"The sound is great, it's amazing!" After Nagumo and Kuroza threw a few balls at each other, Yukiichi, who volunteered to stand in the batting area, was unexpectedly knocked out.

"Nagumo, I ask you," Kuroza Naoya got up from home plate and walked up to Shiichi Nagumo and asked him, "How many equals do you divide good balls into when you pitch?" ”

"Divide it in equal parts." Shiichi Nagumo shook his head because of the catcher's question, and felt that his question was a little strange, it should be normal to divide the good ball area into nine divisions, right?

"Nine divisions?" When Kuramochi heard this, he felt a little unbelievable, this is a so-called beginner, and he has the ball control power that even many professional players don't have.

"Haha! Kuramochi," Yukiichi also stepped out of the batting area, turned around and walked towards Nagumo and Kuraza in front of him, "Without this kind of ball control, even if Nagumo's straight ball is strange, it is impossible to knock me out like this." ”

"Straight balls weird?" Shiichi Nagumo doesn't think there's anything special about his straight ball.

"It's slow, but it looks like a straight ball that floats up to the player." Yukiichi immediately said what he had just seen on the batting area.

"The ball will float?" Kuramochi Yoichi, who finally saw Miyuki deflated, didn't intend to let him go around like this, and said negatively: "Don't make excuses." ”

"No, Nagumo's straight ball does give the impression of floating." Kuraza Naoya shows a rare side, and that is to support Miyuki's opinion.

"You're talking about a straight ball?" Kenta Maezono, who also came to watch, stood next to Yoichi Kuramochi and interrupted, "That's not a straight ball at all!" ”

"But that's Nagumo's straight ball." Faced with the doubts of Maezono and Kuramori, Kuroza Naoya could only explain to them: "It can also be said that Nagumo, as a beginner, does not have a straight ball ...... in his ball."

"Huh?" As soon as the words fell, several people, including Nagumo Shiichi, were puzzled by this, except for Miyukichi.

"The so-called straight ball is originally a kind of change ball."

"What does that mean?" Kuroza Naoya, who hadn't finished speaking, was interrupted by Kenta Maezono, who didn't like him: "Because there is no change, it's a straight ball." ”

"No, a straight ball is a ball that spins the ball backwards nicely when throwing, and it's an authentic variation ball, and you generally learn how to throw it."

"As a beginner, Nagumo, who has not received that kind of instruction, naturally can't throw straight balls."

Kuroza Naoya looked sideways at Miyuki Kazuya, who was standing next to him, and said to him, "But Miyuki said that Nagumo's ball will have a feeling of floating, which shows that Miyuki is not only a good catcher, but also a good hitter."

"Huh!" After hearing Kuraza's praise for Miyuki, the people around him showed a surprised expression, except for Nagumo Seichi.

"Miyuki judged that the ball speed was a slow straight ball after Nagumo threw the ball, but Nagumo's ball did not fall easily, so it would make the hitter mistakenly think that it was a straight ball and floated." Kuroza Naoya ignored everyone's surprise, and instead turned his head to look at the red-haired boy in front of him: "Nagumo, your straight ball can be a powerful weapon. ”

"A powerful weapon?" Shiichi Nagumo, who was recognized, shouted to Hiroshi Ono, who was standing in front of him and recorded the speed of the ball with a speed gun: "Ono-san, what is the fastest speed of my ball?" ”

"Hmm...... That ......" Nagumo's ball speed was so slow that even Hiroshi Ono, who helped with the recording, was a little embarrassed, but Nagumo's guy still looked full of energy: "One hundred and ten kilometers." ”

"One hundred and ten kilometers?" When Yu Yuichi heard this, he took the lead in laughing: "Hahaha, I really don't dare to compliment!" ”

"Nagumo," as if he wanted to restore his relationship with Miyukiichi, Naoya Kuraza retorted directly, "He has the ball control power that is enough to compensate for the lack of speed." ”

"Zangza-san, who is actually protecting me." Nan Yunshi raised his right hand and shook it: "It seems that I have indeed been recognized by him......"

Nanyun Shiichi, who was full of thoughts about completing his agreement with his friends, turned a blind eye to the argument between the two catchers next to him because of him.

"Nangumo, you voted very well." After reaching out and patting Nangumo Shiichi on the shoulder, Kuroza Naoya brought him back to his senses, who was immersed in fantasy.

"Although the speed of the ball is not satisfactory, the ball control is very good, and I think the supervisor will definitely agree to let you in."

"Really...... Are you sure? After getting the answer he wanted the most, Nagumo Shiichi's face was a bright smile that could not be concealed.

"Anyway, do you want to learn how to throw a straight ball?" Kuroza Naoya held the baseball in his right hand and handed it to Shiichi Mingumo in front of him: "How did you hold the ball just now?" ”

"Have you ever learned how to hold a straight ball?" Kuroza Naoya placed the ball on his index and middle fingers, and his thumb on the stitch on the front of the baseball so that Nagumo could see his grip clearly: "It's easier to hold this way......"

"Huh?" Nanyun Shiyi looked at the straight ball grip that Kuroza showed him, and it was really different from his own grip.

The index and middle fingers are buckled on the seams at the top of the baseball, and the thumb, ring finger, and little finger are bent downwards and buckled on the seams at the bottom of the baseball.

“…… Nagumo's athletic talent seems to be quite high, and this can't be practiced overnight, maybe......" Kuroza Naoya turned and ran back as he guessed Nagumo's performance.

"Low ball from the outside corner."

After squatting behind home plate, Naoya Kuroza placed the ball cover in front of the knee of his right leg and let Nagumo wave his arm to throw a straight ball in this direction.

"Smack!"

With a flick of his right hand, the baseball dropped to the ground behind home plate, and then bounced forward into Naoya's abdomen in the rebound after landing.

"I'm sorry!" After the baseball he threw hit someone, Nagumo Shiichi hurriedly apologized to Kuroza.

"When I first learned to throw, it's normal to shoot badly," Kuroza Naoya reached out to pick up the baseball on the ground and threw it back to Nagumo in front of him: "Go on." ”

"Whew!"

……

"Bang!"

The second ball is a low ball that is inside and low, the third ball is a high ball outside the middle, and the fourth ball is a straight ball in the middle and high, and Naoya Kuruza reaches up with his left hand to catch the flying baseball......

......Minister Ota, who rushed over from the coach's room after hearing the news, looked at Nagumo, who was constantly learning to invest, and said in a slightly low tone: "It's not okay to start practicing this suddenly, he's so pitiful." ”

"If you're not careful, you'll get hurt."

"No, I don't think I'm good at all!" Standing on the pitcher's seat, Shiichi Nagumo's face was getting more and more sweaty.

"Is it really too difficult to learn to invest in a hurry?" Kuroza Naoya got up as he took out the baseball from the ball case, raised his hand and threw it back: "Okay, Nagumo, let's practice the straight ball again and it'll be over." ”。

"Hmm."

Nanyun Shiichi stretched out his hand to take the baseball from Kuraza, nodded at him, put his hands on his chest and stepped forward with his legs raised, and his right hand holding the baseball hidden in the ball cover stretched out backwards, but when he was about to swing out his right hand that was slightly bent downward, he suddenly realized that something was wrong: "Strange? It's not okay to hold it this way...... Or is it not for you? ”