Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 75 About Tactics
"Let's stop discussing this. Now let me talk about the tactics for the next game."

The discussion time was over and Supervisor Kataoka went up to speak.

Chris and Watanabe also stood aside obediently and did not continue talking.

Zhou Hui and Miyuki, who were discussing the data just now, also looked at Director Kataoka.

Although Kataoka is not a famous coach in the entire West Tokyo, and he is not particularly outstanding in terms of tactics, he can even be said to be the worst coach of the top teams.

There is even a world of difference between him and Director Sakaki.

But this does not affect Coach Kataoka's position in Seidou High School.

He is only inferior to the top teams in West Tokyo, but in Seidou High School, he definitely has the final say.

Even if Chris and Miyuki are extremely smart, they have no chance of succeeding Kataoka as coach.

After all, age is there.

At least judging from his resume during his student days, Director Kataoka is definitely much more brilliant than Miyuki or Chris.

At least Coach Kataoka has experience in Koshien, and he was an ace pitcher.

Koshien is the goal that Miyuki and Chris dream of day and night.

But they did not get what they wanted, but Director Kataoka had already touched the land of Koshien.

He only touched it once during the few years he was in office as supervisor.

This is one of his regrets.

The main problem is his training.

I only have a pair of eyes to see people, but I don’t have a heart to cultivate them.

Coach Kataoka is very good at judging people. Sawamura and these third-year students are good examples.

When Sawamura was in junior high school, he was the worst pitcher in rural Nagano. Perhaps he could only become an ace pitcher in a school like Akagi.

If you go to a higher level school, you may not even have the chance to enter the first team.

But who would have thought that such a person would completely "wake up" after coming to Qingdao High School and become an indispensable part of the wealthy team.

All of this has a lot to do with Director Kataoka.

Coach Kataoka can be said to have done his best in training Sawamura.

Even in the area of ​​training where he was least good at, he corrected Sawamura's pitching posture, making him unstoppable.

Just looking at Sawamura, he is definitely the "work" that Director Kataoka is most proud of.

Of course, the credit goes to him and Chris, only half and half.

And those third-year seniors have now become the absolute main force of Seidou High School and have also become household name star players in West Tokyo.

But who could have thought that the third grade of that year was not worth mentioning at all and was regarded by the outside world as the worst class of Qingdao High School.

The ace pitcher Danbo was introverted and spoke little at the time, and he did not look like an ace pitcher.

Jun Isashiki is careless and crazy. He wants to be a pitcher, but his basic skills are poor and he has a bad temper.

Masuko Toru is obese and has poor athletic ability. He doesn't look like he can become a strong player.

Ryosuke Kominato is thin and short, and doesn't meet the height requirement, so he can't even wear the smallest team uniform.

Tetsuya Yuki has no basic skills and says he can play any position, but in fact he can't play any position well.

Just these few people eventually became the main force of Qingdao High School.

This is also due to Coach Kataoka's ability to judge people. Even though his training ability is not strong, he has made them household names.

This can be seen in the third-year students and Sawamura.

"As for tactics, I plan to use the relief pitching tactic to deal with Yakushi's batting line this time. So Tamba, Sawamura, Kawakami, and Furuya will all have a chance to play. If necessary, Izashiki may also take the mound, so you must always be ready in the center field."

After hearing what Director Kataoka said, Isajiki Jun was stunned.

He was still in a daze just now, but when he heard what Director Kataoka said, his attention immediately returned.

"Ah? Me?" Isajiki Jun couldn't believe it and blinked his eyes.

How long has it been since he last took the mound?

Is this a bit too risky?

Now compared to the pitcher's mound, center field is the area he is most familiar with.

"Yes, it's you."

Director Kataoka nodded.

Isajiki Jun doesn't have any confidence in himself, so how dare Director Kataoka do that?

As a pitcher, Jun Isashiki has always had shortcomings that cannot be remedied.

Otherwise, with his excellent arm strength, he would be a hot commodity that all teams want, and he would not be forced to change careers.

Jun Isashiki switched to become an outfielder in his sophomore year and has not pitched for a year.

Whether there is a status at all is still an unknown.

"The reason why I chose to use the relay pitching tactic is to use the period when all of you are at your most energetic to deal with Pharmacist's batting line. Your peak state will undoubtedly maximize your advantage."

Coach Kataoka began to talk about the purpose of the tactics.

This is absolutely true.

There are no slow-starting pitchers in Seidou High School.

Maybe Tamba and Sawamura can be considered as one, and the single core is not so slow to warm up.

You can still get through that period.

After adjustments, it takes about three innings for Pharmacist High School to adapt to a pitcher.

There are four pitchers at Seidou High School, and each of them pitches 2.5 innings on average, which is just right.

As a result, Pharmacist High School would just get used to one pitcher and the next pitcher would come up right after.

Coach Kataoka's tactic is definitely the most efficient and basic tactic. If it develops according to the best situation, there will be no mistakes at all, and it will not be too difficult for Seidou High School to win.

Adjusting tactics according to the opponent is also what a coach needs to do, and Coach Kataoka has done a good job of this.

Now the question is how to arrange these four pitchers.

Who is the starting pitcher, who is the relief pitcher, who is the rotation pitcher, and who is the relief pitcher.

This is something Director Kataoka needs to consider.

Properly arranging their playing time is also a big challenge for supervision.

"So, no matter who is the starting pitcher in tomorrow's game, the other three pitchers will go to the bullpen to warm up and be ready at any time."

Finally, after Coach Kataoka announced the arrangements for tomorrow's game, the students in the first team dispersed and returned to their respective dormitories.

"Tamba-senpai, you can finally play tomorrow, right?"

Zhou Hui asked Xiang Danbo, looking quite excited.

He hasn't teamed up with Danbo yet!
He also hopes that in tomorrow's game, he can join forces with Tamba to lead Seidou High School to the finals, or even go to the final Koshien together.

These are all what he hoped for most.

"Yes, I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time."

"Are you all right from your injuries?"

"It's no problem now."

"Go for it in tomorrow's game!"

"Of course!"

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(End of this chapter)