"Good defense, Hanamichi."
The praise from Takeshi Jinguji made Sakuragi Hanamichi regain focus, and the surrounding Takeishi players exclaimed in surprise when they saw Takeshi Jinguji walking into the court.
"Ohhhh, it's Jinguji-senpai! I've only seen him in newspapers and magazines, this is the first time I've seen him in person!"
"Haha, you guys are young after all. I'm different. I once fought on the court with Senior Jinguji!"
"The super ace who led Shohoku to the nationals! Hey hey hey! Isn't that Mitsui-senpai? And there's Shohoku's coach Anzai!"
When the Takeishi players recognized Jinguji Takeshi, they finally spotted Coach Anzai and Mitsui Hisashi in the crowd. Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi were both players from Takeishi Junior High School. Now the third-year players in Takeishi all know Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi, while the second-year players are more familiar with Takeshi.
As for the first-year players, they have never seen Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Budo in person since they joined the team.
It was only this year that Xiangbei High School entered the national competition, and these first-year players learned from their coach that Xiangbei's two main scorers came from Takeishi.
Takeishi's teammates were guessing the purpose of Coach Anzai and his team coming to the school, and after greeting Rukawa Kaede, Takeshi casually hooked his arm around Sakuragi Hanamichi's shoulder.
At this time, Sakuragi had not completely recovered from the shadow of failure. He thought that he had surpassed Rukawa through all this time of training. After all, he always considered himself a genius.
But after this game, he realized that there was still a big gap between him and Rukawa Kaede. Sakuragi Hanamichi was not the kind of person who could not accept failure or tolerate mistakes, but he lost this game too miserably.
A 3:0 sweep, obviously, this was not a result that Sakuragi could accept.
"Hanamichi, don't take the outcome of a game too seriously. Just because you lose now doesn't mean you will always lose."
"Be happy, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
"And your performance was really good. You actually prevented Rukawa Kaede from getting into the three-point line. It's obvious that you really work hard during training."
"Just now, the Takeishi players were all shocked by your performance. These guys are a group of proud guys in the junior high school basketball world, but they were also shocked by your performance."
Wudao looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi's lonely expression and comforted him.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's original intention of playing basketball was not pure. He was afraid that he would lose his passion for basketball after being hit by Rukawa Kaede. Sakuragi was obviously the kind of person who liked to be praised. Before he really liked basketball, it would not be good to hit him too hard.
"Ah? Really? Did I really perform well just now?"
"Ha... Hahaha! As expected, I am a genius!"
"But... that damned fox! How dare he tease this genius!"
"I must let him know how powerful I am!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi was in a better mood, but he was still thinking about the fake move that Rukawa had just used to fool him. He gritted his teeth and looked at Rukawa not far away. Feeling Sakuragi's gaze, Rukawa snorted, turned his head away from him, and turned to look at Anzai Mitsuyoshi and Mitsui Hisashi who were talking to their coach at the time.
"Why are you guys back to Wushi?"
When Rukawa asked this, Wudao was still comforting Sakuragi Hanamichi. When he heard Rukawa's question, Wudao raised his head and looked at Rukawa, smiling and replied: "Soon, you will know."
As he said that, Wudao patted Sakuragi Hanamichi's shoulder heavily. At this time, Sakuragi had completely recovered from his failure amidst Wudao's praises. He was also quite curious about Rukawa Kaede's question and looked up at Wudao.
When he heard Wu Dao say this, he scratched his hair in confusion.
“Pah, pah, pah!
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"Okay, stop talking."
"Rukawa, get the players to line up."
Soon, Takeishi's coach, Anzai Zhengyi, clapped his hands and ordered Rukawa Kaede to start assembling the team. When Takeishi heard this, he asked Sakuragi and Yohei to wait on the sidelines, and he walked towards Coach Anzai and stood beside him.
After Rukawa Kaede finished assembling the team, Anzai Masayoshi began to introduce Wudao and others to the team members.
"Classmates, the person standing next to me now is Coach Anxi of the Xiangbei High School basketball team."
"I think you all already know Xiangbei High School. They are the newcomers of this year's county competition, and they made it to the top eight in the national competition."
"I think many of you know these two people next to Coach Anxi."
"This one is Mitsui Hisashi, the current captain of the Xiangbei High School basketball team, and this one is Jinguji Budou, the ace of the Xiangbei High School basketball team, and he is only a freshman this year."
"Speaking of these two, they are both your seniors! Everyone, welcome everyone from Xiangbei to come to our Takeishi coach!"
After a brief introduction, Masayoshi Anzai was the first to applaud. Following his lead, the Takeishi team members also applauded. Compared with Anzai Masayoshi's polite applause, the applause of the Takeishi team members seemed sincere and warm.
After this year's national competition, the name of the "Kanagawa Twin Stars" of Kanagawa Prefecture has been resounding throughout the country. As a member of the junior high school basketball powerhouse Takeishi Junior High School, how could they not know such a thing? Not to mention that Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi are both their seniors, true predecessors.
The applause lasted for more than ten seconds, and Anxi Zhengyi raised his hand to suppress it. After the applause died down, he continued:
"Today, Shohoku's coach Anxi brought two of his team's top players to our Takeishi Junior High School. They have something important to tell you. This is also very important to you. Please listen carefully."
"Now, please ask Coach Anxi to say a few words to us."
As he spoke, Anzai Zhengyi moved aside and walked in front of Coach Anzai, and extended his hand, signaling Coach Anzai to come to the center to talk. Seeing this, Wudao stood behind Coach Anzai and waved to Yohei and Sakuragi, signaling them to come closer.
Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't understand what Takeishi meant, but Mito Yohei immediately understood what he meant. He grabbed Sakuragi Hanamichi's hand and stood beside Takeishi's team, listening quietly.
Coach Anzai obviously noticed Sakuragi Hanamichi and Mito Yohei. He laughed and didn't care. He walked to the center, cleared his throat, and said:
"Hello, students. I am the coach of the Shohoku High School basketball team, Anzai Mitsuyoshi."
"Everyone should have heard just now that our Xiangbei High School entered the national competition this year. Although the ranking we achieved was not very good, we, Xiangbei, have the strength to compete for the championship!"
"I came to Takeishi Junior High School today hoping to find players who can help us win the national championship!"
At this point, the players of Takeishi Junior High School would know the purpose of Coach Anzai's visit. Strengthening! Coming to Takeishi Junior High School is to recruit students and strengthen the team!
Hearing this, Takeishi's team members became excited one by one, especially the third-year players, who were more delighted than each other.
Japan's junior high school to high school system is generally an application system, similar to China, that is, junior high school to high school, junior high school students need to choose the high school they want to go to. Xiangbei High School is a public high school in the county, and the admission requirements are not very strict. For the Takeishi team members present, it is not difficult to enter Xiangbei High School.
But that’s not the point!
Coach Anzai's words were known to all the Takeishi players. It was only the end of the first semester of a school year, and being able to recruit students at this time meant that Coach Anzai had some "conditions" in his hands. Behind these conditions was Xiangbei High School's attitude towards basketball, and this attitude was the reason why the Takeishi players were so excited.
"I have five special recruitment quotas in my hands. The special recruitment is divided into two levels: full exemption and half exemption."
"Full exemption students are exempted from tuition and food fees, and half exemption students are exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees."
"Of course, specially recruited players must obtain a junior high school diploma."
Seeing that Takeishi's players were motivated, Coach Anzai continued.
Most of Takeishi's team members actually don't pay much attention to the conditions proposed by Coach Anzai. The reason they are excited is the message revealed behind the special recruitment.
These young people are very smart. They know that public high schools like Xiangbei have already started to recruit special players, which means that the development of Xiangbei's basketball department has begun to get on the right track. Xiangbei High School obviously wants to make achievements in basketball.
The players who can play as the main force in Takeishi Junior High School are not just there to participate in club activities. These people have more or less some ambitions in the sport of basketball.
Takeishi's players are very clear that as long as Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi are present in Shohoku High School, Shohoku will be a national powerhouse. Being able to play in Shohoku will definitely be a good thing for their basketball career.
At least this year's third-year students are optimistic about the future of Xiangbei. As a strong team at the national top eight level, or even a future national champion, isn't Xiangbei's special recruitment quota a great opportunity
"Coach, what are the requirements for the special recruitment of the Xiangbei basketball team?!"
A third-year player couldn't hold back any longer and raised his arm to interrupt.
"Wow, it's very simple. As long as you are better than the others, you can get a special recruitment spot!"
"Of course, the excellence here refers to more than just football skills. In fact, football skills are not the most important criterion."
"Physical fitness, physical condition, level of technical and tactical understanding, ball skills, etc. are all taken into consideration."
"For this purpose, I have prepared a few small tests, and I hope that players who are interested in competing for our Xiangbei basketball team's special recruitment quota will actively participate."
"Oh, by the way, only junior high school third-year students are eligible to participate. First- and second-year students, you are not yet in your promotion year."
Coach Anxi said with a smile, and then glanced at Anxi Zhengyi. It was obvious that the two coaches had discussed this in advance.
"Come on! Everyone who intends to take the test, line up next to me!"
Anzai Zhengyi clapped his hands and shouted to the players. Soon, the third-year players began to gather around him. Katsumi Ichiro stood in the queue, turned his head and glanced at the expressionless Rukawa Kaede, and couldn't help asking:
"Rukawa, are you also going to participate in the special recruitment of Xiangbei? Do you also think that Xiangbei basketball team is good?"
Rukawa glanced at Katsuragi Ichiro and replied calmly, "It's just close to home."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he looked at Jinguji Takeshi who was talking to Sakuragi Hanamichi at the moment, and saw that Sakuragi Hanamichi also slapped himself at the end of the team after he finished talking to Takeshi, and Tong Kong shrank slightly.
"Hanamichi! This is a great opportunity to redeem yourself! Go and show Rukawa Kaede how powerful you are!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't care whether he was a member of Takeishi's team or not. He just stood at the end of the team, recalling what Takeishi had just said to him in his mind.
After letting Sakuragi join the team, Jinguji Budou found Coach Anzai and explained a few words, but Coach Anzai didn't care.
He didn't care whether Sakuragi Hanamichi was a member of Takeishi's team or not. As long as Sakuragi could show his value in front of him, he would be given a special recruitment spot! Takeshi also anticipated the character of Coach Anzai, so he asked Sakuragi to come at the first stop of the recruitment.
Unlike Sakuragi who was foolishly thinking about revenge, Yohei understood Wudao's intention and came to Wudao to thank Sakuragi Hanamichi on his behalf.
"We're one family, what are you thanking me for?" To this, Wu Dao just replied calmly.
Soon, the nine Takeishi team members who were planning to compete for the special recruitment quota of Xiangbei lined up again, but at the very end of the nine-man team, there was Sakuragi who seemed to be out of place.
Coach Anxi looked at the players and began to talk about the content of the test.
There are many test items, including several contents.
Height, weight, wingspan, and vision are the most basic test items, followed by four full-court shuttle runs, bench press, high touch, half-court layups, mid-range shooting tests, three-point tests, and a full-court training game, totaling more than ten items.
Takeshi Jinguji and Mitsui Hisashi were also drafted to serve as recorders and examiners of the test, and coach Anzai Masayoshi himself also helped out. As for the other members of Takeishi's team, they were allowed to move freely.
However, although those players were allowed to move freely, no one left the stadium. Instead, they surrounded the players who were being tested, watching a show.
"Height 185cm, weight 78kg, wingspan 196cm."
"Go to Xiao San to test her eyesight, next one!"
Jinguji Takeshi recorded some basic measurement data for Sakuragi Hanamichi, pointed to Mitsui Shou who was sitting next to the vision test chart, and signaled Sakuragi Hanamichi to leave. As Takeshi reported this set of test data, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Hey, hey, hey, are you kidding me? This junior high school student is 185cm tall, and his arm span is 196cm? That's 11cm more than his height!"
"Your physical condition is really good. I think it's better than that of Rukawa Kaede-senpai."
While the team members were discussing, Jinguji Budo had already finished measuring Rukawa Kaede's physical data. While recording it, he shouted:
"Height 183cm, weight 72kg, wingspan 192cm."
"Boy, you are too light! When you enter high school and start to grow, you need to gain muscle properly, otherwise you will be at a disadvantage on the court."
After recording the data, Wudao looked up at Rukawa and reminded him. Rukawa's height was similar to Sakuragi Hanamichi's, but his weight was more than ten pounds less. Rukawa took off his shirt during the test, and Wudao looked at the fact that Rukawa didn't have much muscle on his body and kindly reminded him.
Reminded by Wu Dao, Rukawa Kaede glanced at Wu Dao, nodded, and walked towards Mitsui Hisashi.
Rukawa Kaede has known martial arts for a long time. At that time, he was a very thin dog. But now, his muscles can be vaguely seen even when he is wrapped in long sleeves and long pants.
The basic physical examination was very fast, and soon, the test would enter the real sex scene. At this time, Sakuragi was already ready to take the physical test.
"Come on! 15 minutes of warm-up, then the high reach test!"
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