The departure of the third-grade players has significantly weakened the combat effectiveness of Xiangbei High School.

Although there is Jinguji Martial Arts in Xiangbei High School, he can only suppress some contradictions between Xiangbei players, and if he wants to restore the strength of Xiangbei High School to the top level, it is obviously not possible to do it in a short time.

Of course, this problem is not only in Xiangbei High School, but also in Lingnan High School, which was originally similar to Xiangbei High School.

Moreover, the problems encountered by Lingnan High School are greater than those of Xiangbei High School!

The age structure of Lingnan's players is older than that of Xiangbei, and the team's starters, Kenji Fujima, Toru Hanagata, and Jun Usumi are all third-year players, and the main rotation Ryoji Ikegami is also a third-year.

And Jun Yuzumi, the main center, and Ryoji Ikegami, the main rotation, also announced their retirement after the defeat in the national competition.

On the contrary, it was Hanagata and Fujima Kenji, who had already been in contact with the two of them in college during this summer vacation, and the two of them didn't need to go home to "inherit the family business" like Yuzhu, so they didn't retire from the department, and they planned to continue to participate in the autumn and winter trials in the second half of the year.

Although it is only the two people missing, Yuzhuchun and Ikegami, but this problem is very serious.

Lingnan High School is different from Xiangbei, and among their first-year players, there is no player of the same level as Yuzhuchun. The team's substitute center is Sugahei, a sophomore in high school.

This player's height is very good, and now he is almost two meters, but this guy has a very serious flaw, that is, he does not grow meat!

With a height of 197cm, Sugahei weighs only 75kg and is completely a bamboo pole-type center.

If this is a competition for elementary school students, then it doesn't matter if he has a bamboo pole type body, as long as he is tall enough, it is enough to establish an advantage on the inside.

But this is a high school, not to mention the intensity of the confrontation between the inside players, and the center forwards of other strong teams in Kanagawa Prefecture are not short in height one by one.

Kan Ping can't replace the position of Yuzumi, and he can't play the starter!

This point, after Jun Uosumi left the team, Coach Taoka was already aware.

Therefore, Coach Taoka's decision was to move Toru Hanagata from the position of power forward to the main center, and at the same time to promote the second-year Fukuda Yoshiaki to the position of starting power forward.

Although such an arrangement has been made, Lingnan's hidden danger is still very big, because there are no more interior rotations in their team.

In the end, in order to solve this problem, Coach Taoka still focused on the first-year players.

The outstanding second-year players were Shinomiya Tianye and Xiandao and others, and Lingnan High School did not have any results at that time, and there were not many outstanding talents in the second-year.

However, in the first year of Lingnan, there are also some players who have considerable training value.

The first grade of their Lingnan class was recruited in their Lingnan championship, so the quality is much stronger than that of Lingnan in previous years!

It's just that most of these players are teams that admire Shinomiya Tano and Akira Sendo, and they are basically players in the guard line, or they play the small forward position, and many people have never been in contact with the big forward position.

In order to select materials, Coach Taoka conducted a competitive selection internally.

In the end, three talented first-year players were identified, and they planned to focus on training and supplement the interior line of Lingnan High School.

Tsunashi Ueyama, Hiroki Irie, and Koji Takebayashi, these three first-year students entered the sight of Coach Taoka, and the training amount given to the three of them was much stronger than the average first-year.

Tsunashi Kamiyama, a first-year, 183cm tall, 77kg in weight, was originally a small forward, good at breaking through layups, and his physical fitness is not bad, and he can barely dunk.

Don't look at it just reluctantly, this level is already quite good among high school students, and not everyone in this world has the physical fitness of Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede.

Hiroki Irie, a first-year, 186cm tall, 81kg in weight, was originally a small forward, the mid-range shot was very accurate, and the footsteps were good, but compared to Tsunashi Kamiyama, the speed was slower.

Koji Takebayashi, first grade, height 185cm, weight 80kg, original position, is also a small forward, good body, good dribbling, good shooting, good footwork, is a relatively comprehensive player, but the personality is a little introverted, and it feels a little soft when playing.

If he can get rid of his soft play, Koji Takebayashi will be Coach Taoka's most optimistic player, but his character has become an obstacle for him to hit the starter.

After determining the future development direction of the team, Coach Taoka began to direct the team to practice, but compared to the past, Lingnan High School was missing several "starters" during the practice during the summer vacation.

Shinomiya Tianye seems to be planning to train on his own, and he does not participate in the daily training of the Lingnan team. The second-year Xiandao Akira was recruited by the youth training and went to joint training.

Kenji Fujima and Hanagata also took leave, and I heard that they were going to inspect the university.

Coach Tian felt that these people's affairs were very important, so they all approved it.

This also led to the lack of the team's main team in the daily training of the summer team, which also greatly reduced the effectiveness of the team's training. Realizing this, Coach Ogaoka decisively changed the way he trained and began to develop a special training plan for the players.

Yoshiu Fukuda practiced defense, air cuts, layups, and shots.

Cross-country, grass planting and other people practice shooting, three-pointers, and passing and receiving abilities while exercising physical fitness.

As for the other players, those who pull physical fitness pull physical fitness, and those who practice the basics practice the basics.

The three players who were pointed out by Coach Taoka are to develop their sense of smell for rebounding, as well as to pull their physical fitness and practice their steps under the basket. The entire Lingnan Arena looks like it is in full swing.

In the summer following the national tournament, almost all teams will have some kind of squad change.

The most stable in Kanagawa Prefecture, on the contrary, Hainan, the third-grade Mu Shenyi did not retire, he chose to continue to stay in the team, and Takasago Kazuma retired in the center position, but the first-year Mori Shigekuan directly and seamlessly connected, and directly became the main starting center.

At the same time, a group of second-year players in Hainan also quickly filled some of the third-year vacancies, and this veteran powerhouse in Kanagawa Prefecture has a strong heritage, even if there was no performance last year, it also recruited good players.

Compared with Hainan and Lingnan, Xiangyang, an old strong team, has fallen into a situation of lack of success since Fuji Zhen and Hanagata left.

Although the strength of the team is still strong, the whole team does not have a super ace who can fully integrate the team.

It is foreseeable that in this year's autumn national sports and winter trials, it should be difficult to see the Xiangyang team members.

The old powerhouses fell silent, and Kanagawa Prefecture also had excellent teams joining the ranks of the ranks of the competition for national supremacy.

After missing this year's IH's Green Wind High School National Tournament, they announced that they would send players to participate in the player selection for this year's Autumn National Stadium, and they also announced that they would participate in the winter selection tournament in the second half of the year.

For those who are not familiar with Green Wind, they don't know the strength of their team, but for the players of Xiangbei High School, Green Wind High School's entry into the league means that he has one more opponent to deal with.

Moreover, since Greenwind High School lost to Xiangbei High School in the practice match, it once again gave full play to their school's "money" ability, deliberately went abroad, and found excellent young players to join the basketball club of Greenwind High School at a high price.

Nowadays, Green Wind High School has begun closed training, and only sports magazines have appeared, and occasionally some reports of Green Wind High School will appear.

Don't think about it, this is also the propaganda they use to make "money" ability. It's just that the reputation of this school is really limited, and people who don't pay attention to private schools don't know about it at all, so such important news is also buried in the passing time.

Just when all high schools and colleges began to adjust and prepare for the autumn country after the start of school.

The basketball club of Xiangbei High School welcomed several "guests." ”

In the evening, the weather cooled a little, and the training of the Xiangbei players happened to enter the time period with the highest concentration. In the morning, the players are sleepy, and at noon it is too hot, and only in the evening when day and night alternate, the temperature is good, and the players are at their hottest.

"Bang Dang!!"

In the arena, there was a sound of basketball basketballs exploding. Kiyota Nobunaga successfully received an assist from his teammates under the basket and scored directly with a one-handed slam.

And with Kiyota Nobunaga scoring a dunk, the stadium in Xiangbei also resounded with cheers from the sidelines watching the players.

"Good !!"

"Uncle Ben will definitely lead the team to victory today!"

The middle of the summer vacation is approaching, and the players in Xiangbei have been training for more than ten days. During this time, the players have grown quite fast, at least, in terms of passing and receiving the ball, Kiyota Nobunaga has established some tacit understanding with other players.

Kiyota Nobunaga was training with the senior candidates in Xiangbei earlier, and he didn't adapt to the "low-level" teammates, and during this time, Kiyota Nobunaga was also making his own adjustments, and now he has been able to play some effective cooperation with his teammates.

In basketball, it's not that the stronger you are, the better you can fit in with your teammates, in fact, sometimes, players have to be backward compatible.

For example, when you pass the ball to Jordan and you pass the ball to your grandmother, the power, height, and timing are different.

Adaptation is sometimes more important than "strong".

"Hey, I actually let this wild monkey slam dunk in!"

"I'm really stupid, I'm slow to jump!"

Kiyota Nobunaga's slam dunk was done in front of Nango Koichiro, and Nango, who lost the defense, grabbed his hair in annoyance and looked uncomfortable.

"Hahaha!"

"How can a fool like you stop Uncle Ben?!"

"You're a hundred years early, bleaching monkey!"

"Hahaha!"

Kiyota Nobunaga, who scored a slam dunk smoothly, looked happy, patted his chest proudly, and sneered.

"Damn! Don't get too carried away! ”

Nango Koichiro shouted at Kiyota Nobunaga with some unconvinced. Just as Kiyota Nobunaga continued to provoke Nango Koichiro, a voice with some mockery came into the arena from the entrance of the arena.

"Ahh

"It's really sad! Wild monkeys, and bleached monkeys. ”

"Also, with your ability, you can only be a master of the outfit in the team practice competition, and I am afraid that it will not be your turn to participate in higher-level events!"

The familiar and unflattened voice came from the door, and everyone in Xiangbei who was training heard the sound and looked in the direction of the entrance of the stadium, and even the Jinguji Martial Arts, who was standing on the sidelines as a referee, also looked in the direction where the sound came from.

At this time, a red-haired teenager in a black tracksuit was leaning against the wall, leaning sideways against the door. Behind him, there was also a young man with bangs wearing the same black tracksuit, who was also looking towards the stadium at this moment.

"Sakuragi-san, it's Sakuragi-san! And Rukawa Kaede! ”

"Red-haired monkeys? Stinky fox! ”

"Why did you two get back?! The youth training is over? ”

"No, it shouldn't be so fast, it's only been less than half a month, and you two have been kicked out of the team?!"

Kiyota Nobunaga saw Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede, and speculated with the greatest malice.

"Bastard! What stupid things are you talking about?! ”

"It's just a stinky fox, how could a genius be kicked out today?!"

"Today's genius is in the youth team, and he is already a starter!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi retorted angrily, and Kiyota Nobunaga, who heard this, first muttered "impossible", and then said with a disdainful face: "People like you can become starters, and the youth training people don't seem to be very good!" ”

"It's a good thing I didn't go."

Kiyota Nobunaga spread his hands, although he looked down on Sakuragi and the youth training in his words, but the sourness in his tone could be heard by everyone.

Sakuragi Hanamichi also heard that Kiyota Nobunaga was a little insincere, walked into the stadium, came to the sidelines, and pulled the corners of both sides of the jacket with both hands, showing the logo on the chest of the sportswear.

"See?! Wild monkeys! ”

"This is the standard of the national youth team, do you know this logo?"

"Hahahaha!"

On the chest of Sakuragi Hanamichi sportswear, the word "Japan" is printed in white English. Sakuragi, who showed off his team uniform, naturally attracted the envy of the Xiangbei players.

“.” Seeing this scene, Kiyota Nobunaga was only able to deviate from his head bitterly, and he didn't take a stubble.

Not only him, but Nango and Kami also looked at Sakuragi a little speechlessly, wondering why even such an idiot could join the youth training list.

Jinguji Martial Arts, who was standing on the sidelines, looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was showing off his team uniform and laughing, and he couldn't help but show a smile on his face, and asked with a smile towards Sakuragi:

"Ikebana, the youth training camp is not over, why did you come back suddenly?"

"If you're looking to show off your jersey in front of Kiyota, I think your goal should have been achieved."

"It's really spirited."

When Sakuragi Hanamichi heard the praise of Jinguji Martial Arts, a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he boasted unashamedly: "Of course!" ”

"I'm a national player - Sakuragi Hanamichi!"

It's just a youth training invitation, and Sakuragi is already claiming to be a national player. Coach Anzai looked at Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede, and laughed hoho, showing great joy.

Rukawa Kaede, who had been standing behind Sakuragi, couldn't listen to it anymore, grabbed Sakuragi's head with one hand, pulled Sakuragi away from him, and without waiting for Sakuragi to get angry, Rukawa Kaede said to Jinguji Martial Arts and Coach Anzai:

"Coach Anzai, we came this time with Coach Ohtani's instructions."

"Coach Ohtani hopes that our youth training team can have a practice match with Xiangbei!"

(End of chapter)