Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 20 The new coach is long overdue

The new coach is long overdue

In the third week of September, Gao Zhiye came to the team for a whole month, and he ushered in a new wave of inspections.

"It seems that you are eating well every day." Coach Yoshioka said with a smile. Takano's weight has increased by 3KG compared to before, reaching 70KG. After several weeks of strength training, he has become much stronger.

"Of course, otherwise so much meat would be wasted every day."

Next is the ball speed. With the addition of weight and physique, the result came out soon, "It can basically be stabilized at 125, which is 2 kilometers faster than the test in the previous two weeks."

"How about it? I think I can complete the plan 4 months or even half a year ahead of schedule." Gao Zhiye moved his arms on the mound.

"Don't be too impatient. You have only just started for a month. It is too early to say that you are stable. What's more, your body is still growing, and you need to observe the posture you fixed before." Ji Coach Gang brought out the camera used in the test last month, "Come on, let's record your current pitching posture."

"Okay." Gao Zhiye has now adapted to the cautiousness of the coaching staff. Whenever he wants to advance aggressively, they are the ones who pull him back.

The test took half the morning, and for the rest of the time, Hayakawa was squatting for Takano.

"Gao-jun, do you still want to vote?" Hayakawa stood up, helplessly looking at the person who joined in the fun next to Shibazaki's test.

"Hayakawa-kun, relax." Senior Nozawa, who was still preparing for the game, was still aiming here between pitches.

"Nozawasuke, if pitching from the bullpen makes you uncomfortable, let's pitch outside." Captain Yi Tang killed him with one blow.

"Hayakawa-kun, Shibazaki-kun is also our important combat force, don't you care about his current situation?" Talking about nonsense, you have to look at Gao Zhiye, he is now focusing on the beating numbers on the weighing scale, "66KG, not bad, Shibazaki-kun."

Coach Yoshioka also breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that adding dietary fiber to the diet for a long time can effectively improve digestion, Shibazaki-kun, although your body can adapt to the current training intensity, but the weight alone is still Not enough. You see."

"Yes, I will eat a little more every day in the future."

"It's not this. We mentioned your situation when we were communicating with a nutritionist recently. His suggestion is to increase from the current four meals a day to seven meals a day. Even if you are not hungry, you must eat a certain amount of food. I I will send recipes to your mother today, please don’t leave any leftovers every day.”

"I understand." Shibazaki was a little bit bitter in joy, his appetite was really not strong enough, and now he had four meals a day, sometimes they were all forced meals.

"Seven meals a day..." Takano who was next to him was thinking about when to eat these seven meals, but was interrupted by coach Yoshioka: "Gao-kun, everyone's situation is different. Shibazaki-kun has a bad stomach. I can’t digest too much food, although increasing to seven meals will keep the digestive system in working condition, but there is no other way, please follow your own recipe.”

"All right--"

"The next ball speed." This item didn't make everyone happy, and Shibazaki seemed to know this too. After a few shots, he said, "It's still stable at 127."

"Well, it's okay, Shibazaki-san, your biggest problem is being solved slowly, and I believe there will be results in a few months." Coach Yoshioka's reassurance had an effect, "Then next, I will record Your pitching action, the straight ball and the fast Carter both throw 30 pitches."

Fast Carter is the previous match between Takano and Shibazaki. Shibazaki threw the kind of spin that was similar to the four-seamed line, but would change quickly before home plate. Because the pitching method is closer to the four-seam line, the ball speed is also very fast. , can be around 120.

Takano was very interested in this kind of fast Carter, and secretly learned the pitching method from Shibasaki, but the coach strictly prohibited him from throwing changeups, so he obediently didn't try again, but it doesn't hinder him right now look.

"Gao-zhi-ye-kun," Hayakawa Qiu's resentful voice came from behind, "Hurry up and throw the ball."

"I see." Gao Zhiye could only turn around and go about his business.

Hayakawa-kun helped the mask and made a gesture, because Takano's straight ball had initially stabilized, and Coach Ninomiya began to let him get used to the team's secret signals. It seemed that he wanted to really send Takano on. It was used, and the pitcher on the opposite side finally nodded and began to practice pitching.

Their practice is done in groups. Hayakawa-kun has the same glove position, and Takano needs to throw straight balls with different speeds. During this period, Hayakawa-kun's glove will not move.

The high-speed straight ball moves less down, and needs to aim at the distance from the lower half of the glove to the first ball, which is where his normal straight ball will fall, but the most important thing is the feel of each ball at that time, different finger sensitivities, different The humidity will bring uncertainty to each ball, so in order to hit the center of the glove, in addition to aiming at the right position at the beginning, Takano also needs to make adjustments at the moment the ball is released.

Just like a shooting game, the prey is the sense of the ball. Takano’s goal is to adjust the body and finally adapt to the sense of the ball. Although the position of the prey is within a range every time, it is only at the moment when the ball is finally released that it can will appear, that is the final adjustment time.

Of course, everyone was stunned when they heard Gao Zhiye's prey theory. Even Coach Ninomiya added a key comment in Gao Zhiye's information: "When he holds a baseball, the baseball is a part of his body. The moment of action is no exception."

"Touch——" Hayakawa Akira only received one ball, and he can judge that his current state is in excellent state, "Speaking of which, this guy never has a bad state."

"NICE! Today's condition is still very good."

"Haha, the first point of the day."

This was another game between Takano and Akira Hayakawa, which started off as a casual score to test Takano's familiarity with the code, with a correct throw counting as one point.

Later, it became a small game of pitching for two people. As long as Gao Zhiye can completely throw into the glove, it will be counted as a point.

In the end, even the coach got involved and recorded Takano’s scores every day. A score of 60 or above within 55 goals means he’s in very good condition, and a score of 60 to 45 points within 54 goals means he’s in good condition. ', if the number of pitches is insufficient, it will be marked accordingly.

At present, Takano’s status column only has these two gears, but with the increase of his ball speed and the variety of balls, this score will definitely change. What the coaching team has to do is to fully record his growth process.

When Coach Fujii checked the first-team pitchers, he also checked the test situation of Takano and Shibasaki.

"Shibazaki's situation is gradually improving. When the team is reorganized next year, it will probably be around 135. With a sharp change ball, he can serve as the second starter. '

He looked at Gao Zhiye who shouted the numbers again, "As for Gao Zhiye, he will probably be the ACE of our team next year. When his physique increases to 76KG or even 80KG, as long as he guides him well, his ball speed will also soar. Coupled with his striking ability, next year's team will be built around him. '

Thinking of the upcoming coach, "Coach Ninomiya will probably ask him to guide Gao Zhiye's attacking. The current team's attacking adjustment part is still somewhat lacking."

Someone whom Coach Fujii talked about is still waiting for the flight.

"Ah-choo—" The young man with dyed golden hair sneezed violently.

"Are you okay, did you get too excited last night?" Another person teased.

"What?" the blond man approached Ninomiya Haruno suddenly, with a strange smile on his face, "You don't know if I was high or not yesterday."

But the other party was not affected, and continued to babble, "When it comes to my father, don't be so playful and smiling, he is a very serious person."

"Hey, the thought of seeing my mother makes me so irritable. She threatens me with illness all day long."

"In the end, didn't you choose to go back to Japan yourself? She is an old lady, can she cross the Pacific Ocean and come to the United States to catch you?" Yuan Ye had heard Kinoshita Liu's complaint for the [-]th time, without any sympathy.

"The cold-blooded guy really inherited the blood of that coach Ninomiya." Then he was slapped on the back by Yuan Ye. At this time, the check-in announcement had already sounded, and Yuan Ye took advantage of the last time to order: "Kinoshita, the club is Your father's hard work, now the people who insist on staying there are a group of old people, you know their physical condition, do you remember to help them?"

"Hi-hi--, and then welcome the head coach Ninomiya Harano who has returned from the major leagues?" Kinoshita Liu still waved his hands back casually. He had just finished his three-year career as a coach assistant in the minor leagues, and was called by a series of calls. Back in Japan, no wonder he felt a little resentful.

Twelve hours later, the plane departing from the west coast of the United States arrived at Tokyo Airport in Japan. Kinoshita Liusui's hair exploded. It seemed that the roots of the hair had not been recolored for a long time, and the original black color had already appeared.

Sure enough, Tokyo is still the same Tokyo. In the taxi, Kinoshita Liu looked at the familiar scenery and all kinds of people.

"Guest—guest——" the taxi driver looked at the guest in a bit of embarrassment. At this time, the car had arrived at a house somewhere in West Tokyo. His bulging muscles were revealed.

The driver was a little afraid to wake him up, and started ringing the doorbell instead.

"Who is it, cough cough." A weak and gentle old female voice rang through the answering machine.

"Ah, hello, a guest from the airport who fell asleep in the backseat..."

"What! This bastard is finally back!" The voice suddenly became full of anger, and the answering machine made a slapstick sound due to the suddenly louder voice.

Immediately, the front door of this house opened, and a kind-faced, but frowning old lady rushed out. She was still wearing an apron, and the spatula in her hand was still steaming. The oil on the spatula sticks to Kinoshita Liu's bare arm.

"what--!"

"Boom--!"

"It hurts, mom!" The strong man shrank in the car, kicking his legs to prevent the old lady from reaching in with the shovel again.

"Get down for me", the old lady didn't care about the shouts of the people in the car, but changed her kind face. It can be seen that she is well maintained, and there are no strange wrinkles on her face. When she smiles, her eyes are bent into a crescent moon. The smile must have been beautiful when you were young: "Mr. Driver, how much is the total?"

The driver took the money tremblingly, did not dare to check whether the inside of the car was dirty, and hurriedly left this place of right and wrong.

"You—come in!"

"Hey--!"

With a drawn-out sigh, Kinoshita Liu set foot in this house again after two years.

　Save the last chapter and start streaking

　　I've been working on a job report this week, and I'll be the first one tomorrow, so miserable
　　But after the debriefing, you can start normal coding
　　
　
(End of this chapter)