At night, the players who had been assigned dormitories returned to their respective rooms. After a simple wash, the players who had been tired all day went back to their rooms to rest.
The winning team was the lottery team led by Shinomiya Tano. According to Shinomiya Tano's original intention, he planned to give the single rooms to Jun Uozumi, Rukawa Kaede and Sendoh.
Because in terms of performance on the court, these three players performed a little better.
However, Sendoh felt a little embarrassed considering that Ryonan alone occupied two single rooms. After a little thought, he gave the spot to Akagi Takenori.
Of course, although he gave up the position voluntarily, in order to save Akagi Takenori's face, Sendoh simply said that Akagi Takenori, who was guarding the inside, needed a better rest.
Seeing Sendoh give up the single room, Akagi wanted to refuse, but Shinomiya Tano did not give him the chance and helped Akagi put his luggage into the single room.
At the same time, in order to prevent Akagi from thinking too much, Shigong Tianye also joked to Akagi: "You centers often snore loudly, so don't come to the dormitory and disturb the rest of the players!"
Since Shinomiya Tano had already said so, Akagi Takenori didn't feel comfortable refusing and moved into the single room.
After the three single dormitories were confirmed, the remaining dozen or so players were divided into two dormitories.
The standard for division is also very simple. People who snore are in the same room with those who snore, and people who don't snore are in the same room with those who don't.
However, the players had good thoughts when assigning dormitories, and Wudao was smiling as he was assigned to a dormitory with Shinomiya Tano, Sendoh, Fujima, Miyagi, and Hanagata, who thought they didn't snore.
Who would have thought that after the lights were turned off, except for Fujima and Miyagi who told the truth, the other bastards snored louder and louder, making it impossible for Wudao to sleep... .
Wu Dao was helpless and had no way to deal with these guys. He could only go to the living room and get some tissues to plug his ears. This made the snoring around him quieter and he was able to fall asleep.
No words were spoken that night.
The next morning, before dawn, Jinguji Takeshi, who was a light sleeper, was the first to get up. After tiptoeing to the bathroom to wash up, Takeshi went to the living room and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall. He found that it was only a little after four o'clock when he got up.
I had originally planned to go back to my room for a nap, but as soon as I entered the room, I heard my roommates snoring one after another. I shook my head helplessly, put on a coat, and walked out of the room.
Shonan Coast at 4am.
It was silent.
It was still dark, the night sky was dotted with stars, and the sea breeze blew by, making Wu Dao feel a cool breeze.
After taking a deep breath, Jinguji Wudao suddenly became much more sober. He went back to the equipment room to find a basketball, and then he planned to go to the court for some morning exercises.
"clang!
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"clang!
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When Wudao approached the open-air stadium by the sea, the crisp sounds of iron hammering reached Wudao Jinguji's ears.
"Um?!"
"It's so early and the sky is still so dark, there are actually people who are here earlier than me?"
Hearing the sound, Jinguji Wudao was puzzled, and then quickened his pace and walked quickly towards the court. When he arrived at the edge of the court, Wudao saw a figure practicing shooting in the dark.
It was a little dark and the stadium lights were not turned on.
Wu Dao stood outside the guardrail and looked towards the field. He stared intently for a long time before he recognized the person who was practicing basketball.
"Ryukawa Kaede?"
"You guys got up so early?"
Jinguji Budo pushed open the door of the field and walked into the field. As he walked, he greeted the people who were practicing on the field.
The player who was practicing shooting on the court at this time was none other than Rukawa Kaede.
Rukawa Kaede on the court heard Wudao's call, stopped, glanced at Wudao, nodded slightly, then trotted to the basket, picked up the basketball, returned to the three-point line, and shot.
Perhaps because it was dark, or perhaps because Rukawa Kaede, who had just gotten up, had not yet moved, the basketball hit the edge of the basket and bounced out.
After falling to the ground, he rolled to the feet of Jinguji Takeshi.
"You are really hardworking, Rukawa Kaede."
"What about practicing three-pointers?"
"Would you like to join us?"
Wudao threw the basketball in his hand to Rukawa Kaede. As he spoke, he bent down, picked up the basketball, and then looked at Rukawa Kaede.
Rukawa got the basketball with both hands, quickly dropped the ball, moved sideways two steps, quickly gathered the ball and jumped, then changed direction, stopped suddenly and shot a three-pointer.
The shooting action is quite smooth and standard.
However, the flying basketball hit the edge of the basket and bounced out again.
"Tsk." Seeing that the shot missed, Rukawa Kaede's face clearly revealed a bit of impatience. He quickly ran to the basket, picked up the basketball and then quickly returned to the three-point line.
Wudao didn't care when he saw that Rukawa ignored him. He had long been accustomed to Rukawa's cold personality.
When playing or training, Rukawa Kaede has always been a man of few words.
Wudao simply did not join Rukawa's training. He walked to the bench at the sidelines, sat down, and watched Rukawa's training.
Rukawa was practicing three-point shooting privately. Unlike ordinary standing jump shot training, Rukawa often had a large-scale breakthrough movement before shooting, suddenly stopped while moving, and then gathered the ball to shoot.
The purpose of training is not simply to practice the accuracy of three-point shots, but more to strengthen the ability to combine movement and stillness.
but...
Rukawa's ability to combine movement and stillness is very powerful when shooting mid-range shots, but his hit rate is quite poor when shooting three-pointers. Wudao sat aside and watched Rukawa shoot more than a dozen times, but only two or three of them were successful.
The hit rate during training did not even exceed 30%.
However, Rukawa did not give up such training just because of the missed shots. Although Wudao could clearly feel that Rukawa became a little impatient as the number of shots increased, Rukawa still had no intention of stopping.
After watching a few more balls, Wudao finally didn't want Rukawa to do this kind of useless work, so he couldn't help but call a timeout:
"Hey, Rukawa Kaede."
"Take a break. Your training like this won't have any effect."
"At most it will just improve your ball skills, but it won't help your three-point shooting percentage!"
Rukawa Kaede, who had been silent and focused on training, finally stopped after hearing what Jinguji Budou said. He ignored the basketball that rolled to the sidelines, took a deep breath, turned his head and looked at Jinguji Budou and asked:
"What's the meaning?"
The reason why Rukawa Kaede practiced this kind of attack method was also somewhat influenced by the Jinguji martial arts.
On the court, Rukawa has gradually gotten used to playing the role of a defender. Is it because he likes playing this position
No, the main reason is that in Shohoku High School, only Takeshi Jinguji is still in the team, and the small forward position will always belong to Takeshi Jinguji.
Rukawa Kaede either plays on the court as a defender or becomes a substitute for Jinguji Budo.
But this is actually not what Rukawa wants. He doesn't care that much about what position he plays. What Rukawa cares about is that he is not as good as Jinguji Budou.
As Jinguji Takeshi's teammate at Takeishi Junior High School, Rukawa Kaede knows very well what abilities Jinguji Takeshi relies on to survive on the court.
It’s not the strong ability to break through, nor is it the height requirement that is superior to ordinary people.
The most powerful thing about martial arts is the terrifying shooting ability that can be shot from any area in the opponent's half.
As for height, Rukawa Kaede believes that it is not something that can be improved through training, but in terms of breakthrough techniques and footwork, Rukawa Kaede does not think that he is much worse than Jinguji Budou.
He felt that what he lacked most was shooting accuracy and shooting range.
In order to become stronger, Rukawa Kaede also shifted the focus of his training towards this aspect. Rukawa Kaede is confident that as long as he strengthens his ability in this area, one day he will no longer have to follow behind Jinguji Budo, but will stand beside Jinguji Budo, or even walk in front of Jinguji Budo!
In order to achieve this goal, Rukawa spent most of his time on training, except for eating and sleeping.
But now... Jinguji Budo told him that it was useless
How could Rukawa Kaede accept such a thing? !
"It doesn't mean anything, it just means that your training method is wrong."
"No matter how hard you work on the wrong path, it's meaningless, Rukawa Kaede."
Wu Dao supported himself on the bench with both hands, leaning slightly, and said with a smile.
Rukawa Kaede's face changed slightly when he heard this. He pondered for a moment and asked Wu Dao, "What kind of training method is the correct training method?"
At this time, Rukawa Kaede finally couldn't maintain his "arrogant" personality anymore and took the initiative to ask.
Facing Takeshi Jinguji, Rukawa was still very convinced. Takeshi Jinguji had been his senior since Takeishi Junior High School. Over the years, since Rukawa saw Takeshi Jinguji grow up, he really hadn't encountered any major setbacks on the court.
That is, he was banned for two years in junior high school, but that kind of thing did not prevent Jinguji Budou from being a strong player.
In today's high school arena, Jinguji Budou can be said to be unstoppable. Even Rukawa Kaede has heard that when Jinguji Budou played abroad, he also made a big name in the high school arena.
As far as Rukawa knows, this kind of thing has never been done before in martial arts.
He attached great importance to Jinguji Budo's opinion.
"You kid, you really use people to face forward instead of backward!"
"Hahaha!"
"Well, I won't argue with you."
Wudao couldn't help but complain when he saw Rukawa's current state. But he didn't care, because Rukawa has always been such a person, a pure person.
"The shot looks like a technical move."
"But the essence of shooting is actually the process of mobilizing the body to exert force in a reasonable way."
"Do you know why you have good accuracy on mid-range pull-up jumpers, but not on three-pointers?"
"It's not because your shooting skills are not good enough, nor is it because your posture is not standard enough."
"It's simply because you don't have enough strength."
"The most important thing to train to expand your shooting range is not your posture or hand shape, but your strength and rhythm."
"You can get the feeling of rhythm through constant training, but strength is something you can't develop through training like this."
As Wudao spoke, he stood up from the bench, picked up the basketball beside him, walked into the court, and after reaching the three-point line, he simply dribbled the ball between his legs, then quickly moved a few steps to his left, then quickly gathered the ball and jumped to face the basket.
And at the moment when Takeshi's body reached the highest point, Takeshi Jinguji, who was holding the ball, directly threw the ball out. At the moment of shooting, Takeshi Jinguji was still about one meter away from the three-point line.
But the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and then hit the basket.
In this dim environment, Jinguji Budo still easily sent the ball into the basket. Seeing this scene, Rukawa Kaede even doubted whether Budo could score the ball even if he closed his eyes.
"Ryukawa, go pick up the ball."
After scoring a goal, Budou shouted to Rukawa.
Hearing this, Rukawa Kaede did not hesitate. He went to the basket, quickly picked up the basketball, and threw the ball to Jinguji Budo.
After Wudao got the ball, he quickly dropped the ball, took two quick steps to the right, and then quickly gathered the ball and jumped. With the same rhythm, at the moment when Wudao's body reached the highest point and faced the basket smoothly, Jinguji Wudao shot again.
This time, the arc of the basketball was flatter than the last time, but still without any surprise, the basketball fell directly into the basket. And this time, Wu Dao's shooting point was almost two meters away from the three-point line.
"Pass the ball."
Wu Dao had no intention of stopping and shouted at Rukawa Kaede.
Soon, Rukawa Kaede under the basket once again passed the ball to Jinguji Budou.
Taking the ball, Budou quickly fell down, and then continued to move toward the top of the arc on the right. Three meters away from the three-point line, Budou Jinguji took the ball and jumped again.
However, this time, Jinguji Budo's shooting rhythm changed significantly.
The first two times, Jinguji Budou held the ball and waited until he reached the highest point before shooting, using the standard two-step method, which gave people the feeling that Budou was suspended in the air for a moment when shooting.
But this time, when Jinguji Budo jumped, the basketball was quickly lifted from his waist and abdomen to the top of his head. When his body reached the highest position, his arms were straightened and the basketball in his hand was quickly thrown out.
Under Rukawa Kaede's gaze, the arc of the basketball was flatter than the previous two balls. After crossing half court, it fell steadily into the basket with a crisp sound.
"Ryukawa Kaede, did you notice?"
“The change in rhythm of my shot.”
"Think about why my shooting rhythm has changed like this."
"Is it because I didn't control my posture well?"
"It's because of strength. Every time I get further from the three-point line, I need more strength to shoot, and my core strength needs to be stronger."
“And the change in rhythm is also to allow me to fully exert my strength.”
"But... Rukawa Kaede, you and I are still different."
"You don't have enough strength. You can't control a three-pointer like this with a two-stage shot."
"Two ways, either change your shooting posture and rhythm, or... strengthen your core strength."
"Only in this way can you make difficult shots from longer distances."
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