the next day.

After the second period in the afternoon, it is time for various clubs in the school to start activities.

Tetsu Nishino and Kazuya Nishino arrived at the baseball field next to the school early.

"Azhe, although the results of our Baishan High School baseball club are mediocre, everyone's love for baseball is no worse than that of those schools that are strong in baseball."

"Yes, indeed." Nishino Tetsu nodded.

Although the baseball field is relatively simple and does not have the luxury equipment of private high schools, the senior baseball club members came to the baseball field for practice very early.

And because it shares a baseball field with the junior high school, some members of the junior high school baseball club are also practicing in the same area, and the entire baseball field looks very lively.

One after another, some first-year students who applied for the baseball club came to the baseball field to report. The director, Hiroki, was holding a form to sign in the new members.

Tetsu Nishino and Kazuya Nishino had signed in early, so they were not in a hurry and chatted about some baseball knowledge.

Seeing that everyone was here, Hongshu asked the new members to gather together.

"Everyone, please wait here for a moment."

After saying that, Hiroki ran to the senior members who were undergoing defensive training.

A middle-aged man with a kind face, wearing a training uniform with the name Baishan High School on it, was hitting baseballs from home plate to the infield.

The infielders are constantly catching balls, stepping on bases and passing balls in the face of infield balls.

Hiroki ran up to the middle-aged man and said.

"Supervisor, all the new members have arrived. This is the information sheet for the new members. Please confirm."

Hiroki said and handed the watch to the man.

The middle-aged man took the watch and said: "Okay, I understand, um, oh?! This year is not bad, there are 16 new members."

"Hiroki, take them to change into their training clothes first, and then bring them to the home base."

"Okay, supervisor, I understand."

"Hey! First graders, follow me to the locker room to change into training clothes, hurry up!" Hiroki returned to the first graders and shouted.

"It's senior!"

The first graders followed him to the locker room, and Tetsu Nishino and Kazuya Nishino quickly followed.

In the locker room.

After picking out his training clothes, Tetsu Nishino asked Kazuya Nishino next to him while changing into his training clothes.

"Hey, Kazuya, do you know the person that senior looked for just now?"

"Oh? Are you talking about Director Higashi? Of course I know him!" Nishino Kazuya replied.

"Supervisor Dong is the instructor of our baseball club, and he is responsible for the affairs of our baseball club."

Nishino Kazuya kept introducing.

"And Superintendent Dong is also the Chinese teacher of our school! He is only the instructor of the baseball club part-time. After all, our school is a county high school, not a private high school. The baseball club is more of a sports club for students to exercise.

"

"But don't worry, Azhe. Director Dong is a very good person, and he was also in the baseball club when he was in high school, and he knows a lot about baseball."

"Well, I understand, and I'm not worried. You said so much yourself," Tetsu Nishino said, "Okay, change your clothes and leave quickly, otherwise you will be late for the meeting!"

"Hey, hey, I'll be ready soon..."

After all the first-year students changed into their training uniforms, Hiroki took them to the baseball field and lined them up.

"Supervisor, the first graders are all gathered." Hiroki walked to Supervisor Dong and said.

"Well, okay, I understand, thank you for your hard work."

With that said, Supervisor Dong turned to the senior members and shouted, "Okay! The training will end here first! You can rest freely, or you can stay to welcome the juniors."

"Yes! Supervision!"

"Eh!? First grade? There are more than a dozen first graders entering the club this year, almost the same as our class."

"Wow! The first grade is here, and I will be a senior from now on, haha."

"Hey, you are still a senior and if you are still lazy in training, you will not be able to compare with the juniors."

"Well, it doesn't matter, as long as we have baseball to play, ha."

Some of the senior members went to rest in the pergola, and some of them looked at the first-year students curiously while joking with each other.

Supervisor Higashi walked up to Tetsu Nishino and the others.

"Hello everyone, let me introduce myself first. My name is Higashi Takuji, and I am the supervisor of the baseball club. Please take care of me!"

The first graders also responded, "Yes! Good supervision! Please take care of me!"

"Don't be nervous, everyone. Our baseball club will not be very strict. The school has no requirements for our baseball club's grades. Everyone can just enjoy high school baseball."

"But everyone still has to train hard. This is how your seniors made it to three rounds of the county meet last year, so work hard!" Supervisor Higashi Takuji continued to add.

"Yes! Supervision!"

"Introduce yourselves first, Hiroki, and set an example first," Supervisor Higashikata said to the baseball club's head coach, Hiroki.

"yes!"

Hiroki shouted loudly to the first graders.

"Hello everyone, my name is Hiroki. I am a third-year student. I am currently the captain of the baseball club and my position is catcher. Please take care of me!"

The new members also continued to introduce themselves one by one.

It was Nishino Kazuya's turn, and he shouted confidently: "Hello everyone, my name is Nishino Kazuya. I have been playing baseball since I was a child. My goal is to become the team's ace pitcher. Please take care of me!"

...

The last one is Tetsu Nishino.

"Hello everyone, my name is Tetsu Nishino. I am new to baseball and the position I want to play is catcher. Please take care of me!"

"Eh? Catcher?" Supervisor Higashikata and General Hiroki were surprised when they heard this.

Because most freshmen first join the baseball team, they usually choose pitchers or fielders. The catcher can be said to be the most tiring person among the nine defensive players except the pitcher, but the catcher wears protective gear to catch the ball at home plate throughout the game, and there is no pitcher.

, so few freshmen will actively choose to serve as catchers.

The same is true for the Hakusan High School Baseball Club. Only Hiroki is the catcher in the third grade. The team's backup catchers are usually recruited from the second grade. After the third grade retires, the team will find one of them who is willing to be the regular catcher.

So when he heard that Tetsu Nishino volunteered to be a catcher, Hiroki was so happy that he wanted to immediately take Tetsu Nishino and start training him as a catcher.

"Hiroki, the catcher you were talking about is here, you have to train him well." Higashi Takuji also smiled.

"Yeah, supervisor, I understand!"

Then, Supervisor Totoji said: "I will conduct an entry test for you next to facilitate future training. Hiroki, please make arrangements."

"OK."

The first thing to do is the base running test.

Hiroki introduced it to Tetsu Nishino and the others.

"The most important thing in base running is speed, and starting speed is more important than absolute speed. Of course, absolute speed will not be worse if the starting speed is fast."

"The second most important thing is the ability to observe the overall situation. Does this ball run one base, two bases, or no bases? The decision needs to be made in an instant. If you think wrong, you will be blocked on the base bag or miss the score.

Good opportunity."
Chapter completed!