Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 48 Learning to sew balls this week?

In Japan in January, the air is still lingeringly cold. The suffocating winter training has finally passed, and the muscle soreness caused by intensive training has slowly dissipated with the rest of the holiday. Everyone is having fun again. Baseball practice at the practice field, except for one.

"You mean, during the winter break, you also sneaked out for a few days in a row to practice the new change ball."

"Yes.."

During club time in the afternoon of the new semester, the weather was overcast, and in the office of the head coach of the Kinoshita Youth League Club, Gao Zhiye’s throat was very dry, and he couldn’t help swallowing, but this did not make him more comfortable, but instead made his mouth watery. Fewer and fewer.

Five minutes had passed since he replied to Coach Ninomiya's last question.

Coach Ninomiya was still engrossed in processing the documents, as if he forgot that there was a person sitting opposite him.

In the silent office, only the sound of pens being scratched on the paper remained. Gao Zhiye's attention was gradually attracted by the sounds outside. The wind was howling, vibrations came from nowhere, and the windows of the office trembled slightly. Among the voices, the most prominent ones were the shouts of the baseball boys.

'How many laps are they on? Gao Zhiye running god thought, at this moment, coach Ninomiya's voice broke the silence.

"Gao Jun, you used to practice sprinting, right? Can you tell me why you have winter training?" Coach Nigong has dealt with many children, and he won the gradual progress in the chat.

Gao Zhiye was stunned for a moment, but because he was left on the air for 5 minutes, he was not as nervous as he was at the beginning, and his mind turned smoothly.

"If you don't practice because of the bad weather in winter, your grades will drop very quickly."

This is the most direct feedback, Coach Ninomiya nodded.

"If you train in winter, if there is no competition, the coaches and athletes will only focus on training, and the training in this bad weather will be more effective."

"Well, the main points are probably covered." The old man added: "It is understandable that the short-term suspension of practice will cause the performance to decline, so why is the effect better when training in bad weather?"

Here it comes again, the chain questioning method.

"From my own point of view, the human body is not as active as in summer in winter, and tends to store fat. If you train at this time, it will actually reverse the cycle of the human body and bring greater results."

"Well, that's right, so in countries around the world and in different sports categories, just like your previous sprints, there is a fixed program of winter training, so now the question arises, why is Christmas so long? The team will not continue winter training, but will have a holiday?"

Coach Ninomiya's persuasion made Gao Zhiye a little ashamed to say the answer.

"...in order to restore the body."

"Yes!" Coach Nigong finally raised his head, "Actually, you just missed a little bit about the benefits of winter training, that is, persisting in exercising in bad weather and tempering people's willpower, so winter training is not only good for body muscles, soft tissues, etc. Waiting training also includes the training of nerve cells, so the rest after winter training also includes two, one is the rest of the muscles, and the other is the rest of the willpower, which is the nerve cells. People can't be stretched under high pressure all the time, as it is for adults , especially for teenagers like you."

Gao Zhiye and the old man on the opposite side looked at each other, lowered their heads and did not speak.

"Willpower rest, does it sound vain? Let me tell you a real example, that is, continuous exercise and referral will soon enter a plateau period. At this time, continue to increase the intensity and even worsen the performance. But if Rest for two days in the middle, and you will be able to break through the plateau next time. Two days may not be enough for your body to grow too much muscle, but it can quickly restore your spirit. A person’s willpower stock has a great impact on performance.”

Coach Ninomiya paused for a moment, giving the junior high school student time to digest and think.

"So, what I said before Christmas is to give you a good rest, since you are a kid, do the kid things during this time, sleep in, watch TV, play games, hang out with friends, especially pitchers , Absolutely don’t practice blindly where the coach can’t see.”

Takano's head lowered, he knew it would be like this, coach Ninomiya will not scold or physically punish players, but he will analyze it in such a way that it makes you feel ashamed, 'just get through this conversation, it's done anyway, My ball works so well—'

But he still doesn't know enough about Coach Ninomiya.

"Since you didn't have a day off at Christmas, I'll give you a break this week."

"Hey—coach Ninomiya..." Before Takano could protest, he was interrupted by the old man waving.

"For this week, you just warm up with everyone. Every day, you can only shoot 30 balls to maintain your form. You can participate in a defensive practice the next day. You don't have to be idle for the rest of the time. There are many teachers in the logistics department who are used up. Go ahead and learn how to sew a ball."

"Ah——" Gao Zhiye finally realized the seriousness of the matter. There will be an in-team practice match this weekend, so he won't be able to play.

"Takano-kun," the old man didn't understand these thoughts, "Why does the junior high school baseball league enforce a limit, a pitcher can only hit 80 pitches a day, isn't it because some pitchers or some coaches will mess around? Junior high school is still growing up What's the use of being exhausted in junior high school with extra training?"

"Mr. Gao Zhiye, I remember telling you half a year ago that our coaching team agreed that you might be able to enter professional baseball, so as your first coach, we must make good use of your talent. For pitchers with great talent, the more shoulders are used, the more they are used up, and the sooner they are ruined.”

"Coach, I promise—"

"Okay, okay, I understand. If you really can't take it easy, go for a run. By the way, I have already notified your family members. Take a good rest this week."

After talking about Coach Ninomiya, he buried himself in processing the documents again, and Gao Zhiye had no choice but to start his miserable week with this 'punishment'.

"Hahahaha", the first thing that greeted us was Lang Zhi's ridicule, "I said, if you practice like that, you will definitely be punished by the coach."

Then it was used as a negative teaching material, brushing up the sense of presence in front of all the players.

"Pfft, Gao Jun, I didn't expect you to be so passionate." In the preparation room after today's training, everyone passing by made fun of it.

"Gao-jun, are you okay, we can warm up with you this week." This is the worried Hayakawa, Shibazaki and others.

"Ah, it's really better for you, Hayakawa-kun, today I just ran and learned to sew the ball, and I haven't shot the 30 balls yet..."

Hayakawa, who was still worried just now, immediately turned his back to Takano: "No way, training is about to end now, and you don't need to throw the ball anymore."

"Hahahaha." Lang Zhi, who was watching everything, held his stomach with a smile. It was hard for him to see his brother deflate once. In order to listen more carefully, he approached the center of the vortex unknowingly, and was lost all afternoon. Takano grabbed his neck.

"But Coach Nigong didn't say that he is not allowed to teach his arrogant brother a lesson this week."

"Ah—why is it me at the end of the chain!!"

　Takano: Useful tips +1
　　
　
(End of this chapter)