The White Mountain High School Baseball Club has resumed training day after day.

On the court.

The sounds of blows came one after another.

Occasionally, students passing by heard these familiar sounds and were surprised by the slightly dull sound that was different from the previous sonorous sounds.

The main thing today is strike training.

The players are divided into groups, one is responsible for throwing the ball, and the other is constantly swinging the bat to hit the ball.

Tetsu Nishino took the bat and hit the baseballs that were thrown at him. His swing seemed a bit clumsy.

"It's so heavy."

After knocking the ball out, Tetsu Nishino tightened his grip on the bat.

In order to solve the problem of the team's poor hitting, Totoji began to let the players use bamboo bats for hitting training.

Specially selected bamboo bats are bulkier and more difficult to use than the wooden bats used by professional players.

High school players mostly use metal bats that are lighter and can hit the ball farther.

In this way, training with a bamboo bat is equivalent to weight-bearing training.

When it's time for the game to be replaced with a metal bat, the hitting power of the Baishan players will be significantly improved, and the effect of weight-bearing training will be apparent.

Hitting out baseballs one by one, the players on the field are practicing seriously.

When swinging the bat, Tetsu Nishino had to concentrate on adjusting the muscles of his whole body because of the heavy bat, and he had to hit the ball with the smoothest movement.

Even when swinging in the air, the striking action must remain smooth, otherwise the deformed movements may easily strain or sprain muscles and ligaments.

After such a group, he was soon sweating profusely.

In each group, several people alternately hit, throw and pick up the ball, completely immersed in the training and forgetting the passage of time.

Amidst the sound of knocking, gradually, the setting sun approached the Western Mountain.

The sky in the west was bright red, clearly outlining the outline of the green mountains.

"Okay, it's almost done. Let's eat first."

Raising his hand to check the time, Totoji temporarily disbanded the team.

After night training begins, the baseball club players will go to dinner very early so that they can have a more continuous training time in the evening.

"Oh, that's great."

"I'm so hungry."

"Hurry up and eat."

After the training volume more than doubled, the players' physical strength was exhausted very quickly, and they often felt hungry after five o'clock in the afternoon.

Because it was troublesome to bring lunch every day, Tetsu Nishino and other day players simply applied to eat in the school cafeteria, so everyone rushed to the cafeteria together.

night.

"Qiang"

"Pa"

In the batting booth made of canvas, baseballs hit the ball cage heavily.

Above the head are several hanging lamps that emit dim light.

The players swung the bats again and again, hitting the baseballs thrown towards the ball cage a few meters in front.

Because the hitting booth is relatively small, it can only accommodate seven or eight people training at a time, and the others conduct independent training outside under the lights.

Some players swung their bats in the open space, causing a swishing sound in the air.

Part of it is core strength training and using some simple equipment to exercise muscles.

Kazuya Nishino was holding dumbbells there, while Tetsu Nishino continued to practice striking postures.

In baseball games, players adopt different batting stances, and there are many types. For example, open, closed, wide, narrow, upper body straight, upper body curled up, etc.

It's not about which posture is the most advanced, the key is to find the way you feel most comfortable as a hitting posture.

At this time, Tetsu Nishino's left hand was holding the base of the bat, his right hand leaned over, and he held the bat with both hands together.

With his forearms bent, he put his hands behind his head in a more comfortable place and raised the bat.

At the same time, Tetsu Nishino's feet are a little wider than his shoulders, his knees are slightly bent, and his body's center of gravity is distributed on the inside of his feet.

In this way, he raised the bat and put it down, then raised the bat and put it down again, practicing repeatedly.

Practicing a smooth bat lift will allow him to quickly enter the hitting state and quickly adjust to the next incoming ball in the strike zone.

...

"Thank you for your hard work, come and have something to eat."

The voice of Miss Kato Mona came.

Looking over, she and Moriyama Aoi walked into the stadium carrying a plate of steaming rice balls.

Everyone gathered around.

"Oh, that's great, Arigado."

"I've been hungry so fast lately."

"Eat quickly."

The players sat on the ground one by one and started eating. Before they knew it, it was past 9 o'clock.

Moriwasabi said: "There is also juice and milk here."

Walking over, Tetsu Nishino poured a glass of milk, but he didn't drink it himself, but gave it to Kazuya Nishino.

There was no other way. The boy said that he was too tired to walk and didn't want to walk a few steps, so he asked him to help him pour a glass.

"Here, here."

"Hey, thanks."

After receiving the warm milk, Nishino Kazuya took out a bottle from his bag, poured the milk in and mixed it with the protein powder to drink.

While drinking, Nishino Kazuya looked at Nishino Tetsu who was standing.

Slender body.

The muscles that hold up the jersey just right.

Nishino Kazuya was sour.

"Azhe, what's the matter with you? Why are you so strong?"

"No way."

Tetsu Nishino retorted that he didn't think he was strong.

Compared with those catchers who easily weigh 80kg, 90kg or even 100kg, his weight of 78kg is not impressive enough and can only be considered a lightweight.

Nishino Kazuya said angrily: "You are 178 and weigh almost 80kg. You are much stronger than me who are 174 and 71kg tall."

He has a reason to be aggrieved. Tetsu Nishino's appearance is really deceiving.

When pitchers from other schools saw Tetsu Nishino, they felt that he was not particularly strong and that he should be much easier to deal with than those heavyweight catchers.

It is natural to think that he can suppress Tetsu Nishino with straight balls and let him hit ground balls or fly balls without any threat.

However, under the cover of the jersey, Tetsu Nishino's muscles are full of explosive power, and his core muscle strength is also quite strong, which is not inferior to that of heavy hitters with full muscles.

This resulted in a tactical effect that surprised the Baishan players.

Pitchers from other schools thought that Tetsu Nishino was a traditional one-hitter, that is, a hitter with decent hitting power who relied on infield hits and his footwork to get on base.

Ever since.

Each one of them chose to throw a straight ball to suppress Tetsu Nishino.

result.

Tetsu Nishino hit every hit and his on-base percentage was astonishing.

If you want to throw some tricky straight balls or change-ups to him, he doesn't know how to deal with them.

But if he throws some pitches that the batter can hit, Tetsu Nishino won't be polite. Now he likes to hit such pitches.

However, his striking shortcomings are still very serious.

It is basically impossible to hit the change ball.

You can't catch a low straight ball either.

The only thing that is barely okay is the high straight ball. Nishino Tetsu's direct hit to the outfield is a long hit, because he can't control the path of the ball now and can only hit it wherever it goes.

In other words, Tetsu Nishino now knows a striking technique.
Chapter completed!