The Xiangbei High School basketball team is different from the famous basketball schools in the county such as Hainan and Xiangyang. There are not many new students joining the basketball team every year, and the quality of the players is also quite average.
After a training match, it is easy to see how good the new players are.
Although Wu Dao only played for half the game, his outstanding personal abilities had already left a deep impression on everyone.
After the training match, all the players lined up on the field. Coach Anxi stood in front of the team, looked at the players, and announced:
"The training match ends here."
“I have seen the abilities of the new players. Many of them have some basic skills, but their foundations are still relatively weak and they need more practice.”
"Of course, there are also some outstanding players among the new players. I think everyone can see this."
When Coach Anxi said this, everyone's eyes subconsciously turned to Budo. Anxi Mitsuyoshi seemed not to notice the players' gazes and continued:
"Jinguji Budou, your personal abilities are outstanding. From today on, you will be a regular player for Shohoku."
"And Miyagi Ryouta-san, you are also a regular player for Shohoku."
"For the other players who were not selected as starters, I hope you can train hard and keep up with the training pace of the veteran players. As long as you train hard and improve your abilities, you will still have opportunities to play in official matches."
"Mitsui, arrange a jersey for Miyagi-san when the time comes."
After Anzai Mitsuyoshi finished speaking, he quietly walked to a seat at the sidelines and sat down, leaving the seat for Mitsui Hisashi.
Mitsui Shou nodded, walked out of the queue, came in front of everyone, and said loudly:
"I think everyone knows that our Xiangbei High School basketball team is just a nobody in the country."
"Let alone nationwide, even in Kanagawa Prefecture, we, Shohoku, can't even rank!"
"But this is definitely not an excuse for you to slack off."
"I am absolutely certain that our Xiangbei High School will be the strongest team in the county this year!"
"Our goal... ..is to dominate the country!"
"If any of you don't have this awareness, it's not too late for you to leave the basketball club!"
"Because what you are about to face next will be a hellish training!"
"Tell me, is anyone leaving?"
Although Mitsui Shou looked like a handsome young man, he spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice. The words "dominate the country" sounded quite firm when they came out of his mouth. It can be seen that Mitsui Shou never doubted himself or whether his team had such strength.
First-year students like Miyagi Ryouta were somewhat inspired by Mitsui's words. Kakuta Satoru and others clenched their fists, staring at Mitsui with an inspired look, looking forward to dominating the whole country. They would never think of quitting the club.
As for Jinguji Budo, looking at Mitsui Shou speaking in front of the team, he secretly sighed in his heart that this high-spirited young man in front of him really hasn't changed at all!
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Kamakura.
Ryonan High School is located on the seaside of Kamakura. The school is relatively remote, and most people who come to this school need to take the early train to arrive at the school on time.
The best result of the Ryonan High School basketball team in recent years is only the top eight in the county. The head coach of the Ryonan High School basketball team is called Taoka Shigeka, who is 40 years old. When he was young, he was also a nationally famous basketball player. After retiring, he returned to his high school alma mater and served as the coach of the basketball team.
Coach Tanaoka, who is now middle-aged, has always had a dream, or an ambition, in his heart, which is to personally lead Ryonan High School to win more national championships and fulfill his unfulfilled dream when he was young.
For this reason, whenever there is a junior high school competition, Coach Tanaoka will appear in the invitation seats of major competitions, looking for players who can help Ryonan High School win the championship. His scope of looking for players is not limited to the county. He has appeared in almost all basketball-strong counties.
Perhaps it was because Ryonan's previous performance was not ideal, or maybe it was because Coach Takeoka himself was not famous enough, but in the past, many invitations sent out by Coach Takeoka were rejected, and all his efforts were often wasted.
But fortunately, hard work pays off, and this year, Shigeka Tanabe's hard work finally paid off.
"Duang!
”
In the basketball court of Ryonan High School, a handsome boy flew into the air, received a pass from his teammate, and slammed the ball into the basket despite the defense of Jun Yuzumi. A beautiful dunk made the Ryonan arena silent in an instant.
Shigeichi Tanaoka was standing at the side of the court. When he saw the boy's heroic dunk, his eyes widened, his fists clenched, and his face was filled with excitement.
"The immortal way is well passed down."
"I'll pass the ball to you in the next attack."
The boy who dunked the ball jumped down with a smile on his handsome face. When he was returning to defense, he came to a boy with a hedgehog head and fist-bumped with him to celebrate.
"No, I suddenly found that assisting feels really good. I don't know why, but seeing you score the goal after receiving my pass, I feel more satisfied than if I scored it myself."
"Tian Ye, keep up this offensive rhythm, no need to change."
"The senior team can't stop us!"
Sendoh Akira smiled gently and spoke as he returned to defense.
"good!"
"But speaking of it, the old players of Ryonan are really weak! Many of them are not even as good as my teammates at Yokota Junior High School."
While returning to defense, Shinomiya Tano turned his head, glanced at the scoreboard on the sidelines, and sighed.
While Xiangbei High School was conducting a freshman practice match, Ryonan High School was also conducting a freshman practice match. Like the Xiangbei High School practice match, the match was also a one-sided crushing situation, but unlike Xiangbei, the crushed side was not the freshman.
63:24, the freshman team led by Shimono Shima and Akira Sendoh was leading by a large margin. Only four or five minutes into the second half, the score difference had already widened to 39 points. The so-called freshman practice match was simply a slaughterhouse for the senior players.
“Hehehehe!”
"Shinomiya Tano and Sendoh are indeed the elites I personally selected. With the addition of the two of them, Ryonan High School will immediately become a national-level powerhouse."
"If we train Yuzumi well this year, won't it be easy for him to win the county championship?!"
"Hehehe, how about having a 'friendly match' with Gaotou and the others first? Let Gaotou see the power of our Ryonan Twin Stars?"
Shigeka Tanaoka was standing on the sidelines. Even though no one was talking to him, he kept muttering to himself.
"No, no, no, we can't let them see this now. This is our Lingnan's secret weapon!"
"What if there is defense in the future?"
"But we still have to play the practice match. Who should we find?"
Shigeichi Tanaka touched his chin, looking thoughtful. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something. He opened his mouth wide and laughed "hiehiehie".
"Let's go to Xiangbei. Mitsui Shou and Miyagi Ryouta, who rejected me, have both gone to Xiangbei. Let these two guys see the strength of our Ryonan."
"Regret it! Regret that they missed out on the national championship that was so easily within their grasp, and the championship team. These two guys must be very sad!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
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Jinguji Budou was selected as a regular player on the day he entered Shohoku High School, and his team number was the last number, 15. Miyagi Ryouta, who was a freshman like Budou, accepted the number 7 of a third-year senior who had resigned this year.
As for people like Kakuta Satoru who were in the same class as Budou and Miyagi, unfortunately, they were not eligible to receive jerseys.
Takeshi Jinguji began his playing life in Shohoku High School. Just as Mitsui Hisashi had said in the team before, the training of Shohoku High School was quite heavy. This high-intensity training was totally inconsistent with Shohoku's identity as a bottom-ranked team.
Although the training of Xiangbei is led by Mitsui Shou, the martial arts can still see the shadow of Anzai Mitsuyoshi in these trainings. Because although the training of Xiangbei is heavy, it is not a mess of all kinds of training. On the contrary, the training subjects are not only few, but also very basic.
Physical training, shooting training, dribbling and passing, basic running. All the training subjects have no advanced training methods, they are monotonous and basic.
Such training can only maintain one's competitive state for martial arts. Its biggest role may be to improve the basic skills of martial arts. As for improving ball skills? It is not obvious.
Although its effect on martial arts is limited, it is quite useful for most people in Xiangbei High School. Many old players of Xiangbei and new players who have just joined Xiangbei have very poor basic skills.
This year, Akagi Takenori, who just entered the second year of high school, has made great progress in dribbling compared to his freshman year, but it is still far from enough. In addition, Akagi Takenori's shooting range is also very short, so shooting training is of great help to Akagi Takenori.
As for Miyagi Ryouta, although he is good at dribbling, his shooting is terrible, so corresponding practice will be very helpful to him.
The rest of the players have their own shortcomings. Xiangbei's training is of great help to the players. Although Budo has a higher level of specialized training methods, it has not been proposed rashly. The reason is very simple, that is, most people in Xiangbei have a poor foundation and are not suitable for advanced training methods.
A few, like Mitsui Shou, are no longer training on the technical level, but on a deeper level, talent development-related training. However, this kind of training is not suitable for Mitsui Shou who is in the growth stage.
The most helpful aspect of Xiangbei High School's training for martial arts may be team training, which helps to improve the tacit understanding between team members, which is very important for a team aspiring to win the championship.
"Miyagi, the pass was too high and it was uncomfortable to receive."
On the court, the Shohoku players were having a practice match. Jinguji Takeshi received a pass from Miyagi Ryouta outside the three-point line. When he got the basketball, he immediately shouted.
"Ah?! How is that possible? You reached out and got the ball, how did it go high? How could my pass be so high?"
Miyagi Ryouta was obviously very confident in his pass, and when he heard Wudao's words, he immediately retorted in dissatisfaction. The practice match was also suspended because of the conversation between the two.
"I'm not used to it. I receive the ball outside the three-point line, and my offensive intention is to break through and shoot a three-pointer. Whether it's a breakthrough or a three-pointer, the position to receive the ball should be near the waist."
"This way, I can quickly drop the ball when I break through, and I can also lift the ball up and shoot from this position if I pull up."
"But I raised my hand to catch the ball, and if I wanted to shoot, I had to adjust my posture, so I couldn't shoot the first time."
"If you break through, you have to drop the ball from a high position to near your waist, which wastes time."
Takeshi Jinguji held the ball in both hands and demonstrated the moves to Miyagi Ryouta as he spoke. Miyagi Ryouta watched Takeshi demonstrating the ball from a distance and nodded silently.
Although he was reluctant to admit it, Miyagi knew that Wudao was right. Wudao was different from him. Because of his height, whether he could catch the ball smoothly or not was directly related to whether his subsequent movements were fast enough. The efficiency of breakthroughs and shooting was often affected by this subtle difference.
The practice match continued with another round of attack. Wudao occupied the inside and Miyagi Ryouta hit the ball to Wudao. Wudao quickly raised the ball and scored with a small hook shot.
Although the ball went in, Wu Dao still came to Miyagi's side when he returned to the court and said, "Miyagi, the height of the pass was too low this time. If it was a high ball, I could just hook the ball and score it."
"When playing positional warfare, if the situation allows, when you pass the ball, you can try to observe the players defending me, guess my possible offensive methods, and then choose the height of the pass."
Miyagi Ryouta was obviously stunned when he heard this. This was the first time he heard that the person passing the ball needed to guess the offensive intentions of his teammates. Before this, Miyagi would observe whether the defender could intercept his pass. He only thought about how to pass the ball smoothly, and he would not think about where the receiver would be more conducive to attacking.
Budo's words seemed to open a door to a new world for Miyagi.
"Okay!" Miyagi Ryouta nodded and responded directly. In the second half of the practice match, no matter who Miyagi Ryouta was partnering with, he would think about how to make the receiver feel comfortable and facilitate the attack.
While guessing his teammates' offensive intentions, Miyagi more or less discovered some of their teammates' small movements when breaking through or shooting. When he met these players in the practice match, Miyagi's role on the defensive end was actually significantly improved.
The Xiangbei players have entered the running-in period. As the training progresses, the starting lineup has become clearer and clearer. Although Coach Anxi has never officially announced it, everyone can more or less guess it just by looking at the players' team competition situation.
There is no doubt that the center is Takenori Akagi, the power forward Chiba Daiishi also appears on the court very often, and the small forward is of course the Jinguji Budou who has the most terrifying offensive performance. Budou's scoring techniques are fancy, and in the eyes of many people, Budou's skills are stronger than Mitsui Hisashi's.
The shooting guard is Mitsui Hisashi, and the point guard is also a freshman, Miyagi Ryouta.
These five people are also the ones who have formed a team the most times. After a week of school starting, through the usual running training, these five people have become a completely established combination.
It is worth mentioning that on the second day of school, Xiangbei High School welcomed the first beautiful manager in its history. With the approval of Coach Anzai, Inoue Ayako also became a member of the Xiangbei High School basketball department. As the team manager, she appeared on the training ground during daily training.
Her arrival has brought the basketball team's training enthusiasm to an unprecedented high.
On Friday evening, after the training, Coach Anzai announced to everyone that they would go to Ryonan High School in Kamakura on Sunday to participate in a practice game.
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