Ace of Diamonds Golden Boots Silver Rod

Chapter 35 Catcher (Part )

The next evening, before practice ended,

The training camp has been going on for several days, and the results are generally gratifying. However, sometimes there is a gap between practice and ideas. After several days of training, the team's defense has slowly improved, and it won't take long before they can allocate positions for cooperative training. After all, there is still training for the outfielders to catch the ball, so this training, which is all about ground balls and fly balls, must be completed quickly.

Short game training, four words, is a mess. Sawamura is a short game genius, but his explanation is just a lot of modal words, and then he slaps his butt wildly. Sendao seems to have thought of some way but can't catch it. The way it feels.

Therefore, today Xiandao arranged to temporarily reduce the bunt practice and instead speed up the fielding practice. Others don’t want to make too many changes, at least until they meet with the coach tomorrow.

Training was boring, so Sendao left early.

"These people really like to practice! It's obviously very tiring and boring. Although the hitting feels good and it uses their brains, I really don't understand what's so interesting about the sport itself?

That guy Sawamura once said that you can play baseball if you have a bat and a ball! When did you say that? Forget it, that doesn’t matter anymore! "

"Oh!!! Last night, that guy Fumino made me miserable!!! Serious lack of sleep!" After yawning, Sendō returned to the baseball field!

"It's almost time, we should tell them to disband and go back to cooking!"

……

"Before you practice independently today, I will show you the striking postures as a mercy!"

"Yo Xi, let me go first! I will let you see my heroic appearance!"

"Eijun, go for a run!"

"Why!!! Didn't you say look at the striking posture? Could it be that I was counted as out of combat capability?"

"Yeah, that's right, so go run!"

"Hi~" Sawamura responded in a low voice.

"It's okay if you just watch from the side!" Seeing Sawamura arching his back and leaving, Xiandao said, and the corner of his mouth curled up slightly without anyone noticing.

"Don't look at me like that, do you want to look at it or not!" Seeing Sawamura staring at Xiandao in a petty manner, Xiandao said, and then stopped caring about him.

"Then who goes first? I won't watch everyone, I just want to say it briefly! Oh Ye, then you go first!"

Ohno nodded and stepped forward to get into a striking position.

"Ohno, open your feet a little wider, clench your armpits, and straighten your back. Yoxi, try to twist your body slightly to swing."

"OK, that's it, next,..., your feet are too wide, try swinging the bat." It's just a small correction in posture.

"Everyone should understand this! We are all beginners, so we don't need to swing the big stick to hit long hits. Now everyone will practice swinging the bat at the same time and take turns to hit as quickly as possible to let the body adapt to the posture. No need for high balls. I want to The key is to hit the ball close to the ground and quickly!”

This guidance was not done on a whim. When I was coaching Ashin yesterday, Xiandao just realized that it depends on everyone's striking posture. This was also Xiandao's mistake.

"Axin, please continue to follow me to practice catching the ball. Your catching was too bad before. You often missed the ball and it can't be corrected in a day or two. Now all you can do is practice! I know a little more about catchers. There used to be a very verbose uncle who would bother me all day long. He was so verbose!" At the end of the sentence, Xiandao felt a little nostalgic.

"let's go!"

"Hmm~"

"Let's go over yesterday's first and see how much your body can remember."

"click"

"call out!"

"Touch!"     Yes, that's it, even if you can't catch it, don't let the ball roll behind you! Speaking of which, you did catch it. This is only 120 kilometers, and now the ball of Eijun's guy is a little faster than this, and you You should know that his ball is not so easy to catch.”

"Yo Xi, I'm getting used to it gradually. But don't get too happy too soon, your gloves will be taken away too much by the ball!"

"This is not comfortable for pitchers!"

"Are you afraid? You are like this because you are afraid of catching the ball with your hands. Didn't the book tell you before?"

"Use your lower body well and use the front of your body to catch the ball... No, you're catching the ball with your hands again!"

"Because you only use your hands to catch the ball, and your gloves move with the ball to cover your eyes, so you can't follow the ball to the end." The whole process was completely done by Xiandao alone, and Ashin was already very desperate just to react according to his words. .

"The posture of holding the glove is too stiff. Although the glove is set up for the pitcher, the pitcher should put it down first to relax the body after the pitcher throws the ball, otherwise you will be even more tired."

"Basically just keep the feeling of throwing and catching the ball, just like this!" Xiandao said with his palms facing down, raising his palms to make a catcher's posture of catching the ball.

"Look at my moves!" Then the palms of the hands merge together to make the feeling of catching the ball, and at the same time the whole palm presses down, a bit like an action like letting someone come over, which gives people a sense of relaxation.

"Understand? Not only will you relax yourself, but the pitcher will also feel relaxed when he sees your relaxation!"

"I understand!"

"Then continue!" Then Xiandao thought in full mode again.

"The gloves have been lowered again. You must not move the gloves when catching the ball. This is not the time for you to relax after catching the ball!"

"The referee will never call a good ball when you catch a line ball like this. The catcher's catching skills will also affect the referee's judgment, as well as the pitcher's status on his own judgment, so you must practice frequently. This is a catcher Maintain the foundation of posture.”

"I don't know what this has to do with an idiot like that who only knows how to hit the ball directly to the center. With Oshin's condition, I'm afraid he won't be able to catch even Eijun's full-strength throw before graduation. It's nerve-wracking. Speaking of catching the ball, the catching technique I’m neither good nor bad!”

In addition to giving guidance, Xiandao could also entertain himself by complaining in his heart.

"Continue! You can only catch this kind of ball now, but you are still far behind!"

"Hi~!"

On the other side, everyone is taking turns hitting, swinging, hitting, swinging in full swing. No one wants to do nothing to make the body forget the correct posture and deepen the body's impression of the posture.

So much so that when Sendō said it was over, no one left with him. Even Wakana said he wanted to practice for a while, and even Ashin, who had just finished catching the ball, joined in with his bat.

In the end, Xiandao went back to take a bath alone, but Xiandao was thinking about the questions he wanted to ask tomorrow. The team had too many questions, and he himself knew too little.

After that, it was time to study. Fumino didn't know what he was doing today. He always felt very tired and actually fell asleep while studying at night.

Sendao suddenly remembered that when he first came here, his friend said that Fumino was a beauty, but he had not paid any attention to it, so he sat down and leaned on the table to look at Fumino's profile.

"To be honest, Fumino is really a beauty! I don't notice it at ordinary times. It's different from usual when sleeping. Usually this guy is a bit clumsy, natural and slow. After falling asleep, what should I say? Tranquility? Probably! Looking at her face, I feel very peaceful." Xiandao thought about this and fell asleep.

　It’s a bit late today again, so I went to bed after posting. Finally, I would like to ask for collection recommendations as usual. Good night!

(End of this chapter)