Chapter 20: On the eve of the county competition

The first weekend of the training period. On Saturday, there was a day of training, including tactical training, half-court offensive and defensive confrontation, fast offensive and defensive drills, and full-court five-on-five confrontation. On Sunday, Shigeichi Taoka gave the players a day off to rest. The little Shotae Sendo Akira who was in the same dormitory as Naito went fishing at the beach early in the morning.

Sendo repeatedly invited Naito to go fishing, but Naito still refused and didn't go. After last night's training, he made an appointment with Ryoji Ikegami to go to the gym to practice today, and it was more important for him to practice than fishing.

Early in the morning, watching Sendo leave the dormitory with fishing gear for fishing, Naito also packed up and went to the school's indoor basketball hall. Before leaving the arena for training yesterday, Naito asked team manager Sakura Hoshino for a side door key for the indoor arena, and entered the arena through the side door with a sports bag on his back.

There was no one in the quiet stadium, and Ryoji Ikegami had not yet come, looking at the empty stadium, Naito went directly into the locker room, dropped his sports backpack, and took out his training uniform to change into.

According to Coach Taoka's usual physical training method, Naito first jogged around the court, and after a few laps, he began to stop to warm up. Jogging is also a kind of warm-up, just to be able to better move the other joints of the body, but also to cooperate with some other warm-up exercises to move the joints.

After two hours of physical training, Naito was looking for a place to sit and rest, when Ryoji Ikegami entered through the side door with a gentle step.

"Hey, morning! Looking at Naito, who was already sweating profusely, Ikegami smiled and said hello.

"Hehe, hello Ikegami-senpai, you came on time!!" Naito wiped his sweat and responded with a smile.

"Of course, after a day of training yesterday, the old arms and legs couldn't stand it, and they couldn't get up too early. Hehe, I'm old, how can I compare with your young and strong young man. Ikegami quipped with a happy expression.

"Cut, are you embarrassed to call old? Coach Taoka didn't call old, but you sold old. Naito said with a pouting of disdain.

"Haha!!" Ikegami smiled maliciously.

"Senior, Ikegami senior, you should hurry up and change your clothes and warm up! It's half past nine now. Naito deliberately disgusted Ikegami.

"You kid, you really don't know how to respect the elderly, begging people to do things, how can you talk to the old me and the old man in such a tone, I don't know that when people are old, their movements will be slow?" Ikegami still screamed and said, carrying a sports bag and going directly into the locker room to change clothes.

Ten minutes later, after Ikegami warmed up, he walked up to Naito and said, "Say, what do you want to learn today?"

The outside defense that I have been learning with Chi for a long time is nothing more than a few actions and points that need to be paid attention to, and everything that should be taught has been taught, and Naito has learned it too fast, so that Chigami has nothing to teach.

"Hehe, I heard that the mid-pitch skills of the seniors in Ikegami are very good. I want to learn a little bit of mid-pitch technology from senior Ikegami. ”

"You kid don't wear a high hat for me, just my mid-range shooting level, he doesn't want to lift shoes for Xiandao, if you want to learn some shooting basics, I can teach you a little. Ikegami stretched out his index finger and pointed at Naito, pretending to be angry.

Ikegami can see that Naito is a person who is not willing to be bland, and such diligent training is definitely not for the purpose of being a coolie blue-collar worker in the team. Including himself, it is impossible to be willing to be a substitute. So Ikegami can also understand Naito, and he did not refuse Naito's invitation, but readily agreed.

"Hehe, then thank you seniors. Naito also knows that if you see it, you will accept it, and if you have a sycophant, it will not be good.

"Alright, you kid don't talk nonsense, let's get started. Ikegami didn't say much, urging Naito to start training.

Shigeichi Taoka limited Naito's other abilities in order to focus on developing Naito's defense. It's not just a matter of attitude, but that's what Taoka does in training. If you don't arrange for me to train on offense, I can learn from others by myself, and when I master a certain offensive ability, even if he doesn't give me the ball, won't I earn it in the game myself? Naito didn't want to do this either, so he took advantage of the vacation time to invite Ryoji Ikegami to teach him some offensive scoring basics in mid-range shooting.

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

Naito usually trains for every event Naito does very well, except for shooting. His shooting posture is very non-standard, especially when he shoots the jumper, his movements are so ugly, but he is completely inaccurate, and his free throw shooting rate is only 40%, which is terrible. In his previous life, he never shot basketball, because he had not been professionally trained to shoot at all, and no one had taught him relevant shooting movements and postures. Unless he is forced to make a move, he will throw the ball to the basket with one hand like a hook hand.

In this life, his arms are very thick, the strong muscles give him full of strength, and the palms are also very large, which makes it impossible for him to shoot in an ordinary posture, because the preparation time is too long, and it also affects the feel of shooting.

"You can try to extend your elbows outwards or inwards so that your shots will be more comfortable and smooth, and of course more importantly, your shooting movements must be in harmony with your body movements, and maintain a good sense of rhythm so that your shooting percentage will improve. Ikegami shook his head after watching Naito's shooting move, and couldn't help but instruct on the side.

Naito had spent a lot of time trying to reinvent his shooting prowess, but he had not been able to do so. But now with Ikegami's guidance, at least the shooting action can be changed.

The morning training was spent in the constant stopping, correcting, guiding, stopping, correcting, and guiding on the pool.

"Okay boy, that's all for the morning's training, and I'll leave the lunch to you. Ikegami looked at the clock hanging in the arena and told Naito that it was time for morning training.

And Ryoji Ikegami also found that this guy's learning ability can be described as amazing, and after just one morning of training, he has already begun to improve.

In the afternoon training, there is no need to continue the shooting posture, Ikegami passes the ball next to him, picks up the ball, and feeds the ball to Naito, while Naito does shooting practice in the mid-range shooting position set by Ikegami.

Because Naito has a lot of hand power and a large palm, it is difficult to control the strength when shooting, and after practicing for an afternoon, the shooting percentage is really low and pitiful, which is really frustrating.

During the month of special training, Naito's training, in addition to the training content arranged by Coach Taoka, added daily practice time and weekend vacation time, with the assistance of Ikegami Senior, he practiced his mid-range shooting skills and low-post offense under the basket.

The low-post offense is what Naito saw in the online game videos in his previous life, such as the wolf king Garnett in his previous life, Shifo Duncan and other big forwards, who turned around and shot alone after receiving the ball with their backs to the basket under the basket, or turned around and jumped directly with their backs to the basket or leaned on the defender's hook hand to shoot, in addition to turning around and walking to the bottom line to break through the dunk, etc., he has seen these low-post offensive techniques.

The most intense confrontation on the court is, of course, in the three-second zone, where any attacking player moves or moves in the three-second zone will be given special care by the opponent. The best suited for attacking in the low post is a player with both speed and power, so that he can find scoring opportunities when the physical confrontation is relatively strong, and Naito is exactly that type of person.

With the exception of a handful of guards or small forwards, it is generally the big muscular men who are in the low post.

Those who are good at attacking in the low post are also prone to dominate the game.

Under the sparring of Ikegami, it is not difficult to learn, but the technique is not proficient, and it takes a long time to practice.

Except for a few people who often stay and practice, they know that Naito is secretly training shooting skills and low-post offensive skills, no one else knows, including the little Shota Sendoaki who is in the same dormitory as Naito.

Time flies quickly, and the special training month has already ended for a day or two, and when there are about eight days left before the opening of the county competition, in order to test the effect of the team's special training, Shigeichi Taoka also deliberately went to the basketball teams of two colleges and universities to play two practice games.

After two practice matches in a week, there was only a day or two left before the county competition. The players have all lined up and gathered in the stadium, and during today's training time, Shigeichi Taoka did not arrange for the players to train.

"For the prefectural competition in two days, training will be temporarily suspended from today. During the training period in the past few days, everyone watched the game video in the tactics room, analyzed the opponent's data, and then practiced the tactics. ”

"Since we were in the quarterfinals last year, after the county tournament started, we didn't have to play in the first round, and we only had games in the second round. ”