Chapter 71: Quidditch Training
"The three of them have the greatest wish to form their own circus and then go on parades around the world. Mark laughs and introduces Albert to Mario, Danny, and Jack as the reason why they are called acrobatic trios.
"It's a great idea. Albert looked at the three curiously, then raised his hand towards them and made a tossing motion.
"It's easy, voila!" Mario didn't know where to get a few small balls with strips of cloth, and as he tossed them, the balls scurried up and down like swimming fish to form a circle, which was more pleasing to the eye than Muggle throws.
"It's amazing. Several people stopped to watch Mario's performance and couldn't help but applaud.
"I said enough of you. Charlie yelled at them, "Go to the pitch first." ”
Mario sneered at Charlie and tossed all the balls into the air, then pulled open the pockets of his robes so that they all fell into his pockets.
This move once again ushered in a round of applause for him.
At Charlie's urging, everyone trotted into the Quidditch pitch, and they first went to the locker room next to the pitch to change into the protective gear used for the game, which felt a bit like the protective gear used when playing with pulleys, and Charlie's training for Albert was to fly, to adapt to flying on a broomstick.
After all, Albert had just been introduced to broomsticks and needed to get familiar with flying in the sky with brooms.
Most pure-blood wizards are introduced to broomsticks at a young age, and George and Fred are the best examples, both of whom fly well on broomsticks.
In fact, not only Albert, but all newcomers need to learn to fly, get used to flying first, and train the reaction speed of flying on a broomstick.
Albert looked at the broom he had been given to him, it was worn and old, and some of the tail branches were poked all over the place, apparently not properly maintained.
He stepped up his foot on the broomstick and waited for Charlie's command.
"Let's fly around the stadium and take to the air!"
Charlie led the team and began to fly around the court.
When Albert took to the air, he found that his broom was a bit like an old bicycle, flying very slowly, not to mention, not very easy to control.
However, Charlie didn't fly fast or slow, and there was no problem trying to keep up with the team, and the only one in the team who was behind was Lee Jordan. After all, he has touched the broom a few times, and he is a complete newcomer, although the level of riding a broom is already very good among newcomers, but the problem is Albert to compare!
No contrast, no harm!
This makes it seem that Li Jordan is even less rhythmic than the team's flight.
"Flying well. ”
After flying five laps around the course and finishing the warm-up, everyone else did not hesitate to praise them, knowing that Albert was only a first-year freshman, and being able to keep up with them showed that he had a certain foundation in flying.
Moreover, everyone noticed that Albert flew very steadily and turned very dexterously, and it really didn't look like he hadn't ridden a broom a few times.
After this round flight, it is not difficult for everyone to understand why Charlie is optimistic about Albert.
After flying around the court, the official players start training, and the newcomers need to continue to train their flying ability. However, this time the difficulty was slightly increased, and the two Bludgers would be released from the box. The task of the Weasley twins is to hold bats and stay on the side of Albert's team, flying with the team while preventing Bludgers from attacking Albert and the others.
Of course, this is actually a simple training for batsmen, whose task is to protect their teammates with their bats.
Of course, after the Bludger is released, everyone has to be vigilant to avoid being hit by the Bludger, and the pressure increases dramatically, but as a good Quidditch player, getting used to it is a process that must be experienced.
Luckily, Bludger didn't come to them often, and both George and Fred were able to knock the Bludger out of the way.
"What's wrong with you?"
Halfway through the flight, Lee Jordan suddenly descended, and Albert, who was flying in a circle, also noticed, he lowered his body and quickly landed next to Lee Jordan.
"It's nothing, I suddenly found that I couldn't keep up with everyone's progress and was about to give up. "Lee Jordan saw very clearly, Fred and George had been in contact with broomsticks for a long time and flew better than most people, and Albert was in contact with broomsticks at the same time as himself, but it was not for nothing that this guy could be called a genius by Charlie, and he had already mastered flying very proficiently in just a few times. Angelina didn't fly as well as the three of them, but she flew well, and she practiced hard.
What about yourself?
Lee Jordan didn't think he was flying badly, but he knew he couldn't keep up with the four. He hadn't forgotten Albert's words, a dormitory can't be all Quidditch players...... That would be hated.
"I'm going to quit. Lee Jordan said.
"Actually!" Albert said as he reached out and patted Lee Jordan on the shoulder, "I never expected myself to be a full-time player, do you know why I'm here?"
"Why?" asked Li Jordan stupidly.
"Because the game has to be played together, that's what makes it interesting. Albert looked up and smiled at the three people who descended behind him, "It's just to train with them, and besides, I actually like the feeling of flying, and it has nothing to do with whether or not I participate in Quidditch." ”
"You probably like that feeling too. Albert smiled at Lee Jordan and said, "Okay, go ahead!"
"What does it feel like to fly?" muttered Lee Jordan, and admittedly, Albert was right, he did like the feeling of flying on a broomstick, which was one of Quidditch's charms.
The flight practice continued, and Albert didn't know how long he had been flying, but he was already letting himself go when he was about to fly on lap fifteen.
Try to make the broom fly faster and challenge yourself to make some more difficult moves.
Unfortunately, as soon as this broken broom flies too fast, it will start to tremble, as if it could be dismembered at any moment.
"Like...... Broken?" Albert found that even if he slowed down, the old broom was still shaking, was it played by himself?
He didn't hesitate and quickly landed on the ground, if the broomstick broke, it wouldn't be fun to fall from it, and he hadn't learned the shock absorbing charm yet.
"What's wrong. George asked, puzzled.
"My broom was shaking and it felt like it was going to break. Albert said helplessly.
"Maybe the broom is too old, and my broom shivers when it flies too high. Fred looked at George helplessly.
"Mine will be slightly to the left. George also said a little about the broom.
"I won't fly for the time being. Albert said, "I'm going to take a look at that first." ”
He pointed to the Quidditch Tracing in the locker room, which Charlie had specially lent for a few people to read, in Charlie's words, as a Quidditch fan, how could he not have read the book?