After Kōshū finished eating cautiously, it was time for the meeting, and the test finally came.
Seido's two giants came in. Kataoka's eyes behind his sunglasses immediately found the target and stared at Kōshū, "Kōshū, how are you? Are you still sleepy?"
"I'm not sleepy anymore." Especially when the supervisor asked me this, I felt even more awake.
"That's good." The supervisor said nothing more and organized the meeting as usual, arranging things as usual until the first announcement.
"He who will start tomorrow with Inomi, Furuya, come on!"
"Hi!" Furuya's face turned rosy instantly.
Everyone began to secretly communicate with their eyes, 'Look, I'm telling you, the supervisor won't spare Kōshū, you still don't believe it! '
'Believe it or not! Originally, with the qualification of Kanto Tournament, the opponent wouldn't send an ace, right? Why should we send it? '
'Even if the opponent has a trump card, we won't be able to do it. After all, our ace's physical strength is so weak. To be honest, I thought that Kōshū would be relatively strong with a physique as big as Kōshū. '
'No, no, no, my brother may look strong, but he's actually not as good as me! '
'.Sawamura How did you sneak into the channel?? '
'The meeting is dismissed! '
The eyes of several people disappeared as soon as Kataoka Manager finished speaking. They had finished their private discussion.
"Kōshū! You start warming up from the fourth game and put pressure on the opponent."
"Hi!"
The supervisor's expression didn't seem to be abnormal, "Next, Kawakami, Sawamura, you two are responsible for the remaining rounds!"
"Hi!"*2
"Although we have qualified for Kanto Tournament, I don't plan to lose the last game. The whole team! We still have to maintain the best condition and strive for victory!"
"Hi!!!"
After the meeting, it was time for independent practice in the evening. Kōshū came to the dormitory and started sending text messages to consult Coach Ninomiya.
"Coach Ninomiya, do you know about the exchange program between Tokyo and New York in June? The main station will be at Regis High School, which is a private school. At that time, the same proportion of students will be selected from the school for in-depth exchanges, including baseball-related experience. I want to participate in this exchange, but I don't know if it is necessary?"
After a while, Coach Ninomiya called back.
"Kōshū, you need to discuss this kind of matter with the supervisor of Seido first."
"Hi, this is the information given by Kataoka Manager, and he has agreed."
The other end of the phone pondered for a moment, "Go ahead, but there's something I need to remind you. You just mentioned that there will be baseball-related exchanges. If you just go with this purpose, you may not be prepared for the rest of the trip. I think the main purpose of this exchange is to communicate between different cultures and to inoculate children who are preparing to study abroad. Kōshū, are you planning to go to college in the United States?"
"I haven't thought about it yet." Actually, I had written about my plan to enter professional baseball with Kataoka Manager before, but now I probably haven't thought about it for too long, so I'm not so sure anymore.
"Yes, haven't you always said that you want to go to professional baseball? But even so, it doesn't prevent us from communicating first. Isn't it just a week? Even if you stay in Japan, can you do anything earth-shattering in this week? Looking at life in the long run, one week is actually very short, and it does not have such a big impact on the outcome."
"Hey, I will think about it carefully." Coach Ninomiya then gave a bunch of instructions, and Kōshū all agreed gratefully.
After hanging up the phone, Kōshū took out a piece of paper and re-wrote the title, "Half-Year Plan".
Perhaps it is more important to carefully take stock of your plans before calling Shen Qing.
On the other side, Kataoka returned to the office and took out the plan written by Kōshū last fall from the drawer.
"If you look at this from time to time, you will find that the child has come a long way." Ochiai Coach sighed.
"Yes, ball control, ball power, ball speed, stamina, straight ball, Changeup, every progress is much better than originally imagined." Kataoka Manager often looks back at this information. It was originally the information that calmed the child down before and after Kōshū was injured in the fall. I didn't expect that Kōshū would really develop his abilities in this way.
"Is that why you let him go to that exchange?" Ochiai found that Kataoka Manager sometimes trusted this player too much.
"Well, since the players are willing to move forward, shouldn't we be there to help?"
Ochiai has nothing to refute. I just feel that if things continue like this, where will the role of supervision and coaching be, and trust is so important. If one day Kōshū lets his own way, and Kataoka still supports him with the same trust as before, will there be irreparable consequences?
'No matter how mature they are, the world a child experiences is always incomplete, Kataoka Manager. There will be problems if you trust a child so much. ' Of course, Ochiai would only say this in his heart.
The clock on the side was slowly ticking as the two coaches communicated.
Time is honest. If you put in sweat in time, you will reap the results later.
This is what the players who practice late into the night believe.
In a corner with no streetlights and only relying on the moonlight to identify objects, there is the player Seido Second String.
"Have you heard? The supervisor seems to be planning to let Miyuki and Kōshū go to the United States for exchanges in June."
"Really or not, are they just the two of them?"
"Did you think the whole team came to communicate? It is said that registration and interviews are required, and you may not be able to pass. But for Seido, the supervisor only gave them two pieces of information."
"That's great. Where to go?"
"New York."
"That's great. I want to go to New York too."
Such discussions made the corner that was quiet except for bat swings noisy.
"Tsk, they just went to communicate and will come back. Instead of discussing other people's affairs, I think it's better to swing the stick a few more times and be selected first into First String."
Takatsu's words made everyone participating in the discussion feel unhappy, but this unhappiness was not brought about by Takatsu, but the long-term unhappiness brought about by his own lack of strength.
Why can others grow faster even if we put in the same time and effort? Why are those of us who are not selected into First String considered by default to have insufficient efforts or insufficient talent?
But if you put in enough hard work, wouldn't there be only the cruel truth of insufficient talent?
Under the moonlight, everyone no longer discussed the gossip about First String, but tried hard to wave the stick, at least to do what they could do to the best, and leave the rest to God's will.
Especially for some of the third graders, not being able to join First String means retiring early. Summer must not end before it has even begun!