"Come on! 15 minutes of warm-up, then the high reach test!"
After measuring the height and weight of the 10 players who participated in the selection, Jinguji Budo clapped his hands and called all the players together. Takeishi Junior High School has a special height measuring ruler. At this moment, the ruler has been placed in the center of the court by Mitsui Shou and the markings have been assembled.
"Run-up high, who wants to go first?"
Jinguji Budou looked up at the ruler with a maximum range of 380cm and shouted to the players participating in the selection. At the same time, Coach Anzai also looked over and looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi at the end of the team.
Coach Anzai watched the fight between Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede just now, and had a preliminary understanding of Sakuragi's jumping ability, but he still wanted to see how high Sakuragi Hanamichi could jump. Coach Anzai was also a little curious about this.
"Me!" As expected, after hearing Daowudao's words, Sakuragi Hanamichi stepped forward and volunteered. While walking out of the queue, he did not forget to glance at Rukawa Kaede.
"Oh! Not bad, very impressive. Three chances, take the best result."
"Do you need to do some preparation?"
When Wudao saw Sakuragi Hanamichi walking out of the queue, he smiled and said, Wudao also noticed that Sakuragi Hanamichi was looking at Rukawa Kaede, and he was happy that Sakuragi had such a competitive spirit.
This is a good thing. If a player has lost his desire to win, then he really shouldn't be a player.
"No need!" Sakuragi Hanamichi retracted his gaze and looked at the ruler. Although this was the first time Sakuragi Hanamichi saw a ruler, he still knew very well how to use it.
After he finished speaking, Sakuragi Hanamichi immediately did two squats, then opened up a distance of five or six meters and began to sprint.
Sakuragi Hanamichi was running very fast. In just a few meters, he had already pushed his horsepower to the maximum. Then when he was more than one meter away from the mark, he jumped up and hit the mark with his arms raised high.
“Bang!”
“Wow!”
With a slight sound, a large row of codes were knocked away from their original positions by Sakuragi Hanamichi. Mitsui Shou looked up and saw the deviated color of the codes on the top layer, and his expression froze.
"That color... is it close to 350cm?"
After Sakuragi Hanamichi landed, Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi both looked up at the ruler. Even Coach Anzai walked closer and stared at the ruler, as if he was counting the number of layers of the ruler.
"This kid... has great jumping skills!"
Wu Dao looked at the code and counted carefully for several seconds. After getting the result, he raised his eyebrows, sighed in his heart, and then announced to everyone:
"348cm!"
When Jinguji Budou announced Sakuragi Hanamichi's result, everyone in the audience focused on Sakuragi Hanamichi. Everyone present was a basketball player, and they all knew what this high level meant.
The height of the junior high school basket is 290cm, the high school basket is 305cm, and the diameter of the standard game ball is 24.6cm. In other words, if Sakuragi Hanamichi dunks the ball into the junior high school basket, it can be very easy. Even if the basket is of standard height, Sakuragi can easily dunk it with his jumping ability.
And Sakuragi Hanamichi is only a third-year junior high school student this year, which means he is only 15 years old at most.
"Amazing! This red-haired guy can jump really high! Who is he? Which school is he from?"
"Huh~~ This jump is higher than Rukawa's, right? I remember when we had the physical test at the beginning of the school year, Rukawa's reach was around 335cm. It's actually higher than Rukawa's jump!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's high reach result attracted discussion among the Takeishi team members. When Takeishi announced his result, Coach Anzai still raised his head and counted the numbers. Only after confirming that the result was almost the same did he retract his gaze and look at Sakuragi Hanamichi, whose face was beaming.
Sakuragi Hanamichi heard the exclamations and praises from the people around him, and these compliments made him feel a little elated.
"Sakuragi Hanamichi, you still have two chances."
Mitsui Hisashi picked up a pole and moved the messy codes back to their original positions, then shouted sourly at Sakuragi Hanamichi.
"Yeah!" Sakuragi nodded heavily when he heard that, stretched the muscles of his shoulders and neck, and once again distanced himself.
In this test, Sakuragi Hanamichi slightly adjusted the rhythm of his jumps, and the process of accumulating power was deliberately prolonged by Sakuragi Hanamichi.
His second high reach result was 344cm, which was even worse than the previous result. Hearing Wu Dao's result, Sakuragi Hanamichi thoughtfully widened the distance again.
Sakuragi's last high reach result was 351cm. After jumping several times, Sakuragi Hanamichi obviously found some tricks and showed his true ability.
The height of the reach was over 350cm, which surprised everyone and brought huge pressure to the team members who were tested later.
After Budou recorded Sakuragi's high reach result in the record book, he began to have other team members start the test one by one.
The players of Takeishi Junior High School have pretty good physical fitness, and most of them can reach over 3 meters in the high reach. The two defenders were unable to reach this level due to their shorter height.
Among the players who participated in the test, Jinguji Budo was actually more concerned about only three of them: Sakuragi Hanamichi, Rukawa Kaede, and Katsuragi Ichiro.
Ichiro Katsume is relatively thin and physical fitness is not his strong point. In the test of high reach, his score is only 2.98cm. Not to mention compared with Hanamichi Sakuragi, he is even worse than the forwards in their team.
As the high reach test progressed, the way Takeishi looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi had changed.
Team Takeishi not only dislikes Sakuragi, but also has a new emotion called envy. When you compare yourself to others, you will feel miserable. This is not just a saying. Sakuragi's high reach performance has already made many people envious.
The last player to be tested at Takeishi Junior High School was Rukawa Kaede. Many of Takeishi's players were unwilling to be defeated by Sakuragi Hanamichi, a player from another school, and placed their last hope on Rukawa Kaede.
However, Rukawa's final result disappointed them. His three jumps were 341cm, 343cm and 339cm respectively. Although it was also a very scary result, it was still a step behind Sakuragi Hanamichi.
In terms of jumping ability, Sakuragi Hanamichi is undoubtedly a monster who surpasses everyone, and Rukawa Kaede is also a person with outstanding talent, but his opponent is Sakuragi Hanamichi.
When Wudao handed the results to Coach Anzai, Coach Anzai did not show any surprise. He simply asked Wudao and Mitsui to continue with other tests.
What Wudao didn't notice was that Coach Anxi's hands were clenched tightly together behind his back, and his skin had turned a little white from being pinched.
Coach Anxi's mood was not as calm as he appeared.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who surpassed Rukawa in jumping, was completely floating on the surface, and kept chattering in Rukawa's ear, saying things like "Have you seen how powerful this genius is?"
Although Rukawa looked dead, Wudao could still see the slight anger in his eyes. It seemed that Rukawa would never accept being suppressed by a guy like Sakuragi Hanamichi.
After the high touch, it was the bench press test. Without any surprise, Sakuragi Hanamichi crushed everyone with his absolute advantage of 70kg bench press 6 times.
Most of Takeishi's results are between 40 and 50kg. Rukawa's result is pretty good, and he is the one who can lift 50kg. As for Katsume Ichiro, who is also of concern to Budo, his bench press is only a pitiful 35kg, which is only slightly better than Budo Kokuichi's level.
However, this huge gap once again makes people clearly realize Sakuragi Hanamichi's terrifying physical talent.
"This kid has great strength. If he had practiced since he was young, he probably wouldn't have lost to that guy from Ryonan."
"ε=(´ο｀*)))Alas, what a pity!"
Wudao was not surprised when he saw Sakuragi's bench press result. He had some expectations about Sakuragi's strength. After all, in his impression, Sakuragi Hanamichi could lift a struggling man over 180cm tall with both hands. With that level of strength, a bench press of 70kg was not that outstanding.
In several consecutive tests, Sakuragi Hanamichi had absolutely crushed everyone in Takeishi Junior High School. This made Anzai Zhengyi look at Sakuragi differently. He thought he was just a talented student from another school, but he never thought that this talent was so terrifying.
Anxi Zhengyi glanced at Coach Anxi who was looking at the players' physical test data, and sighed in his heart: "I'm afraid there will be one less special recruitment quota. I don't know how many of my players can get this special recruitment quota."
After the bench press, Wudao and his team first arranged a shooting test, which was divided into mid-range and three-point shots. The mid-range shot was to shoot 5 balls from 5 fixed positions, while the three-point shot required 2 minutes of free throws.
In these two events, the players of Takeishi Junior High School finally showed their strength. In the two events, Rukawa made 23 of 25 mid-range shots, only missed two goals, and made 10 three-pointers in 2 minutes, which was a pretty good result.
As for Ichiro Kumi, he made 20 of 25 mid-range shots and 13 three-pointers in 2 minutes. His three-point performance also made Coach Anzai take a few more glances.
This three-point shooting test method was a training method that Jinguji Budo often used with his teammates after he arrived at Shohoku.
Budo's best result was 21 shots in two minutes, and 18 three-pointers. Mitsui Shou was even better than Budo in this regard, taking 24 shots in two minutes, and making 20 at most.
As for other players of Shohoku, such as Miyagi and Kogure Mitsunobu, they could only take about 15 shots, and the hit rate was less than half.
With this comparison, you can understand why Coach Anzai would look at Ichiro Katsume a few more times. Considering the level of a junior high school student, Ichiro Katsume's three-point shooting ability is quite good.
As for Sakuragi Hanamichi... ..
In these two shooting events, this guy has lost his composure.
He made 1 of 25 mid-range shots, and the one that went in was made by holding a toilet.
As for the three-pointers.....either they missed the target or hit the backboard and bounced back quickly. Sakuragi did take 19 shots....his speed in running and picking up the ball is still remarkable, but that's all....
After these two results came out, Takeishi's team members finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the school's honor was saved.
The subsequent layup and shuttle run were all carried out relatively quickly.
Sakuragi Hanamichi once again demonstrated his strong ability in the shuttle run, but this time, Rukawa Kaede did not lose to him, and the speed of the two was almost the same.
In the layup event, Rukawa also successfully surpassed Sakuragi. In terms of dribbling proficiency and layup proficiency, Rukawa was much better than Sakuragi. However, Sakuragi's layup ability was also good, ranking third among all the 10 players who participated in the test.
When all the results were summarized in the hands of Coach Anzai, all the Takeishi team members became nervous.
"Rukawa Kaede, Katsume Ichiro, Sakuragi Hanamichi."
"All three of you can become special recruits for our Xiangbei team."
"Ryukawa Kaede, Sakuragi Hanamichi, if you two are willing to come to our Xiangbei, you will be exempted from all the entrance exams."
"Katsumi Ichiro, if you are willing to come, all tuition and miscellaneous fees will be waived."
Coach Anxi had absolute control over the recruitment matters, and he announced it immediately after looking at the results. The Takeishi people were not surprised by the result of the announcement, and even Sakuragi, who was obviously a rookie, had no objection to being able to get a place in the full special recruitment.
After all, the test was conducted in front of everyone. All those present were players, and they all knew what kind of potential Sakuragi Hanamichi had.
Wu Dao was a little surprised that Coach Anzai made the decision so quickly, but after a brief surprise, he looked at Sakuragi, Rukawa and others with smiles in his eyes.
"I'm joining Shohoku!"
"I do."
When Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede heard this, they immediately agreed. Sakuragi Hanamichi had already made plans to go to Shohoku because he knew Haruko would also be there... No, because Budou was also in Shohoku.
Rukawa's purpose was much simpler. Among all the high schools, Shohoku was the closest to his home, so Rukawa already had a plan in mind.
On the contrary, Katsumi Ichiro did not agree immediately, saying that he needed to discuss it with his family.
Coach Anxi nodded when he heard this, and agreed to visit his home for an interview in a few days. He also made an appointment with Sakuragi and Rukawa for the home visit.
After all, it is a special recruitment, which involves money. It is not just a matter of words, but a contract must be signed. This contract must be signed with the player's parents.
After the announcement of the three special recruits, Coach Anzai and Takeishi's Anzai Zhengyi discussed holding an internal practice match. Coach Anzai wanted to see the actual combat level of all the players to see if there were any missed players. The three players who had just been invited did not join the practice match.
The practice match lasted nearly 50 minutes. Coach Anzai watched the performance of all the players, but he did not find any player that made him excited. After secretly sighing, Coach Anzai prepared to leave with Wudao and Mitsui Shou.
After saying goodbye to Anzai Masayoshi, Coach Anzai took Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi out of the Takeishi Junior High School basketball hall and prepared to go to the next stop.
There are 5 special recruitment places, and there are more than one school to look for, including Takeishi Junior High School. Coach Anzai has considerable influence, and he has allowed several junior high schools to recruit students. Takeishi is just the first stop.
As for Sakuragi Hanamichi and Mito Yohei who were called by Takeshi, they did not go home after the special recruitment came to an end. Instead, they followed Takeshi and the others and actually planned to go with them.
Coach Anzai didn't say much about this. Instead, he was quite indulgent and kind to Sakuragi. If you didn't know, you would think Sakuragi was Coach Anzai's grandson.
The second junior high school they were going to was far away, so they took the train. Coach Anzai sat opposite Sakuragi Hanamichi on the train, looking at him from time to time. Sakuragi Hanamichi was unaware of this, and happily chatted with Yohei to kill time.
"Tani Ze... I have met many geniuses who have the potential to surpass you!"
"These people will be the future of Xiangbei!"
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