Chapter 2 Familiarity

The first day of classes is always relaxed and gives students enough energy to look forward to their first club activity after school – how do I introduce myself as different? Are there any beautiful girls in the club? Is the teacher strict or not?

Every time after class, there will always be students in the classroom who introduce themselves, get to know each other, and chat together. There were also many classmates who came to greet Hikoichi, and Hikoichi responded with a smile. At the end of the day, I basically got to know all the boys in the class, and the girls also got to know a few. Unexpectedly, when talking about the club, none of the boys planned to join the basketball club, but there was a very lively girl who said that she wanted to join the basketball club.

"Lingnan's basketball team is the top four in the county competition! The strength is very strong, especially the core player in the team, Xiandao, who scored a high score last year, and his skills shocked the audience! "That girl, Hideko, was very excited when it came to the basketball club, and her eyes lit up at the mention of Xiandao Zhang, which made Hikochi think of her sister unconsciously.

"Haha, I didn't expect Miss Hideko to know the Lingnan basketball team so well." Hikoichi responded with a smile.

The two agreed to go to the gymnasium together after school to participate in clubs.

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After school, Hikoichi and Hideko came to the gymnasium together. Along the way, after the edification of Hideko, Hikochi is about to become a fairy fan.

Entering the court, the new and old students are divided into two halves to prepare for the activities.

Hikoichi also joined the freshmen, and Hideko stood on the sidelines and kept looking at the old students.

Finally, Coach Taoka came.

After a while, Uozi came to this half and asked the freshmen to line up according to their height, and Hideko stood alone.

"Coach, the new students have all assembled." The tower-like Uozumi bows to Coach Taoka and reports.

Coach Taoka kept looking at the half of the court that was left to continue training for the seniors, and when he heard the report from Yuzumi, he looked at the other half, and the line was already lined up, but there were still people whispering.

"Hopefully there will be a few potential newcomers this year." If you don't want to exist, you can fight with potential.

Coach Taoka stopped the training of the senior students and asked them to welcome the new students together.

"Yes, coach." Yuzhu said in a deep voice, straightened up and followed the coach towards the half-court where the freshmen were assembled, and he didn't know whether to answer the coach or tell him himself.

Yuzhu stood in front of the freshman team, and the communication of the freshmen was quiet. He glanced at it twice, and then there was no sound.

"First of all, welcome to the basketball club. I hope everyone can learn from each other and make progress together. I'm the captain of the basketball team, and I'm a third-grader. After speaking, he bowed to the freshman.

"Hello senior!"

The momentum is very good, I hope it can continue to be maintained after I start training, a lazy person complained.

"The momentum is good and I hope to keep it up. I'm coach Shigeichi Taoka, and I'm going to be strict with you, because Lingnan's goal is to compete in the national competition. Okay, let's introduce ourselves to the freshmen, from low to high. Coach Taoka didn't smile.

"Hello everyone, I'm ......" There are a total of more than a dozen people who came to participate in the basketball team, and Hikochi stood in the penultimate and waited patiently, the two behind him were around 180, and the person in front of him was only in his early 170s.

"Hello everyone, my name is Hikoichi Aida, 176cm tall, junior high school as a defender in the team, please advise."

"Huh? Point guard or scoring guard? Coach Taoka felt that the name seemed a little familiar, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Everything." Hikoichi replied naturally.

"Well, keep it up." Tian Oka was still a little confused, but he couldn't ask, so he didn't plan to hold on to it, and motioned for the next one to continue.

"Hello everyone, I'm ........."

The last two junior high schools actually played center, and Coach Taoka suggested that he play forward instead.

"Today is the first day, let's experience and familiarize ourselves with the training of the basketball team, I made it clear in advance, people who are not conscious will not be used tomorrow!" Coach Taoka didn't think about taking care of the new students in the slightest.

No wonder there are so few official players on the basketball team.

Then, the nightmare of the newborn came. First, run 5 laps around the court to warm up, then move and stretch the joints, then dribble training, layup training, passing training, breakthrough training, free throw training, then physical training, 5 sets of switchback runs, and then 10 laps around the court. It doesn't sound like much, but the amount of each workout is large and very compact.

Halfway through the switchback, half of the freshmen had already fallen, and Coach Taoka didn't say anything.

In the last ten laps, only three of the freshmen, including Hikoichi, persevered.

The training was finally over, and Coach Taoka lectured the whole team.

"I'm very happy that there are still new students who have persevered today. Today's adaptive training, that's it, everyone has a psychological preparation, tomorrow to start the official training of the national competition. If there is a student who wants to quit, I will not block it, and it will be okay if I don't use it tomorrow. Lingnan! Finally Taoka shouted.

"Brave and resolute!" The old students shouted in unison.

And most of the freshmen were already stunned when they heard "adaptive training".

Devil! It's the devil! Help, I'm not going to stay here anymore!

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The next day, the gymnasium seemed a lot empty, because... Only two freshmen remained.

From time to time, the old student glanced at Hikoyi, who was moving his body as if he had nothing to do, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

And Hikoichi was silently lamenting Coach Taoka's madness.

It's an obsession with winning, and there's no room for turning back when it comes to basketball.

"Yesterday's training showed that you have a certain basketball foundation and patience, and since you stayed today, I hope you can keep it up and become a member of the basketball team and contribute." Coach Taoka saw Hikochi when he entered the door and walked over and said.

As for the other freshman who stayed, it was Miss Hideko, who had become an assistant to the basketball team. I don't know how she persuaded Coach Taoka.

"Hahaha, I can see Xiandaojun playing at close range every day, so happy~~" On the way to the gymnasium with Hikoichi, Hideko had love in her eyes and excitedly shared her inner joy with Hikoichi.

"You go and get to know the seniors, and start training with them." After Coach Taoka finished speaking, he went to the sidelines and sat down.

"Yes!" Hikoichi naturally agreed, basketball, always have to be more people to be interesting. It's no wonder that there were no seniors to introduce themselves yesterday, and it seems that it was foreseen that not many people would stay.

In fact, Lingnan's main player Yanyi can recognize it, but he still greets the seniors one by one.

starting center and captain, third-year student Uozi Sumi; The core player, who is still playing in the early days of Xiandao Akira, a sophomore; Shooting guard Hiroaki Koshi, sophomore; Point guard, Tomoyuki Uekusa, sophomore; Power forward, defensive elite Ryo Ikegami, second and third graders. Not counting Ah Fu, who has not yet returned to the team, these are Lingnan's starters, and high school games often have the main players playing the whole game, so there are not many opportunities for substitute players to play.

Lingnan's often played substitute is the sophomore center Guan Ping, no way, Yuzhu often faces foul crises.

"Hey, freshman, you have to work hard, as a defender, you still have a lot to learn!" As soon as the off-road came up, he was full of momentum to guide the new students.

"It's okay, it's okay, take your time, feel free to ask me if you have any questions." Grass planting is much more stable.

"Alright, let's start training! This year's goal is a national competition! Come on! “

Yuzhu-kun, your voice is so loud...

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In fact, the amount of training today is not much larger than yesterday, after all, everyone is still high school students. Coach Taoka's words yesterday were mainly to scare off some students who did not have the perseverance and courage to do so.

Just after training, Hikoichi sat on the ground and stretched.

"Hey, freshman, do you still have the strength, how about going it alone?" Cross Country came over with the ball.

The pin drop on the court was instantly heard, and a sentence attracted the attention of the audience, and most of the people looked at it. Only Sendo only glanced at it and continued to stretch, and Yuzumi, who was practicing his footsteps, looked at Coach Taoka.

Hikoichi also turned his head slightly and looked at Coach Taoka. Coach Taoka is a bachelor, and he was talking to Hideko about something, and when he saw Hiko, he just glanced at it and seemed to stop paying attention to it.

The coach doesn't seem to have any intention of stopping it.

"Feel free, off-road senior." So Hikoichi looked up at the country and smiled kindly.

The stadium seemed to be back to normal, but everyone's eyes drifted to Hikochi and Cross Country, who were walking towards the vacant half, intentionally or unintentionally.

What everyone is looking forward to.

"You attack first or I attack first." Off-road stood up and asked.

"Feel free, senior." Yan replied with a smile, already thinking about the information of the off-road Hongming.

Off-road Hongming, it seems that there is no particularly outstanding place in technology, the basic skills are solid, and it is worth mentioning the persistence and passion for victory. With Xiandao here, he doesn't have much chance to perform as a scoring guard.

Luckily, this year, Sendo has a tendency to change his style of play and become fond of sharing the ball.

Unfortunately, another defender, Hikoyi, came to Lingnan.

"You attack first, every time you alternate possession, you score five goals first. Let me see what you're capable of. "Cross country walked to the free throw line, hit the ground and passed the ball to Hikochi, bent slightly to start defending.

"Hmm." Hikochi held the ball at the waist, also bent down slightly, gave a short answer, and began to observe the off-road defense, his eyes gradually sharpened.

Well, the momentum is good, and the triple threat pose is also standard. Hikoichi Aida, after thinking about it, still feels familiar with this name. Let me see who you really are. Coach Taoka's eyes were slightly condensed, and he turned to look.

Battle, on the verge of breaking out.