"Are you okay?" Rei-chan looked at Sendou with helpless concern from the bench.
"I'm fine, I just need to rest for a bit!
I only twisted it slightly..." Sendou was utterly speechless. He had actually slipped by accident...
"Honestly, it was just practice. There was no need to use a move like that!"
"I wasn't thinking that much at the time!
It doesn't hurt anymore, so I don't need to go to the hospital, right?!
And I've already been checked!" Sendou awkwardly rubbed his cheek with a finger.
"It's already this late, so to be safe, you won't be practicing today!
That's what Coach Kataoka decided!
If you feel any pain, tell me immediately. There aren't any important games right now!"
"Well!" Sendou had no way to refuse the coaching staff's goodwill.
If they had not been truly certain that he was all right, given Seidou's current situation, he would probably have been forcibly taken to the hospital already.
"The next pitch makes twenty. Let's finish them all at once!!" Right beside Sendou, Yui and Sawamura were practicing as a battery. At least his misfortune let him watch the excitement for free.
"Smack!"
"Okay! Nice ball!
Take a break for now!!"
"Yeah!"
The two of them headed straight toward Sendou!
"A break after just twenty pitches?"
"Are they finishing that quickly?"
The reporters who had come to watch practice asked curiously.
"No! They're throwing a hundred pitches!
Because in an actual game, it's impossible to throw a hundred pitches all at once!
Barring special circumstances, the usual cycle is twenty pitches, rest, twenty pitches at full intensity, rest, and so on!
The training is arranged to simulate getting on base as a batter, bringing it closer to real game conditions.
That also helps build stamina!!
If players get used to