Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 60 Details of Training Camp

The Kinoshita Little League players only enjoyed the court for half an hour when another member of the Little League team came over. They were relatively small, with players in their early teens. A little stage fright.

"Are we really going to share a venue with them?"

"Will it be pushed aside?"

"It should be fair to have one half."

The private discussions of the players did not interfere with the communication between the coaches of the two teams. The leader of the team was a young woman with a whistle hanging on her chest, ready to blow it at any time to silence the players.

"Coach Ninomiya, there are always so many people in your club." Even when she met someone for the first time, she said that she seemed to have known each other for a long time.

"Coach Yoshinaga, please take care of me when we meet for the first time." Coach Ninomiya seemed to understand the other party's tricks at all.

"Don't be so serious, Coach Ninomiya, so the two teams share the same field. I've never encountered it before. What should I do?" The young woman pointed at the white-haired old man behind her carelessly: "The old man of our team Immortal is with the team today because he wants to take a dip in the hot springs by the way, his bones are exposed to the wind this winter."

The former head coach of this team is known as the old fairy. When I saw him last year, his back was still very strong. Now I see that he is like an apple that has been put for a long time, and his height and body have shrunk a circle.

Coach Ninomiya stepped forward and held the hand of the wandering old man: "Head Coach Yoshinaga, how are you doing?"

"Huh? I've already eaten. I just ate something in the hotel." When someone talked to him, he seemed much more energetic.

"Hey - so, don't let him come over, it will be bad if he is hit by the ball." The daughter of the old fairy-Jiyong Nana who had no choice but to take over the team, said with her hands spread.

"Hey——" The thing hurts, Coach Nigong looked at the young woman who didn't have a bit of wind and frost on her face, she was so old, she doted on her very much, even if her mental state was already very bad, would she still come with her? ?
In this situation, Coach Ninomiya can only say: "Now there are infielders, outfielders, and pitchers on the field, let your team spread out and train with our coach."

"Okay——" The young coach Yoshinaga didn't look like a head coach at all, as if he had become a subordinate of Coach Ninomiya in an instant, he replied quickly.

Then go back to the group of yellow-striped children, touch this head like a big sister, pinch that cheek, and announce the news.

"Eh? So we just walk over there? Feels awkward."

"What's embarrassing, it's like queuing at a bakery." Coach Jillong's ease infected the group of children, and they ran to the team in practice separately.

Fortunately, coach Nigong has foreseen this and said it in advance, so these children are really like queuing up at a bakery, they are at the end, walking forward with the people practicing in front, super conspicuous, a group of black people Mixed with bright colors.

"Hahaha, it's a lie, these children are really innocent." Coach Jiyong covered his mouth and smiled happily.

But when he catches the ball, his secrets are exposed. The lack of practice results in his basic skills not being as solid as Kinoshita's.

A ground ball was not handled well, and the infield coach called him over.

"Your name is?"

"Shibata, shortstop."

"Your physical response is good, but you can't wait there and passively wait for the ball to come in. Instead, you have to face the direction of the ball and keep your feet moving."

Another baseball passed.

"This time is good, remember the action, next time!"

After a few back and forth, the children who stepped in became much more focused.

"It's great that there are so many coaches!" The young woman standing aside helped the old man to the chair.

"Have you taken the coaching certification test yet?" Coach Ninomiya stared at the field, but part of his mind was diverted to the side.

"The deadline for this year has passed, and the exam will not be available until the second half of the year." Mr. Jiyong suddenly became like this a few months ago, and there was no time to prepare.

Coach Ninomiya let out a long sigh, and Kinoshita Liu, who was preparing equipment beside him, felt sharp on his back, why, if you want to stare, you also stare at your son in the United States.

"I don't think there is any need to take the test. After all, the original team has been reduced, and there will be no more people who will be sent away this year." Coach Jiyong rarely put away his smile, and said very seriously, "Although all those who play baseball seriously will leave Yes, but there are still so many children, I hope they can learn something in the last year."

In fact, many great teams do not have any capital or institutional support behind them. Most of the time, non-professional coaches and parents of children form the staff. Once any accident occurs, someone needs to take on extra work. The kid went to another team.

"You can hire a professional coach." After hearing a lot of words, Coach Nigong opened his eyes and responded.

"It's just that the personnel and money are not suitable, so it ended up like this."

Hey, there’s really nothing you can do about it. The Kinoshita Little League has a lot of problems right now. In the past few days of spring training, the outdoor playground of the Kinoshita Club has been loaned to other teams for a fee. If you can save money, you don’t have the time to help. Others will solve the difficulties, so Coach Ninomiya will only watch the nose and nose, and only prepare for the practice match in the afternoon.

The schedule of the two-week practice match is very intensive. Every day, 8 teams will have a round-robin match, and each team will face the other 7 teams twice.

"Okay - assemble!"

As a result, it was obviously a training camp, but they still maintained the rhythm of being in the club. When Gao Zhiye and the others started their lunch break, other teams had already started practicing.

In the afternoon, they will climb to the middle of the mountain for the competition. There are three big gentle slopes along the way, running up, and when they arrive at the stadium, they have just finished their warm-up.

"I heard that on the mountain, the air is thin, and it is easy to hit a home run."

"Really, do you want to try it today?" The teenagers, who couldn't stop talking once their feet stopped, started discussing again when the coach went to say hello.

"It's a lie, how high is that mountain? It's obviously just a little higher here."

"Yeah, if the air is thin, it should be difficult to breathe."

"So, can you hit a home run today..."

Coach Ninomiya finished the discussion over there, and waved violently at the children, pointing to the side of first base, and a group of children went over obediently and put down their things.

Today's starter is Takano. He was allowed to use all types of balls during this training camp. Before the summer competition, the actual combat during this period is a good time to correct the problem. The rest of Shibasaki and Sato will follow Takano At the back of the field, everyone has a chance to throw the whole distance. Pitchers who have no pitching tasks during this period will play outfield defense in left field.

(End of this chapter)