Prove Yourself Time (3)
Kenji Mizuno smiled, Hikaru Haneda, this kid is in such a hurry to return to defense, does he know that his speed is not advantageous and prevent Kenji Fujima from launching a fast attack? Very clever way of playing.
That's right, Hikaru Haneda, after seeing Fujima's speed, was indeed worried about Fujima's blue team's fast attack.
The disadvantage of being short is obvious, and again, the advantage is very obvious.
Speed is the advantage of short players, and if the blue team uses fast attacks at Fujima's speed, no one on the red team, including Hikaru Haneda, can catch up.
Haneda Hikaru knew that if Kenji Fujima relied on his speed advantage to play a fast attack, he would not be able to catch up, and naturally he would not be able to prevent Fujima. However, Fuji Zhen's extremely fast speed was able to return to the defense in time before he attacked.
This is also the reason why Kenji Fujima, a first-year student, did not play point guard, but he can still be the main ace. In the Xiangyang basketball team, which is mainly based on fast attack play, with the fastest speed and a good foundation, Fuji Mari naturally becomes the easiest person to receive passes from teammates.
And Haneda Hikaru knows in his heart that due to the lack of cooperation between himself and his teammates, once both sides use the fast attack play, when the most test of passing and coordination, every time he and his teammates hesitate because they don't understand, it will be a fatal flaw, which is undoubtedly very bad for themselves.
Only by seizing the opportunity and slowing down the tempo will he have a chance in a positional battle, Hikaru Haneda thought to himself.
Although positional warfare also tests coordination, there is plenty of time for yourself to think about how to fight, and it is not easy to make mistakes like fast attack. If there is no cooperation and lack of tacit understanding, then you can only slow down and try to avoid mistakes.
With Hikaru Haneda's reminder, the players who were also wearing red jerseys returned to defend one after another. The blue team, which also reacted, needed to serve, so even though it had a speed advantage, it was still a beat slower in the end, and Hikaru Haneda and others were ready to defend.
Genji Kataoka, who was wearing a blue jersey, had a headache, and the reason why he was divided into two evenly matched teams in the past intra-team practice matches was to practice fast attack tactics and cultivate the tacit understanding between each teammate in the extremely fast offensive and defensive transitions.
Now that the red team inexplicably changed to Hikaru Haneda, the rhythm slowed down significantly, and Hikaru Haneda obviously didn't come up to play point guard, but because of this guy, he changed the way he played in the previous practice games. Coach Mizuno and Captain Kobayashi also just watched from the sidelines and did not speak.
Genji Kataoka is just a backup point guard, and he is used to the fast attack style, but now he suddenly doesn't know how to play.
"Hey, here!"
Genji Kataoka subconsciously glanced in the direction where the voice came from, but found that it was Hikaru Haneda beckoning to him for the ball. Genji Kataoka couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, what does this guy mean? How could you possibly pass the ball over yourself.
Of course, Hikaru Haneda knew that Genji Kataoka couldn't pass the ball to him, but Hikaru Haneda's goal had been achieved.
"Be careful!"
Although Genji Kataoka was distracted when he looked at Hikaru Haneda for less than a second, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, who was defending him, caught this undeserved mistake, reached out and poked out the ball that Genji Kataoka was unconsciously dribbling, and then quickly picked up the basketball that was stabbed by himself and rushed towards the opponent's basket.
The two are the backup point guards who are competing in the team, and after a year of getting along, they also know their dribbling habits. Although there is no contradiction between the two, who doesn't want their performance to be better.
Kazuhiko Yamamoto, who was dribbling fast, felt a dark feeling in his heart, but he didn't expect Genji, an old opponent, to make such a low-level mistake.
Listening to the footsteps coming from behind him, Kazuhiko Yamamoto didn't pay much attention to it. His speed was originally one of the best in the team, and there were only two people who could catch up with him.
Kenji Fujima should be pinned down by the newcomer surnamed Haneda, and it is impossible for him to catch up with him so quickly. The only thing left is Genji Kataoka, whose speed is on par with himself, but Genji, who is now annoyed and angry, will definitely rush over his head because he wants to make up for his mistakes too much. So now I don't need to worry about the threat behind me, I just need to go to the basket easily and send the ball into the hoop.
After analyzing and judging the situation on the court very quickly in his mind, Kazuhiko Yamamoto calmly made a three-step layup.
At the moment of the last step, Kazuhiko Yamamoto looked at Genji Kataoka, who rushed in front of him because he couldn't stop his steps, and thought to himself: This ball is stable!
Syllable!
The basketball, which had just been separated from Kazuhiko Yamamoto's hand, was intercepted in the air by another white hand, which turned its wrist and knocked the ball away.
It is impossible for Fuji to be so fast! Kazuhiko Yamamoto was a little incredulous.
The moment he landed, Kazuhiko Yamamoto looked for Hikaru Haneda with some annoyance, it must be that kid named Haneda who didn't defend with his heart! This thought filled Kazuhiko Yamamoto's head.
However, when Kazuhiko Yamamoto looked at Hikaru Haneda, who landed almost at the same time as Fujima, and then looked at his teammates who had just arrived, Kazuhiko Yamamoto knew that he was wrong, not that Hikaru Haneda didn't want to stop Kenji Fujima, but that Fujima was too fast to really catch up.
Hikaru Haneda also has some regrets, although he can't catch up with Kenji Fujima, it's still okay to be one step faster than others. I wanted to pick up the missing ball, but who knew that Fujima decisively fanned the ball out of the line after noticing his jump.
"You're too fast, aren't you?" Hikaru Haneda sighed to Kenji Fujima.
Fujima glanced at Hikaru Haneda, and then said lightly: "You are not slow. ”
Is this a test not only for me, but also for you? Hikaru Haneda thought thoughtfully.
Kazuhiko Yamamoto served from the baseline, hesitated, and passed the basketball to the hands of center Shigeki Hirokawa. Because the players on the red and blue sides on the field are basically more than 1.7 meters, it is too flexible, and at the same time, it means that teammates have a high chance of being stolen when receiving the ball. In contrast, the two 185cm center forwards on the red and blue sides are the two most inflexible on the field.
After the red team center Shigeki Hirokawa got the ball, he dribbled twice against the blue team center Yutaka Seto, who was defending him, and then turned around and made a jumper, and the basketball hit the board into the frame.
This time, there was no need for Hikaru Haneda to remind them, and the players in the red jerseys turned around and evacuated the moment the basketball entered the net.
Haneda Hikaru had a smile on his face as usual, but there was a trace of doubt in his heart, although the ball by Shigeki Hirokawa just now, although it was scored, it looked a little reluctant. Are you too confident in yourself? Or is the opposing center too weak? Hikaru Haneda decided to take another look.
Sidelines.
Kobayashi Hiroshi suddenly said to Kenji Mizuno: "Coach, Haneda doesn't seem to understand what you mean. ”
Kenji Mizuno thought for a moment and said, "Who knows, but he's telling me with his actions that he thinks the right way to play." ”
"Oh?" Kobayashi didn't see anything.
Kenji Mizuno explained: "When Hikaru Haneda came on the court at the beginning, he really wanted to integrate into our style of play, but the fast attack was too much of a test of cooperation between teammates, and because Haneda was not introduced to everyone in advance, everyone didn't know what Hikaru Haneda's strength was. So no one will pass the ball to him at all. This was all expected by me. ”
"Expected? So, coach, there are other situations that you didn't expect? Kobayashi asked cooperatively.
"That's right, I originally wanted to take the opportunity to give this kid a dismount, and by the way, to see how many pounds and taels he has."
Kenji Mizuno paused and continued, "In my prediction, Hikaru Haneda will definitely make a change after discovering the traditional fast-break style that doesn't fit into the team. I thought he would choose to start with rebounding and force a single shot. But unexpectedly, he did choose to play singles, but it started with a steal. Clever boy. ”
Hiroshi Kobayashi was a little puzzled: "Is there a difference between these two methods?" ”
Kenji Mizuno glanced at the court and said, "That's where he's smart, if Haneda chooses to open up the game from the inside, I guarantee he won't be able to grab a rebound." ”
Hearing this, Hiroshi Kobayashi looked thoughtfully at Shigeki Hirokawa on the field.