Mitsui Shou went abroad. After the Xiangbei players saw Mitsui Shou off at the airport, they all realized that Xiangbei High School would really be different from before.
With the departure of Mitsui Hisashi, even the most optimistic people like Sakuragi Hanamichi and Kiyota Nobunaga became depressed for a while.
They have been playing for Shohoku High School since the third year of junior high school. The captain, Mitsui Shou, has indeed helped them a lot on their road to growth, and a deep relationship has also been established between Sakuragi and Mitsui Shou.
Unlike a simple promotion to a higher education, it will not be easy for Sakuragi and others to see Mitsui Shou again in the future.
However, time is the best medicine to heal wounds. As time passed, Sakuragi Hanamichi and his friends also got over the loss of separation and started their own high school life.
The training of the youth team lasted for quite a while. It was not until the start of school in September that Sakuragi Hanamichi and other players who participated in the youth training officially returned to Xiangbei High School.
As mentioned before, unlike China's youth training system, Japan today does not have an established professional echelon. The so-called youth training is nothing more than the temporary allocation of outstanding young players from across the country to form a team for training.
Sakuragi Hanamichi and his friends are, after all, players of Shohoku High School. If nothing unexpected happens, Sakuragi and his friends will not be able to officially get involved in professional basketball in this country until they graduate from college.
Neon's basketball development is catching up with that of the United States. It has abandoned the large-scale echelon model of youth training mechanisms and adopted pure campus basketball, hoping to select sufficiently good players in this way.
For basketball powerhouses, the campus basketball method is obviously less likely to miss truly talented players. Because of the low threshold of campus basketball, almost all students who are interested in basketball have the opportunity to participate in formal competitions.
However, this kind of training method requires a huge basketball population as support. Japan today obviously does not have such a large basketball population. Therefore, overall, the basketball level in Japan is relatively low.
In this context, China's youth training mechanism has brought into play its advantages. When the number of basketball players is insufficient, targeted selection and training can more easily produce outstanding players.
If such a mechanism does not decay over time, China's youth training system will be able to take a completely different path from campus basketball.
But the problem lies here. No matter how good a system is, it needs people to implement it. As time goes by, it is only a matter of time before the system is corrupted by greed.
As the number of basketball players increases, there are young people playing basketball all over the country. At this point, the youth training mechanism no longer has its advantages. Because the resources for youth training are limited, no matter how much the echelon construction is expanded, it is impossible to bring all the talents into the bag.
The lack of grassroots coaches will also make most children who have talent but have no access to youth training scouts become mediocre.
As for campus basketball? The only time students can play regular games is probably during the annual sports meet.
With such intensity, how can we still talk about cultivating talents
In this era, when Jinguji Budo was training in the United States, he had games almost every day. Even in Chinese school basketball 20 or 30 years later, young players would not have this number of games.
As young players aged 18 or 9, the American students are experienced in many battles, while the Chinese... ..
The construction of campus basketball is actually in conflict with the youth training mechanism. If there is no trade-off, and you want this and that, the final result will be nothing.
Sakuragi Hanamichi and others who returned from youth training are obviously much more confident. After seeing the outstanding players from all over the country, their plans for themselves have obviously changed.
Back to school season.
The temperature in Kanagawa Prefecture finally started to drop in September. If the weather was around 35℃ every day before, then after September, the temperature was generally around 30℃.
Don't underestimate the temperature difference of only 5 degrees Celsius. The difference in perceived temperature is quite huge.
Early morning.
The vegetation on both sides of the road in front of Xiangbei High School was lush and green after the midsummer. Jinguji Takeshi was wearing a black school uniform and carrying a white sports backpack as he walked towards the school.
Although he is a sophomore in high school, Jinguji Budou has no habit of carrying a school bag. The backpack in his hand does not contain stationery, but basketball shoes and sportswear.
His only study supplies were three pens... .
As for the books, they haven't been distributed yet. Jinguji Budou walked into the campus, and some unfamiliar students who passed by greeted him enthusiastically after seeing him.
Jinguji Budo is a celebrity among celebrities in Shohoku High School. He led Shohoku to the national competition and helped the team win the national championship.
They were called "the strongest high school students in the country" by some local media in Kanagawa Prefecture. Nowadays, few people mention the title of "Kanagawa Twin Stars". Judging from the individual data of the players, Jinguji Budo, who averaged nearly 40 points per game, obviously puts more pressure on Shinomiya Tano.
What kind of people are the most popular in school? The rich ones
There are only three types of people who attract the most attention in the school: those who are good-looking, those who have excellent academic performance, and those who are particularly outstanding in a certain sport!
Athletes in sports such as basketball and football can easily attract the attention of other students.
When Takeshi Jinguji came to the classroom, there were not many people in his class. Takeshi Jinguji, who was used to going to bed early and getting up early, came early. Since it was the first day of school, the basketball team did not have morning exercises.
The students in the classroom at this time are generally hard-working "academic masters" and "academic gods".
Wudao was not very familiar with these classmates, just acquaintances. After briefly greeting them, Wudao went to his seat, tidied his backpack a little, and then sat there bored, looking at the scenery outside the window.
Soon, students came to the classroom one after another. Some students who thought they had a good relationship with Wu Dao surrounded him and asked him about the national competition and gossiped about his feelings about being on TV.
Wu Dao was polite and perfunctory in his exchanges with his classmates, without any pretense, trying his best to appear easy to get along with. This torturous polite scene only ended when the bell rang outside the corridor.
On the first day of school, like in most schools, the teachers did not rush to teach the contents of the textbook. Instead, they chatted and bragged with the students, easing the sense of confrontation in the students' hearts when they returned to school.
Jinguji Takeshi has a good relationship with his teachers. Some teachers even congratulated Takeshi on leading the Shohoku basketball team to win the championship.
"My ordinary school life is almost overlapping with the high school life in my mind."
During the lunch break, Jinguji Takeshi lay on the desk, looking at the sky outside the window and couldn't help murmuring. There is no melodramatic youth love pain, no so-called school bullying, and no discrimination from teachers and classmates.
The time that Jinguji Takeshi spent in high school at Shohoku was peaceful yet fulfilling. In such an environment, all the worries of adults disappeared.
...
"Classmates, today, a new student will come to our class!"
"Come on, classmate, introduce yourself to everyone."
On the podium, the female teacher gave up the central seat, pulled the short boy next to her to the center of the podium, and said with a smile.
“Ahem… Ahem!
”
"Hello everyone!
!”
"I'm Sora Kurumiya, a transfer student. Please give me your guidance!"
In the first-grade classroom, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was sleeping soundly on his desk, was awakened by the loud voice of the self-introduction. He squinted his eyes and looked up at the podium. He happened to see a slightly thin boy standing next to the female teacher.
The boy has bangs similar to Rukawa's, but his hairstyle is more... "expanded" compared to Rukawa's, and his hair is obviously much harder.
The boy was very short, even shorter than the female teacher next to him. Judging from his height, he was probably only a little over 150cm. Although he was wearing a black school uniform, his face was full of childishness, just like a little kid. His mouth was clean, and it was obvious that he had not even developed.
However, Kurumi Sora has a cheerful personality and his face is always filled with smiles.
At this moment, he was looking excitedly at his classmates in the classroom. As his eyes moved, he noticed Sakuragi's gaze and actually waved to Sakuragi Hanamichi.
"Who is this short guy?"
"Does this person know him?"
Seeing that Kurumiya Sora didn't respond to his beckoning, Sakuragi scratched his head and fell on the desk again to continue sleeping. He had no interest in the transfer student. After this class, he would be dismissed. He needed to gather his energy and prepare to go to the gym for training.
Sakuragi, who was lying on the table, did not notice that Sora Kurumi, who was standing on the podium, was looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi with an eager expression.
“Ohhh!
That person is the genius first-year student of Xiangbei High School, Sakuragi Hanamichi? ! "
“Red hair is so cool! So impressive!
”
"Will I be teammates with people like this in the future?! Ohhhh! So excited!
”
Kurumiya Sora watched Sakuragi screaming in his heart, and at the teacher's signal, he sat down in an empty seat in the front row. Apparently, this seat was "specially" prepared for him by the teacher.
It is impossible for an average boy to sit in that position... .
After Kurumi Sora sat down, he put his backpack into the drawer, fumbled around for a while, and took out an "Application for Entry" from the backpack.
Basketball Club Admission Application
Car Valley Empty
First Grade
Height 153cm, weight 41KG
Point Guard
Looking at the completed application form, Kurumiya Sora clenched his fists in excitement and murmured, "Shohoku High School!"
"I finally succeeded in transferring here. I'm so lucky that a school like Xiangbei is actually a public school."
"If it were here... If it were here!
”
Che Gukong's body trembled slightly with excitement. A girl sitting half a meter away from him noticed the movement beside her, looked at Che Gukong in confusion, and asked in a low voice: "Che... Che Gukong, are you sick?"
"Ah?! No, no!"
Che Gukong heard the soft questioning voice beside him and immediately spoke out loudly. His words fell into this quiet classroom, like a stone falling on a calm lake, stirring up layers of ripples.
Everyone's eyes were attracted to Che Gukong. Embarrassed, Che Gukong lowered his head, wishing he could bury it in his desk.
Sakuragi was once again awakened by the noise of Kurumi Sora. He raised his head, glanced at Kurumi Sora's back with dissatisfaction, and once again lay down on the desk.
Mito Yohei, who was in the same class as Sakuragi, was also looking at Kurumiya Sora and couldn't help but say to himself: "What a strange transfer student..."
After class, the moment the bell rang, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was sitting in the last row, jumped up from his seat, picked up the backpack beside him, and rushed out the door.
At the podium, the teacher didn't even have time to say the end of get out of class. He stood there in a daze as he watched Sakuragi Hanamichi rush out of the classroom. His fists unconsciously clenched, and the chalk in his hand was directly broken into two pieces.
“… .”
“get out of class dismissed!
!”
After a long while, the teacher threw the chalk in his hand into the pencil case and said angrily. As soon as he finished speaking, a dark shadow flashed in front of him, and a thin figure followed Sakuragi Hanamichi's footsteps and rushed out of the door.
Turning his head, the teacher found that Che Gukong's seat was empty and there was no one in sight.
“These... these bastards!
!”
Sakuragi Hanamichi and Kurumiya Sora's "positive" attitude towards leaving get out of class made the teacher unable to hold back his anger.
Yohei turned his head to look at Sakuragi's seat, a smile appeared on his face, and after simply packing up his things, he stood up and walked towards the basketball hall.
On the way to the basketball court, Yohei "coincidentally" ran into Oonan, Takamiya and others who were also going to the court. The few people who met smiled at each other and quickened their pace.
...
"First!
!”
In the basketball hall, Sakuragi Hanamichi opened the door and shouted towards the hall with a big laugh. The childish Sakuragi even wanted to compete for the first and second place.
However, at the moment Sakuragi opened the door, a thin figure in the hall turned around and looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi.
"Um?!"
"Is this guy... the little brat from before?"
Sakuragi Hanamichi saw the man in the gym and recognized him. Wasn't he the transfer student from their class? His name seemed to be... Kurumiya Sora
"First, it's me!"
"Sakuragi-san!"
Kurumiya Sora saw Sakuragi Hanamichi at the door, looked at the surprise on his face, and said with a smile.
Hearing the other party calling out his name, Sakuragi Hanamichi frowned slightly and asked, "Your name is Kurumiya Sora, right?"
"Is it that transfer student?!"
"What are you doing in the gym? If you're here to watch the Xiangbei High School basketball team practice, you can't wear outdoor shoes into the stadium. You need to change into indoor shoes, or you can only stand on the sidelines."
Sakuragi Hanamichi folded his hands over his chest and spoke to Kurumiya Sora with a tone of instruction in his words.
"Ah? Do you want to change your shoes?"
"I'm sorry. I don't know."
When Kurumiya Sora heard this, he hurried to the sidelines and said to Sakuragi with an apologetic look on his face. However, just when Sakuragi Hanamichi's expression eased a little, Kurumiya Sora suddenly took out a piece of paper from his pocket, showed it in front of Sakuragi, and said:
"But I'm not here to watch Shohoku practice!"
"I'm here for training!"
"I want to join the Shohoku High School basketball team!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi was stunned by Kurumiya Sora's words, and then he looked at Kurumiya Sora intently. His height was only up to his chest, and it was estimated that he was less than 160cm. He was thin and had no flesh on his body.
Such a person wants to join their Xiangbei High School basketball team? !
Sakuragi was suspicious and frowned as he looked at Kurumi Sora:
"Are you looking down on our Xiangbei High School basketball team?!"
"What kind of people do you think can join our Xiangbei?!"
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