Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Experience at Xiangbei

Chapter 434: The first stage is over, the person with the strongest talent!

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The autumn national sports player selection in Kanagawa Prefecture is in full swing. As the selection progresses, the attention of high school players across the country is focused on Kanagawa Prefecture.

I heard that Kanagawa Prefecture's current selection method is a pilot project. If it is effective, it will be implemented in several economically developed counties.

Although it is not implemented nationwide, such reforms have attracted the attention of many people.

That's understandable.

This level of popular selection method requires very strong financial and human resources to back it up, otherwise, there is no way to implement such a selection plan.

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As time passed, the first round of selection for Kanagawa Prefecture's national team in autumn was officially declared over.

It’s no wonder that this kind of census-like screening really allowed the coaching staff to discover some players who have only played for a few years but are full of talent.

evening.

After finishing the first round of auditions, the coaching staff members stayed at a seaside hotel in Kamakura.

Coach Anxi came to the hotel just after dinner and held a meeting in the hotel’s public lounge.

“Hohohoho.”

"Everyone, thank you for your hard work during this period."

"Here, I would like to congratulate you all on the successful completion of the first stage of selection. Thank you for your hard work."

In the hotel's reception room, Coach Anxi stood in front of a whiteboard, cleared his throat, and then spoke to everyone. The reception room was large, and all the coaches present were sitting on the tatami, looking at Coach Anxi.

When they heard Coach Anxi say this, they all applauded.

When the applause died down, Coach Anzai began to post pictures on the whiteboard. The first two were Jinguji Budou from Xiangbei High School and Shinomiya Tano from Ryonan High School.

After posting 20 photos one after another, Coach Anxi stopped, looked back at the other coaches, and said:

"In the first stage of auditions, these twenty players are the most popular."

"The physical condition is obviously different from other players."

"Among these 20 players, there are three or four who have no basketball foundation or whose basketball foundation is weak."

"You should all know that this selection is not just to select players for the Autumn National Team."

"More importantly, it is about discovering players with potential."

"In the second round of selection, if we follow the normal selection method, it should be the turn to screen for basketball skills."

"But... in this case, it may be difficult for some of these players to pass."

"This situation not only happens to the top talented players, but also to the second-tier players."

"Everyone should consider that the selection method for the second round needs to be adjusted."

After Coach Anxi posted the names of twenty players on the whiteboard, he spoke to the coaches on the coaching staff.

These twenty people are those with particularly outstanding physical talents. There are a total of twenty places, and Shohoku High School occupies three of them. In addition to Jinguji Budou, photos of Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede are also posted on the whiteboard.

Two students from Ryonan High School made the list, namely Shimono Shima and Sendoh Akira.

Hainan also has two people on the list, namely Maki Shinichi and Mori Shigehiro.

Almost all of these strong schools in Kanagawa Prefecture have players on the list. Even Midori Wind High School, which joined the high school basketball system this year, has two players on the list.

Apart from these people, the rest are talented monsters discovered from other areas and schools in Kanagawa Prefecture.

As Coach Anxi said, these talented players have different basketball foundations. If a one-size-fits-all approach is adopted for selection and training, many talented players will be wasted.

"Coach Anxi, I have considered this issue since the beginning of this selection."

"My opinion is that we should conduct segmented training in the second phase, after the basketball skills selection."

"Those who have talent but no skills will be assigned to the second team for training."

"Those with talent and skills are grouped together for training."

"The first team will select 12 people, and the number of people in the second team can be relaxed to 50 or even 100."

"If the players are strong enough, even if it is a temporary team, they can still play a good role."

"And those guys had worked together before during the Autumn National Games."

"With them in charge, I believe it won't be a problem to achieve good results in the Autumn National Games."

After Coach Anzai asked this question, Coach Tiangang thought for a moment and then answered first. While speaking, he raised his chin towards the two players in front of the whiteboard.

The coaches followed Coach Tagora's gesture and happened to see the photos of Jinguji Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano.

These two people can be regarded as the signature figures of Kanagawa Prefecture high school basketball, and all the coaches present know them.

After hearing what Coach Tiangang said and seeing the photos of the two people on the whiteboard, all the coaches nodded in approval.

Coach Tian Gang observed the expressions of the other coaches and continued:

"As long as the results of the competition will not be affected."

“Then the most important thing for us is to select materials for our county!”

"My idea is to train in the first and second teams, so that healthy competition can form between the players."

"I think every player doesn't want to be on the bench. In order to become a starter, these players will work hard."

"My idea is that, in addition to the basics, the main training items for the first team are tactical training and the strengthening of the players' personal abilities. Among them, the training of tactical training and the strengthening of the players' personal abilities should account for more than 80% of the training time!"

"As for the second team, we will focus on basic training and strengthening the players' individual abilities."

"In order to make the players of the second team more motivated, I suggest that the training environment of the first team and the second team be differentiated."

"This will stimulate players' training!"

As Coach Tiangang spoke, he actually picked up a briefcase from his side. While speaking, he took out a stack of A4 paper documents from the briefcase and handed it to Coach Anxi.

This Shigeka Tanabe was actually well prepared, and he had already anticipated that the selection method might change!

Coach Gaotou, who was standing by, was also shocked when he saw that Coach Tiangang was so well prepared. He looked at Coach Tiangang and then sneered with a fake smile: "Coach Tiangang's preparations are really perfect!"

"As expected of a famous coach of one of the top four teams in the country!"

Coach Takato's words made Coach Tianoka's movements of handing over the plan freeze.

The top four in the country... .

If other teams achieved such results, they would be overjoyed, but for Coach Tanaoka, who had tasted the taste of championship, Coach Takato's words were opening up his scars.

"No, no..."

"No match for you who made the top four teams in the county tournament."

Coach Tiangang glanced at Gaotou, his mouth twitched slightly, and sarcastic words came into Coach Gaotou's ears through his teeth.

"..." Coach Tiangang's words were so powerful that they directly mocked Coach Gaotou for being autistic.

The other coaches were watching Coach Tianoka and Coach Takato's bickering as if they were watching a good show. They all looked very interested and laughed.

When Coach Anxi saw this scene, he laughed a few times to break the awkward atmosphere, and then said with a smile:

"As expected of you, Coach Tiangang. Your opinions are very constructive."

"What about other coaches? If you have any ideas, feel free to speak up."

“Although most of our coaching staff are college coaches, I think we should seize the opportunity to participate in the training of young players.”

"Talented players are only a minority after all, and among them, there will be players you want to get."

"It's a good thing to establish contact in advance, isn't it?"

Coach Anxi saw that the college coaches in the coaching staff all looked as if they had nothing to do with the matter, and smiled and gave them a reminder.

Sure enough, after Coach Anxi said this, the coaches all became serious. After briefly browsing Coach Tiangang's training plan, Coach Anxi gave it to the other coaches to circulate.

Based on Coach Tiangang's plan, these coaches began to supplement and enrich it one by one.

After several hours of discussion among the coaching staff, the second round of selection method was officially announced.

The next day, Coach Anxi, who had finalized the second round of selection, submitted the plan to his superiors. After receiving the approval of the superiors, the coaching team spent a huge amount of money to rent a local mountain villa in Kamakura, and at the foot of the mountain where the villa was located, they also rented several luxurious beachfront B&Bs.

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Three days later, the list of candidates who passed the audition was announced at Kamakura Gymnasium.

Players ranked in the top 200 in the auditions were considered to be worth training and successfully advanced to the second round of selection.

On the day of the announcement of the results, all the players of Shohoku arrived at Kamakura Gymnasium early to see the results.

When they arrived, quite a few players had already gathered in front of the list, all wanting to see whether they were included or not.

"The people from Xiangbei are coming!"

"I didn't expect that so many Xiangbei players would make the list. They are worthy of being the national champions!" When the Xiangbei players arrived, they attracted the attention of other players who were looking at the list, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.

"Oh? Do we have many players from Xiangbei on the list?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi had sharp ears, and when he heard this, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He then quickened his pace and ran towards the bulletin board.

The people around seemed to know Sakuragi Hanamichi and they all made way for him.

Sakuragi came closer and saw the first person on the list, then he immediately laughed and shouted to Budo who was not far away: "Ohhhh!

"As expected of you, Brother Budo, you're the first one!

Sakuragi shouted loudly, and upon hearing what he said, Miyagi and the others looked at Jinguji Budo without any surprise.

"Um??"

"This genius is only fifth?"

"Shinomiya Tano... Mori Shigehiro... Naito Tetsuya?"

"This genius is only fifth?!"

"Who the hell is this Naito Tetsuya?!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi glanced at the list and quickly understood his own name. When he saw his ranking, he immediately shouted in dissatisfaction.

At this time, everyone from Xiangbei also gathered in front of the list.

"How could this gorilla guy be ranked 14th?"

"The middle-aged man is only ranked tenth? Is it because he is too old?"

"Hehehe, the stinky fox is ranked 20th, hahaha, he deserves it!"

"I mean... wild monkey, I can't see you!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly looked for the rankings of his "rivals" on the list. When he saw Akagi Takenori's ranking, Sakuragi was slightly surprised. However, when he saw Rukawa Kaede's ranking, Sakuragi Hanamichi showed a smirk on his face.

After quickly scanning through thirty or forty names, Sakuragi finally found Nango Koichirō at number 31. However, after searching nearly a hundred people, Sakuragi still did not see any trace of Kiyota Nobunaga's name.

Realizing that Qingtian might fail the exam, he immediately laughed with glee.

"Tsk... There's no way I'm not there. My height may be just so-so, but in other tests, I'm top-notch!"

Although Kiyota Nobunaga had a confident expression on his face, when he looked up his name, unlike Sakuragi, he searched from bottom to top.

When he saw the name of the person ranked 200th, Kiyota Nobunaga was obviously stunned.

"Hey, hey, hey... are you kidding me?!"

"Kuruma Yakuro? This kid can also be on the list?!"

“Why?!”

The person at the end of the list is the new transfer student who joined Xiangbei High School this semester, Kurumiya Sora.

The moment he saw the name, Kiyota Nobunaga thought it was a duplicate name, so he looked at the grade and school behind the name and found out that it was the first grade of Shohoku. When Kiyota saw this, he howled.

"What? What?"

"Me? Me?"

After Kiyota Nobunaga let out a strange cry, a thin figure quickly got to the front row, lay on the bulletin board, and looked at it with his head slightly tilted upwards.

When he saw his name, Che Gukong roared excitedly, raised his arms, and adjusted it directly.

When everyone from Xiangbei saw that this kid was actually on the list, they all gathered in front of the bulletin board to find out their own place.

Ichiro Katsumi found his name in the 130+ position.

And Miyagi Ryouta found himself at 180+. Kiyota Nobunaga ranked slightly higher than Katsumi Ichiro, at 110+.

Apart from these people, there are no other players from Xiangbei on the list.

The players who saw themselves successfully enter the second round were extremely excited, while the players who saw themselves not selected were filled with disappointment.

Jinguji Budo simply scanned the list and lost interest. He didn't recognize many people on this list. Moreover, only 12 players were selected to form the starting lineup for the Autumn National Games.

The vast majority of people are just running along, which is meaningless.

Just as Wudao walked out of the crowd, a group of familiar figures came in front of Wudao and blocked his way.

"You're here quite early, Budo."

"But, for a player like you, do you still need to look at the standings? Our team's Tian Ye is not here!"

The two people who appeared in front of Wu Dao at this time were Sendoh Akira and Aida Hikoichi who came to check the list. Unlike the huge group of people from Shohoku, there were only two people from Ryonan.

"It's Xiandao!"

"I came here with those guys."

"Of course, I am still somewhat concerned about my own talent ranking."

"The result is pretty good. I am quite satisfied with it."

Wudao waved to Sendo and Aidahiko, said hello, and said.

When Xiandao heard this, he looked at Wudao intently, then smiled and said, "It seems that the first person is you."

"If Tian Ye knew, he would probably be disappointed for a while."

Hearing this, Wu Dao also shook his head modestly:

"Maybe my height is an advantage."

"It looks like this Autumn National Games will have to join forces with you guys again."

"You have four in Lingnan."

Wudao said, pointing at the list. Hearing this, Sendoh did not rush to look at the list. Instead, Aida Hikoichi squeezed in.

Four... Sendoh can roughly judge which four players on his team are on the list. After all, there are not many players in their team who can be called talented.

After Wudao and Sendo exchanged a few words, Sakuragi and others walked out of the crowd one after another.

Just as Wudao was about to leave with Sakuragi and others, Sendoh suddenly said to Wudao:

"Budao, I'm afraid we'll have to live together for a long time during this training camp. Please give me your guidance when the time comes!"

Wudao looked back at Sendoh in confusion, and then led Sakuragi and others away.

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Three days after the results were announced, the second phase of selection officially began.

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