After the match between Xiangbei High School and Hainan, the match between Lingnan High School and Xiangyang was immediately followed, and the result of the match was as everyone expected. Lingnan won the match with an absolute advantage of 103:66.
So far, Xiangbei and Lingnan have both won two games, while Hainan and Xiangyang teams have both lost two games, completely losing their chance to qualify.
Although Kanagawa Prefecture's seat in the national competition has been confirmed, there is still a game between Shohoku High School and Ryonan that touches the hearts of almost all Kanagawa Prefecture fans.
Local fans are different from fans in other prefectures. Fans in other counties may only know one "national champion Ryonan High School", but local fans in Kanagawa Prefecture know that Shohoku High School is a super strong school that truly has the ability to challenge the national hegemony.
Locally, Xiangbei High School is no less famous than Lingnan High School.
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Akita Prefecture, Sanno Industrial Basketball Stadium.
At this time, Sanno Industries was conducting a practice match. Sanno Industries' opponents were a mixed coalition composed of previous Sanno graduates.
The scoreboard on the sidelines came to 23:21, and the high school students led by Masashi Kawada, Kazunari Fukatsu and Eiji Sawabita took the lead.
"Go up and defend! Go up and defend!"
"Stop that boy from Zebei!"
In the middle of the court, a senior from Sanwang stood on the inside and loudly ordered his teammates. Outside the three-point line, Eiji Sawabita, who was holding the ball, accelerated his breakthrough after changing direction in front of a body. When the defender followed up, he suddenly stopped and started, instantly brushing away his opponent, and then made a mid-range jumper. Take action.
A series of smooth movements made it impossible for the graduate to catch up and watch the basketball fly over his head and fall into the net.
As the basketball entered the net, the graduates helplessly put their hands on their hips, turned their heads and glanced at the position of the basket, and exclaimed:
"Junior's offense is really sharp!"
"College star players like me are no longer your match."
"With your ability, you can integrate directly into college."
"It's really hard to imagine! We, the Mountain Kings, are so powerful, what kind of school can stop us?"
"Zebei, how about coming to our school after graduation? Our school is one of the top super schools in the country~"
Faced with the praise and invitation from his seniors, Zebita Eiji just shook his head indifferently and said:
"Thank you Toriyama-senpai for your support, but I have decided that after winning the title of No. 1 in the country, I will go to the United States to play ball."
“I want to go higher and hone my craft.”
"Toriyama-senpai, the world is very big, really... very big."
When Sawabita Eiji said these words again, there was actually a look of disappointment in his eyes. This disappointment was not for himself, but for the senior who graduated from Sanno before him.
The main reason why Sanno played a practice match with these graduates today was because coach Domoto made the decision after seeing the matches between the Xiangbei and Lingnan teams that day.
After he found these graduates, he specially made some restrictions for these graduates, trying his best to let these graduates restore some of the characteristics of Xiangbei High School and Lingnan High School respectively.
In this way, Shenjin, Zebei and others can play a scene game and simulate the situation after meeting Lingnan or Xiangbei on the national stage in the future.
But now that the game has started, Goro Domoto is surprised to find...it doesn't look like it!
Even though these graduates tried their best to imitate Shohoku, the entire team didn't feel like Shohoku High School at all.
The other positions are pretty good. Although they don't have the charm, they are somewhat similar in terms of technique.
And the "ace" who faced Eiji Sawabita, who imitated the martial arts of Jinguji Temple, looked nothing like him.
This was what Eiji Sawabita noticed first. After all, he was a direct opponent. Toriyama-senpai gave him the feeling that he was just a "college student who plays well", while Jinguji Budo stood on the court. The sense of terror and oppression conveyed by Toriyama is simply not there.
Technically, Toriyama is very comprehensive. He is a qualified small forward. After all, he is the main scorer in a strong university. In terms of skill, Toriyama is not lacking.
However, Toriyama's skills were still not enough in Zebei's view, far from reaching the level of Jinguji martial arts.
But it is normal to say that although Toriyama is a college student and is 191cm tall, the gap between him and Jinguji Martial Arts Shohoku is still obvious.
Through a simple confrontation with Eiji Sawabita, he knew that this senior was far inferior to Jinguji martial arts and could not give him the "sense of oppression" he wanted.
That kind of pressure can be clearly felt even if you are sitting on the sidelines.
Goro Domoto had been watching the game from the sidelines. The game lasted for more than ten minutes, and Goro Domoto had actually felt the problems of the senior team. He originally thought that this group of graduates formed by previous Sannos could imitate Xiangbei and bring some experience to today's Sannos.
But the fact is that the strength of this mixed coalition is not as good as the one from Xiangbei High School that he has seen.
In other words, these graduates cannot imitate Jinguji martial arts and play ball!
On the court, the offense and defense switched, and the graduate team created a small open opportunity for Toriyama through transmission. The latter caught the ball and shot, and steadily sent the ball into the basket.
The conduct of the graduate team was very smooth, far above the "high school" level, but everyone in Sanno felt it was completely inconsistent.
"In the final analysis, my senior is just imitating Jinguji Budo in playing basketball. It is difficult to change the style of play that is engraved in your bones."
"If it's Jinguji Martial Arts, this attack will definitely come on its own, and it won't rely too much on movement to create gaps for itself."
"Moreover, the level gap is too big..."
Although Sawabita Eiji allowed his opponent to get a ball in front of him, his brows were still full of disappointment.
Goro Domoto, who was on the sidelines, rubbed his chin, sighed softly, and said to himself:
"Xiangbei can't imitate it. From this point of view, Lingnan High School may not be able to imitate it either."
"The souls of the two teams, Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tanano, are obviously star players who have surpassed the high school level."
"With Zebei's current strength, he should be able to compete with those two people...right?"
On the court, when Sanno was attacking, Eiji Sawabita held the ball. Eiji Sawabita caught the ball outside the three-point line and quickly swept the ball toward the basket. He quickly dropped the ball in the direction and took two steps before directly pulling up and shooting. Stepping on the three-point line, he sent the ball out of his hands.
"Whoa!" There was a soft sound when the basketball entered the net. Eiji Sawabita, who scored the goal, showed a confident smile on his face and thought to himself:
"Sure enough, that guy's technique isn't that difficult..."
"I can easily reproduce it!"
"My current strength will definitely not be weaker than his!"
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Kanagawa Prefecture.
Xiangbei High School finally ushered in a week-long truce period after a fierce battle with Hainan. Considering that the game with Lingnan is relatively close, coach Anzai also warned Hisashi Mitsui not to impose too many training tasks on the main players.
Therefore, the training intensity of Xianghoku High School's first-choice players dropped sharply. Most of the time, they did some low-intensity running exercises and ball skills. The basketball hall is set aside for training for the players of the second and third teams.
The main selection has lowered the training intensity in order to maintain his condition, but the players of the second and third teams do not have this kind of treatment. The game is not very related to these players.
What they have to do is to improve their strength on the training ground and become regular players as soon as possible.
Jinguji Martial Arts, who finished training early, has not practiced any more for himself in the past few days. After training, he often sits on the sidelines and watches other team members practice more without speaking, just watching quietly.
Different from the relatively relaxed state of martial arts, Rukawa Kaede trained even harder after the competition. Even though he knew that he would compete with Lingnan High School later, Rukawa Kaede still did not relax and practiced late every day.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who regarded Rukawa Kaede as his biggest opponent, was also involved, and would practice extra after daily training.
However, the two have different training directions. Rukawa Kaede mostly trains to break through his memory. He has an imaginary opponent in his mind. When attacking with the ball, he will make some evasive actions based on the actions of the opponent in his mind.
Compared with Rukawa Kaede, Sakuragi Hanamichi is much more pure, shooting, and shooting at various points. Sakuragi tried to completely engrave the skill of shooting into his muscles. This is very important for someone like him who has played for a relatively short time.
In the martial arts, I watched the team members practice extra, and in fact, I mainly watched Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's bottle itself is empty. Over the past year or so, although some water has been filled in the bottle, there is still a lot of space.
With daily training, Sakuragi Hanamichi's growth is visible to the naked eye. Budo saw all this in his eyes, and could vaguely feel Coach Anzai's mood when he looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi.
Compared with Sakuragi Hanamichi, Rukawa Kaede's "bottle" is almost full. With daily training, Rukawa Kaede's improvement is actually very small.
Although basketball is a sport that requires accumulation, Rukawa Kaede couldn't help but make some pointers when watching Rukawa Kaede's training.
One day.
After the training at Shohoku High School, Rukawa Kaede started to prepare for extra training as usual, but just as he was about to start, Jinguji Budo, who usually sat on the sidelines watching the ball, walked into the court and came to In front of Rukawa Kaede.
"?" Rukawa Kaede raised his head in confusion when he saw Wu Dao walking into the stadium, and looked at Wu Dao in confusion.
"Rukawa Kaede, your training can only help you very little."
"This kind of training that is half the result with twice the result needs to be changed."
When Rukawa Kaede heard this, the confusion on his face disappeared instantly, and he turned to a serious face. He did not refute, and quietly waited for the continuation of the martial arts. On the other side, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was also preparing to practice shooting, also heard this. In a few steps, he walked to Budou's side and looked at Rukawa Kaede and then at Jinguji Budou.
"Rukawa Kaede, what do you think a good player needs to possess?"
Martial Arts gave up at this moment and did not directly state his adjustment plan.
"I know I know!"
Before Rukawa Kaede could speak, Sakuragi immediately jumped in and interrupted. After hearing this, Budao also turned to look at Sakuragi and gave him an encouraging look.
"Talent! Absolute talent!"
"Only a genius like me can become an excellent player!"
Sakuragi's answer made Rukawa Kaede couldn't help but cursed "big idiot", and he was expecting Sakuragi's answer. It was indeed Rukawa Kaede who was wrong.
But unexpectedly, Wu Dao nodded at this time and affirmed:
"Yes, talent!"
"Absolute talent is what makes a good player."
"So, what can be called talent?"
"Soft touch, excellent shooting skills? Or...skilled breakthrough skills? Or, height?"
"Of these things I mentioned, which one is considered a talent and which one is not a talent? Can you rely on these to become an outstanding player?"
"I'm afraid, it's not enough!"
"Rukawa Kaede, there's nothing special about basketball, it's just a sport."
"Any sports are composed of two aspects. Generally speaking, they are 'skill' and 'physical'."
"Skills are skills. Shooting, breakthroughs, fake moves, court vision, conduction, etc. are all skills."
"So what is the body?"
"Body! Height, weight, wingspan, strength, explosive power, agility, etc., belong to the body."
"Rukawa Kaede, in my opinion, your technical skills are already very comprehensive. It is necessary to continue to deepen your technical skills, but at your age, you need to start focusing on physical training."
"A strong body is essential."
As Budo spoke, he patted Rukawa Kaede's arm. Rukawa Kaede is now almost 188cm tall, but his weight in the previous physical measurement was 76kg.
At this time, Martial Arts patted Rukawa Kaede on the arm, and he could clearly feel the thinness of Rukawa Kaede's body.
At this time, Hanamichi Sakuragi, who was standing next to him, weighed 86kg. Looking at his body shape alone, Sakuragi actually couldn't tell that he was "fat". He has 20 kilograms more weight on his body than Rukawa Kaede. Sakuragi Hanamichi's figure is equally well-proportioned, and his explosive power, speed, and physical fitness may be even better than Rukawa Kaede's.
At first, Rukawa Kaede couldn't grasp what Budo was going to say, but when it came to this, if Rukawa Kaede didn't know what the other party was going to say, then all his years of playing would be in vain.
Physical exercise!
Looking back now, it is true that Rukawa Kaede has never specifically trained certain aspects of his body's abilities. Physical training is something like this. When you hone your skills, doesn't physical training come along with you?
Since Kaede Rukawa started playing, he seems to have been practicing his skills most of the time.
Thinking of this, Rukawa Kaede's eyes moved to Sakuragi. Among the first-year students, the ones with the best bodies were undoubtedly Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro. Sakuragi's body was even better. And unlike Nango, Sakuragi didn't play basketball since he was a child, but why does Sakuragi Hanamichi have such a body?
Sakuragi himself doesn't know this, but martial arts knows it. Sakuragi himself is a person with extraordinary talents, and with "year-round fighting", his physical fitness will naturally not be bad, and "fighting" training requires a lot of training. Much more comprehensive.
In order to strengthen his physical fitness, he also practices judo, and many of the special trainings are very helpful for playing basketball.
"how should I do?!"
Those things mentioned in martial arts actually have a systematic professional term in later generations called "sports performance". People in this era have never been exposed to this kind of thing. It is normal for Rukawa Kaede to not know how to start.
Rukawa Kaede would not foolishly think that running and lifting dumbbells would make him stronger. If he could become stronger in this way, Akagi would have been invincible.
"After the match with Lingnan, Rukawa Kaede, you can train with me!"
"Sakuragi, the same goes for you. With your talent, there is still room for development!"
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