Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

In the morning, the coaching staff headed by Coach Tian Gang sorted the abilities of all the players. After having lunch at a luxury hotel by the sea, the players returned to the open-air stadium at the foot of the mountain to listen to Coach Tian Gang's announcement. score.

As Coach Tian Gang said in the morning, this simple first round of assessment directly screened out 100 players.

There are various positions, center, power forward, small forward, point guard, point guard.

From a certain point of view, the selection this time has not broken away from the shackles of this era. When selecting talents, each player has been labeled with a predetermined position.

Several players from Xiangbei High School were not screened out. Even Sora Kuratani, who was disliked by everyone at the beginning, passed the selection smoothly. The level of the middle and upper reaches, although his height is a little disadvantaged.

But in general, Kuratani Sora is also above average among all defenders.

This is something that everyone in Xiangbei did not expect at first.

The eliminated players were taken away. Among them, there were some players who were more familiar with martial arts, such as Ichiro Shenzong from Hainan High School, whom he had met many times before.

Among the team in Hainan, Shenzong Ichiro's scoring ability can be said to be one of the best, but under this screening mechanism, Shenzong Ichiro did not have a chance to show his own advantages, so he was eliminated early.

Among the coaching staff, the high-level coach from Hainan High School also participated in this round of selection. Seeing that his players were eliminated, the high-level coach did not show any displeasure.

He actually supported Coach Tian Gang's decision.

The last 100 players were taken away by the coaching staff.Following the path leading to the mountain, he disappeared into the sight of Jinguji Budo and others.

As these people left, the players present could more or less feel a little bit lost, and a feeling of sadness arose in their hearts.

"Congratulations!"

"Passed the layup selection!"

"After the previous rounds of selection, everyone who can stay can be called an elite!"

"But it's not enough!"

"The next test is a special test."

"Depending on the location, the test items you need to participate in will be different!"

"Please also prepare in advance."

"Now, according to the location, re-queue."

"By the way, there is one thing I want to remind you first. The Autumn National Sports Team only has 12 players for the official selection!"

"Our plan is to have three centers, three power forwards, and a total of six small forwards and guards without subdivision."

"Competitive pressures are different in different positions."

"After this selection, your positions will not change again, so please choose your positions carefully!"

Coach Tian Gang said, and winked at the coach at the side.The coach was signaled, nodded, walked to the front of the players, and began to delineate the area for queuing.

Without thinking too much, Jinguji Budao went directly to the small forward position, and Shinomiya Tianno followed Budao's footsteps and also went to the small forward position.

After Xiandao saw the movements of Budao and Shinomiya Tianye, he smiled and did not choose to go to the same queue with them, but instead went to the position of shooting guard.

Rukawa Kaede originally planned to play the small forward position, but when he saw that Xiandao did not choose to go to the small forward position, he also hesitated.

Obviously, the choice of position will be directly related to the subsequent selection rankings.

Obviously, the players of the Autumn National Stadium will not be allowed to play whoever has a strong scoring ability. The balance of positions is also something that many coaches have to consider.

Although the coach said that the number of small forwards has not been fixed, but Rukawa Kaede knows without thinking that there will never be more than three small forwards!
And
Even if the coaching staff really takes three people, there are two people, Jinguji Budao and Shinomiya Tianye, and the extra small forward, I am afraid it will be difficult to even get a chance to come off the bench.

It's not just Rukawa Feng who thinks this way, other team members are also thinking about this matter at the moment.The players who originally played the small forward position in their respective teams hesitated for a while.

After seeing the positions of Budo and Shinomiya Tano, Mike Okita smiled and went to the sub-position.

After a little hesitation, Rukawa Feng also chose the sub-position.

Players like Rukawa Kaede are entangled in their hearts, but players like Sakuragi Hanamichi and the others don't think so much.

Sakuragi didn't care who was queuing and who wasn't queuing, and stood directly in the power forward line. Akagi Takenori and Uozumi walked into the center line one after another. Together with them, there was Nango Kai Ichiro and Hiroshi Mori of Hainan High School.

Some center players saw that there are so many tall men among the centers. Some players who felt that their talents were slightly inferior, wisely chose the power forward position instead of the center position.

Soon, the players on the open field adjusted their positions one after another. At the small forward position, there were not even ten people participating in the selection!
This number does not match the number in the first stage of the selection. Coach Tian Gang and the coaching staff know that some players feel that the small forward position is too competitive and try their luck at other positions.

Regarding this situation, Coach Tian Gang has no intention of stopping it.

Through the next assessment items, parallel importers will naturally be screened out!
"Eh?!"

"What's wrong with that kid? Go to the small forward position?!"

"What is he doing?! Isn't this guy a defender?"

At this moment, there were bursts of discussions in the stadium.Coach Tian Gang was also attracted by this sudden movement, and looked at the players who were re-queuing.

He noticed that many players were looking towards the end of the small forward line, looking surprised.

Coach Tian Gang followed the eyes of many players and saw a short player standing at the end of the small forward line.

Visually, I'm afraid it's only in the early 150cm.This young coach Tian Gang met several times before, and knew that the other party's name was Kuratani Sora.

The reason why I have an impression of this young man is because Kuratani Sora is the shortest in this selection!
Regarding Kuratani Sora, Coach Tianoka did not mean to discriminate against the opponent's height, but was looking forward to it because Kuratani Sora broke into the second round of selection with such a height condition.

He wanted to see what kind of power a player of this height could display on the court.

but
Coach Tianoka has always regarded Kuratani Sora as a defender. After all, the position he reported before was a defender.

But now, this kid actually stood in the queue of small forwards. Isn't this. Suicide?
Coach Tian Gang thought it was the wrong position of Kuratani Sora Station, so he emphasized loudly:
"Look at your own team, is it the position you want to choose!"

"Don't stand in the wrong place and look at the people around you."

"After the position is established this time, no further changes are allowed!"

"Be careful!"

Coach Tianoka kindly reminded that although he said this to all the players, when Coach Tianoka said it, he looked straight at Kuratani Sora and stared at each other.

But Kuratani Sora didn't seem to be aware of it, with a smile on his face, it seemed that he didn't realize that there was a problem with his own position at all.

A coach standing next to coach Tian Gang couldn't bear Kuratani Sora's stupid look, so he couldn't help walking around Kuratani Sora, patted Kuratani Sora's shoulder, and asked:
"This classmate. Did you stand in the wrong position?!"

"The guard team, over there."

Faced with the coach's kind reminder, Kuratani Sora shook his head and replied with a smile: "No! I don't play guard!"

"I'm going to play, small forward!"

Kuratani Sora hammered his chest, and his words made the surrounding players' discussions even louder.When the coach heard this, his breath was also stagnant. He thought it was because of the stupidity of this kid, so he couldn't help saying:
"Boy, do you not understand our selection mechanism thoroughly enough?"

"Although the selection quotas for the small forward position and the guard line are mixed together, normally, there will only be three places for the same position at most!"

"The Autumn National Sports Team is a team, and after that it will play games. It is impossible to recruit too many players in the same position."

"And you kid doesn't know much about high school basketball?"

"At the small forward position, with those two players, it's very difficult for others to have a chance."

When the coach was talking to Kuratani Sora, he couldn't help pointing to Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tano who were at the front and looked back at this time.

He didn't want to say some things that were too harsh, as this would dampen the enthusiasm of the players.

However, after hearing what the coach said, Kuratani Sora did not intend to move. He smiled brightly at the coach and said, "It doesn't matter! I just want to play small forward!"

Just when the coach wanted to continue to say something, Coach Tian Gang in front of the team interrupted directly:

"Center, power forward, follow the high head coach, go to the half court over there, and the rest of the players stay where they are!"

"We are about to start the next assessment."

Coach Tian Gang didn't pay much attention to Kuratani Sora, he was no longer interested in this boy.

A player who doesn't recognize his own strength will only harm the team if he is put on the court.

Moreover, a player who does not have a clear understanding of himself has a limited upper limit because he cannot see his own weaknesses and will not think about making up for his weaknesses.

Coach Tian Gang's words made the coach stop persuading Kuratani Sora, and after a soft sigh, he walked to the sidelines.

After Coach Tian Gang's voice fell, Coach Gaotou also walked in front of the center and power forwards, introduced himself briefly to everyone, and then led the players to the other side of the court.

The selection methods for centers and power forwards should be simpler and rougher. Positioning skills at the basket, mid-range and short-range shooting ability, these are all assessment items.

Combined with the test data of the previous rounds of the players, after this round of testing, these players will be ranked. Similarly, the bottom 50% will leave directly.

The small forward position and the guard line players are selected in a very different way. Their assessment is a one-minute three-pointer.

After this assessment, there will be a brutal one-on-one bullfight!

Test transmission and control ability? !What a joke, this kind of thing doesn't play a five-on-five game, how can you tell?The selection method of the Autumn National Body is even simpler and more brutal!
Although the passing ability cannot be seen without playing games, the ball handling ability can be seen through simple bullfighting.

Whether your ball-handling ability is strong or not depends on your performance in one-on-one. If your ball-handling ability is strong enough, you can break through the opponent's defense.

If you can't break through the opponent's defense at all, then there is no doubt that your ball handling ability must be weak!
Dribbling in place is not a ball control ability.

All the small forwards and defenders add up to almost 60 people.

It is obviously impossible to let everyone fight in a circle.

Coach Tian Gang's method is also simple and rude, using a ranking and elimination system!
It's very simple, according to the previous results, the players present have a position.All players have two opportunities to challenge upwards. As long as you can win the opponent, you can take his place, and the loser will drop one in the ranking.

If you lose, there is no penalty, just one less chance to challenge.

One-on-one, each with five balls, the side with the most points wins.

If it is a draw, the rankings of both sides will not change.

After a player has been challenged five times, his ranking is locked and cannot be challenged by others. Unless the player above him is successfully challenged, he will passively drop one rank.

After Coach Tian Gang announced the assessment method for this round, all the players were surprised.

In this way, this selection may take a long time!
However, in fact, this kind of selection will not play many games, because the players are aware of their own strength. As the assessment progresses, the abilities of the players will be revealed. Those players who are really strong , Not many people will choose to challenge.

For example
"Hehehe! Coach, I want to challenge!"

"I want to challenge!"

Just after Coach Tianoka announced the rules, Tianomiya Shinomiya in the team couldn't wait to raise his hands.And when Shinomiya Tianye said this, another voice in the team shouted at the same time.

Shinomiya Tianye turned his head slightly, looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a thin and small boy, who was the freshman of Shonhoku High School, Kuratani Sora.

"That classmate, hurry up, tell me who you plan to challenge first?"

Coach Tian Gang glanced at Shinomiya Tano with a smile, then turned his head and asked Kuratani Sora.

"Jinguji Budo!"

"I want to challenge Jinguji Budo!"

Seeing Coach Tian Gang pointing at him, Kuratani Sora quickly walked out of the team, pointed at Jinguji Budou who was in the front row, and said loudly.

When everyone saw Kuratani Sora pointing at Jinguji Budo, everyone was stunned. When Shinomiya Tianye heard this, he also looked at Kuratani Sora intently, with a very ugly expression on his face.

"Hey!"

"Boy!"

"Being overestimated, there must be a limit!"

"There are only two chances to challenge. Is it really good to choose such an opponent? Besides, you and Bu Dao are on the same team, right?"

"Are you ignorant of his strength or are you ignorant of your own strength?"

Shinomiya Tianye asked in a deep voice, his face was full of displeasure, such a kid, dare to surpass himself and challenge Jinguji Budo? !how?He Sigong Tianye, isn't he worthy of being looked down upon by others? !
(End of this chapter)