Intense training and promotion will be the main theme of Seidou High School for the next two weeks.
During this period, even the limelight of the main force of the first string was not as good as that of the second string.
Practice match, in-team match, training…
After fierce competition, three people stood out.
After the results, Sawamura returned to his daily training.
For him, the daily training is extremely packed, and he really has no time to pay attention to the competition between the team members. Despite Haruichi and Kanemaru being his friends.
But everyone is just getting together during dinner, and the rest of the time is still busy. The training rhythm of the first string is mainly to get familiar with the current lineup and to do special training for the two teams.
After Sawamura joined, Coach Kataoka was completely confident.
Now he is not afraid of anyone!
No matter who he fights, he believes that the one who wins in the end must be his students.
Of course, you can underestimate the opponent emotionally, but not strategically.
The other teams are far from the level of Seidou High School. As long as the players of Seidou High School can play their level normally and do their intelligence work in place, it is not difficult to defeat anyone.
As far as Kataoka's own information is concerned, there is no dark horse team that can pose a threat to Seidou High School in West Tokyo right now.
For him, a dark horse team is a team that has not been strong in the past two years but has risen up because of the addition of some excellent players.
But no such dark horse team has emerged in the past two years, so Kataoka completely ignored the possibility of a dark horse team.
Of course, this does not mean that Seidou High School can already sit back and relax and wait to enter Koshien.
As a well-known fierce battle area in the Nation, the baseball teams of West Tokyo High Schools are not the only the Giant Seidou High School.
Seidou also has two big enemies.
These two enemies are not some out-of-mill teams. One is called Inashiro Industrial, and the other is Sankou High.
The Ace of Inashiro Industrial is one of the top new talents, Narumiya Mei, whom Sawamura has played against in middle school.
From Sawamura's own point of view, he was also a big thorn.
There is such a thorn as the Ace, plus the luxurious lineup, the iron wall-like defense…
Even if there is a strong newcomer like Sawamura joined Seidou, Seidou High School is not sure of winning.
Especially in the past two years, Inashiro is still the strongest team in West Tokyo!
As far as Kataoka himself is concerned, with the current strength of Seidou High School, it is only a slight advantage to fight against Inashiro.
In baseball, such a strength advantage is definitely not enough. To defeat the opponent, they also need to study the opponent's information and come up with tactics.
Therefore, the current Inashiro is the first imaginary enemy of Seidou High School.
Facing such a formidable opponent, it is absolutely too late for you to wait until the game is approaching to make tactics. You must prepare in advance.
Therefore, during this period of Seidou High School, while doing normal exercises, they used Inashiro as an imaginary opponent to do targeted exercises.
Of course, the people from the Inashiro were not idle right now too. They must have also used Seidou High School as an imaginary opponents to do specially targeted exercises.
It is commonplace for Famous Schools to be wary of each other and to test and detect each other.
On the one hand, they have to be on guard against these Giants, and on the other hand, they have to deal with those dark horse teams that may suddenly appear.
It's not easy either.
In addition to Inashiro, Seidou High School also has another mortal enemy, that is, Sankou High School.
Needless to say, you can tell just by looking at the name.
The three schools of Inashiro Industrial High School, Sankou High School, and Seidou High School are also known as the three Powerhouses of West Tokyo.
There is no conflict between the three schools, just because of their fame, they still have rivalry with each other.
Especially in a situation like sport!
In the same area, there are three powerhouses, but there is only one place in Koshien.
So the rivalry between the three schools is at its height right now!
The Ace of the Sankou High School is Manaka. In the just-concluded Spring Tournament, he led the team to the quarter-finals.
Their lineup, you ask?
Compared with Seidou High School, they are not in any way worse than Seidou High School.
Can such a team be weak?
Compared with them, Seidou High School is also not sure of winning. There may be a slight strength advantage, but this advantage, in the ever-changing field, is basically nothing.
Inashiro Industrial High School, Ichidaisan High School (AKA: Sankou High School), is the same as the Hakuryu High School that competed with Seidou High School before.
All of them are in the top high schools in the Nation!
If Seidou High School wants to enter Summer Koshien, they must solve these two opponents.
This kind of opponent is not the kind you can think of countermeasures after you encounter them, it would be already too late.
With some preparation in advance, there are only advantages and no disadvantages.
For example, to simulate the ball speed of Narumiya, the fastest ball speed of his Straight ball is 148 km/h. At the very least, you have to let your players get used to the speed of the ball.
Otherwise, if you wait until the game is about to be played to get used to it then…
You will become a joke.
Of course, this kind of targeted training is only part of the whole training, most of the time they still practice various offensive and defensive exercises.
In addition to that, Sawamura develops his Forkball!
The speed at which he progresses on the breaking ball is astonishing.
For a new breaking ball, it will take at least a few months for a pitcher to get it practiced from scratch before it can be used in matches.
And Sawamura only practiced the forkball for just over a week.
For this situation, the coaching staff of Seidou High School, including Kataoka, were very surprised.
A week for this kind of breaking ball. If Sawamura goes berserk, won't he be able to practice seven or eight kinds of breaking balls before the Summer Tournament starts?
It is very exciting to think about!
However, Kataoka squashed this kind of dreams without hesitation.
Too many breaking balls, though ideal, But Kataoka pays more attention to the quality of the breaking ball!
Besides, after learning too many breaking balls, there is a hidden worry, that is ball control!
Many pitchers are in the dilemma of ball control.
Because of the constant changes in fingers and ball grip, the skills and mastery of fingers and grip strength are very demanding.
A slight error, it is likely that the pitcher cannot find the touch.
"The most important thing now is to let Sawamura practice the Straight ball. Only after the Straight ball is deeply reflected in his hands can his breaking ball be stabilized. Even if the breaking ball falls into the dilemmas of ball control, he can Rely on the Straight ball to get back in shape."
Kataoka has a lot of expectations For Sawamura.
As a qualified mentor, he will not sacrifice Sawamura's future path because of his immediate interests.
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T/N: The First Chapter!