Sakuragi Hanamichi is a natural competitor.

Super competitive spirit, so he wants to win in any aspect.

This is true regardless of whether it is your field of expertise or not.

Sometimes, Sakuragi can use his extraordinary talents to accomplish things that seem incredible.

But sometimes, Sakuragi's competitive mentality often makes him fall behind.

Sakuragi, who was still a rookie and didn't play a single Jba game, suffered a loss in the special training arranged for him by the team before the season.

Sakuragi, who came to the Kobe City Natatorium, was unwilling to be "manipulated" by Maekawa Voyage, who guided Sakuragi's special training, and was unwilling to accept his task, so he tried swimming with the coach~~

But you don't have to ask to know that although the coach is old, he is a swimmer after all, and it is still easy to defeat Sakuragi.

However, Sakuragi still seems to be unconvinced, after all, Sakuragi feels that he is a basketball player, and doing swimming training is a waste of time.

However, such thoughts completely angered Coach Maekawa.

"Do you know why you didn't go to special training with your teammates, it's because of your physical condition, Coach Oki has told me about your situation, although you have outstanding physical fitness, but because of this, you never take care of your body, whenever you are injured, you are always in a hurry to come back, and the cycle continues, your body is overconsumed, so you can never return to the state before the injury, and these injuries have great hidden dangers, especially your back, waist, these are the most important parts as an athlete, so this week, my task is to restore your previous physical condition, time is tight, the task is heavy~！！！”

Sakuragi, who listened to the words of the voyage, was speechless. Listening to the words of the voyage, Sakuragi remembered his physical condition in recent years, although the explosiveness and bounce are still the same, but the injuries are continuous, and it is true that as Maekawa said, there are great hidden dangers in his waist and back.

"Why are you still stunned there~~?Hurry up and clean the pool wall, I still have to open~!!"

Maekawa shouted when he saw that Sakuragi was slow to react.

"You're really an anxious child, I've always been willing to gamble and lose, isn't it just a brush pool, how can you stump this genius~!??"

Sakuragi seemed to come back to his senses and said.

"Hey, give me tools, do you rub it with your hands~!!"

Sakuragi seemed to be a little anxious.

"Maekawa-senpai, did you really let Sakuragi brush such a big pool?,,,,?

Kawaguchi was a little worried about Sakuragi's physical condition.

"Don't worry, Sakuragi's physical fitness has not regressed to that point, and the special training starts with brushing the pool. ”

Yuanhang said.

"Sakuragi ,,,,"

Kawaguchi is worried about Sakuragi, and Sakuragi has already begun to practice in the pool. . .

"Huh??The body doesn't seem to be so heavy.,The waist and back are much better.,Okay!!Sweep it all in one go!Can't let that Maekawa look down on me!And Rukawa Kaede!!"

Sakuragi also seemed to regain his fighting spirit, and kept rubbing it in the pool.

"It's really not going to work this time,,,,,"

Sakuragi, who was still in the pool, seemed to finish with the last of his strength. Floated on the water.

"Sakuragi~~!!"

Although Kawaguchi, who had been guarding the pool, was also sleepy, he still opened his eyes slightly, and saw something floating on the water in a trance, Kawaguchi's eyes widened, and when he saw that it was really Sakuragi, Kawaguchi shouted.

"It's fine, just overtired, just sleep. ”

Maekawa saw Sakuragi's condition and diagnosed it.

"But Sakuragi's perseverance is really amazing, I didn't expect the whole pool to be wiped clean in one night, if only he came to learn to swim~!!haha~!!"

Maekawa thought to himself.

That's it on the first day of special training, it's over~~

The morning rooster dawned, and the next day's training began.

Sakuragi was resurrected again after a night of horror, as if he had forgotten everything except for remembering to wipe the walls of the pool. It's Kawaguchi, who took care of Sakuragi and didn't sleep all night.

"Hey, Kawaguchi, what's wrong with you, why are your eyes so dark~~!! are you poisoned~~!!"

Sakuragi looked at Kawaguchi in a questioning tone.

"I really shouldn't be Sakuragi's sparring, normal humans can't be his sparring partner, I really regret it,,,,"

Kawaguchi secretly complained in his heart.

Sakuragi's special training on the second day was also back on track, and he took professional swimming lessons with some members of the Maekawa swimming class. Sakuragi, who already has a childlike mentality, soon mingles with the team.

"Eh~~!If I found Sakuragi earlier, with his qualifications, I might have a successor~!!"

Seeing Sakuragi's training so devoted, Maekawa not only sighed again.

Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6. Every day, the team members are sweating, every day, their cohesion is increasing, and every day, every team member has their own harvest.

When you immerse yourself in what you do every day, every day is like a honeymoon! In the blink of an eye, the special training has come to the last day.

"321, Start ~ !!"

Kawaguchi gave an order, Sakuragi and the team members competed in the pool, and in the end, Sakuragi lost to the team members "without accident".

"Yay~!! won Brother Sakuragi~!!"

The team members were excited.

"Damn~!I'll definitely beat you next time~!!"

Sakuragi said regretfully.

When they learned that Sakuragi was about to end their special training and was about to leave, the team members were extremely reluctant.

"Brother Sakuragi, are you really leaving~~?, I've held my breath so many times, I haven't won you yet~!! and ,,,,," The team members recalled the bits and pieces that happened this week.

"Haha, okay, waiting for your challenge at any time~!!"

Sakuragi's eyes are also a little moist.

"Brother Sakuragi~!!, come on~!!, the performance of the Jaguar team this year depends on you~!!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely make Jaguar a first-class team! You also have to practice hard, I will come to see you again~!!"

The team members said their final goodbyes to Sakuragi.

"Maekawa-senpai, thank you~!!,I've learned a lot this week, and I think my current physical condition is the best in recent years~!!,Thank you so much~!!"

After saying that, Sakuragi bowed deeply.

"Don't thank me, it has something to do with your own efforts, remember my words Sakuragi, you have something more outstanding than your physical fitness~!!"

"I remember, senior!!" Sakuragi had already burst into tears.

"Okay, let's go, let's go, don't cry, Sakuragi, it's not like you!"

"Goodbye, Maekawa-senpai !!"

After saying their final goodbyes to Maekawa, Sakuragi and his party set off to return to the Jaguar base.

"Sakuragi Hanamichi, what a hot-blooded man, as if he saw himself back then!"

Maekawa sighed.

In this way, Sakuragi ended his first trip to the swimming pool, and since then, in the five seasons of the Jaguar team, Sakuragi will definitely find time to return to the swimming pool as long as it is the offseason, whether it is training, chatting with Coach Maekawa, or playing with those young players, in short, the swimming pool has been an irreplaceable position in Sakuragi's heart.

The same goes for those good memories.