Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 83 Some things before leaving

Early the next morning, Gao Zhiye was stopped by Coach Ninomiya standing at the entrance of the cafeteria. It seemed that he had stood there for a while, still writing something in his notebook, and was reminded that the person he was looking for had already arrived After that, he closed the book.

"Gao Jun, come with me."

Gao Zhiye didn't understand why he didn't look for him through his mobile phone, but he was more curious about what the coach was going to do.

I saw the person in front was still looking at his phone and taking notes while walking, and then the phone in his pocket rang, "Hi, Mr. Fuyong, I'm waiting for your call. Yes, yes, then I will take them there now. "

The children behind listened, and a question mark popped up, what, take me and who?see who?

The taxi stopped outside a closed stadium, and Takano and Hayakawa followed silently. In the car, Coach Ninomiya probably told the two children about his friendship with the team leader of the US team, which could make them feel better. The pitching coach watched Takano's pitch.

A Japanese man wearing a U.S. team uniform came out to greet him. When he saw Coach Ninomiya, he opened his arms to give him a hug. Coach Ninomiya pushed him in front of him at an arm's length away. Very polite: "Fuyong-kun, long time no see, it's great to have you coordinating in the middle this time."

"We are also very interested in your pitchers." Although the man has an Asian face, his speech and expression are very Western. He is the type who will embarrass his nose and show a lot of teeth when he smiles. Zhiye couldn't cope with this type of people, so he silently took half a step behind Hayakawa.

"You didn't say something again, did you?" Fuyong has an unruly personality. When he was in Japan, he was repeatedly taught to be unsteady by his teachers. He never thought that when he went to the United States, he would be like a fish in a world. very.

Coach Ninomiya's voice followed Fuyong's footsteps in a circle, the guy didn't listen at all, he glanced up and down at Gao Zhiye, "Hi Coach Fuyong", in short, let's salute first.

Fuyong's eyes are very calm, as if he is looking at a product. It's hard to believe that the child in front of him is only 14 years old. Except for a little chubby face, his figure and expression look like a man.

Gao Zhiye felt a little tense from being stared at, thinking that the person on the opposite side would judge something, but the other party was surprisingly polite, after being saluted, he stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Gao Zhiye, I'm still used to saying hello like this. "

The boy was not used to it and reached out to shake his hand. The man turned to Hayakawa: "Mr. Hayakawa, the captain of the team that my friend is proud of."

Hayakawa was a little flattered, and the frivolous impression of the man at first was swept away.

The man turned back to Gao Zhiye, and said meaningfully: "Your parents gave you a good body." Before the boy could react, he leaned on Coach Ninomiya's shoulder in an irregular manner: "Brother, look at you, because you always have a straight face, so your players are also affected."

"Fuyong-kun, please take us in, it's 2 o'clock in the afternoon, we are in a hurry." Coach Ninomiya was not affected by the words of this man, a friend for a while, and a brother for a while, and he still spoke ruthlessly.

This is an open-air football field, which was hired by the US team for training. As Gao Zhiye and the others entered, all the scattered sights on the football field glanced over.

Fukunaga and an American man gave a high five as a greeting, "This is the Japanese pitcher I told you about. He has some problems to solve..."

Gao Zhiye didn't listen to what was being said there, his eyes were attracted by the American pitcher who was practicing pitching over there.

That pitcher had a very crisp start, a slight lift of his foot, and the next step was a striding pitch, he was a high 4/3 pitcher, seemed to be hitting the second seam, and the movement of the pitch before home plate was very noticeable.

"Come on, boy, don't look at others, let me see your pitching." Gao Zhiye could understand a little bit, and he saw that Hayakawa had already put on his equipment, "Start with the four seams."

Coach Ninomiya believes that there are problems with Takano, one is the speed, the other is the posture, and the third is whether there are small movements in Takano's pitching from the perspective of others.

The speed is the sensitivity of the fingers, and it takes a long time to practice to evolve. The posture may be the reason why Takano’s fastest speed has only increased by more than 1 km in the past six months. Starting from correcting the posture, the speed of the ball has been improved. I did not expect such a turn Big circle, back to correcting posture.

In fact, including Coach Ninomiya, none of them reported much hope today. He was willing to bring the player over to have a look at just a few opportunities, even if the player was about to leave his club in the future.

"Nice!" After watching all the straight balls, the pitching coach first praised, and then asked how many times the low-speed straight ball was played in the game. After getting the answer that he would use it in a specific situation, he curled his lips, thinking that such a ball might not be needed. Talking about the ball that cannot be dropped: "If you are looking for the effect of changing at the hitter's hand, the second seam may be more practical."

Then let Gao Zhiye show his second seam ball.

"Well—this ball probably won't work so well when you use a metal bat." The pitching coach euphemistically expressed his doubts about the applicability of this ball: "Let me see your grip method."

Gao Zhiye answered in poor English, and the two managed to communicate successfully by making gestures and guessing. Coach Fuyong, who was supposed to be an interpreter, stood beside Coach Ninomiya, happy to see the scene where the child tried his best to express himself.

"Actually, I don't think there is a problem with his posture. Maybe it's just that his development is still not in place." Fukunaga felt that it would be better to ask for advice during the break of the preliminaries a few days ago. A modification of the movement may have an impact on the game, so I ask for advice during the final period when the basic dust has settled.

"I know, it's just that many times, some problems may be overlooked because we read too much. It may be better to let different coaches take a look." After speaking, he heard a key word from the American pitching coach, and he didn't wait. Fuyong replied and stepped forward to answer the conversation.

"Do you think his elbows are a bit hyperextended?" Hyperextension is actually when the arms are straightened, they will not maintain a straight line, but will present an obtuse angle. Everyone will have such problems, but pitchers After tens of thousands of repeated pitches in the ball, this small difference can cause injuries.

"From some angles, yes."

The two coaches let Takano throw the ball many times, and the situation turned into a discussion between Coach Ninomiya and the pitching coach of the US team.

This situation lasted until after 11 o'clock, and the Japanese team was about to play the final at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The group bid farewell to the stadium of the American team, "That person knows the situation of the American profession very well. If you go back to the United States to play baseball, you can Take his opinion as one of many opinions and refer to it."

Gao Zhiye nodded obediently, but he felt that Coach Ninomiya thought too soon.

In the game in the afternoon, Gao Zhiye was asked to forget what was discussed in the morning, and to shoot according to the previous pitching mode. The Mexican team is also a strong team. In his impression, Mexico is a very dangerous place, but these players of the same age When the children play baseball, the tension and joy on their faces are the same as theirs.

Perhaps all movements are like this, which can eliminate most of the barriers and make people feel that human beings are united for a short time.

The next morning, after packing his luggage, Gao Zhiye looked back at the house where he had lived for more than ten days, swept away the traces of the mess one by one, then turned around and closed the door, and boarded the plane back to Japan with his teammates , of course, as the U15 third-place ace pitcher.

　There is too much content in the debriefing, and I almost didn't finish it. Fortunately, my speaking speed is fast enough

　　Now I'm really waiting for the holidays to come
　　
　
(End of this chapter)