Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 127 Five Variations

"Whoosh!"

It feels right, just like it always did.

As soon as the feeling came out, Zhou Hui felt it was right.

Although Zhou Hui hasn't pitched for two or three years, some things are engraved in his bones and he will never forget them in his life.

For Zhou Hui, pitching is one of them.

"Whoosh!"

Zhou Hui's posture is still so standard.

Whether it's the steps he takes before throwing the ball, the degree to which his body is stretched, or the final throw, the angles are all perfect, making it impossible for people to find his shortcomings.

Just like a professional pitcher.

Toru Masuko could not have imagined that Seidou High School's powerful pitching was so powerful.

"brush!"

Masuko Toru swung the bat and missed.

This feeling is right, proving that Zhou Hui's ball definitely changed.

Zhou Hui's ball speed is not fast, at most around 133km.

On the same level as Sawamura.

If it was a straight line ball, with Toru Masuko's strength, he would definitely be able to hit it.

After the baseball entered the strike zone, it fell downward due to gravity, causing Masuko Toru to miss the target.

This is forkball!
"Sure enough, you are really omnipotent."

Seeing Zhou Hui's fork ball, Zeng Zi Toru became very excited.

The dream of hitting a changeup is no longer a dream.

"Is this the only kind of ball you have? Do you know other kinds of balls?"

Masuko Toru asked cautiously.

If Zhou Hui can only use the fork ball, it won’t be of much significance.

"still got more."

Zhou Hui told Zeng Zi Toru not to worry and took another baseball from the side.

"That's good. Come on, bring your horses over!"

In the next ball, Zhou Hui held the ball almost exactly like a straight ball, and it seemed that he had no intention of throwing a changeup at all.

This is the slider grip.

If you don't look closely, you can't see much difference between the sliding ball grip and the straight ball grip. It mainly relies on the strength of the fingers and wrist to shake the ball out.

The demands on a pitcher's fingers and wrists are high.

While skills are needed, strength is also indispensable.

The general method of throwing is to rotate your fingers downward and apply force.

"Whoosh!"

Zhou Hui exerted force with his fingers and wrist at the same time, and the white ball flew out.

"What ball is this time?"

Looking at the path of the baseball, Toru Masuko raised the bat.

Just like the previous ball, the ball followed the same path as a straight ball before entering the strike zone and flew very smoothly.

"Can't you?"

Masuko Toru felt that this ball was either a straight ball or a fork ball.

My mind exploded all of a sudden.

But as the baseball entered his hands, it suddenly slid toward the outside corner.

Masuko Toru's swing still missed.

"This kid can even play the sliding ball."

Zeng ZiToru felt that Zhou Hui was becoming more and more interesting.

Fork ball, slider.

He himself doesn't know how many types of balls he has.

Next, Zhou Hui threw another curve ball.

Zhou Hui's curveball is naturally not as large as Danbo's curveball, but when the straight ball is easy to hit and the slider is easy to guess, the curveball can also be used as a "secret weapon".

Three kinds of balls!

It was not until he played against Toru Masuko that Zhou Hui discovered that Toru Masuko really could not hit a changing ball.

Although he has solid basic skills, he lacks competition experience from junior high school, which leads to his current situation.

If Masuko Toru had started playing baseball in junior high school, he would have seen all kinds of pitchers in junior high school, and with his talent, he would definitely have become a hitter with higher achievements than he is now. Next, Zhou Hui threw another changeup.

Four types of change balls appeared one after another.

Although the balls look luxurious, it is undeniable that these are some of the most basic balls.

Moreover, the prototypes of the kinds of balls thrown by Zhou Hui can be found among the pitchers of Qingdao High School's first team.

He will, and so will others.

If Masuko Toru came just for these few simple goals, there would be no need to find Zhou Hui specifically.

The other players can do it.

Kawakami's specialty is the slider, Sawamura's specialty is the changeup, Furi Akira's forkball, and Tamba's curveball.

Although Zhou Hui knows how to do it, his skills are just so-so and have no special features.

Zengzi Toru couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

How could training of this intensity support him to gain a foothold in Koshien and challenge the changing balls of those pitchers in Koshien?

It seems difficult to overcome this weakness.

"There are no other kinds of balls, right?"

Masuko Toru asked with a wry smile.

It seems that he may have wasted this half hour.

No matter how strong Zhou Hui is, he is not a serious pitcher.

His strong pitching ability is only in the past.

"And don't worry."

Zhou Hui gave a mysterious smile.

There's more to his game than just that.

If he really only knew this ball, how could he have dared to aspire to become a pitcher when he first started playing baseball?

Absolutely impossible.

Mysterious self-confidence cannot explain this.

Zengzi Toru already looked bored, holding up the baseball bat and looking at Zhou Hui.

He was the one who begged others to practice with him. If he showed impatience first, that would definitely not work.

Even if it is of no help to him today, Masuko Toru will still accompany him with a smile.

He wasted not only his own time, but also Zhou Hui's time.

With this little skill, he can easily get away with it and swing the bat more than a hundred times.

"I'm ready to come!"

"I'm coming, Masuko-senpai."

Hold the baseball with your fingernails and then use your other fingers to hold the baseball.

Butterfly ball!
This is the most basic grip for the butterfly ball, and many pitchers choose this.

There are many ways to hold the butterfly ball, and this one is not the most common, but it is the one Zhou Hui is most comfortable with.

As the name suggests, butterfly ball means that after the baseball is thrown out, it will fly around like a butterfly.

His flight trajectory is something that even the pitcher cannot fully control.

This is what makes him most distinctive.

This kind of ball was almost extinct because it was extremely difficult to pitch, but it was brought up by Zhou Hui at this time.

Maybe Toru Masuko has never seen a butterfly ball.

"Whoosh!"

With the help of fingers and wrists, and the flow of air, the baseball began to fly freely in the air, just like a butterfly.

Normal butterfly balls only start to change after entering the strike zone, but Zhou Hui's butterfly balls are different.

His butterfly ball began to change in mid-air, leaving Zengzi Toru at a loss for what to do.

This butterfly ball was improved by Zhou Hui.

The purpose is to scare the hitters and make them feel overwhelmed before entering the strike zone.

Many times, the movements may be distorted.

For this, Zhou Hui didn’t know how long he had practiced extra.

However, due to the persuasion of Director Matsuoka, his unique skill never had the opportunity to be performed in a major competition.

"brush!"

"Alright, Masuko-senpai, these are all my changeups, five in total."

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(End of this chapter)