The sun shines down on the city, and time is left behind the mark, flowing away layer by layer.
The training team for the Autumn National Games, led by Coach Takeo of Ryonan High School, has been assembled, and the training in preparation for the Autumn National Games is also proceeding in an orderly manner.
As a training team aiming for the national sports in autumn, the entire team's training is conducted with the purpose of competition. There is very little targeted training related to ball skills in the training program, and more of it is group competition and a lot of physical training.
The heavy physical training also made the participating players complain bitterly. Many of them simply couldn't bear the physical training plan of Coach Tanaka. Some people couldn't stand such heavy physical training, and they felt that they would not have the opportunity to play in the autumn national sports and would not be included in the final roster, so they withdrew from the training camp early.
During the nearly half-month training, many people have gradually withdrawn from the training team.
On this day, when Coach Tiangang called for the assembly, there were only about 20 players left. The number of players was reduced by more than half compared to the beginning of the training camp. Those who were able to stay were all mentally strong and could endure Coach Tiangang's boring training.
In the gym of Ryonan High School, Coach Tian Gang stood in front of the players of the training team. He glanced at the players and looked at the sparse lineup, feeling secretly moved in his heart.
"After eliminating some people, we can finally see the mental state of this team now."
"The basic physical training is quite strenuous and rigorous. Surprisingly, this child managed to survive it."
Coach Tiangang's eyes fell on Kamiso Ichiro who was in the middle of the team. There was some emotion, some surprise, and some joy in his eyes. The training for nearly half a month was mainly heavy physical training. Coach Tiangang's purpose was to eliminate some players and make some players with poor physical fitness give up.
Coach Tanaoka actually has a list in mind for those who can survive this half-month special physical training, and Kazuo Kamiya's name is not on this list.
But the result surprised Coach Tanaoka. Kamiso Ichiro, a freshman from Hainan, looked weak, but he had a spirit that others did not have.
During the training, Kamiso Ichiro's performance was not outstanding, and he was even at the bottom. Coach Tanaoka couldn't remember how many times the boy had vomited on the edge of the green belt outside the door. But he actually managed to survive for such a long time without giving up.
Coach Tanaoka has to admire such perseverance. He believes that with such belief, Ichiro Kamiya will one day be able to find his position on the court and realize his value.
Coach Tanaoka is willing to give opportunities to such players. Even if Kazuo Kamiso fails to show enough combat effectiveness in the end, Coach Tanaoka will consider his potential and find a way to get him into the final 15-man roster.
Coach Tiangang’s idea is very simple. Some third-year students who have exhausted their potential should not block the way for potential new stars!
"Everyone! From the start of the joint training to today, it has been exactly half a month."
"I think you have all seen how rigorous the training you have been through in the past half month is."
"For those who are still able to stay here, your physical strength and willpower have been tested."
"And the first phase of our training has now officially come to an end!"
"Here, I want to congratulate you for making it through the first phase of training!"
As Coach Tiangang spoke, he clapped his hands, as if to encourage the players. The confused players looked at Coach Tiangang in front of them. As soon as the sparse applause rose in the team, Coach Tiangang raised his voice and shouted:
"but!"
"Don't be happy too soon!"
"There is only one and a half months left until the Autumn National Constitution. Starting today, the training you remaining people will undergo will be more rigorous and more arduous than before."
"I hope you can all be mentally prepared for the upcoming training."
"From now on, you will say goodbye to boring physical training. In the days to come, you will fight for yourself!"
"Divide it!"
As Coach Tiangang spoke, he glanced at a student next to him. The student understood and walked towards the team members carrying two large bags.
"What is this for?"
"Fighting for an individual? What does that mean?"
As Coach Takeo's voice fell, the players in the team looked at the Ryonan players who were walking over with bags and made low-pitched discussions.
However, the discussions did not last long. As the Ryonan player began to distribute jerseys, the confusion on everyone's faces slowly began to dissipate.
In those bags were colorful jerseys. There was no school information or individual player names on the jerseys, but they all had numbers. Right above the numbers was a row of small English letters. Wudao had sharp eyes and could see clearly what those letters on the jerseys were.
"C, PF, SF, PG, SG." The English letters above the jersey numbers are the abbreviations of the positions in the game. The jerseys are divided into two colors, one red and one blue. The arrangement of the jersey numbers is not the traditional numbering method, but a coding method that has never been seen before.
Uozumi Jun stood at the front of the team, the jersey he got was a red number 1, with a small English letter, "C", center. Hanagata Toru, who was about the same height as him, stood next to him, and the jersey he got was also a red number 1, but the small English letter on it said "PF", power forward.
As the jerseys were distributed, the players of Ryonan High School all received red jerseys with the number 1. Shinomiya Tano received the red jersey with the number 1, SF (small forward), Sendoh received the red jersey with the number 1, PG (point guard), and Fujima Kenji received the red jersey with the number 1, SG (shooting guard).
All five red No. 1 jerseys were won by several players from Ryonan High School.
When the jerseys were distributed to Wudao and others, they had already changed to blue jerseys. Jinguji Wudao got the blue number 1, marked as SF, Akagi Takenori got the blue number 1 C, Mitsui Hisashi got the blue number 1 SG, Chiba Daishi got the blue number 3 PF, and Miyagi Ryouta got the blue number 2 PG.
Wudao glanced at the jerseys in the players' hands, raised his eyebrows slightly, and turned to look at the others. The Hainan players who were standing not far from the Xiangbei players shook out the jerseys in their hands.
The jersey in Maki Shinichi's hand was a blue No. 1 PG jersey, while Maekawa Daiki, who was not far from him, got the blue No. 1 PF jersey. Takasago got the blue No. 2 PF jersey, and Kamiso Ichiro got the blue No. 4 SG jersey.
Except for the players from Ryonan, all other players got blue jerseys. Apart from distinguishing their positions, there were a lot of repetitions in the numbers on the jerseys.
When all the jerseys were distributed and no one was sure what was going on, Coach Tianoka shouted again to attract everyone's attention.
"Now, everyone who has received the C, center jersey, regardless of red or blue, gather here! Line up in a row!"
"PF, the people in power forward jerseys line up here, SF small forward, over here, then SG and PG."
Coach Tanaoka directed the team, and under his guidance, the players moved and lined up again. Jinguji Budou stood at the SF position holding a blue jersey in his hand. In front of him stood Ryonan's Shinomiya Tano, and behind him stood Kainan's Omasa Shifuku.
"So, this is what Coach Tanaka meant by individual battle..."
"The red No. 1 jersey means the starter, the blue No. 1 means an important rotation player at the same position, and the numbers after that, the rotation order decreases in sequence."
"The roster for the Autumn National Games is 15 people. Normally, there should be three people for each position on this roster."
"This also means that players other than the blue No. 3 should be excluded from the roster!"
"Considering that there should be tacit communication after the formation of the team, I guess the so-called second stage of communication will probably require us to compete for the number!"
Takeshi Jinguji looked at the players lining up and glanced at the jerseys in the hands of the players. He instantly understood Coach Tagora's intention and spoke softly.
At this time, Shigong Tianye, who heard this, turned his head, grinned, and said softly: "You are still very smart."
"You guessed right. The second phase of training is a real individual battle. I have been waiting for this day for a long time!"
"hey-hey!"
Shigong Tianye grinned, his expression full of fighting spirit, and his tone full of excitement. Jinguji Wudao heard this, lowered his head and smiled, and said to himself: "I have been waiting for this day... I have been waiting for a long time!"
Omasa Shifuku, who was standing behind the two men, saw that Jinguji Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano both looked full of fighting spirit. He scratched his hair, took a step back, and did not want to get involved in the fight between the two men.
He knew his own strengths and weaknesses, and the fight between these two people had nothing to do with him. There were not too many people at the small forward position, and he was also very clear in his mind that he participated in the autumn national sports this year just to make his resume look better when he went to college. To be honest, he didn't force himself to play in the game.
As the team was rearranged, the players inevitably had various speculations and whispered about Coach Tiangang's plan.
Without leaving the players to guess, after the team was rearranged, Coach Tiangang announced loudly:
"Starting today, players in different positions, you, will have different training."
"While training in groups, I will also grade each of your training results. After the training camp is over, the three people with the highest scores in the same position will be included in the final 15-man roster. Everyone else will be eliminated!"
"For the next month, you will all be training. I hope you can work hard to become a member of the representative team!"
As Coach Tiangang finished speaking, he began to arrange different training programs for different positions. The centers had strength training, footwork training, and positioning training. The power forwards, in addition to some basic training programs, had defense training and footwork training under the basket. The training content was similar to that of the centers, but there were slight differences.
As for the point guard group, they do a lot of physical training, dribbling, passing, and shooting exercises, with a focus on passing and dribbling. As for the shooting guard group, in addition to physical training, they do a lot of shooting and ball-holding offense training.
After Coach Takeoka arranged the training for those groups, it was time for him to arrange the small forward group that included Takeo and Shinomiya Tano. His arrangement for this group was very strange. Omasa Shifuku and others were pulled away for training by Coach Takeoka, but Jinguji Takeo and Shinomiya Tano were left behind and were ignored.
Wudao was wondering what was going on and was planning to go to Coach Takeo to ask what was going on, when Shinomiya Tano walked to the sidelines, picked up a basketball and threw it into the hands of Jinguji Wudao.
"Come on, let's start our training!"
Wudao subconsciously took the basketball and looked at Shimono Tano in confusion. He didn't know what training he meant, nor did he know what instructions Coach Tanoka had.
Seeing Wu Dao's puzzled look, Shigong Tianye smiled and explained:
"We two...are different from them. Aren't you very clear about this?"
"Our training is just the two of us!"
"It's very simple! And very direct!"
Shinomiya Tianye walked in front of Jinguji Takeshi, put one hand on the basketball, and grinned at Takeshi. Looking at the other party's appearance, Takeshi didn't know what he meant by "training". He turned his head to look at the empty half of the opposite side, and a smile appeared on his face.
He was feeling strange. The gymnasium of Ryonan High School was not very big, and there were not many courts that could be used for training. However, in such a court, there was an empty space. It turned out that this place was reserved for him and Shinomiya Tano.
"This kind of training is really beyond my expectations."
"I've never seen Coach Tanaoka's training style before."
Wu Dao said with emotion as he and Shinomiya Tano walked towards the empty court.
"This was something I proposed to my coach, and he agreed to it without hesitation."
"Jinguji Budo, we have plenty of time from now on... to decide the winner!"
The two walked to the empty court. Shinomiya Tano stood at the top of the three-point line, stretched his body joints, and spoke to Jinguji Budo.
Wu Dao didn't waste any words, he threw the ball to Shigong Tianye and said, "Check the ball, I'll attack first!"
Seeing this, Shimonoya took the basketball without any further ado, rubbed it a bit, and walked in front of Wudao. While handing the ball to Wudao, he quickly leaned over and prepared to defend.
Unlike everyone else's training, the training of Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tano is actually one-on-one bullfighting!
The movements of Wudao and Shigong Tianye also attracted some people's attention. In recent days, many students of Ryonan High School would watch the team's training after school. The boring physical training for nearly half a month caused the basketball team to lose some of its audience. Those who still watched the training were all deep basketball fans.
Compared with the training content of others, the bullfighting between Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tano naturally attracts the curiosity of most onlookers.
The bullfight between Budo and Shinomiya Tano hadn't even started yet, but a circle of spectators had already gathered around.
On the court, Jinguji Budou held the ball outside the three-point line and did not start the attack immediately.
Shigong Tianye spread his arms, noticed the audience around him, slapped the ground with both hands, and shouted loudly:
"Hey! The stage is set for you! Come on over here!"
"I want to prove to everyone that I am better than you!"
"No one can stand on equal footing with me! Not even you!"
Sigong Tianye spread his arms to defend, like a tiger pouncing on its prey, with an imposing manner.
Seeing the other party's serious look, Jinguji Takeshi also calmed down and began to concentrate. He raised his head slightly and stared at Shinomiya Tano. He dribbled the basketball in front of him with his left and right hands at a slow pace, bent his body, ready to go.
"I'll take some time to give you a good military training!"
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