Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 153 Ordinary People's Basketball!
"Jinguji Martial Arts! Fame is greater than strength!"

Coach Tian Gang chuckled and made a conclusion for Jinguji Budo.

As the trump card of Xiangbei High School, with his outstanding personal ability, Jinguji Budo, who helped Xiangbei defeat Hainan, is also quite famous in today's high school basketball circle.Unlike Jinguji Budo, although Shinomiya Tano is also very outstanding, his personal data is far inferior to Jinguji Budo who averaged nearly 40 points per game.

"Why do you say that? Isn't Jinguji martial arts excellent?"

Yayoi Aida was also very surprised by Coach Tianoka's evaluation of Budo Jinguji. After all, Budo Jinguji is the player with the most gorgeous statistics in Kanagawa Prefecture today, so it shouldn't be so underestimated.

"Hehe, excellence is excellence, but as a player, I can already see his upper limit!"

But in the view of Coach Tian Gang, Jinguji Budo is not as good as their team's Shinomiya Tianye.Basketball is, in the final analysis, a gifted sport. Jinguji Budo's physical fitness is not as good as Shinomiya Tianno's. This can be seen just by looking at his body shape and playing style.

The outstanding Shinomiya Tianye is good at using his physical condition. After all the games at this stage, no one can beat him in confrontation.On the other hand, Jinguji Budo is in good physical condition, but there is no way to compare it with Shinomiya Tianye. The most outstanding thing about Jinguji Budo is his technique, shooting technique, and footwork technique.

But skills can be acquired, no matter how stupid a person is, his skills will always improve through diligent practice.But there is an upper limit to physical fitness, not all high school students can have a body like Shinomiya Tano.

In Coach Tian Gang's view, physical fitness is the most essential thing for a player.

"In the subsequent match against Xiangbei, our Lingnan will climb to the top of Kanagawa!"

"We Lingnan not only have players who can deal with Jinguji Budo, but there are more than one!"

While Coach Tian Gang was speaking, he shifted his gaze to Xiandao on the field.He has great expectations for his team's two first-year starters. Before long, their twin stars in Lingnan will become famous on the national stage!
"Xiandao and Shinomiya Tianye, it can be seen that Coach Tianoka has great confidence in their two freshmen!"

"But Xiangbei is not weak! Judging from the current game, Xiangbei's offensive firepower has not been completely liberated. In these few games, Mitsui Shou of Xiangbei has hardly exerted his strength."

"That kid is also a very strong player!"

Aida Yayoi looked at the confident coach Tian Gang, secretly thought in his heart, and then his thoughts drifted away, deducing the match between Xiangbei and Lingnan in his mind. After a long time, Aida Yayoi shook his head slightly and sighed helplessly.In her opinion, the strength of these two teams is uncertain, and the specific result depends on the player's state during the game.

After that, Aida watched the training of Lingnan High School and chatted with Coach Tian Gang at the same time. The material of the interview gradually accumulated as the content of the chat between the two deepened.

At noon, the sun was shining brightly.

By the pool outside the basketball gymnasium of Xiangbei High School, Budou Jinguji was naked from the upper body, and was buried under the faucet, feeling the refreshing feeling brought by the cool running water.

"Whoo~"

"Comfortable~"

After a long time, Jinguji Budao turned off the faucet, straightened up and let out a soft cry, then picked up the sweat towel at hand and wiped his hair. After it was half dry, he wet the sweat towel and wiped the sweat from his body.

In summer, taking a shower after exercising is really intoxicating.

"Hey, martial arts classmate, why are you here? Didn't you rest today?"

At this moment, a voice came to Jinguji Budao's ears.

Jinguji Budao turned his head to look at the sound, and Mu Mu Gongyan just walked out of the corner of the road, waving his hands while walking towards Budao.Gongyan Mugure was wearing a pure white T-shirt, loose sweatpants on his lower body, a bag on his shoulder, and a basketball on the arm on the same side.

Judging by Mugure Gongyan's appearance, he should be a player from Xiangbei to play.

"Mu Mu! Why are you here? Are you here to play in the arena?" Jinguji Budao put the sweat towel on his shoulders, looked at Mu Mu Gongyan's attire, and guessed.He didn't use honorifics in addressing Mu Mu, the players who were selected were already familiar with each other, and they called each other casually.

"Yeah, I had lunch and thought about coming to the arena to practice."

"After all, as a second-year player in Xiangbei, I always watch the first-year battles between you and Miyagi from the sidelines. As a senior, I will feel guilty for my incompetence!"

Mu Mu Gongyan said with a gentle smile, looked up and down the martial arts, and then said with emotion: "That's great! Basketball, as expected, only those with talent will look good when they play."

"For a person like me, I'm afraid no matter how hard I try, it won't help."

Mu Mu Gongyan walked up to Wu Dao, raised his head slightly to look at Wu Dao, feeling sore in his heart.

"Why do you say that? Mu Mu, you know how to play basketball, isn't it because you like it?" Budao didn't understand why Mu Mu Gongyan suddenly sighed, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him.

"Just talking, don't take it to heart."

"Have you had lunch yet?" Mu Mu Gongyan asked, he could tell that Jinguji Martial Arts had been trained for some time, and he could detect some from the amount of sweat in the martial arts.Even though Wu Dao has washed his head and wiped his body, the body heat is not so easy to discharge, and the fine sweat seeps out from the pores of the skin.

"No, I just finished training and I'm ready to go."

"Go to the arena, the door is open, I'll have a meal, and I'll come to the arena later."

Bu Dao said casually, but looked at Mu Mu still full of inquiry.Mu Mu suddenly had such emotion, was he stimulated by something?

"Well, I'll go to practice first." Mu Mugongyan nodded and walked straight towards the arena.Bu Dao looked at Mu Mu's back, touched his chin, thoughtful.

"Xiangbei successfully broke through and entered the national competition, but Mu Mu's name is not listed in Xiangbei's credit book. I feel a little disappointed and discouraged."

Budo also had some guesses about the reason for Konobu Mugure's depression. He and Takenori Akagi came from the same country, and the two had fought side by side since then.Moreover, Akagi Takenori's goal has been very clear since he was a child, and that is to "dominate the whole country".

I don't know when it started, "dominating the country" has also become his dream and goal.In the past, the four words of dominating the country were just lip service, at best, it was a mouthful.

But after the two of them entered Xiangbei and became teammates with Mitsui Shou, the goal became a little closer.

Although Mu Mu Gongyan didn't have any outstanding performance in the team, he never fell behind even once in all the training in Xiangbei.Even Mu Mu Gongyan often practiced extra in the evening.

Everything he did was to bring the unattainable dream of "dominating the country" closer to himself.

But even if he has worked so hard, there is no place for him among the first echelon players of Xiangbei High School.Konobu Kigure often comforted himself when he was in the first grade. He was in the first grade at that time, and it was normal not to be able to become the starter. In the same grade, Hisashi Mitsui was the ace of the strong school Takeshi, and Takenori Akagi had excellent physical talent.

Mu Mu once thought that as long as he worked hard, he would be able to become the starter of Xiangbei by the time he was in the second grade.

However, when he was in the second grade, Xiangbei High School ushered in two terrifying freshmen, one was Jinguji Budo who came out of the same school as Mitsui Hisashi, and the other was Miyagi Ryota.

Both of them were only in the first grade, and when they entered Xiangbei, they immediately became the starting team members.

This made Mu Mu Gongyan start to doubt himself, doubting whether his efforts over the years are meaningful.This kind of thinking was actually not strong before, but as Jinguji Budo helped Xiangbei defeat Hainan with its outstanding performance and successfully qualified, Mu Mu's doubts about himself became more and more intense.

Seeing Jinguji Budo today, Mu Mu obviously didn't hide his thoughts, and accidentally confided some insider thoughts.

In the basketball hall.

Mu Mugong put the backpack on the bench beside the court, dribbled the ball with one hand, and walked slowly into the court.

"Is it really meaningful to work hard? No matter what I do, I can't compare with those talented players."

"With me and without me in Xiangbei, the difference may not be very big."

Only Mu Mu Gongyan was alone in the empty arena, and the sound of the basketball hitting the floor echoed in the arena.

People with delicate thoughts are often sentimental, and Mu Mu Gongyan is obviously such a person.

"Duang~" Mu Mu aimlessly threw the basketball in his hand towards the hoop, and the basketball hit the edge of the hoop directly, collapsing out of the hoop.

He is now standing near the free throw line, but in this position, Mumu's shooting line deviates greatly, and he is not sure at all.

Trot took a few steps to catch the basketball, Mu Mu Gongyan adjusted his mentality, returned to the position just now, and shot again.This time, he used too much strength. The basketball hit the base of the frame and bounced straight up. When it fell back, it still hit the edge of the frame and landed on the floor.

Kiguro Konobu maintained his shooting posture, a little dazed, and suddenly remembered Mitsui Hisashi's shooting posture, and suddenly remembered Jinguji Budo's backward jumper shooting posture on the court, and lost emotions came to his heart.

"I'm really useless!" Mu Mu sighed softly, walked to the basket, bent down to pick up the basketball.

"Hahaha, that's true. There is a big open space without defense, and two goals in a row have not been scored. This is no longer a matter of touch."

At this moment, a voice came from the rest area on the side. Hearing the sound, Mu Mu Gongyan turned his head to look, and saw Jinguji Budao sitting on the bench, straightened his legs, leaned back, and put his elbows on the stool. , a half-lying appearance.

"Budao? Didn't you go to eat? Why did you come back so soon?"

Mumu Gongyan was a little surprised when he saw Jinguji Budao, and he was also afraid that Budao would see his disappointment, so he rubbed the basketball with his hands, looking a little nervous and shrinking.

Mu Mu, who is relatively mature, is only a 16-year-old boy after all, and he also wants to save face. In front of the "junior", Mu Mu still wants to maintain his own little "majesty".

"Come back to get money, but I don't have any money in my training pants."

Bu Dao said with a smile, noticing a little emotion in addition to Mu Mu.

"Do you think so? It seems that I really don't have the talent to play basketball!" After listening to Budo's explanation, Mumu Gongyan turned his head and looked at the basket, feeling a little disappointed.

"I don't know if you have talent, but what I do know is that your training must not be enough."

The smile on Wu Dao's face restrained, refuting Mu Mu's "innate talent theory".

"Why is that? I have almost never missed the team's training, and I have persisted in the rigorous training, but why, my basketball level is still so poor?!"

Mu Mu, who had always spoken softly and nicely, suddenly became a little hysterical. These words could almost be said to be roaring out.There are only two people in the arena, Budo and Koyan Koguro. Now Mu Mu's emotional control is obviously weakened a lot.It can be seen that Mu Mu has been suppressed for a long time.

"There is no problem with the shooting action. It can be seen that you have put some thought into it."

"However, the control of strength is so-so. In my opinion, it is because the practice is not enough."

"Speaking of which, since I was in junior high school, I knew that shooting would be my greatest weapon. Since then, in shooting training, I have shot 300-500 shots every day."

"This is just a fixed-point shooting, not including other things."

"Counting him 365 days a year, in the three years since junior high school to the present, I have shot no less than 40 shots just for spot-up shots like you just did."

"Mu Mu, with your current amount of training, it's far from the time to fight for talent."

Hearing Jinguji Budo's words, Mu Mu Gongyan's pupils shrank suddenly, and the number of 40 balls felt extremely terrifying to him just by hearing it.Hasn't Koguro Gongyan ever practiced shooting?No, he also practiced, but he practiced 100 pitches a day is already a lot, and he didn't shoot 100 pitches every day, just occasionally, most of the time, training and throwing dozens of pitches is already a lot.

After all, Mu Mu still needs to do other training, and his physical fitness can't support him to do too much training.

Hearing the training intensity of martial arts all of a sudden, Mu Mu Gongyan was a little dazed.He has been a team member with Budo for several months. Of course he knows that Budo trains hard, but basketball training is difficult to quantify. Seeing Budo practice and intuitively knowing how many balls Budo shoots every day are two things. The feeling is different.

"Mu Mu, if Xiangbei is just an ordinary team, the current training volume of Xiangbei is enough to make you a starter in the top eight of the county competition."

"But the opponents we will face in Xiangbei next are all masters from all over the country. If you don't practice more, you will fall behind."

"There is still a place for you in Xiangbei now. In the future, Xiangbei will only be stronger than it is now and have higher requirements for players!"

"If you want to play a role on the court, start working hard now, there is still time!"

"First set a small goal for yourself, excluding general training, and shoot 500 balls a day."

"Don't think too much, don't talk about me and Mitsui Shou, I know that Hainan also has such a player, who is making such efforts."

Bu Dao knew how Mu Mu Gongyan was feeling now.

There is actually a reason why he has such emotions. How do you say that?That is the contradiction between Mu Mu's growing ambition and his insufficient personal skills and unbalanced development.Martial arts used to have such emotions.

"Is it useful? Is hard work really useful?" Mu Mu murmured, he already knew in his heart that what Wu Dao said was right, and now he just needs a word of affirmation.

"Of course it works!"

"This is basketball for the common man."

(End of this chapter)