Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 79 Departure to Taiwan

The WBSC u-15 level competition is held every even-numbered year. This year is 2006, just for Takano to meet. The competition takes the form of preliminaries, semi-finals and finals. There are a total of 12 teams from all over the world. Divided into two groups AB, the preliminaries are group civil wars, five days, one game per day.

Finally, the ranking is based on the ratio of the total points scored and the total points lost in the 5 games. For example, if the total score of 5 games is 50 points and 25 points are lost, then the score/loss ratio is 2, so that even if the number of wins is the same, the ranking can be ranked , each group has a ranking of A1\A2\\A6, and the last 2 of each group, namely A5\A6, are eliminated, and then the semi-finals within the group will be held.

There are 2 games in total in the rematch, one game against the team in this group, and one game against the other team. .1 and Group B No.1 match. . .The final winner of No.2 and No.2 is the champion, the loser is the runner-up, and the winner of No.1 and No.1 is the third runner-up, and so on.

According to the data of previous years, the ranking of the Japanese team is in the middle. The countries with strong performance are generally the United States and Cuba, probably because of their race. The children of these countries develop early and have an advantage in body shape. The frequency of 150+ in the games of high school students is much more than that of Asian countries, but the characteristic of Asians is that many pitchers are much more likely to increase their ball speed after gaining muscle even in professional baseball.

Coach Ninomiya explained the schedule of the entire game to the two players on paper. If they are not eliminated in the group civil war, there will be 8 games in the entire 8 days. The schedule is very dense, so the pitcher will bring enough 8, and the catcher Two, four each for infielders and outfielders.

"This kind of game is of great significance to the players. The outcome is second to none. The important thing is to communicate with players from other countries and see how their players play in powerful countries. This is very useful for broadening their horizons."

"So, can each pitcher only play for one day?" Gao Zhiye was very disturbed when he heard the huge number of pitchers.

"No, the on-the-spot scheduling will be discussed later. What you have to do now is to sharpen the existing weapons."

Gao Zhiye hadn't even appeared on stage yet, and a lot of adrenaline had already been secreted, "Haha, we Chinese have an old saying that it's too late to grind your guns in battle."

"What about the catcher?" In the team, the position of the catcher will not be easily replaced, because the catcher, as the backbone of the defense, needs a very long time to adapt to the team.

"This is the focus of what I'm going to talk about next. The day after tomorrow, we will organize the team and conduct two weeks of integrated training. After that, we will go to Taiwan for the competition. The processing of relevant materials will be carried out on the day after tomorrow. , I will probably be very busy these two days, so I will explain the arrangement to you first, and then you can just follow along."

Coach Ninomiya put on his glasses for a long time, and he has invited all the relevant players to the team these days, "As for you, Hayakawa-kun, the person in the team who needs to lead everyone forward, I hope you will take on the responsibility of the captain and assist the coaching team , Form the team as soon as possible."

"Okay!" Hayakawa was so excited that it made one of Takano's ears rumble.

Afterwards, Coach Ninomiya said some things related to pitching. Gao Zhiye was full of excitement to participate in the World Series. How could he listen to it? Fortunately, the coach just repeated what he often said, and warned him not to pitch. Excessive, don't put too much energy on the newly added change ball, Gao Zhiye only nodded.

When they finally got out of the coach's office, the two of them ran downstairs and ran in circles at the same time. They were stopped by the logistics staff and they were strictly prohibited from doing strenuous exercise after eating, and it was time for a nap. The two had no choice but to toss and turn on the mattress with excitement.

On the penultimate day of August, contestants from all over Japan gathered in Tokyo. Takano stood in the team and saw a few familiar faces. There were a lot of media shooting at him, so he could only be honest. Standing in the team, after listening to head coach Ninomiya's speech, it was captain Hayakawa's speech again.

After that, everyone boarded the bus one by one in front of the camera and headed to the training camp. The things had already been packed, and they were waiting to set off.

This time, Coach Ninomiya, as the head coach, refused to be followed by the media.

"Huh—it's finally quiet." The teenagers who came to the car began to feel restless.

"I don't know if I closed my eyes in the photo I just took. I asked my family to take a photo of tomorrow's newspaper and send it over."

"Anyway, it must be a group photo, at most there will be a background and a name."

"That's pretty good, do you need me to send you the photo."

"Then add an email address."

"I also want."

A group of people huddled together in the car, and after the coaches finished dealing with the media boarding the car, they coughed before separating them.

"Let's go!" The players sat down and started a two-week break-in period.

The coaching team’s schedule for running-in is to first investigate the situation of the players in each defensive group. Although there is sufficient information before, it is still necessary to actually look at it and correct the information in hand. After that, the familiarity between the defenses will increase. , Including shooting and catching, second game, outfielders and first basemen receiving passes from various defensive positions, etc. In the last few days, simulated battles and targeted reinforcement training will be carried out.

The time was in a hurry, and Coach Ninomiya frowned. This was his first time serving as the head coach of the Japanese team. With the mentality of doing one thing well, he must have been busy in the past two weeks.

Gao Zhiye and others got off the car and began to conduct physical tests, including pitching speed, accuracy, explosive power test, base running skill test, infield and outfield defensive ability test, striking power test. After finishing all the items without panting, it was already lunch time In the afternoon, it was the training of the defensive teams. Coach Ninomiya and the others were nowhere to be seen. They probably went to discuss and revise the training plan together.

In the bullpen in the afternoon, there were not many people. The legendary 8 pitchers were not crowded together, only 4 were there, and the other 4 went to practice fielding.

Takano's partner was busy getting to know the other pitchers right now, so he had to warm up with another pitcher.

The other party's name is Fujikawa, from Nara, the front teeth are a bit buckled, and he is of medium height. He looks dark and thin, but in fact, everyone generally looks dark and thin. This is the only example.

The entire training camp was chosen in a very remote place, so the baseball boys, in addition to playing baseball during the day in the past two weeks, watched baseball-related documentaries or games together at night. The time was extremely enriching. Of course, Hayakawa was probably the busiest. He not only has to help the coach to coordinate the players, but also to familiarize himself with each pitcher and guide everyone's emotions. Gao Zhiye has been a babysitter for him several times.

This kind of time passed quickly, Gao Zhiye looked at the homework information sent to him by his classmates in the school, hey, it's only two weeks since the new semester started, why did the teacher speak so fast while he was away, how could he keep up like this superior.

On the last day, the coach showed everyone their passports, and quickly took them back, fearing that these careless children would lose the information. When leaving, Gao Zhiye saw his family members near the airport. I don't know how long I waited here, just to see Takano for 5 minutes before he left, and those players from outside Tokyo could only stand aside and watch them talking and laughing.

"Gao Ye, come on!" Shen Qing didn't come, her voice came from the phone, and there was a baby's murmur in the background.

"Gao Jun, you want to win glory on behalf of Japan." Grandpa Sasaki seemed to have forgotten that Gao Zhiye was not Japanese, and was still saying some words of glory there.

"What about you?" After listening to the blessings from the rest of the family, Gao Zhiye became angry, "Why are you angry?"

"I will watch the TV broadcast and record the whole process. If you make a fool of yourself, it will be my fault."

Unintelligible, Gao Zhiye didn't understand what was going on in his head, so he could only hold down his head and shake it twice: "Look at your brother showing his supernatural power."

At the end of 5 minutes, Gao Zhiye returned to the team with the things given by his family. During the waiting time, everyone divided up the snacks brought by his teammates in Tokyo. The dumplings Shen Qing cooked for Gao Zhiye were originally for He ate it on the plane, but before the plane stepped on, there was only an empty box left.

"So, why do you have such a complete preparation? There are cooked food, cold food, serious meals, snacks, and side dishes. In the end, they all end up in the stomachs of teammates." But fortunately, he received all the love and blessings as they were, and put them in heart.

　The game in this article is the grafted content of the 09 IBAF World Youth Baseball Championship. In fact, there was no international game in 06. The IBAF championship is the predecessor of the WBSC World Baseball Game. The actual WBSC-U15 game started in 12. First

　　So everyone just take a look at the pictures for fun, the games are all fictional
　　
　
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