Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 268: Upgrading Perseverance Training

"Basketball? Dodgeball?" After hearing Kitahara's question, Oguruma became curious, "I seem to have heard of it, but I'm not sure exactly, what is it?"

"Basketball and dodgeball, that is..."

Just as Kitahara was about to explain, an excited voice came from the side.

"Eh? Oguri-senpai doesn't know much about ball sports? I know a lot!"

The Condor suddenly came over, raised his hands high, and said excitedly: "In the United States, all kinds of ball sports are very popular!"

"The most popular one is American football! It's also commonly known as American football in Japan!"

"After that comes baseball and basketball!"

"There are many clubs for these games, whether in college, middle school or primary school, and even more clubs after graduation."

"I'm on the school's rugby team! Of course I'm not one of them now that I've moved to Japan."

"I had always invited Xiaocao to join the rugby club, but she refused because she was too wild."

"Well, this time, I would really like to persuade Xiaocao and Xiaote to participate in the Thanksgiving Festival together."

“It’s fun to play together!”

As she spoke, her ears and tail began to wag excitedly.

"Oh, Xiaoying is so awesome."

Unable to help but smile and touch the condor's head, Little Chestnut Hat looked a little further away.

In this recently renovated activity center, in addition to the five active horse racing girls, many horse racing girls who have joined the Eternal Club are here.

Of course, Oguri Roman, Special Week, and Good Opera, who have trained with Oguri Mao and the others for a long time, were there.

The five representative horse girls from the "Golden Generation" who joined later and the rest are also there.

Shenying was explaining ball games here, while Te Zhou and the others were over in the board game area, seemingly discussing what games to play.

"Did they agree?"

Looking away, Oguruma asked curiously.

"I haven't asked yet. I heard your question, so I came here to answer it."

"I see," Oguruma nodded and smiled, "I don't really know much about sports other than running."

"When I was in Kasamatsu, the academy there didn't have many suitable venues."

"After coming to Tokyo, I've been quite busy with my training and competitions, so I don't have time to participate in other events."

"Eh? In that case, it looks like we can give it a try this time."

Oguruma suddenly became excited, and then she looked at Kitahara.

"Right, Kitahara, I should be able to participate in that festival this time, right?"

When Oguruma was communicating with the Condor, Beiyuan was just watching with a smile.

When he heard the question, he first shook his head helplessly and amusedly.

"If you want to participate, at least remember the name 'Thanksgiving Festival'."

After complaining, he smiled and said, "Of course there will be no problem. Besides, I originally wanted you and Xiao Haiwan to participate in this thanksgiving ceremony."

"Since Condor happens to be very knowledgeable about ball games, how about you help Oguruma and the others with some training in preparation for the event?"

He then asked directly about the Condor.

"Realy? OK, no problem!"

When Shenying first heard the question, she was a little surprised, but she quickly agreed excitedly, and then patted her chest with confidence.

"Don't worry, I'm a player on the football team, but I spend most of my time in the wrestling club."

"A lot of my friends are like this, so a lot of them play basketball, dodgeball, and soccer."

"I usually play with them, and I know all kinds of ball games pretty well."

"I will assist you well, leave it to me!"

"Oh, by the way, I just happened to go talk to Xiaocao, Xiaote and the others."

"If they knew that Oguri-senpai would also be participating in the event, they would definitely be very interested!"

As she said this, she excitedly rushed towards the board game area.

Seeing her so impetuous, Kitahara couldn't help laughing. Then he thought for a moment, looked at Oguruma, and opened his mouth.

Before he could open his mouth, Little Chestnut Hat suddenly asked as if he had realized something.

"Kitahara, if you train with Kodaka and the others, will it be like a good opera?"

Kitahara was a little surprised for a moment, not because Oguruma had guessed his thoughts, but because he, the horse girl, seemed to have grown a lot now.

In the past, she seldom thought about training and competitions. It’s not that she didn’t want to think about it at all, but she always did the tasks she was told and rarely asked anything.

And whether it is now or before, when communicating training plans and game tactics, she would put forward some of her own ideas.

This made Kitahara feel very relieved, because he knew very well that the talents of these horse girls were extremely outstanding, but they just didn't necessarily say it out loud.

If they are guided well, they can often discover some details to improve themselves, which can better improve the efficiency of training and preparation.

"You are not wrong."

Nodding, Kitahara confirmed, "Your next competition with Xiaowan and Aldan is the Chrysanthemum Appreciation, which is exactly one month away from the Daily Crown."

"That's enough time, I mean, assuming your opponents haven't changed from before."

"Opponents? Do you mean Dido and the others?" Xiao Limao was stunned.

"Yeah, at the same time..."

Bei originally wanted to say "compared with the same period in history", but soon realized that this statement was a bit problematic in this world, so he changed his words in time.

"I mean, compared to their previous levels, their level is also improving."

“The various data from events such as the Hakodate Kinen, UHB Cup, and sports championships are enough to prove this.”

“For example, Hakodate Memorial.”

"The record of the shooter Didu is 1:58, which is 3 seconds faster than the record of Sakura Fengwang."

"Breaking the record itself is not the problem, the problem is the percentage of improvement."

"The exact calculations are a bit complicated, but in short, this level of record improvement is greater than any previous one."

"It's not just her, most of the active horse girls are probably like this."

"Faced with this situation, in order to ensure the winning rate of the game, it is still necessary to prepare something in advance."

Kitahara then changed the subject and said, "And later on, you will obviously participate in more international competitions."

“Going to the venue to acclimate in advance can certainly make up for the disadvantage of the venue being uncomfortable, but this alone is not enough.”

"In short, whether it is the upcoming competition in Japan or international competitions, we still have to improve our most basic abilities."

“That’s perseverance.”

"Perseverance..."

After hearing what Kitahara said, Oguruma nodded thoughtfully, "We also have arrangements in this regard in our current training."

"Then if I try to play some ball sports, will it also help improve my perseverance?"

"You're right, you reacted quickly."

Nodding with some satisfaction, Kitahara smiled and said, "In fact, participating in different types of sports can help improve your perseverance." "Because your daily training and all the competitions emphasize adjusting your physical condition to the best and then consuming your physical strength in one go."

“That’s no problem for race walking.”

"We have also been following this direction in our previous training."

"For example, beach training and swimming training during the training period, as well as swimming training in school, are essentially improving the abilities I just mentioned."

“But that’s just one form of perseverance.”

"That is to slow down the loss of physical strength as much as possible, so that even when the physical strength is exhausted, you can still maintain the most basic running."

“And try to run as fast as possible.”

“This has been the main purpose of perseverance training in the past.”

“Oh, I have some experience with this.”

Oguruma suddenly got a little excited, "I felt this way when I finished the Daily Crown."

"Just like you said, if you use the domain multiple times in the same game, your physical strength will decline very quickly."

“I was like that on the Daily Crown.”

"I used the domain about three times. After I finished, I felt like I didn't want to move a finger."

“So when I was cooling down and walking slowly after crossing the finish line, I could clearly feel my speed slowing down.”

"Hmm...if the Daily Crown is another 100 meters longer, I won't be able to win at all."

She began to analyze her own game seriously.

"That's true. So, as my opponents grow and I compete with stronger and stronger opponents, I think perseverance will become an increasingly important basic ability in future games."

Seeing Oguruma thinking seriously, Kitahara couldn't help but feel relieved again.

His next words were no longer just instructions to his horse girl as before, but he explained the principles in detail.

"As I said earlier, our previous training on perseverance was mainly to enable us to fully exert our physical strength in one go during the competition, and to minimize stalling when we are faced with insufficient physical strength."

"But in fact, there is another direction in which perseverance needs to be improved."

"That is the upper limit of speed, strength, endurance and other abilities, especially the upper limit of endurance and recovery speed."

"Stamina recovery rate?"

Xiao Li Mao was stunned. "Can endurance be restored in a race walking competition?"

"...Otherwise, why did the runner slow down in the middle and late stages?"

Kitahara started to laugh, and his tone couldn't help but be teasing, "Oguruma, it's good that you can think seriously about the competition now."

"But you also need to pay more attention to reviewing the basic knowledge you have learned in the past."

"Well...I'll try my best, Kitahara."

Feeling a little embarrassed, Xiao Limao scratched his head.

"But don't be too stressed. You're not a horse girl who's good at theory, so I'll keep explaining it to you as long as you want to know."

After saying this with a smile, Kitahara said seriously: "In fact, endurance can be restored, even in intense competitions."

"This is related to the threshold. I'll use some numbers for comparison, and maybe you'll understand it more easily."

"Let's take the example of running away. If a horse girl's speed in the early and middle stages is 90, and her opponent's speed is 85, then she can create a considerable gap."

"However, most escape horses are not very good at sprinting at the end."

"This makes them choose a suitable distance after the middle stage to 'save' their energy."

"At this point, her speed may have dropped from 90 to 85 or even 80."

"This speed reduction is not noticeable in actual competitions. The actual speed is probably reduced from 16 meters per second to 15.5 meters per second or 15.8 meters per second."

"That is, it cannot be seen with the naked eye."

"But whether you can see it with your eyes or not, the reduction in speed means that the body goes from being extremely tense to being less extremely tense."

"In this way, physical strength or endurance will be subtly improved."

As he spoke, Kitahara suddenly thought of something and changed the example.

"Like Xiao Wan, her endurance is excellent, partly because she has good adaptability to escape horses."

"It's actually the same with Aldan. She originally just lacked basic speed and strength, so she couldn't show this advantage."

"With continuous practice, her other abilities will catch up, and like a butterfly effect, her endurance level will also improve significantly."

"The little bay... Aldan..."

Oguruma nodded as he repeated the name of his friend and companion, nodding emphatically, "Their championships in the St. Leger Memorial and Kobe Shimbun Cups are both outstanding achievements."

"That's right. So, the two of them have the ability to adapt to escape horses and benefit from it. So you should also make adjustments based on your own situation."

Kitahara patiently explained, "You're not that adaptable on a runaway horse."

"But as I said, that kind of adaptability...or all adaptability, is essentially just a specific manifestation of various basic abilities."

"This goes back to what I said at the beginning. In order to prepare for future competitions, we need to make some adjustments to improve our perseverance."

Just as Kitahara was about to continue speaking, Oguruma suddenly spoke thoughtfully.

"So, if we learn ball sports with Shenying and the others, and give it a try, we will be able to better achieve the direction of improving perseverance that Kitahara mentioned?"

Kitahara was slightly surprised. She didn't expect that she, the horse girl who had never been very good at theory, would react so quickly this time.

He couldn't help laughing again.

"Absolutely, you guessed it right."

“Race walking events are too short. Even if perseverance can improve all aspects, especially endurance, it is difficult to experience it during training and competitions.”

"Unless one has excellent adaptability, such as escape adaptability."

"After that, we can find some horse girls who are very talented in this area and run together."

"But before that, ball games had longer playing time and more intense competition for position and the ball."

"These characteristics will make ball games as intense as race walking, and allow players to better experience the feeling of physical recovery when they relax."

“It also allows you to practice your recovery abilities.”

"I see. Although there are still some things I don't quite understand, I understand the general situation now."

Nodding heavily, Oguruma suddenly smiled and said, "Well, I will participate in the ball game at this thanksgiving festival."

"And in addition to training ability, I feel that ball games are played by everyone. Just like Condor said, it will be fun if everyone plays together."

There is nothing wrong with Xiaolimao's idea.

In fact, Kitahara's idea was to have a brief chat with her now, and then wait for the right time, such as a meeting at the club, to confirm the ideas and decisions of the horse racing girls.

However, just as he was about to answer, Oguruma suddenly said, "Besides ball games, I want to try the 'obstacle course' that you designed for Luduo and the others, Kitahara."

"'Obstacle race'? You want to participate in two events?"

Kitahara was surprised.

It is a bit difficult to set up your own competition. Let me polish it in the next few days. Thank you for your understanding.
I also saw a comment from a book friend, and I couldn’t help myself

Is it possible that by the time I finish writing about the "Peak Cup", the prison uniforms have not been revived yet...

Thank you all book friends for your support and understanding!

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