Shigeru Taoka held his chin with one hand to make a contemplative gesture, for him, Yuzhu is an important puzzle piece of Lingnan, and if Yuzumi's strength can be enhanced, it will also be a big gain for Lingnan.

"It's not that I can't think about it, but I'll go to Xiangbei to contact Coach Anxi, as for whether they will agree, it's uncertain!"

Although Shigeichi Taoka teaches strictly, in the final analysis, he is still an easy-to-accommodate person, and he is also a person who often 'goes door-to-door' to find good players, which shows how deep his sense of belonging is to the Lingnan basketball team, and Coach Anzai is the most stark contrast.

In the Kanagawa high school coaching world, Shigeichi Taoka's status can only be said to be up or down, and he actually doesn't have much confidence in being able to play training matches with Xiangbei, because Coach Anzai in Xiangbei usually doesn't care much about the basketball team, and he is notoriously lazy, he just goes to Xiangbei to retire.

After this training game, Ikegami was recognized by his teammates and coaches, and his status can be described as soaring, and he finally fixed himself in the position of starting small forward.

Although he snatched the starting position of Sasaki Oribe, Sasaki Oribe did not complain, but was pleased with the great strengthening of the team. Maybe it's because he knows his own strength, or maybe it's because he and captain Yusaku Ozawa are both third-year students, and now the most important thing is the performance of the basketball team, and he is willing to serve as the first team of six.

After the starting lineup was fixed, Lingnan began to train every day, and while consolidating, his strength was also steadily improving.

Among them, because Yuzhu is a big man, his physical exertion in training is naturally greater than that of ordinary people, and his physical strength has become his weakness.

And because Shigeru Taoka looked at the height of Shizumi and thought that Yuzumi was a material that could be made, he was particularly strict with him. As a result, Yuzhu often couldn't hold back and vomited during training, and at the same time, he began to get bored with basketball.

Similarly, Yuzhu can't stand being evaluated by his teammates as saying that he can't do anything except be tall, and then he has the idea of quitting the team.

"Ikegami, am I useless?" After vomiting again, Yuzumi raised his head with a pale face and looked at his teammate and tablemate Ikegami. Compared with his own 'incompetence', Ikegami's strength has not only been recognized by everyone, but his strength is still increasing rapidly, which makes the frustration in Yusui's heart even stronger, and he is obviously hit by Ikegami's progress.

"How can there be, fish live, you have to understand that no one can achieve it overnight, many people only look at the success and brilliance of the successful, but they can't see the effort behind it. We train every day, how intense do you think of my training?"

Ikegami could sense some of Uozumi's underlying thoughts, and he noticed that Uozumi was starting to run away, which was not what he wanted to see.

Yuzhu didn't speak, but entered into the memory, he remembered one thing, that is, Ikegami often slept lazily during class every day, even if he was admonished by the teacher, and when he asked him the reason, Ikegami's answer could be described as the same, that is, training.

At that time, Yuzhu didn't take it seriously, until one night, because he left something at school, Yuzhu had to return to school. At that time, the indoor basketball court where the basketball club was located was the only way, because when he saw the indoor basketball court was brightly lit, Yuzhu subconsciously went to check, but the scene he saw made him remember it vividly, and the pond was almost fished out of the water, but he was still training hard. At that time, Yuzhu couldn't figure it out, the pond was so powerful, why did he have to work so hard.

Therefore, the training intensity of Chishang can be called the hardest existence of the Lingnan players, which Yuzhu can't refute, and he doesn't bother to refute. Thinking of the scene of the ikegami's practice, somehow, the boredom of basketball in Yuzumi's heart disappeared unconsciously, but he was a little more motivated.

"Yuzhu, don't believe the words of those reserve players, you are not useless, otherwise why would the coach value you so much!

Ikegami knew that what Yuzhu lacked was confidence, because Yuzhu had not played basketball for a year, and when he trained with him in the summer, he only carried out basic basketball training, mainly ball control, strength, layups and positioning. Uozumi is not a basketball genius like Sakuragi, he thinks that his basketball talent can only be said to be comparable to normal people, although the progress is small, but Ikegami believes that quantitative changes will produce qualitative changes, and when the foundation stage is over, Uozui's strength will also improve by leaps and bounds.

In fact, in Ikegami, the speed of progress of Uozi is actually better than that of Akagi Tsuyoken, because when Uozi reached the second year of high school, Lingnan and Shobei clashed. Although Lingnan defeated Xiangbei by an overwhelming margin, Yuzhu at that time was completely frozen by Akagi. This one-on-one defeat deeply stimulated Uozumi, and because of his refusal to admit defeat and the fear that Akagi might say that he "can't do anything but grow tall", he began to seriously forge his physical fitness and self-training basketball foundation to bring himself closer to Akagi.

After the start of the original plot, although Yuzhu is still slightly inferior to Akagi, in addition to the mentality, the strength of the two can only be said to be half a catty, and they both belong to primates (gorilla, monkey boss). Especially after the defeat of Hainan, Yuzhu corrected his irritable character flaws, which can be said to be no loss compared to Akagi, but unfortunately due to the halo of the protagonist, the Lingnan team finally missed the national competition.

"I don't know, my father wants my son to follow his father's business and become a chef!"

Ikegami nodded at Yuzumi's answer, and he suddenly remembered that Yuzumi's father and brother were also very tall.

"Do you like basketball?"

Yuzhu didn't answer immediately, but immersed himself in the memories of the past, he thought of the height of the junior year and was invited to the basketball team by the coach at the time, and thought of Shigeichi Taoka's personal visit in the hope that Yuzhu could enter Lingnan University, and even more thought of the situation when the freshmen who had just joined the basketball team couldn't stand the hard training and left the team during this time. Although he was also tired of training, although the idea of leaving the team occasionally arose, he never gave up in the end.

"I like it, I like to play basketball!" Yuzu, who was caught in the memory, had his eyes moistened a little, and he said this softly, but the expression on his face turned resolute.

"I like it too, Yuzhu, come and practice with me at night, I'll teach you some skills, and you also want to help me improve my training efficiency, what do you think?"

"Okay!" Yuzumi agreed without thinking, although he thought it would be tiring.

After a period of time, Yuzhu began to practice the process, so in the seventh class of the year, there was another person who often dozed off in class, and because of the fear of Yuzhu's huge size, the teacher really didn't dare to mess with it!

Although there are not many inside line skills of Ikegami, but not seeing a pig running does not mean that he has not eaten pork, and Ikegami still knows the basic elements of the inside line. In the extra training, Ikegami focused on attacking Yuzhu's turning, positioning, defense and back-to-back singles, and he believed that as long as Yuzhu integrated these, his strength would be able to improve rapidly.

Yuzhu also needs some 'pay', in addition to the two often exchange offense and defense, the other is to help Ikegami pick up the ball, and then pass the basketball to Ikegami's hands, so that Ikegami can improve the shooting efficiency, and Ikegami is also called to improve the passing level of Yusui.

During this period, due to the relationship between Shigeichi Okata and the Xiangbei basketball team to hold a training match in person, Coach Anzai of Xiangbei finally gave Shigeichi Taoka a face and agreed to the training game.

So, time came quickly, and soon it was time for the Lingnan and Xiangbei basketball teams to hold training matches.