The location is still the basketball hall inside Xiangyang Private High School.

With the end of the physical training, during the short rest of the basketball team, Kenji Mizuno found Hiroshi Kobayashi and began to arrange today's training tasks.

"Today's main task is to preliminarily screen out the point guard candidates who are suitable for the last game, Kobayashi, do you have any recommended candidates?"

Of course, Hiroshi Kobayashi could hear that the game in Mizuno was not an ordinary game, but a qualifier for the summer league. If you choose a defender for this event, you can only be the main defender.

But when Kobayashi Hiroshi thought of his friend who was lying in the hospital, thought of every day he trained hard for his dreams, and thought of every game he did his best, he still couldn't help but say: "Coach, don't you wait a little longer, isn't there no news from Masaki's side yet?" ”

Kenji Mizuno understands Hiroshi Kobayashi's thoughts, Masaki Takeda also grew up watching him, people are always close and estranged, and after more than two years of getting along, he suddenly has to deprive a child of the main position, and Kenji Mizuno feels very uncomfortable.

"I asked Masaki on the other side, and the doctor said that if he was discharged from the hospital, it would be at the end of the month at the earliest, and he might not recover. Takeda's parents" Kenji Mizuno paused and continued, "Takeda's parents also told the school that they don't plan to let Masaki play basketball anymore. ”

Kobayashi Hiroshi opened his mouth, but before Kobayashi could speak, Kenji Mizuno immediately said: "You don't need to say, whether it is to prepare for the game or from the perspective of the team's alternation, it is already imperative to choose a new main defender." ”

Kenji Mizuno finished his words in one breath, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he didn't know if it was to block Hiroshi Kobayashi's words or to block the weakness in his heart.

Hearing this, Kobayashi Hiroshi stopped talking, lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, and the whole person looked much lower.

Kenji Mizuno waited quietly, and his heart was also full of mixed feelings.

In the past, the team rotation was very gentle, and ordinary players in the third year of high school often chose to quit the club at the beginning of the new school year to prepare for the university entrance examination. Some of them are unwilling (e.g., Akagi), or the main core of the team (e.g., Maki), and such players will usually quit the club after the summer tournament, depending on the situation.

Therefore, the main force of most teams participating in the competition is often composed of a small number of third-year players and most second-year players, even if there is an occasional freshman who has the strength to play in the first year, it is not a big problem.

This kind of team composed of senior players, the main players have been running in for at least more than a year, because of the long-term joint training, the tacit understanding between the players, the understanding of the team's tactics, and the division of labor are in place.

Without delaying the students' studies, this kind of team composition is undoubtedly ideal.

Who knew that Xiangyang actually had two powerful freshmen join the basketball club at one time this year, plus the main point guard in the third grade retired due to injury.

Today's Xiangyang basketball team is just like the newly formed team, Kenji Mizuno's ideal main player, basically without too much running-in, and naturally there is no tacit understanding at all.

If you can't get a reasonable result in the competition, this kind of unconventional practice will inevitably cause a collective protest from the school's senior students.

The new students play instead of the old students, and the results do not achieve good results, and others will not care whether you have time to run in the team, and will only look at the problem with the results. In this case, the contradiction between the old and the new in the Xiangyang basketball club will become more prominent, and Kenji Mizuno is likely to be dismissed because the school can't withstand the pressure.

Kenji Mizuno glanced at Hikaru Haneda, who was practicing passing with his teammates, and once again a feeling of love and hate came to his heart.

In the end, he is the leader of the team, even though he is reluctant, Kobayashi Hiroshi quickly cheered up and knew that he had to think about the overall situation of the team.

"So, Coach, what do you mean?"

Kenji Mizuno looked at Hiroshi Kobayashi with relief, who had grown up again, and told him all about his plan: "Because Masaki can't play again, the hub of cooperation between second- and third-year players is also lost. And the only players left in the third year are you and Seto-san, and with the style of play of the two of you, it's impossible to switch to point guard now. Therefore, we must pick the most suitable point guard from the second-year players as quickly as possible. ”

"But coaches, many of the second-year people are defenders, like Kataoka and Yamamoto, I feel that they are also similar in skills, so it's hard to choose." Kobayashi Hiroshi was a little big-headed after hearing this, and it was not good to choose anyone.

Kenji Mizuno didn't care, and explained: "This is also the purpose of my coming to you, although you and Genji Kataoka don't play much, but after a year of training, there is still a foundation for cooperation." Fuji Zhen and Haneda are different, both of them are new to the team, and there is almost no tacit understanding with you, and it's too late now, and in a special period, I can only use special methods. ”

"I see! Kataoka: The tacit understanding between them and me is not a problem, but the problem is mainly with the people in possession and the newcomers. Coach, you want to see how Kataoka and Fujima work together, find out which one has the best understanding with Fujima and the two of them, and then let's practice together, right? Hiroshi Kobayashi finally understood.

Kenji Mizuno nodded: "You guessed right, in extraordinary times, this is the only way to go." When the basic training is over, I will arrange for you to have a practice game again. This time the game is different, you pick a team from among the senior players to play against the new team of Fujima and Hikaru Haneda. When the time comes, Kataoka and Yamamoto will take turns as the point guard of the new team, and you will have to give them all the strength and put the most pressure on them, and only in this case can you see who has the best cooperation with them. Do you understand? ”

"Understood! Rest assured, coach. Basketball is a five-person sport, and I will teach them with my actions. Kobayashi Hiroshi suddenly felt a little excited, the old student is fighting the new student, and he has a little anticipation when he thinks about it.

Haneda Hikaru can't beat you alone, but the outcome of the arena is not something you can control alone, Kobayashi Hiroshi said silently in his heart.

Kenji Mizuno glanced at the timer in his hand and said to Hiroshi Kobayashi, "Go, gather everyone, and get ready to start." ”

"Whoa—"

Kobayashi Hiroshi blew the whistle, and the sharp whistle was particularly loud and piercing in the closed basketball hall.

Everyone stopped their movements and looked at Hiroshi Kobayashi quietly.

"After 10 minutes, the team practice game will begin, and depending on your training situation, the coach and I will each select a team to do it. Those who are not selected continue to practice on the sub-courts according to the training plan. ”

"Wow!"

"Oh, by the way, don't be discouraged by the newcomers, the coach is likely to pick someone among the freshmen."

"Huh!!"

Although the personnel of the game have actually been decided a long time ago, after hearing Kobayashi Hiroshi's words, everyone's enthusiasm for training in the basketball hall is still high, and no matter the old people and new students, they are looking forward to being selected.

Hikaru Haneda passed the basketball in his hand to the side, then took the basketball from the opposite side, and then passed the ball away randomly.

This is a small circle of six freshmen, each five or six steps apart, and three basketballs are constantly passed around in the hands of six people, so as to practice the foundation of passing and the cooperation between the players.

In Hikaru Haneda's view, this kind of activity, which can almost be called a game, is a serious basketball training in the island country, and it is a basketball practice in high school.

It is not difficult to understand why the island country is called a basketball desert, because there is no one to chat with during training, and Hasegawa Kazushi, an acquaintance, is not in his own group, Haneda Hikaru can only complain helplessly in his heart.

However, this boredom did not last long, and after a while, Hikaru Haneda was taken away by Kenji Mizuno, who pretended to be on patrol.

When Hikaru Haneda was brought to the rendezvous due to his training paddling, Hikaru Haneda realized that he was the last one, and that everyone else had already arrived early and changed into their practice jerseys.

Looking at Fujima, Hanagata, Hasegawa, and an unknown classmate, Hikaru Haneda squinted, all first-year team? This is going to do something!