach looked back at Takano's outfield glove as he spoke between sprints.

After coming indoors, without saying a word, he went directly to the equipment area and took an infield glove, without giving Takano time to react, "Your task today is to fix your passing gestures and posture."

Coach Yoshioka led him to the net, threw the ball over, and instructed him how to quickly adjust the grip, find the seam, and throw it.

"Whether it's the outfield or the infield, the moment you receive the ball, you don't throw it out immediately, but you have to flip it quickly, adjust the grasping method to the four seams, and then throw it out, because on the court, you have to make sure you throw it out. The ball that goes out can be caught by others, so preparation time is necessary in the middle. What you need is to make this series of movements very fast and coherent through practice. Of course, the coordination and court judgment ability involved in the follow-up requires you Build up after that. Now, let’s do the first step, the catch and the quick flip, and get the stitches right on the flip.”

"I said so far, is there anything you don't understand? If you don't understand, let's stop first." Coach Yoshioka's teaching is very tight, but Takano can keep up.

"There's nothing you don't understand, Coach Yoshioka."

"Okay, the first ball." Gao Zhiye caught it, and threw the ball after making sure that his gesture was comfortable.

"Throwing the ball is a bit stuck, and your body is not ready at the same time. Watch my demonstration moves carefully," he stood next to Gao Zhiye, and explained while dismantling in slow motion, "When you wait for the ball to come, you have to prepare for the throw. Prepare your body for the ball. If you throw the ball with your right hand, you need to swing your right body forward to better drive your arms. So when you catch the ball, your left foot should have taken a step forward. When you adjust your gestures, Just take advantage of the movement of the right body."

Coach Yoshioka asked Gao Zhiye to follow the dismantling action, and did it step by step many times, and then slowly increased the speed until the whole movement became smooth when there was no ball, and then returned to throwing the ball.

Repeated practice like this until noon, the restaurant next to the Kinoshita Club delivered meals for everyone, Gao Zhiye and the two reunited with the team, the captain confirmed that everyone was present, and then went from the stairs next to the bench to the building that Shen Qing had been to before on the second floor.

"It turns out that you can go up to the second floor from inside." Takano felt his arms a little sore.

"Mom said that the buffet at noon also needs to be paid separately every month." Lang Zhi leaned over with a smell of sweat, and Gao Zhiye avoided him.

"After changing his words, he is very happy to be called by people now, he will not call me big brother one day." Thinking of that possibility, Gao Zhiye trembled.

"It's so expensive, let alone two people together." Lang Zhi murmured.

Gao Zhiye ignored him, followed the big team, took the plates, and picked them one by one. It has to be said that there was a lot of meat.

Everyone didn't seem very tired, they were chatting and laughing together, Lang Zhi was called over by a friend who trained infield together in the morning, Gao Zhiye followed silently.

"Did you come together?" A teenager with forehead lines asked curiously. He introduced himself as Sato Kihara, a second baseman in the third grade.

"Yes, but he's a novice."

"That's quite strange. Aren't you in the second year of junior high school? Why did you join at this time?" Another person also interjected, but he didn't introduce himself. Gao Zhiye didn't know his name, but felt that his teeth were quite white.

"Well, a series of things happened, we made up our minds to play hardball, so we turned around." Lang Zhi prevaricated.

Just when the people around were still wanting to ask, the voice of the captain came from the other side of the table: "I'm sorry, they are too curious, because the team has not had a newcomer for a long time, and Coach Nigong has a very harsh eye for picking people, so They will ask more questions."

"Ah, that's how it is. I used to be a guerrilla regular pick. Although I belonged to a soft team, Takano, even though he was new to baseball, pitched pretty well." Lang Zhi explained with a smile.

'Hey, are there cheerful characters in the baseball club? Gao Zhiye has been acting as a wallflower beside him, stirring the soup, and only nodding when others talk about him. After this meal, everyone has an initial impression of this tall man as 'quiet'.

　【1】Actually, I have already begun to think about the story of Takano's entry into Qingdao, but the previous ones cannot be ignored.

　　[2] I found a lot of information today. The boutique area of ​​Diamond Ace is really a treasure. I pasted the information on Word, pretending to be working but actually paddling.

　　PS: It’s the same thing this morning. I had a meeting for three hours. I was very restless and wanted to take a vacation. Fortunately, it’s not a project meeting. Just listen to it as an audience, and I won’t be divided.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)