"Nanyun Shiyi, tomorrow will start training in the Second Army!" At the end of the blow test, Superintendent Kataoka's words were like a pebble crashing into a calm lake, causing ripples in everyone's hearts.

Kenta Maezono and Takuya Kimura glanced at Shiichi Mingumo, who was standing with Naoya and Miyukiichi, and clenched their fists.

"Everyone's disbanded, Chris, Miyuki, and Kuraza, you come with me."

If it weren't for the fact that Shiichi Nagumo's attitude towards pitcher Mound was the same as that of Kurosaki Kazutaka, who had already transferred, and he would have been able to successfully select the first team candidate in two weeks. After all, in the eyes of Superintendent Kataoka, who pursues spirituality excessively, even if Shiichi Mingumo has superb ball control and his own unique ball, as long as he does not change his attitude towards Pitcher Hill, he will not be selected as a pitcher.

Nagumo Shiichi, who noticed "this" early on, regarded the pitching as an ordinary test for joining the club from the beginning, and as long as he could successfully join the baseball club, he would only focus on the study of striking and the inner and outer field guards, and he would be promoted to the first army as a strong hitter.

Well, so much has been said in one go...... The truth is that before joining the company, Nanyun Shiyi thought about what kind of identity he wanted to be promoted to the first army, and the pitchers and catchers with the most fierce competition were excluded first.

Third-year pitchers Jinguji and Hiroshi Sakai both retire after the summer, so don't worry too much. Second-year pitchers Yagami Yagami and Koichiro Tanba, the former's trump card status cannot be shaken in the short term, and the latter is also a very tricky competitor as long as he can solve his psychological problems and become confident. Among the first-year pitchers, aside from Kurosaki Ichitaka, who has transferred to another school, Takuya Kimura is also a player that Kataoka Supervisor is very optimistic about, and with such a fierce competition, if you want to stand firm in the position of substitute pitcher, I am afraid you will have to wait until next year.

In terms of catchers, not to mention the third-year catcher Kentaro Matsuda, who will retire at the end of the summer, just from the fact that the second-year catcher Chris firmly suppressed the talented first-year student Miyukiichi and Kuraza Naoya, if you choose to be a catcher, even if you are promoted to the third grade later, there is no way to become a substitute catcher in the first army, which is the most competitive position.

As for the inner and outer fielders, it is also necessary to determine which inner (outfield) position has the least competition through long observations, and it is imperative to practice the strike, and if his striking level can be comparable to that of Tetsuya Yuuki in the second year, he can immediately be promoted to the first rank, and then stand on the field as a substitute fighter.

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The next evening, Chris asked Naoya Kuraza to fetch someone, and when the others arrived, he took out a rectangular piece of wood and threw it on the pitcher's board (the block was 7cm high, the width was flush with the pitcher's board, and half the length was shorter than the pitcher's board).

"Nangumo, you stand on top of this piece of wood and try to do an arm-wrapping motion."

"Arm movement?" Nan Yunshi felt a little strange when he heard this, and it was also a little strange for Senior Chris to suddenly ask the Tibetan classmate to come over to him, otherwise, he would probably be training his physical fitness according to the plan he had made now.

Shiichi Nagumo stepped on the wooden block with his left foot as instructed by his senior, and then stood sideways on the pitcher's mound.

"Axle foot...... I didn't expect it to be very stable when I stepped on it. After standing with his head down, Nangumo looked up at home plate, held the baseball in his right hand and hid it in the ball cover of his left hand, and raised his left foot upwards while supporting the wooden block, "Then, ...... his left foot."

"Porphyry!"

Unfortunately, before he could make the next move, he fell to the ground because he didn't stand firm on the block.

"Hey...... I say...... Are you okay? Kuroza Naoya walked over and looked down at Shiichi Nagumo, who had fallen to the ground.

"Hahaha!" Yukiichi also crossed his hands in front of his chest, revealing his true nature, and said with a laugh, "This is really...... The body is also good to a certain level! ”

"Ball control doesn't come from the hands, it comes from the body." After Nagumo fell, Chris stepped over to the wooden block and stood up.

"Your physique is very good among your peers, and your ball control is something that few people of your age can achieve, so the reason why your ball speed is so slow," Chris, who stood firmly on a wooden block with one foot, gave Nagumo a demonstration as he explained the reason why he was so slow, "It's because you didn't throw the ball with all your might." ”

"I have all my strength...... "Nam Yunshi sat on the sand together, next to him was Kuroza Naoya.

"Miyuki, go squat." Chris reached out to home plate and asked Yukiichi, who was also called by him, to help catch the ball, "Remember to put on the protective gear." ”

"Kuraza... Here," Chris reached out and handed the baseball to the junior, and then took out the speed gun and handed it to Shiichi Nagumo next to him: "Nagumo... Here you go. ”

"The ball is gone." After the three of them were ready, Chris stood next to Kuraza Naoya, and shouted at Miyukiya and Mingumo Shiichi at home base, "Test it well." ”

Kuroza raised his left foot and used only his right foot on the block as a support, and as he stepped forward, he waved his right hand that was outstretched backwards.

"Whew!"

Yukiichi also spreads his sleeve forward and catches a straight ball from the inside corner near the belt that Kuraza throws (assuming a hitter is standing on the right zone).

"Bang!"

"Like...... Looks like it soon. "When Shiichi Minamigumo, who was standing behind Miyukikazuya on the left side, measured the speed of the ball with a speed gun, he always felt that Kuroza-san's pitch was much faster than his.

"One hundred and thirty-two kilometers?" Nanyun Shiyi raised the speed gun and looked at the speed measured above, looking very surprised.

"Move your shoulders well, and after the warm-up, you should be able to increase the ball speed to 135km/h." Naoya Kuraza shook his right hand as he walked down the pitcher's mound and walked behind Chris to home plate.

"Good...... It's amazing! Good...... So fast! "Nagumo Shiichi, who takes himself as his standard, thinks that Naoya Kuroza who can throw such a ball is really amazing.

"Okay, okay," Chris walked up to Nagumo Shiichi (his current height is 1.73 meters), stretched out his hand and pointed to the Kuraza next to him, Naoya, "Nagumo, you are about the same size as Kuroza...... So you can also throw straight balls at this speed! ”。

"Huh?!" After hearing the senior say that he could also throw a straight ball at this speed, Shiichi Mingumo looked surprised and happy. If he can increase his ball speed to more than 130km/h, coupled with his striking prowess, he won't have to wait until next year, in September, after the third-year seniors retire, to become a first-class, or even one of the nine starters.

"First of all, I want you to experience throwing with all your might," after seeing Nagumo's reaction to his ability to throw a fast ball, Chris reached out and took out a very small dumbbell and handed it over, "Here you go, this." After saying that, put the dumbbell on the junior's hand.