Kamakura coast.
The sky is clear and blue, with sparse white clouds.
The beach washed by the waves caused the temperature on the coast to drop a lot.
Kamakura in September already has the flavor of autumn.
"Everyone!"
"First of all, congratulations to you for successfully passing the first round of selection for our Autumn National Sports Team."
"Being able to pass the first round test shows that everyone present has more or less the potential to become an excellent basketball player."
"However, the first phase of testing is just to test your physical fitness."
"If you want to become a good basketball player, you have to go a long way!"
"And starting from today, in the next nearly half a month, we will test how far you have traveled on the road of basketball!"
"It can be said that the selection of players for the Autumn National Sports Team has only really begun now!"
On an open-air basketball court by the coast, the players who successfully passed the first round of selection were summoned. The one who was lecturing the team members at this time was Coach Tian Gang from Lingnan High School.
In front of coach Tian Gang, two hundred players were divided into ten columns and lined up neatly in front of him.
Looking at these talented young people in front of him, Coach Tian Gang felt extremely happy!
During the proposal stage for the second-stage selection method, Coach Taoka’s proposal was approved by Coach Anzai, and he officially became the main person in charge of the second-stage selection.
Although it is right that Coach Anzai should be leading the Autumn National Sports selection task, the influence of Coach Anzai's age must also be taken into consideration.
As far as the past is concerned, Coach Taoka is in his prime, while Coach Anzai is already considered old.
"This court is the venue you will use for the next selection!"
"The method is also very simple, compete!"
"Only on the court can you test your strength!"
"Of course, it's not just a five-on-five training match. Such a selection method is too time-consuming, and it may not be able to select the players we want!"
"The competition I'm talking about is a special competition!"
While coach Tian Gang was talking, a group of coaches standing on the edge of the court began to place equipment on the court.
"The first item is layup."
"Do you see the obstacle in front of you? Go back and forth through the obstacle as quickly as possible, and then lay up. The basketball will be considered a success if it goes into the net. If the layup fails, a tip-in is allowed until the tip-in is made."
"What you need to compare with each other is time."
"Things that take less time will be ranked higher; those that take longer will be ranked lower."
"Fifteen minutes to warm up and then get ready to start."
Coach Tian Gang clapped his hands, and after announcing the assessment content, he silently retreated outside the stadium.
In the queue, all the players were in a daze when they saw this "simple" assessment item.
"Going over the obstacle and making a layup? What kind of pig brain would come up with such an assessment content? Isn't it too simple?"
"How can this kind of assessment content select excellent players? You can't tell the level of the players at all!"
"Instead of using this method, it is better to compete directly."
When the players saw that Coach Tianoka had come to the sidelines, they immediately started talking after learning about the contents of the first round of the second phase assessment. It's not because this assessment is difficult, but because the assessment content is so simple that the players find it funny.
This is not an ordinary high school student physical education test in China, as long as you can pass it, it will be fine.
This is the selection of players for the Autumn National Sports Team. Is it necessary to assess this kind of foundation among foundations? !
"Hey, Brother Martial Arts, is this assessment set by dad? Isn't it too stupid?"
After the team is disbanded, the players can warm up in the way they like. There are many basketball hoops filled with basketballs placed beside the court. Players who want to use the balls to warm up can get them by themselves.
After Coach Taoka announced the selection method, Jinguji Budo walked to the sidelines, took a basketball from the basket, dribbled the ball on the spot, and did a simple warm-up.
The members of Xiangbei who passed the first round of auditions also gathered around the martial arts, imitating martial arts and doing simple warm-up exercises.
During the warm-up, Sakuragi Hanamichi glanced at Coach Taoka outside the court and said to Budo.
Even guys like Sakuragi, whose basketball foundation is not "deep", feel that this assessment method is too simple.
"Stop thinking about the mess and focus."
"This assessment method is indeed very simple, but because it is simple, I am even more worried about you."
"Sakuragi, you must be serious and take this seriously."
"And this kind of assessment is probably just the beginning."
"Those who rank low in this assessment will probably be eliminated."
Budao said to Sakuragi beside him while dribbling the ball.
Basketball is not a one-on-one competitive sport like table tennis. If it is a table tennis selection, then it is very simple. All players will play one-on-one and compete, and the strengths and weaknesses will be determined directly.
But basketball is a team sport, and each position has its own different functions.
No need to think too much, Wu Dao knows that this assessment is just the beginning. Coach Tianoka just said that it will take half a month to conduct the selection and assessment. This time, there will probably be many, many items to be assessed!
While Budao and Sakuragi were chatting, some team members approached Coach Tianoka privately.
I don’t know why those players went to find Coach Tagang, but Wu Dao noticed that after communicating with Coach Tagang, those people were obviously relieved and their mentality was much better.
Soon, the fifteen minutes of warm-up time passed.
The assessment officially begins.
The order of the assessment is based on the ranking in the first round, that is to say, Jinguji Martial Arts is the first to participate in the assessment.
The starting point of a layup around obstacles is the baseline on one side of the court. From this end of the court, take the ball to the other end of the court and successfully score the ball.
After the assessment coach's whistle, Jinguji Budo immediately rushed out with the ball.
Wu Dao's dribbling speed is very fast. When there are obstacles in front of him, Wu Dao has no intention of slowing down, or changes direction in front of his body, or turns around to pass.
In just a few seconds, Jinguji Budo quickly reached the basket, then jumped up and dunked the ball into the basket.
The stopwatch in the coach's hand was turned off the moment the martial arts dunk hit the net. He looked at the time on the stopwatch, raised his eyebrows, and then shouted to the scorer on the side;
“5.88″”
"Such a tall player is so fast?!"
"And the movement of dribbling over obstacles is too smooth. The traveling speed has not slowed down at all."
After successfully scoring the goal, Wu Dao casually threw the ball toward the basket on the sidelines and slowly walked to the sidelines. After taking a deep look at Jinguji Martial Arts, Coach Taoka shouted to the coach: "Next!"
"Shinomiya Tōno!"
"Just give me the signal when you are ready. After the whistle blows, the timer will start."
At the coach's urging, Shinomiya held a basketball, walked outside the baseline, and then nodded toward the coach.
"Beep——" After the whistle, Shinomiya jumped out quickly with the ball. When he encountered the first obstacle, Shinomiya paused slightly and changed direction with the ball. Then he met other players while traveling. The obstacle either changed direction or turned around, and soon came to the basket.
Like Jinguji Martial Arts, Shinomiya Tano did not use layups. In order to pursue the highest performance, slam dunks are obviously more efficient than layups!
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, Shinomiya's test was completed. The coach also stopped the stopwatch, looked up at Shinomiya, and shouted to the scorer:
“6.72″”
When Shinomiya heard his result, he frowned slightly and walked to the sidelines in silence. Seeing the depressed look on Shinomiya's face, Budao also smiled and said:
"It's not bad, Ye Ye, it's very efficient."
"It's just a little slower when changing direction, which is good!"
Budo said with a smile, seemingly comforting, but actually stimulating Shinomiya Tano.
However, Shinomiya Tano didn't pay much attention to such a test. He glanced at the martial arts and sat down on the sidelines.
Not far away, Coach Taoka was smacked in the face when he heard that Shinomiya's test results were not as good as martial arts. He turned his head and shouted to the other team members:
"It's okay if you're not satisfied with your first-round test results."
"After everyone's test is completed, there will be an opportunity for a second round of testing. The two results will be the best!"
"The third one, Hainan, Morishigehiro!"
Coach Tianoka looked down at the list in his hand, and then shouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, a burly man stood on the baseline with the ball in one hand. Seeing the appearance of Mori Shigekuan, Budao's eyes also fell on the other party, with a little curiosity in his eyes.
Apart from him and Shinomiya Tanoh, Mori Shigehiro is the player with the best physical test data in this selection. His 100-meter sprint speed is very good, but I don't know how good his basic dribbling skills are.
"Come on, Hiro."
"It doesn't matter if the speed is slower, the most important thing is not to make mistakes."
"You can learn from the previous two seniors and use slam dunk to score goals, so that the time can be shortened."
When Mori Shigehiro reached the bottom line, Mu Shenyi gave some advice from the side. Shigehiro Mori is a first-year player and has not played for a long time, and he is different from players like Budo and Shinomiya who play at the back and small forward positions.
Mori Shigehiro is a center. When he is on the court, he rarely has the opportunity to play fast breaks alone. Mori Shigehiro's usual training content mainly focuses on basket skills and shooting skills.
Dribbling? How can a center practice this kind of thing! ?
"Yes!" Mori Shigekuan nodded toward Mu Shen, then looked at the coach beside him and said in a deep voice, "I'm ready."
Not long after Mori Shigekan finished speaking, the coach next to him blew his whistle.
At the moment the whistle blew, a dark figure flashed directly in front of the coach's eyes. Morishigehiro's huge body quickly rushed into the court. In the blink of an eye, he had already reached the first obstacle.
But just when Mori Shigehiro encountered the first obstacle, his speed dropped sharply. After changing hands with a high center of gravity, he passed the obstacle and ran towards the second obstacle.
Different from the previous smoothness of Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Noda when crossing obstacles, it can be seen that Mori Shigehiro's dribbling skills are very rough. Under the continuous obstacles, his speed cannot be increased at all.
By the time Mori Shigehiro entered the basket, more than 9 seconds had passed. When Mori Shigehiro took off the ball and raised his hand for a dunk, the referee's stopwatch had just passed ten seconds.
“10.33″”
The referee outside the baseline stopped the stopwatch when Mori Shigehiro succeeded in dunking, and then reported some Mori Shigehiro's results to the scorer beside him.
Differs greatly
Just looking at the data, we can clearly see the gap between Shigehiro Mori and the two people tested before.
"Well, although there is a big gap between it and Jinguji Martial Arts and Fields."
"But considering this kid's system and position on the court, this result is pretty good."
"The explosive power when starting is very strong and the acceleration is very fast, but the speed is slow when passing obstacles. For a center, it is not a problem."
Coach Taoka watched Shigehiro Mori walk off the court, silently evaluating in his heart, and then recorded something on the data in his hand.
After that, the players took part in the test one after another.
When these players started testing, people realized how terrifying it was for Jinguji Budo who was able to get the time stuck within 6 seconds at the beginning, but the time was almost one second behind Shinomiya Nodo. It is far from what ordinary people can compare with.
After testing with more than a dozen players in a row, the time limit was basically around ten seconds, and very few players successfully broke into eight seconds.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's performance is pretty good, 8.24, which is above average among all the players. Budo did not expect that Sakuragi, this guy, has actually practiced well in disguise, and most people are not as fast as him!
However, as the test progressed, players with slightly lower physical test data began to participate in the assessment.
It is obvious that after the 100th place, the players' overall performance has improved significantly.
This is largely due to the fact that the average height of players has begun to decline, and most of the players who will participate in the assessment are defenders.
The fastest defender has already broken eight seconds.
For example, Ryota Miyagi got a good score of 7.46. If he hadn't been unable to dunk and there was some delay in the layup, it would not have been impossible to enter seven seconds.
Of course, not all players can perform stably.
Many of the players who passed the first round did not have much basketball foundation. Those players' scores were more than ten seconds away. Several brothers even made mistakes in dribbling, and the basketball hit the obstacle and rolled to the side of the court. , after they picked up the ball and made a layup, the stopwatch in the coach's hand had already jumped to 30 seconds away.
After everyone completed this assessment, Coach Tianoka clapped his hands, and after attracting the players' attention, he announced with a smile:
"In this assessment, we will rank you according to your position, combined with the results of the previous physical test and this round of layup assessment. For the bottom 50% of players in the same position, your subsequent assessment location will not be here. !”
"After I tally the results, you can follow this coach and go up the mountain!"
Coach Tian Gang said, pointing to a mountain not far away and smiling.
The stratification of players has begun from now on.
Players with weak foundations have something they need to practice!
Those who remain will undergo a cruel elimination plan!
