The tense yet basic repetitive training continued until April 23.
Right after lunch, everyone from the First String stayed in the cafeteria. "Over the next two days, everyone needs to adjust their training plans according to Ichidai Third High's situation. So at noon today, the intelligence team will summarize Ichidai Third High's current situation once more."
Senior Abe stepped forward and took over. "We all watched Ichidai Third High's last game against Niō Gakusha. So the first thing to mention is their ace, Amakuhisa Kousei. His fastball averages in the low 140s, and his professional-level Slider is his strongest Changeup. But he also tends to start games poorly, and that's our best opportunity."
Furuya, who was also unstable at the start of games, sat up ramrod straight, afraid someone would call on him to ask about his progress with opening-game stability. After all, he had bragged about it that day.
"Alright, got it." Seido's leadoff man, Kuramochi, declared that he could handle it.
"Now we'll show everyone a compilation of Amakuhisa's pitching. You can use it as a reference during batting practice."
All of Seido's materials were stored on videotapes in the cafeteria cabinets, so everyone would occasionally arrange to come watch footage of their opponents.
Some of Seido's players were very familiar with Amakuhisa's pitching—those who had faced him directly, and those who had learned from him.
Miyuki leaned over and whispered, "How about throwing Amakuhisa's Slider for the next few days so everyone can get used to it?"
Two death stares immediately bored black holes into Miyuki. "Senior Miyuki, my Slider isn't the same as his, okay?!"
Even with the same Slider, differences in release angle, palm size, finger dexterity, and pitcher height could produce entirely different movement paths. Kōshū had spent a long time developing his own