Chapter 5 Intra-team Competition
Watching Coach Taoka leave with excitement, Ikegami couldn't help but have some speculation in his heart, he remembered that in the original book, he could play at his age and live with Yu, so it seems that other freshmen who want to join the basketball club this year can only serve as substitutes at most, I'm afraid that I'm going to disappoint Shigeichi Taoka,
Even if there are really good seedlings in it, they will definitely quit the basketball team before the original plot begins. The training of the Lingnan basketball team can be said to be one of the best in the entire Kanagawa Prefecture, and only Hainan can compare, plus Shigeichi Taoka is very strict, and Yuzhu in the original book was a little unbearable and almost quit the team.
There are more than 20 new students who have joined the basketball team this time, and their heights are uneven, but the tallest is more than 1.8 meters, and the physical fitness will not be known until after measurement. It's just that Chi Shang is not thinking about this, but how many people this group of freshmen can leave in the end.
After this group of freshmen joins the basketball team, they can only be regarded as reserve team members, and only through the vision of Shigeichi Taoka can they become regular selections.
It didn't take long for Shigeichi Taoka to start a simple physical fitness test for this group of freshmen, but unfortunately there was no physical fitness in it at all, which was far inferior to the current Ikegami.
Don't look at Ikegami's rough work as a defensive spearhead in the original book, but his physical fitness is only half a step worse than Sakuragi Hanamichi, and it is not much different from Rukawa Kaede (Rukawa Kaede's strength and physical strength are weaknesses). Especially in terms of physical strength, it is a must, and after a whole game, it seems that the physical strength has not decreased, which can be seen from the fact that Ikegami often makes tackles at the last moments.
After a summer of special training, Ikegami's height has not only increased, but also his weight has reached 80 kilograms, which has significantly strengthened his confrontation. In the original book, Ikegami often staged the unique trick of pulling two or three opponents and letting the fish grab rebounds, not only thanks to the weight, but also extremely stable.
Without further ado, after a simple test of the physical fitness of this batch of freshmen, Shigeichi Taoka's excitement on the surface has decreased a lot, and the body can be said to be the foundation of playing basketball. Although people with average body can also reach a good level, just like the current captain of the Lingnan basketball team, Yusaku Ozawa and Shigeichi Taoka both know that Yusaku Ozawa has basically reached the peak, and it will be even more difficult to improve in the future, even if you train hard, it will be difficult to play in the professional league.
However, Shigeichi Taoka has not completely lost hope, and his physical fitness is ordinary, as long as he has unique skills, such as accurate three-pointers, defense, assists, etc., as long as there is a skill that reaches a high level, it can increase the level of the Lingnan basketball team, and at least it can become a substitute who is often rotated.
But it didn't take long for Shigeru Taoka to turn blue, although the strength of these reserve team players is high and low, but none of them have a high level of skills, at most they are just improvised.
In desperation, Shigeichi Taoka can only be the tallest of the shorter ones, and among them, he selects eight players who shoot or defend well, and make them the main choice for the time being, of course, it will take a while to investigate.
There are a total of 15 regular players on the college basketball team, and when it comes to the county tournament, only 12 players can sign up for each game. In other words, even if they become the main players, there are still three players who cannot participate in the county tournament and do not even have to sit on the bench. And this is actually designed to strengthen the competition within the team, in order to make the players have a sense of crisis and strive to improve the level of basketball.
In order to test the overall level of first-year freshmen, Shigeichi Taoka prepared an intra-team match, which was to explain that the senior students played against the first-year freshmen.
In the intra-team competition, it can be said that each of the main selections has the opportunity to play, and it is natural that the freshmen who become the main selection show excited expressions, and they know that this is an opportunity.
Similarly, when Shigeichi Taoka announced the intra-team competition, the veteran players of the second and third grades basically showed a cruel smile, maybe for them this is simply a dish, they can cut how they want, in addition to the overall and individual strength of the senior students, the most important thing is the huge gap in cooperation, you can't pray that the first-year freshmen can play an unimaginable cooperation.
The only remaining five seniors happen to have one person in each position, which is as follows:
Danan's hometown: center, 192 cm, weight 85 kg.
Toyoyo Inoue: Power forward, 190 cm, weight 82 kg.
Oribe Sasaki: Small forward, 180 cm, weight 75 kg.
Yusaku Ozawa: Scoring guard, 173 cm, weight 70 kg.
Asahi Panasonic: point guard, 168 cm, weight 65 kg.
Compared to the seniors, the average height of the players sent by the first-year freshmen is significantly higher, which are:
Usumi Jun: center, 197 cm tall and 95 kg in weight.
Daimon Musashi: big forward, 187 cm, weight 75 kg.
Ryoji Ikegami: small forward, 182 cm, weight 80 kg.
Noma: Scoring guard, 175 cm, weight 65 kg.
Kumi Itai: point guard, 172 cm, weight 60 kg.
This is the basic data of the two teams, although the height of the first-year freshmen is superior, but except for Ikegami and Yuzumi, the candidates for the other three positions are undoubtedly a lot lighter in weight.
In Chishang's view, only his own point may be able to open, and as for the other four points, there is probably a big gap in personal strength. Now Yuzhu can also rely on his body to bully an opponent with rough skills, and he is only afraid that he will be more than lucky for the senior student Da Nan.
The referee of the intra-team match is a reserve team member, and the data is fully handled by the manager Harugami Liting.
During the warm-up, Ikegami took the opportunity to ask the other three players who played together about their strengths, such as scoring methods, which shooting point was the most comfortable and what they were best at. The three of them knew that Ikegami and Uozi joined the team earlier than them, and their status in Coach Taoka's mind was likely to be higher than theirs, so they naturally didn't dare to offend easily, so they immediately showed their respective strengths and strengths.
By the end of the warm-up, Ikegami had a rough idea of the characteristics and ideal shooting positions of the other three new players, although small forward is not his favorite position, his ideal position is actually point guard, mainly his height
However, Ikegami didn't say anything, after all, he was just a freshman, and he hadn't obtained the corresponding status and qualifications in the team at this time, so how could he oppose Coach Taoka's arrangement. However, for him, the small forward is also a rare exercise, and there will not be much restriction on his strength, because there is an organized small forward in the small forward, and the representative is Scott Pippen!