The new semester started, but the school did not officially start classes. After the freshmen learned about their classes, they started to get busy joining clubs.
Judo has always been a popular project among Neon students, so the recruitment of judo clubs is also quite cumbersome and busy. The judo club selection is different from the basketball team. Takeishi's basketball team will have screening and elimination events later, but the judo club does not have them. Anyone who wants to join the judo club can join.
But joining is joining. If you want to participate in trials such as county competitions, you still need to go through performance tests and team selections. The list of participants for the competition is often finalized close to the start of the competition. Therefore, although the judo club's enrollment work today is cumbersome, it is not complicated or time-consuming.
By noon, there were not many club membership applications submitted by freshmen, and the judo club also "closed its stall" early and did not continue to stay in the first-year area. When school was about to end in the afternoon, Martial Arts gathered all the club members, and after simply announcing a few rules, they hurriedly left the dojo and rushed towards the gymnasium.
The training of the judo club is arranged by the coach. Practicing judo has certain risks, so it is not like the basketball team, where the captain is responsible for the usual training. All judo training requires the presence of the coach.
Normally, Budo would not participate in the training of the judo club. Although he is the president of the judo club, he does not spend much time in the school dojo. After school, martial artists usually go directly to Shinichi Fujima's house to practice judo under the guidance of Shinichi Fujima, or do some basic exercises.
Regarding the situation of martial arts, the coach of the judo club is also well aware of it and gives him enough freedom in martial arts. He does not feel that his teaching is more professional than that of Shinichi Fujima.
By the time Martial Arts arrived at the gymnasium, everyone on the basketball team had just gathered in the gymnasium and lined up. Wearing a judo uniform, Martial Arts immediately attracted the attention of the freshmen. The originally quiet sect of the queue started to make subtle comments.
"Who is that guy? He's so tall!"
"Judo uniforms? Are they from the Judo Club? Does the Judo Club also train in this gym?"
The freshmen showed quite a degree of curiosity about Budo, a person wearing judo uniforms who appeared on the court. However, the second-year and third-year players were already used to it. They all lined up on their own and ignored those who entered the court. Martial arts.
After Budo entered the stadium, he smiled at Masayoshi Anzai, who was standing in front of the queue, and said hello. Then he walked to the rest area on the side, put down his backpack, took out his uniform and shoes, and began to change. stand up.
"Hey, hey, that guy is changing his jersey?"
"A judo guy is changing his jersey? Is he from the basketball team?"
"Such a tall guy must be a very powerful center, right?"
The chatter among the first-year players has not stopped since they entered the gym. Everyone is very curious about martial arts. Among the entire first-year team, only one person is looking at the coach Masayoshi Anzai in front of him without taking a look. Jinguji Budo changing clothes on the side of the court.
This person is the boy who joined Takeshi Middle School today, Rukawa Kaede.
"Hello, first-year rookies!"
"I am the captain of the basketball team, my name is Hisashi Mitsui!"
"I'm glad you can join the basketball team. Today, let's get to know each other briefly."
Mitsui Hisashi stood next to Anzai Masayoshi. After the new team members lined up, Mitsui Hisashi took a step forward and made a simple self-introduction. Then he looked at Rukawa Kaede, who was at the head of the freshman queue, and continued:
"Now, please introduce yourselves to the first-year students."
"Let's start with you!"
Rukawa Kaede's height was estimated to be around 175cm. Among the freshmen who were promoted to junior high school this year, he was the tallest, so he was at the front of the queue when he lined up.
When he named Rukawa Kaede to introduce himself, Mitsui Shou also focused on Rukawa Kaede, his eyes full of curiosity. In the morning, Wu Dao told her that the "player" she could "use" was the handsome young man in front of her. It's just that at that time, Rukawa Kaede just quickly filled out the application for joining the club and left. Mitsui Hisashi was not able to observe him carefully.
But now, I have time to take a good look at this young man who is favored by martial arts.
"My name is Rukawa Kaede. I am 12 years old and 177cm tall. I have played basketball for four years. I used to play as a forward on the team."
Rukawa Kaede's self-introduction was very brief, without any other unnecessary words. After finishing this information, Rukawa Kaede stopped talking and looked at a team member lined up behind him.
The second team member was about to introduce himself, but Masayoshi Anzai, who was standing next to Hisashi Mitsui, suddenly asked: "Rukawa Kaede-san, how much do you weigh?"
"62kg." Rukawa Kaede looked up at Masayoshi Anzai and replied after hearing this.
Hearing this, Anzai Masayoshi nodded, then looked at Rukawa Kaede, touched his chin and looked at it.
"The first grader in junior high school has four years of playing experience. In junior high school, he should already be in the experienced category."
"He is 177cm tall at the age of 12. It seems that he is not the kind of person who develops early. It should not be a problem to grow to 190cm in the future, and it will be no problem to play as a forward."
"Although he is a bit skinny, his frame looks like he is a fast player with great potential for development!"
Anzai Masayoshi's attention was focused on Rukawa Kaede at this time, and he didn't pay much attention to the self-introductions of other players. Except for Rukawa Kaede, the other team members are all average in height and do not have any obvious talents. Whether they have training value needs to be observed from other aspects.
After Jinguji Budo changed his clothes, he sat on the bench and watched silently as the new players introduced themselves, hoping to hear if there were any familiar players. It's just a pity that among the players who joined Takeshi this year, Rukawa Kaede is the only one he knows.
After all the players introduced themselves, Masayoshi Anzai began to arrange a training match between the old and the new.
This is an old tradition of Takeshi Middle School. When freshmen join the club, they will have a training match like this to get a feel for themselves. After that, there will be a half-month physical training, and then a physical test.
The purpose is to discover players with potential while eliminating some players who are not determined.
The first-year players are arranged by Masayoshi Anzai, while the second- and third-year players are arranged by Hisashi Mitsui. It was at this time that Jinguji Budo, who had been sitting in the rest area, stood up, moved his body a little, and mingled with the second and third grade team members.
By the time Masayoshi Anzai arranged the order of the first-year players, five senior players were already doing warm-up exercises on one side of the court. Jinguji Budō and Mitsui Hisashi were among the warm-up teams, obviously preparing. Get on the field.
"Wow, I'm going to play against the seniors from Takeishi Middle School. I'm so nervous!"
"Last year's county competition champion, I'm really looking forward to it."
"I just hope the seniors can take the abuse lightly."
Several first-year starters gathered together, warming up and looking to the other end of the court from time to time. Some were nervous, some were looking forward to it, and some were full of fighting spirit and had different moods.
"Martial Arts, give it a try!" On the other side of the court, Hisashi Mitsui took a basketball, patted it, and said to the martial arts not far away.
Hearing this, Wu Dao nodded silently and retreated to the three-point line.
"Come on!" Mitsui Hisashi dragged the basketball with one hand, walked to the sideline of the three-second zone, and said to Budo. At the same time, several other players had already retreated far away.
"Here we come!" Budo looked at Hisashi Mitsui, nodded, murmured, and quickly rushed towards the basket.
Wu Dao was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he crossed the free throw line. At the same time, Hisashi Mitsui, who was near the basket, threw the basketball directly into the air.
"Snapped!"
"Bang!"
Jinguji Budo quickly took off less than three meters away from the basket, and directly caught the basketball thrown by Mitsui Hisashi in the air, and then quickly glided towards the basket. After a loud noise, the basketball was thrown by Budo Drained into the basket.
An alley-oop slam dunk, a ball that should not have appeared on the junior high school court, now appeared in the basketball hall of Takeishi Middle School.
Jinguji Budo grabbed the basket with one hand, and his body swayed slightly as the basket shook.
At this time, the first-year students in the opposite half of the field were staring at the figure hanging on the opposite side in stunned silence. Even Rukawa Kaede, who was wearing training clothes, had his eyes wide open at this time, with a look of dismay on his face. Confidence.
When training with Martial Arts before, Rukawa Kaede had never seen Martial Arts slam dunk!
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