Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 11 Pitching Test
pitching test
Early the next morning, when everyone dispersed for today's practice, pitching coach Fujii brought Takano to the bullpen again.

The bullpen was in full swing, and the four pairs of shots were practicing. Hayakawa was also squatting for a pitcher he had never seen before, "Is this the Shibazaki that the coach said yesterday?"

"Gao Jun, don't be distracted to watch other people's training. We have a heavy task this morning." Coach Fujii tapped on the information in his hand. Coach Yoshioka walked around from behind him to the home plate in the distance, wearing protective gear, giving Gao Zhiye squatted and arrested.

"First task one, I want to record your pitching action again, please throw a ball seriously." Fujii adjusted the equipment, Takano took a deep breath and threw a ball.

"Okay, please vote for another one." Coach Fujii held the IPAD in his hand and played back the video just now with his head down.

After throwing more than 30 balls continuously, Fujii called to stop: "stop! The sampling of the pitching action is here first, we need to slow down the details of your action. Take a rest first, and the next step is to test the limit of accuracy gone."

"Okay," Takano loosened his shoulders, and suddenly noticed several curious eyes around him.

Several pitchers rushed forward, but the focus seemed to be not Takano, but Shibazaki who had returned to the team.

"Shibasaki-kun, this is our new pitcher, Takano-kun." Heishi was speaking, a left-hander in the first army, third grader, 1.85 in height. It is said that he was only 1.55 when he joined in sixth grade, and the tiebreaker was a curveball.

"Senior Shibasaki, is your foot completely healed?" This is Sato, who is in the second army with Shibasaki, right-handed, and the ball speed is already 130 in the second half of the first year of junior high school. However, once the number of balls reaches 60 or more, he will lose his pitching accuracy For this reason, Sato specifically asked him for tips on pitching yesterday.

Thinking of Sato's disappointed expression, "I hope the coaches can find out a way to improve the accuracy."

"Takano-kun is the second precious experimental sample after you." The person who is doing nothing is the first group of pitchers who seem to have a sense of intelligence, Yijun, Nozawasuke, third grade, 130 The speed of the ball in the first half, it is known that he has a straight ball + slider.

"Hahahaha" Everyone laughed, and Coach Fujii said helplessly, "A group of idiots, what are they talking about?"

"Hey, Takano-kun?" Shibasaki looked at Takanono curiously.

Gao Zhiye was also completely speechless, raised his hand and said: "The pitch is very accurate, it is said that my rotation axis is naturally more positive?"

"That's really a great talent. Don't be nervous. I have learned a lot from the experiment. The injury was due to other reasons." Shibasaki is a very gentle person, and he could see that Takano was a little nervous.

"Huh? Is it just for other reasons?" Nozawa said, "Gao Jun, let me tell you, he was so fascinated by watching girls on his bicycle, that he bumped into the signboard with a 'boom'."

"Senior Nozawa! Don't say such misleading words, she is my cousin, really, how can I explain this clearly."

"Ah Shibazaki-kun, if it's not convenient for you to say it, you don't have to say it." Takano waved his hand and smiled.

"Because it's a mess in my house, but in order not to let you misunderstand, I still have to explain clearly. It's my cousin who ran away from home. Everyone searched for two weeks and couldn't find it. When I was passing by an alley, I happened to Seeing her rummaging through the trash can, I hurried to catch up, but the brakes were too fast and I was injured all of a sudden." Shibazaki looked at Nozawa with some annoyance, and Nozawa stuck out his tongue.

"That's true, as long as you find it." Takano nodded, and Nozawa wanted to continue to expose something, but Shibazaki next to him covered his mouth with sharp eyes and hands.

"Let's not disturb Gao Jun's test, I am also very curious about Gao Jun's limit."

Coach Fujii and Coach Yoshioka had just packed their things, and a group of catchers were silently helping them, looking at those catchers, and at the pitchers around them, "Why does it feel like guests are coming, and my wife is packing up in the back kitchen, The man was chatting and drinking in front', shaking, shaking off that illusion.

The first stage is to test whether the throw can be correctly cast to the four corners. Captain Kenichi is capturing Shuichi Itou, squatting in front of him, he is a big guy.

"High inside corner", he caught it very well, and the sound of the ball rushing in was very loud.

Takano's eyes lit up, and the sound of catching the ball excited the pitcher's heart.

"Low inner corner", "higher outer corner" and "lower outer corner", there are no other words except instructions, but the glove that doesn't move is enough to make Gao Zhiye excited.

Then retest in a random order, "Mr. Fujii, I think there is no problem with the four-square grid. Now we have to see if there is any impact if there are batterers." Yi Tang suggested.

"Okay, let me be the hitter." Nozawa likes to join in the excitement, he put on the protective gear and took a position close to the home plate.

"The inner corner is low", Yi Tang thought about it, and asked Gao Zhiye to shoot the first ball against Nozawa with a low inner corner.

The reason is simple. When Takano shot the ball, he understood it. Nozawa almost hit the ball with one leg. The raised left leg was very close to the low position of the inner corner. Takano tensed up suddenly, but the movement of the shot There was no interference and the ball went right into the low inside corner.

Instead, Nozawa took a step back and said, "You are very courageous, kid."

Coach Fujii smiled. Everyone understood that the most daring catcher at this time was Ido. The ball came in successfully, presumably Gao Zhiye already had confidence in the low ball in the inside corner of this kind of hitter.

Gao Zhiye's heart beat a lot faster after the shot, but the ball returned to the glove and the "NICE BALL" from the opposite catcher gave him a lot of peace of mind.

'This is the catcher of the first army, not good, super excited. '

"Next, Gao Jun, just look at my gloves."

Yitang's gloves are placed in the nine areas of the strike zone in sequence, and he can catch the ball without even moving. Nozawa watched from a close distance, and goose bumps appeared on his back and arms, and his mouth couldn't stop. .

"Gao Jun, are you really not afraid of hitting me when you shoot three low inside corners in a row?"

"Shibasaki-kun, you see goose bumps on my arms, look quickly."

Shibazaki said he was too noisy.

"Gao Jun..."

. . . . .

"Coach Fujii, if Nozawasuke continues to quarrel, can you let Coach Ninomiya come over?" Ido, who grew up with Nozawa, knows where the other party's lifeblood is.

Sure enough, Nozawa shut his mouth and threw more than 20 more shots. Itou threw the ball back, clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed his left glove a few times. It seemed that he was not in a calm mood, "Coach Fujii, They all came in fine."

Coach Fujii was still staring at his tablet, "Then start the test, leaving the strike zone half a lie."

Yi Tang nodded, if the ball that hits the strike zone can come in accurately, then the range of his own strike zone will undoubtedly be expanded a lot.

The first ball was still low in the inside corner, half a ball away from the strike. Ido's glove was placed very precisely, right next to the hitter's knee. Nozawa didn't look down at the position of the catcher's glove, but he also knew that this seemingly simple and honest The guy must fix himself.

"The inner angle is low, am I afraid? If the player is afraid of the ball, why should he play the ball?"Coach Fujii shook his head secretly. This style of play will affect the performance of the pitcher, but when encountering a brave man who is not accurate, a touch ball is inevitable. I don’t know how Coach Ninomiya communicated with him. Agree with him so nonsense.

Originally, Nozawa was standing forward, and when his left leg was raised to hit, it would extend a little distance to the home plate. The ball with a low inside corner just rubbed Nozawa's leg and entered the glove. I could feel the sharp wind, "It's so dangerous." Several pitchers behind shouted in unison.

Gao Zhiye was also slow to sense something was wrong, but Nozawa over there laughed loudly: "Are you really a newcomer, you don't have any timidity of a newcomer, come again!"

"Then I'm going to throw another low angle, Senior Nozawa, be careful!" Gao Zhiye bluffed.

"Whispering, it's the catcher who serves the ball, so I won't be fooled by you." As a result, I was scared back by a high edge ball from the inside corner.

"Is this considered a good shot?" Nozawa suddenly felt ashamed.

Yitang lifted the mask, "The referee has watched dozens of shots, and he has already believed in Gao Jun's accuracy. My glove still hasn't moved this time, so I will award a strike."

"Scary guy, he can affect the judge's judgment." Sato from the Second Army, who had been troubled by ball possession for a long time, couldn't help muttering at this moment.

"Cut, it's not terrible at all. The ball speed is only 120. If I were to swing the bat, I would have hit it long ago." Nozawa's eyes were very calm, but his mouth kept provoking, "I'm very good at hitting. All the straight balls will be doubled for you, now there are people on the second base, and if I hit a double, you will lose points, Gao Jun."

"Hey, don't add drama to yourself." Gao Zhiye, who had already thrown nearly [-] balls, was close to the limit, and his ears were still full of chirping from the opposite side. He seemed to really feel a little flustered in the midst of running away.

Yi Tang did not make any gestures to comfort the pitcher. He looked at the pitcher who had begun to open his mouth to breathe normally, and understood that there were batters in front of him who were constantly exerting pressure on him. He had reached his limit now, but the open glove Still motionless, 'I'm tired. If it's a game, it's already in the second half, the opponent's offense is still endless, and your mind is a little distracted. In this state, you can still shoot well. Corner? '

Pitch shot.

The last one was high on the inside corner and dived nicely into the catcher's mitt.

Nozawa looked at the position of the glove seriously, and then laughed foolishly, "Not bad, rookie. In this way, my task is also completed."

Coach Fujii said at the right time, "Yes, it's already [-] goals, reaching the daily upper limit, today's test is over, Hayakawa-kun, please apply ice to him."

'finally. . .It's over', just now in front of everyone, I have been holding a breath, and now I slowly let out that breath, my whole body is sore.

"I'll help too." Shibazaki-kun hung Takano on his body with some weak feet, and took him to apply ice.

Nozawa-kun also rushed up from behind, and pressed on the exhausted Gao Zhiye, blinding him before his eyes, and resisted feebly: "It's so heavy, Senior Nozawa."

"Don't be so arrogant, Mr. Missile."

"Pfft—" For some reason, Sato also followed, "What do you mean Miss Missile?"

"It's that kind of precision-guided missile, don't you think it's very similar?" Nozawa hung on Sato's body again, pushing down the first-year junior, "Senior Nozawa...have you been heavy again recently?" gone."

"It's muscle gain. Muscle. Muscle is the umbrella of a pitcher."

　I heard that you can't stop updating between signing the contract and putting it on the shelves?

　　Just in time for the National Day, I have time to collect, and I will collect more in the past few days
　　As soon as the National Day is out, the quarterly report is due, and the PPT has not been written yet, so I will die
　　
　
(End of this chapter)