Ace of Diamonds Golden Boots Silver Rod

Chapter 429 The first day of practice

"Boom!!!"

"oh!!!

Is this still an easy bet?

Then you imagine he is the same first-year player as us.

Ugh!

Speaking of unimaginable, there is another one! "The hunting ground in the bullpen, after receiving a high straight ball from the bottom of the valley, glanced at Xiandao next to him and sighed in his heart.

Because he had just entered the bullpen to catch a ball dropped from the valley, and it was similar to a warm-up exercise, he was asked to relax his shoulders and throw.

But even so, Kariba felt very strong.

"Kariba! You can only get used to this guy's ball slowly." Ono-senpai, who was catching Sawamura's ball next to him, consoled him.

"Hi!!"

"It's so cool to have a roof to provide shade!" the cute Jiang Gu said in his heart.

This guy is still far from getting used to summer in Tokyo, even though it's already the end of August.

“Ahahahaha!

I'm going to vote! !

Ono-senpai! "Sawamura on the side shook his arms wildly and shouted loudly.

This guy is also very energetic and has no signs of lack of sleep during the gathering.

"But... this guy's ball is also very troublesome!" Ono smiled and told Kariba.

"Snapped!"

“OK! Good shot!!

It feels pretty good! Ono, who received the ball, shouted while taking the ball from his glove and passing it back to Sawamura.

"is it?

I feel very good too! "Sawamura shouted a little proudly.

“Those two guys are full of energy today!

Has the battle behind the ace begun?

And he even excluded Kawakami-senpai without permission. Xiandao said with a chuckle beside him.

"Ace?" Coach Ochiai asked quietly in confusion.

He didn't think that Sawamura was qualified to compete with Fangya for the trump card.

Although he has recognized Sawamura's strength and can be used by the team.

"Hey!" Xiandao nodded with great certainty.

“Although you can see some of Sawamura’s playing skills from the sidelines.

It is indeed not comparable to Sauce Bone!

But if you stand in the strike zone, what you see will be completely different!

That guy's ball, you just can't see it all if you don't stand in the strike zone.

If you have time, you can go to the strike zone and have a look!

I believe you will definitely see a completely different scenery than before. "Xian Dao explained with a smile.

"And that guy's ball quality is far from being developed!" This last sentence, Xiandao said to himself in his heart but did not say it out.

"I'll forget it!

Since you said so about Immortal Dao, I can only wait and see. "

"I still need your help!"

"This is my responsibility!"

“The regional qualifiers in September are an opportunity for the team to practice, and the autumn competition is in October.

Although the autumn competition will bring together the strong teams from the Eastern region, the competition will be more intense.

But as long as you win the championship, you will almost certainly be selected for the spring trials.

This is also the only way for our Qingdao High School to pursue consecutive championships in Xia and Chun.

"Miyuki thought to himself as he looked at the heated practice in the bullpen and the two people sitting on the bench.

No wonder he thinks so, the pre-selected opponents are all at the bottom.

To put it harshly, they are just a bunch of fish.

In the previous life of Zhongdaocheng Industrial, Cheng Gongming did not appear at all in these three games.

But Qingdao's new team is also in disarray. It can be said that their mentality is not fully mature yet.

He has even forgotten the principle of using all his strength to fight a lion against a rabbit.

……

On the other side, everyone was conducting defensive training at a fever pitch.

The offense only relies on one hitter. At best, it can only be counted as the cooperation of the runner.

But the defense was completed by nine people.

The tacit understanding between pitchers and catchers, as well as the tacit understanding among the eight fielders including the pitcher, is the core of a baseball team.

The tacit understanding between the three outfielders is not very demanding, and most of them can be accomplished by just opening their mouths.

But the tacit understanding of infield fielding requires constant practice.

Practice to form muscle memory, because it is too close to the hitter and the ball is hit too fast. Sometimes you can't even react, let alone shout out.

In the previous life, during Inami's final defense, Koharu and Kuramochi had problems with their cooperation.

The ideas between the two players were not consistent, resulting in mistakes.

Because of the infield defense, in most cases there is little time to ask for reminders.

The second game is the backbone of the infield defense.

Just like the position of the center fielder in the outfield.

They are responsible for a larger area, so they are more important.

Relatively speaking, it can also give the guards a few seconds to react.

But the infield is really a confrontation of seconds and below, so the middle area of ​​the infield is the second game room, and two people are responsible for it.

Since there are two people, we naturally have to consider the issue of coordination.

The only solution is to keep practicing and communicating so that both people know what the other is thinking at all times.

When the defense cooperates in actual combat, a state of one mind will emerge.

It only takes one look to know what the other person wants.

You can know what the opponent will think, how the ball will be handled, and where it will appear without even looking at it.

This is also a problem that the new team needs to solve in a short time.

Due to the departure of the third-year senior, the first baseman, second baseman, and third baseman have all been replaced.

One person cannot guard such a big stadium well.

The more tacit cooperation between infield fielding players, the more proficient their technical movements will be.

Then the time to pass and receive the ball will be shorter and faster, and the defensive ability will naturally improve.

Qingdao High School, a player of the first army, single defensive ability, brain reaction speed, and body reaction ability, these physical talents needless to say.

Even Xiaochun, who is in first grade, has been playing in Little League since the fourth grade of elementary school.

And he has been imitating his brother, playing the second baseman position.

Those technical movements have already formed an instinctive reaction.

And his physical talent can also make up for the difference in playing speed between junior high school and high school players.

But the tacit understanding between him and Kuramochi is still worrying. .

There is only a little more than a month left, and today is already August 25th.

"It's been intense training from the beginning!"

“After all, the hitting situation is unpredictable, and even Sendō’s guy often gets out based on where the ball lands.

So the most stable one, with the least impact of luck, is defense!

The coach wants to take advantage of this month to completely lay the foundation of the team! "

"Speaking of which, we were the same last year!

And because we didn’t break into Koshien, it took more than a month longer than them! "

“Although we have a lot of time, they are pressed for time!

The coach will definitely fuck them to death, just wait and see! "

……

"What do you think of the new team?"    "The hard hitters, except for the guy Xiandao, are all gone.

The attack lineup will be greatly weakened!

But the defense should be okay! "

"That's right!

There are also Miyuki and Kuramochi, and there are Sendō and Hakushu in the outfield!

Even excluding Hakushu, all the regular players responsible for the center and outfield lines remain.

It will then be a matter of who fills the other spots.

Now it looks like Ryousuke’s younger brother is pretty good!

However, I just don’t know if he can form a tacit understanding with Kuramochi in a short period of time.

After all, the location of the second game room is also on the center field line! "

"That's right!

I'm afraid the coach is worried about this too! "

The third graders next to them began to discuss their opinions on the new team during their free time.

Tonight, I am also a person who does what I say. I trained extremely hard today.

"You can't see anything yet. The real problem is the fielding for actual combat purposes after the catcher is added.

Especially the double kill that is coordinated between the two games.

Only then can we see the current defensive level of this team! "Coach Ochiai on the bench looked at the training on the court and also said.

"makes sense!

You observe really carefully! "Xian Dao said.

"This is my job too!" Coach Ochiai was surprisingly humble.

Although he did everything right, the current hitting and fielding practice is just an appetizer.

The real highlight is yet to come, with just some miscellaneous exercises in the morning.

After that, there was batting practice, and the balls were thrown from the ball machine.

Since the ball is hitting the ball machine, everyone's impact is naturally good.

However, only Maezono who is crazy about long hits will either have long hits or ground balls.

After the coach looked at everyone's hitting knowledge, you gave instructions.

The problem of Maezono's swing being too big was naturally pointed out.

In pursuit of long hits, he even changed his posture.

Kuramochi was also found to have a problem with his body being too far forward and taking action too early.

The others played well, but Xiandao still curled his lips crazily about this.

“When you hit a pitching machine ball, it naturally looks good.

But these guys will have problems when facing strong teams, just watch! " Sendō complained to Coach Ochiai like this.

"really!

Hitting a pitching machine ball doesn't mean much.

Even if he hits ten goals out of ten, it doesn't mean anything at all.

This is just a matter of finding the feel for the hitter, and also finding their striking posture.

After all, when it comes to striking posture, only by actually playing ball can you tell whether you have bad habits. "Coach Ochiai said, pinching his little goatee.

"I see!

It turns out there is such a saying! "This is also the first time I heard about Xiandao.

After all, there are so many ways to learn in baseball, and only an experienced person like Coach Ochiai can explain them all.

"It's almost time for me to go back!

It's getting late, and if I sit here any longer, I will be surrounded by visiting reporters from all over the country.

Once caught by those enthusiastic people, my vacation would be ruined! "Xian Dao looked at the sun and the outside.

He noticed that people were starting to come to watch the practice outside the guardrail, so he stood up and said.

"Although I can't feel your mood, it's really troublesome to hear you say that." Coach Ochiai said with a smile.

Xiandao has no choice but to do this, which is why he doesn't like to be in the limelight so much. Trivial matters are constant and very troublesome.

This can only mean that everyone has different preferences.

If it were anyone else, the reporter would be overjoyed and cheering when they came to interview.

The other players in Qingdao were simply envious.

When Sendao escaped the siege of reporters and returned to the court again.

It was already the second half of afternoon practice.

Almost the entire afternoon, Qingdao was conducting fielding exercises that simulated actual situations.

Players in nine positions on the court each perform their duties, and behind each player there are other people standing who take turns practicing.

Since they were unofficially scheduled for the next second tour, Kuramochi and Koharu were naturally in the same group.

On the surface, there seems to be no problem with the cooperation between the two people.

However, viewers who often watch Aido practice will find that compared to Onisan, when Kuramochi and Kominato cooperate, the time to complete the action is obviously much slower.

Although Coach Pian Gang frowned at this, it was impossible for him to specifically take care of these things.

These can only be left to the players to communicate, adjust and change themselves.

He also believes that players have this ability, it just takes some time.

He would only intervene if time was of the essence.

However, in the following time, when it came to these two people, Coach Kataoka's shots unknowingly accelerated.

You must know that this is an exercise for a double play. If the ball is too fast, it will be too late and the double play will fail.

And constant failure will force players to pursue changes.

Promote communication among players and let them discuss how to solve this problem.

Compared to the second game, fielding at first and third base is much easier.

Their main job is to intercept the ball quickly and accurately, pass the ball quickly, catch the ball and touch the runner.

There is no need for transfer and coordination like that between the second game.

As for the special circumstances that only happen once in ten years, there is no time to consider those yet.

Do the overall thing well first, and then deal with the details.

However, Sendao went to ask the seniors in the third grade if anything interesting happened today.

Onisan smiled at him and said that the most interesting thing was probably Miyuki's mistake in passing the ball.

Moreover, it was a pass to third base, and the result was more than half a meter high, and the lateral deflection was even more outrageous.

Kanemaru, who was responsible for guarding third base at the time, looked confused.

Because he didn't even touch the ball when he jumped.

Miyuki, one of the gangster duo, actually made a fool of himself due to pressure, which is indeed a very interesting thing.

Even if it is a double pitch, the performance is very good when doing infield fielding exercises.

For example, Sawamura actually completed a perfect defense after filling the position.

Miyuki's mistake was largely due to a momentary negligence caused by his distraction during the whole day's practice.

After all, school hasn't started yet, so there's no need to go to class.

Therefore, vacation time is all practice time for the players in the baseball club.

All in all, that was it for the first day of practice for the Aomichi High School Baseball Club.

Although the personal abilities of the players are good, there are also many problems exposed, which need to be solved one by one in the following time.

The new team's practice is to repeat this process.

Find problems, solve them, and then you can grow.

　Sorry for being so late, I always use the wrong words.

　　Finally, please vote...

　　

　

(End of this chapter)