Chapter 66: Test Results
At 16:15 p.m., after the first-year freshmen lined up on Court B, several coaches took out a tape measure and measured the pitching belt more than 100 meters long and one meter wide, and asked them to come over and throw the ball one by one.
Most people's pitching distance is between 70m~80m, and some have thrown 90 meters, such as Kijima Mio and Kawashima Kengo, Kawakami Kenshi even threw a distance of 100m, and there are several throwing distances above 100m, Kimura Takuya threw three times, and the farthest throw was 109 meters, and several coaches showed satisfied expressions.
Kazutaka Kurosaki, who also pitched in the defending position, threw twice, the first time at 106 meters and the second time at 110.5 meters.
The first-year freshmen who were watching around whispered, obviously a little surprised by this data.
After Kurosaki Ichigao is Kuraza Naoya, he picked up the baseball and threw it lightly in his hand a few times, and after standing still, he waved his arm hard to throw the baseball in his hand, only to see the white ball shoot straight out, fly out of the distance, rush through the pitching belt with a hundred meters of mark, and then fall to the ground because of lack of stamina.
"113 meters." The coach in charge of recording the data glanced at the tape measure on the ground and reported the farthest pitching distance so far.
Miyukiichi, who was behind Kuraza Naoya, also stepped forward to take out a baseball from the ball frame, stood in the throwing area, and saw his right arm wave hard, and the baseball flew out and rushed straight into the distance, and soon flew over the 100-meter mark, and then flew some distance before falling to the ground and smashing a shallow pit.
"113.5 meters." The coach reported the farthest pitching distance in the freshman test.
The onlookers were all sighing that Yukikazu and Kuroza Naoya were worthy of being famous catchers who had achieved good results in junior high school.
After all the freshmen had finished throwing, Superintendent Kataoka let Yanagi take a long shot.
"Whew!"
Yanagi stood in the throwing area, raised his leg and stepped forward, and threw the ball with his right hand, and due to the excessive speed of the ball, the baseball thrown by Yanagi was like a white beam of light.
"120 meters." The coach reported a number that surprised all the freshmen, and one couldn't help but wonder how Yanagi's one-meter-seven figure had such explosive power?
There wasn't much time left for them to be amazed, and the coaches immediately divided them into teams and began the subsequent running test.
The three of them were in the same group, and when the coach fired the starting gun, everyone rushed forward at the same time, and the distance of thirty meters was rushed to the end in an instant.
Yoichi Kuramochi was the first to reach the finish line, and Yukiichi was close to two meters behind him with Naoya Kuraza before reaching the finish line.
When running 50 meters, Yoichi Kuramochi was still the fastest to reach the finish line, and Naoya Kuroza ran about half a meter in front of Miyukiichi, who was also four or five meters behind Yoichi Kuramochi in front.
Needless to say, the 100-meter run was still the fastest Yoichi Kuramochi, but Miyuichi overtook Naoya Kuraza in the final sprint and crossed the finish line first.
In the later striking test, whether it is Takuya Kimura or Kazutaka Kurosaki, the performance can only be regarded as a mid-gauge mid-range, although they hit both of their three machine serves, Takuya Kimura only hit one infield short hit and one outfield long hit, Kurosaki Ichitaka is two infield short hits; Live pitching, Takuya Kimura and Kazutaka Kurosaki are both two infield shorts.
In comparison, Naoya Kuroza as a catcher is the strongest hitting force among them, and the three machine serves are all outfield long shots, while the opposite Mikoichi is also an inside short game and two outfield long shots; In the face of live pitching, Kuraza still hit three outfield long shots, and the opposite Mikoichi also had an inside short shot and an outfield long shot.
In addition to the four of them, people like Aso, Kenta Maezono, Seki Naomichi and Shoji Higasa also have a good level of blowing.
After the basic test, the coach will once again divide the first-year students into teams according to their desired position, and then lead them to their desired position for testing.
Although the entrance test for new students has not yet ended, the coaches look at the roster in their hands and have a bottom in their hearts.
Sure enough, with Qingdao entering the spring Koshien for the first time in six years, their enrollment also ushered in a bumper harvest this year.
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After the three-round round of the Tokyo Metropolitan High School Wild Ball Tournament in the spring, Superintendent Kataoka and the first army returned to school at around 16 p.m.
After the post-match wrap-up, the First Army disbanded on the spot, and Superintendent Kataoka returned to his office to wait for the results of the freshman entrance test.
At 18:30 p.m., Superintendent Kataoka picked up the results of the freshman entrance test sorted out by the coaches and looked at the results, and was very satisfied with this year's enrollment situation.
Minister Ota and Rei Takashima, who were next to him, had already read the report cards of the freshmen before, and neither of them spoke until Superintendent Kataoka finished reading the report cards of the freshmen, and Minister Ota pondered for a moment before speaking, "This year...... We've had a very good admissions situation, with two pretty good pitchers and catchers respectively, and I think Miyuki, Kuraza, and Kurosaki can just join the first team......"
Yukiichi and Kuroza Naoya were both dug up by Takashima Rei, and Miyukiichi, who was born in Edogawa, also chose Qingdao because of Chris; Naoya Kuraza, who was born in Kanagawa, broke a bone in last year's Kanto Tournament, so no local private school was willing to recruit him, and after Takashima Rei got the news and sent him an invitation, he delayed for a while, and only agreed to come to Qingdao after Seido won the Tokyo Metropolitan Games in the autumn and entered Koshien in the spring.
"Before the spring Kanto convention, I will not consider selecting new members of the First Army from among the first-year freshmen, and all freshmen will start with basic training first."
Superintendent Kataoka directly rejected Minister Ota's suggestion, as an overseer, he naturally knew that the current First Army lacked the most good catchers and pitchers, but he also knew that with the current physical fitness of the freshmen, it would not be able to keep up with the intensity of the training of the First Army, and if they were not given a buffer for a period of time, they could only pull out the seedlings and promote their growth, and scrap the few good seedlings that were finally recruited.
In this way, the first-graders began a three-week, seemingly never-ending running plus basic intensive training.
The daily schedule is running, breakfast, class, lunch break, class, running, basic exercises, dinner, running. First-year freshmen, not to mention touching a baseball, don't even have the opportunity to practice swinging a bat.
Of course, when the seniors in the second and third grades go out to participate in the competition, the Qingdao Baseball Club will also organize the members of the second and third armies to cheer for the players of the first army.
Standing in the cheering seats of the stands, because the seniors on the court hit the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound again and again in the batting area, and chased or speeding or rolling baseballs on the guard, and then, the figure of constantly running, so that the first-year freshmen can feel that their mood is also boiling with the seniors on the court.