On the first weekend of September, Karasuno, who has entered the next round of competition, can continue to come to Tokyo and train with Nekoma and other Kanto high schools. After the baptism of the first round of preliminaries, Karasuno has made further progress in the cooperation of each team member. Ye gave Kanto High School a surprise.
In Saturday's training match, whether it was Xiao Gu or Nekoma, they both found that Karasuno had become more difficult to deal with than before. This is not only in terms of offense, but also in terms of defensive convenience. The most outstanding ones are Hinata's padding and Tsukishima's blocking.
"We haven't seen each other in just a few weeks. Karasuno must be progressing too fast."
"Why, is Xiaogu's ace also afraid?"
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm just expressing my feelings towards their progress."
On the sidelines, Kuroo, the leader of Nekoma, and Bokuto, the leader of Otoya, who had just finished the game, were wiping sweat and chatting. Karasuno's progress can be clearly felt in the game with them. The fast break of the first-year combination is getting stronger and stronger. With the maturity of Tanaka, the main attacker, Asahi's diagonal smash angle is more tricky, and the power of Hayato's smash has also been enhanced.
Of course, diagonal spiking also depends on the flexibility and strength of the shoulders. No, when the two were chatting, the diagonal spiking that Tanaka wanted to fly directly out of bounds, allowing Mori Ranbai, who was competing with Karasuno, to score a point.
"Ah, damn it, I made a mistake, I'm sorry!"
Tanaka yelled sorry in frustration. Just now, Tanaka thought his hand was good, but after smashing the ball, he found that it was out of bounds.
"Don't worry, next ball."
Hayato patted his back and comforted him.
Then he directly regained the points with a heavy dunk.
"Wow, this shot looks like it hurts."
"I always feel that Hayato prefers to break through with straight-line smashes when attacking."
After the two captains saw Hayato's spike, Bokuto touched his chin and said, while Kuroo on the side also nodded in agreement.
"I also discovered what you said. Even if there is a possibility of being blocked and scored by the opponent, Hayato rarely chooses to smash the ball diagonally. Is it because of his flexibility? After all, you are not as physically fit as Bokuto. It’s common.”
"Haha, that's true, but even so, Hayato will not hesitate. This can be regarded as his advantage. Let's see if Karasuno will meet someone who can stop him in the representative selection competition."
While the two were chatting, Karasuno still won the game easily. Although he lost a lot of points in catching the ball, he scored more in attack, which allowed Karasuno to reach the match point faster. .
"Damn it, the fish jumped around."
"yes."
After losing to Karasuno, Mori Ran's general Okano Daiki shouted unwillingly, and then led the players to start a week of diving punishment in the stadium. After winning, Karasuno also took the water bottles and towels prepared by the manager, and gathered in Karasuno. In front of the coach.
"Everyone played well in this game. Tanaka, don't worry about making mistakes in diagonal smashes, just practice more. Hinata Kageyama, the success rate of the new quick attack is currently around 70%, and it needs to be improved a bit. And there are that is.."
Coach Wuyang clearly put forward the next key points for each team member. He took the notebook that Jiezi had just recorded and said it one by one. The person whose name was called also wrote it down carefully.
When talking about Hayato, Coach Uyang also raised the issue of slash spikes. However, because Hayato's straight spikes are very powerful and can score points, Coach Uyang only suggested that Hayato add some slashes when attacking. The number of spikes is not forced.
Hayato also nodded seriously to this suggestion and said that he knew it. He also discovered this in recent practice. With his current physical fitness, he always subconsciously chooses straight-line smashes that are easier for him to perform when attacking. , the number of diagonal spikes is pitiful.
This is also because his flexibility is lower than others, and he is not very good at slashing the ball. Although the flexibility of his wrist is very good, he can choose the direction of attack when spiking, but he can smash the ball diagonally. The ball requires the rotation of the entire arm, and he is not that flexible in this regard.
Fortunately, Hayato's other advantages can cover up this small shortcoming.
At night after the fierce competition, Bokuto greeted Hayato and Tsukishima as usual.
"Hey~ Hayato, Ayue~ Let's continue training~ Hey~ Hey~ Hey~"
Hayato agreed quickly, while Tsukishima looked at Hayato and then at Bokuto.
"The title of this volume is [Mutu was disliked by the first grader of another school]."
The team members around Bokuto complained after seeing Tsukishima's reaction, but as soon as he finished speaking, Tsukishima bowed and asked for advice. This time, Mutu opened his mouth in surprise. The setter Chiwei on the side complained mercilessly. It was obviously you who asked for it yourself. Why are you surprised?
"Hey, it seems that Ah Yue is slowly making progress."
Looking at Tsukishima next to him, Hayato had a happy smile on his face.
"Well, Kuroba-senpai, I just want to train well."
Tsukishima's unflattering words made Hayato nod his head, indicating that he understood Tsukishima's mood, but Tsukishima stayed away with an expressionless expression.
During the night's personal training, Tsukishima practiced hard again. Although Hayato's blocking was not bad, the one who did the best blocking was Nekoma's Kuroo.
Tsukishima, who was resting off the court, looked at Kuroo on the court and remembered what Hayato had said to him before.
"The most important thing in blocking is timing. Of course, it is also important to judge the path of the ball. The moment the opponent dunks the ball, jump to the highest point to intercept the ball. Use your hands like umbrellas to intercept the ball."
In line with Hayato's words, Kuroo on the court made a perfect blocking action and directly blocked Lev's spike.
"Yeah~ I stopped him again. Next, Hayato, it's your turn to spike the ball."
"I won't be stopped easily by you like Lev."
Hayato moved his shoulders and replaced Lev. Lev on the side said aggrievedly.
"Kuroba-senpai is too much. I will definitely smash the next ball successfully."
"Haha, sorry, sorry. Ah Yue, don't take a rest. Come over and join us."
After entering the stage, Hayato first apologized to Lev, and then waved to Tsukishima who was resting.
"Well, please don't...forget it, I'll be right away."
Tsukishima, who was still trying to get Hayato not to call him that, gave up the struggle before he finished speaking. Based on his understanding of his senior, the more he objected, the happier he might be, and he put the water bottle in his hand on the ground. Later, Tsukishima also joined the training.
During Sunday's training, everyone also focused on the areas for improvement mentioned by coach Wu Yang yesterday. While competing with other schools, they adjusted everyone's status. The first ones who couldn't handle it were Senran and Shengchuan. The two teams In terms of strength, they are obviously weaker than Karasuno, but Nekoma and Xiaogu still stand in front of Karasuno like mountains.
As coach Yinju said, hitting a powerful smash does not mean victory in the game. When the ball hits the ground, it is really lost.
Nekoma, who was even more perfect defensively, defeated Karasuno once again.
"Damn it, I didn't catch the last ball, I'm sorry everyone."
As a free agent, Nishitani was the first to apologize to everyone after he came off the field. If he had caught that ball, Karasuno would have had a chance to continue playing. Unfortunately, no one can keep making mistakes all the time.
"Don't worry."
"Yes, Nishitani-senpai, we made too many mistakes in catching the ball in front of us. It's not your fault."
Everyone comforted Nishitani. At this time, Hinata also said something, and Kageyama called him a fool.
"Hinata, you have the nerve to say that you made the most mistakes when I was rotated to the back row."
"Oh, I, I'm trying to catch the ball too."
When the sore point was mentioned, Hinata also retorted weakly. Fortunately, the atmosphere became less tense as soon as the two of them started playing tricks. Everyone quickly changed their mood and accepted the punishment for the next training match.
