Chapter 1378: Tryouts
Harry had a lot of confidence in Ron, and first of all, Ron played well in the latter part of last semester.
His performance at his best is enough to be said to be the strongest goalkeeper in Gryffindor and the whole of Hogwarts.
For this tryout, Harry has also trained with Ron many times in the past week, and Ron has performed remarkably well in training, always knocking down the ball, as long as he plays normally, there is nothing to worry about.
But as it stands, this seems to be the most worrying thing.
Ron's form has been inconsistent, and the level of performance he can play has dropped with the number of onlookers.
Harry looked up at the almost full audience, there were a bit of a lot of people coming today!
Let's hope Ron can hold on, he thought about it for a moment and decided to do a basic test first.
Harry told all the people who applied to join the team to split into groups of ten and fly around the pitch.
Last year, Angelina organized the tryout.
Although the action of flying around the stadium is simple, it can intuitively show the flying skills of each person.
Also, their ability to control the broom.
It was a wise decision, and soon, Harry was glad he did.
He deliberately let the younger students and the students he was not familiar with start first, so the ten people in the first group were all first-year freshmen.
Apparently, they had not flown at all before.
Only one boy was in the air for a few seconds, and even he himself was so surprised that he soon hit the goal post.
The second group consisted of ten girls, Harry had never met such a silly girl.
As soon as he blew the whistle, they laughed so hard that they hugged each other.
When Harry told them off the pitch, they left happily, sitting in the stands and blassing at each other.
"They weren't here for the tryouts, they were for Harry. Hermione said, "I know what they're going to do, these girls want to get Harry's attention this way, and it would be better if they could get along." ”
"It wouldn't be nice if Harry could find a girlfriend in there. Evan said.
Harry is an even weaker being than him when it comes to this kind of thing, always saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing in the wrong place.
"Do you think it's possible? They don't really like Harry at all, they want to be famous this way, and there are a few of them who have written you love letters before......"
"I didn't know about it!" Evan said truthfully, "You know, those love letters were all burned by Dobby!"
He really didn't know that he hadn't read any of those love letters.
Seemingly pleased with his answer, Hermione didn't linger on the topic.
On the field below, testing continued, and the third group fell into a heap as they flew halfway around the court.
Most of the people in the fourth group came without broomsticks, and the fifth group turned out to be Hufflepuff students.
"Who else isn't from Gryffindor House here!" Harry yelled, genuinely annoyed, "Please leave immediately!"
After a moment's pause, two Ravenclaw juniors burst out of the court laughing.
Although Harry sped up, because there were too many people participating in the tryouts, it was not until more than three hours later that the three chasers were finally selected, and there were many accidents in the whole process, and Harry kept shouting loudly in the later stages, and even his voice was hoarse.
One man also smashed a Comet 260, and another knocked out several teeth.
It can be seen how difficult it is to select three chasers who meet the conditions among so many participants.
The three chasers are Katie Bale, who has performed well and returned to the team, and Demirza Robbins, who has finally returned as a regular player as a substitute for Gryffindor last term.
Demirza was also the only one of the team's alternates who didn't have many opportunities to play last term.
She is positioned as a chaser, and Angelina, Alya, and Katie have always been very stable, unlike Harry, Fred, and George who were banned from the game, but every time she trained, Demirza did not fall behind, and she also accumulated a lot of experience.
The last chaser was Richie Gut.
Speaking of which, he was originally a batsman, but he was too weak and too poor in physical condition.
Harry didn't think he had enough power to hit the ball to form enough lethality and deterrence, so he eliminated him!
But there's no denying that Richie flies well and reacts quickly, and Harry eventually advises him to become a batsman.
The two people who have also been repositioned by Harry are Elaine and Ginny.
Both of them were originally going to run for chaser, and they were also the fastest and best flyers in the field.
It stands to reason that both of them met the criteria to be chasers, but Harry couldn't find a hitter as good as Fred and George, and he found that Elaine and Ginny were probably the best two to be hitters.
Although they are all girls, they are still petite girls, but they are all powerful.
In the final game of last term, when Harry returned and Fred and George left Hogwarts, Ginny went from Seeker to Basman, and she played well, played accurately, and used her strength, and the power of her shots was enough to help the team win the Quidditch Trophy.
Ginny's past performances have been impressive, and Harry has a lot of confidence in her as a batsman.
As for Elaine, her identity and momentum are enough to suppress her opponents.
Not to mention, she also has a lot of strength, and the vampire is superior to the wizard in terms of physical fitness and basic conditions.
Make her a batsman, and better than the rest of the guys.
The team was basically the same as Evan predicted, with the exception of the Frobisher siblings, all of whom returned from last semester, and the only unexpected change was the fact that Elaine and Ginny became batsmen, which is probably also a feature of the Gryffindor team.
It was the first time that two girls had been batsmen at Hogwarts.
I have to say that in the eyes of outsiders, Harry's decision was very bold and even a little stupid.
But Evan and Hermione, who knew the actual situation, both thought Harry's decision was great.
On the other hand, Harry allowed Colin to be the team's backup, an idea that Evan came up with that has also become a feature of the Gryffindor team since last year.
Also on the bench were Jimmy Perks, a short, broad-chested, junior who struck a ball of ludgers that knocked the back of Harry's head into a bulge the size of an egg, and the Frobisher siblings, who were reluctant to participate in the tryout, but Harry had not yet retained their role as substitutes.
After doing this, the selection on the field came to an end, and Harry deliberately put the goalkeeper selection at the end.
He hopes that there will be fewer people on the court at this time, so that there will be less pressure on the players.
Unfortunately, no one left at all, and all the players who were lost, as well as many people who had just finished breakfast, were now joining the crowd, and there were more people in the stands than before. Right now, almost half of the school is watching the Gryffindor tryouts.
As each goalkeeper flew towards the goal, the audience below erupted in the same enthusiastic cheers and laughter.
Harry glanced at Ron, Ron's face turned slightly green, and his hand holding the broom trembled slightly.
That's exactly what he's worried about, and Ron is having stage fright again!.