After the finals, other high school teams in the stands began to leave.
There was no extra time for the Xiangbei players to digest the defeat. Immediately after the finals, it was the closing ceremony of the county competition basketball event, and the closing ceremony was held on this court.
I saw the organizers of the competition moving several small long tables into the field, and then the trophies were placed on the long tables one by one. The award ceremony was rushed and crude. But as for the participating team members, they don't care whether the award ceremony is grand enough, nor whether the award venue is luxurious.
All they care about is whether these awards have anything to do with them.
For Xiangbei, who lost in the final, the awarding of honors was the saddest part.
"Winner, Lingnan High School Basketball Team!"
Seeing the people from Lingnan High School walking up to the high platform under the guidance of the concierge to pick up the trophy for winning the county competition, the mood of the Xiangbei team members had already sunk to the bottom.
Amid the cheers of the audience, Lingnan's Uozumi Jun and Shinomiya Tano walked out of the queue, received the trophy and certificate from an unknown leader, and then returned to their team with solemn faces.
"Runner up, Prefectural Shohoku High School Basketball Team!" As the host's words rang out, Mitsui Hisashi who looked unhappy walked out of the queue. Takenori Akagi stood there in shock, sweat still hanging on his face and body, he seemed He didn't hear what the host said, and he didn't follow Mitsui Hisashi out of the queue.
"Hey, Akagi, I'm going to receive the award." Konobu Mugure stood not far behind Takenori Akagi. Seeing that Mitsui Hisashi had walked away and Akagi hadn't moved yet, he hurriedly poked Akagi's waist and reminded in a low voice. road.
Only now did Takenori Akagi react. He rubbed his cheeks with both hands and walked towards the field.
"Brother...congratulations!" Haruko Akagi watched Takenori Akagi walk out of the queue and go to the podium with Hisashi Mitsui, feeling happy for her brother from the bottom of her heart.
Takenori Akagi has been playing basketball since he was a child. Haruko has watched Takenori Akagi come all the way, but before today, Takenori Akagi had never shown his face at a county-level award ceremony. It was not until today that Takenori Akagi really showed up. One step closer to his dream of "dominating the country".
Only Haruko knows how hard Akagi has gone through these years. Takenori Akagi is different from Hisashi Mitsui. Although they are in the same grade, Mitsui Hisashi has received honors. He has to work hard and achieve results. But Takenori Akagi is different. He has to work hard and has never received any recognition.
At this point, the two teams representing Kanagawa Prefecture in the national competition have been established. The champion Reinan High School and the runner-up Shohoku High School will be the two teams representing Kanagawa in the national competition.
After the championship and runner-up trophies were awarded, individual honors were awarded to the players.
The "Best Player Award" is also known as the mvp trophy.
There was no surprise, it was naturally won by Shinomiya Tanano who won the championship at Fang Lingnan High School. Shinomiya Tano contributed 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the final. Although his personal scoring is far inferior to that of Jinguji Martial Arts, his data is more comprehensive and worthy of this mvp trophy.
The next best5 was awarded very artistically. The winning team, Lingnan High School, occupied three seats. Center Jun Uozumi and Shinomiya No. were actually power forwards, and the point guard was given to Sendō.
God knows how Lingnan High School reported player position attributes.
There are two people selected as the best5 in Shohoku, Jinguji Budo and Hisashi Mitsui. Except for Xiangbei High School and Lingnan, no one from other teams entered the best5 award.
This year's Rookie King was not awarded to Shinomiya Tōno, who won the MVP, but to Jinguji Martial Arts. Without the championship bonus, Shinomiya Tōdō's personal data was far inferior to Martial Arts.
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On a summer morning, the sky is as clear as a mirror.
Jinguji Budo woke up early in the morning and left home early, heading to Shinichi Fujima's home for some physical exercise.
After the finals, Wu Dao learned from his experience and thought about carrying out specialized training based on his weaknesses. Gyms were not widely available in this era, but the family of the master of martial arts, Shin Fujima, had all the equipment and even a lot of advanced equipment that you might not be able to find even with money in this era.
Jinguji Martial Arts is a disciple of Fujima Shinichi, and the relationship between master and disciple is second only to father and son in the Chinese cultural circle that emphasizes inheritance. Therefore, martial arts has the key to Fujima Shin's family from the day he becomes a master.
However, Budo has been focusing on the training of basketball skills in recent years, and training in Judo is usually conducted at night. It is very rare to come to Fujima's family so early in the morning like today.
In the equipment room, Jinguji Budo was doing deep squats with a 30 kilogram barbell on his back. Jinguji Budo's weight was not heavy, and the speed of each squat was very slow, but his face was already covered with sweat. .
Squats are the best way to train waist and abdominal strength and leg strength. This training item will be used in any sports. But this is the first time Jinguji Martial Arts has been done since coming to this world.
His usual way of exercising waist and abdominal strength is through abdominal crunches or goblet squats. It's the kind of squat where you hold a dumbbell with both hands in front of your chest. The barbell weight-bearing squat is an exercise method that has never been used in martial arts.
In the past, it was because I was still in junior high school and I was still young. Barbell weight-bearing squats compressed the bones and affected my growth and development. People who practiced weightlifting since childhood did not grow taller. In fact, it had a lot to do with their daily training. Moreover, I did not feel much resistance in martial arts competitions among my peers before, so strength training was carried out, but it was not heavy.
However, yesterday's defeat in the final made Budo realize his shortcomings at this stage. The main reason why Shinomiya Tanano was able to use breakthrough points to drive the entire team forward was that Budo could not withstand the opponent's sudden advance when defending alone. .
Why is the breakthrough goal called a breakthrough goal? First of all, the first thing to do is to break through.
The disadvantage of martial arts against the opponent is also due to the power gap between the two.
Now, Wu Dao no longer worries about the impact of high-intensity strength training such as barbell squats on growth and development. His height has reached 196cm. Even if he is not tall at all now, he is still a tall defender on the back line. If he gets taller in the future, that would be good. If he can maintain speed and confrontation, playing a small forward would also be good.
If you don't have to worry about the height factor, the restrictions on training will be much looser.
While he was concentrating on martial arts training, the door to the equipment room was opened. Shinichi Fujima was wearing a loose kimono at home, holding a newspaper in one hand and a teacup in the other, and slowly walked into the equipment room.
Seeing the martial artist covered in sweat and doing squats with a barbell on his back, he couldn't help but smile on his face.
"Hey, you're actually doing squats, what's up? Were you stimulated by yesterday's competition? That young muscular man from Lingnan High School gave you a lot of trouble?"
Fujima Shinichi walked to the rest area in the corner of the equipment room, placed the tea cup on the small table, shook the newspaper in his hand, and asked Budo with a smile.
"Master, did you go to watch yesterday's game?" Wu Dao stood up slowly, put the barbell on the stand, breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the towel on the side, and wiped off his sweat.
"I haven't seen it, but I know it."
"Not only do I know, I think many people know it!"
Fujima Shinichi shook the newspaper in his hand towards Budo and said with a smile. It seems that his source of information is the newspaper in his hand. Budo stepped forward curiously, took the newspaper from Shinichi Fujima's hand, and began to read it carefully.
This is a local sports daily, with one page a day, but most of the time it reports on popular sports such as judo and fieldball. Things like basketball really didn't get much coverage before.
But today's newspapers are different from usual. Basketball is not only reported, it even occupies the front page of the newspaper.
"The king's curtain is closed, the head of the stage is Kanagawa's ツインズ"
A big title came into view, "The King Ends, the Kanagawa Twin Stars Rise." Right below the big title was a photo of Jinguji Budō and Shinomiya Tanō shaking hands. A close-up shot of a face-off, with the sweat clearly visible on both their faces. It should have been taken when the two were shaking hands after the game.
Below the big photo are relevant reports, with fragmentary photos of martial arts and Shinomiya's private golf course included. The one with Shinomiya is a front view of a slam dunk, while the one with Budo is a profile of a fade away jump shot.
The main content of the report was that Hainan, which had dominated the high school basketball world for more than ten years, was defeated. This time, it even lost the right to participate in the national competition. The rising Lingnan High School and Shohoku High School will be the new representative teams of Kanagawa Prefecture.
After that, the media exaggerated the personal strength of Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tanoh, saying that the two were the saviors of the neon basketball world, a super genius who could rival Jordan, and had the level of a national player one year above.
In short, the blow was a bit harsh, and the martial artist even blushed a little.
However, Budo didn't pay too much attention to the content of the report. His eyes fell on the photo of himself shaking hands with Shinomiya Tanano on the front page.
"It's so obvious...I didn't realize there was such a big gap between the two of us during the game."
"Is this what Master can tell from this photo?"
This photo in the newspaper nicely captures the demigods of Budo and Shinomiya. The circumference of Shinomiya's arms was slightly larger than that of Jinguji Budo. Standing in front of Shinomiya, the relatively strong martial artist actually looked a little thin. This was something that Wu Dao had not discovered before. He knew that there was a gap in strength between the two, but he did not expect that the gap was so big that it was visible to the naked eye.
"If the photo is correct, this kid's arm circumference is probably 40. If this kid is a freshman in high school like you, that would be a bit scary."
"Your arm circumference seems to be only in your early 30s, right? If an adult does fitness exercises all year round, the arm circumference is usually around 35. For example, my arm circumference is 39, which is considered very strong. It is impossible for ordinary people to have such strength as me. "
"You are only a freshman in high school, and you have just started to grow. Your arm circumference is already very good in your early thirties. Your strength is definitely not small among your peers."
"But your opponent... ha!"
"Is that boy really the same age as you?"
It can be seen that Shinichi Fujima is very interested in Shinomiya Tianno, and the curiosity on his face is not concealed at all.
"Yes, although he and I are both at the same developmental stage, he should have developed earlier than me."
Budo looked at the Shinomiya field in the photo and answered casually.
"That's terrible. I didn't expect that there are people like this in the sport of basketball."
"There is really a gap between people in terms of arm circumference. It cannot be increased by exercising."
"There is a limit to how much strength can be increased without affecting speed and reaction."
"Your opponent is a genius. At least, I have never seen such a high school student before."
"You must have played very hard in yesterday's game."
Fujima Shinichi said with emotion. Although he has never played basketball as an athlete, he now has some understanding of basketball. He can personally feel the mood of martial arts.
"It's really not easy. I have to work hard in front of him, but I may not be able to defend him."
"When I attack, I feel restricted everywhere."
"I feel like I haven't used all my abilities."
Budo murmured, his eyes never leaving the newspaper. His words seemed to be answering Fujima Shinichi's question, but they were more like talking to himself.
"Strength training is necessary, but you must not lose your own characteristics."
"Although I don't understand basketball, I know that every athlete has his own unique characteristics, and you must not lose that thing."
Fujima Shinichi's words seemed to be enlightening and reminding him. He seemed to be aware that the state of martial arts was a little gloomy and reminded him.
"..."
"I know that I will not foolishly compete with the opponent for strength. This is not my strength. I will not throw away the weapons I am good at in pursuit of strength growth."
"However, if I want to become stronger at this stage, this training is absolutely indispensable."
"Master, can you be my trainer? I want to add weight."
Wu Dao turned sideways, pointed at the barbell not far away, and asked.
"Thirty kilograms of weight is indeed average, but you can just take it step by step."
"I will make an exercise plan for you. With your current level of development, it shouldn't have any impact if you gain 10 pounds in half a year."
“We’ll have to figure out our future plans later!”
Fujima Shinichi gathered the newspaper in his hand, took a sip of water with a smile, and said to Budo. Although Budo is his disciple in judo, Shinichi Fujima has no objection at all to playing martial arts. What's more, strengthening physical fitness can also make some progress in judo.
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After the county competition, the Xiangbei High School Basketball Club had a short three-day vacation.
In three days, they will resume training in Xiangbei and prepare for the next national competition.
The players rested, but Mitsuyoshi Anzai, the coach, was not idle. Taking advantage of this free time, coach Anzai began to use his former contacts and began to collect information on opponents in national competitions from all over the country.
Reels of video tapes and pieces of information began to gather in his hands. Except for some counties that had not decided on their representative teams, information about nearly thirty teams fell into his hands. At the same time, Coach Anxi was also at home. Go into seclusion and study your opponent.
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