The next day's results were gratifying. It should be said that beginners progress quickly, and everyone except Sawamura was not stupid and willing to use their brains.
They also liked to practice. Sendou wasn't sure, but in fact, everyone practiced swinging at home, including Sawamura, except that this guy just swung wildly.
"Sen-chan!"
"Hmm?"
"Um, can we borrow those basic books from you? We want to learn some standard swinging postures and stuff."
"Oh, that's my mistake. If you want to practice after school today, I'll go get them for you. Thinking for yourselves is a good habit!"
"Good habit and stuff!" The others were a little embarrassed by what he said, and said softly.
"That's right, after all, I'm also a beginner, and it's impossible to think of everything in a few days. It's a very good habit that you are willing to use your brains to think. Let's work hard together, don't be like that baka!"
At this time, someone who had been eavesdropping with their ears perked up instantly stood up.
"Baka? Did you just say baka? It's not good to talk bad about people behind their backs! Hey, you."
"Yeah, I said baka, but I didn't say who it was!"
"Uh!" At this moment, someone was sweating on their head.
"Could it be that you're putting yourself in the seat? Hahaha, calling yourself a baka is really stupid!"
"Hahaha!" Everyone was amused by this pleasant and common daily routine.
Every time these two would bicker, and every time Sawamura, who was provoked, would be defeated.
"Hmph!" Sawamura turned his head back to his seat with a little tsundere, making everyone laugh again.
School ends at 3 p.m.
"Then I'll go back first, you guys practice like yesterday!"
"Okay!"
"Hurry, hurry, Ei-chan, or we won't wait for you!"
Sendou, who had walked outside the door, could still hear his companions urging him.
"Let's go back!" Sendou rolled his eyes and said to himself.
Arriving home, after the usual greetings, Sendou picked up the basic baseball primer and Coach Nakanishi's notes on the explanation of standard basic techniques and postures, and rode his bicycle to the field.
However, he didn't rush directly into the field, but observed secretly from a distance. It was difficult to get Sendou to obediently stay here with them. Sendou was a very lazy person.
"That Ono guy is doing a good job as a batting coach! And Eijun is really running obediently. In two days, I'll teach Ono how to hit fly balls, so there won't be anything to worry about in terms of defense. Can I go back early?" Sendou said to himself in the distance.
"Ye, ye, ye, isn't that not so good? I'd better watch them practice! Hmm, I'll sneak away after a while."
If Sawamura heard these words, there would definitely be another tooth-gnashing battle.
After watching for a while, Sendou rode his bicycle into the field.
"Don't mind me, just take this with you when you go back."
"Ono, speed up a bit more!"
After calling out twice in a row, Sendou sat down on the side.
"Hmm, not bad! Everyone can endure this monotony, very good, very good."
After a while, Sendou looked at his watch, it was already 4:30, and stood up after looking.
"I'll hit! Ono, you go back to the team first."
"I will accelerate again, you must be prepared!"
Saying that.
"Ping!"
The small ball rushed into the field quickly, which was no slower than a formal game.
"Faster, too slow, speed up."
"Even if you can't catch it, you must maintain the correct posture."
"Let the body and hands get used to the ball speed."
Sendou kept hitting ground balls and giving guidance according to the situation.
After two days of training, the players have become somewhat accustomed to the standard posture, so they need to adapt their bodies to the ball speed hit by middle school students.
In this way, after a few more days of adaptation, they will get used to it, and then they only need to increase their success rate in the standard posture.
Although it's only a few days, the batting of middle school students can't be said to be fast. After all, soft baseball is still a student club, and the gap between it and the professional training of youth baseball is huge. Even if youth baseball players hit balls that they can't react to, such people are rare.
Middle school students pay more attention to the correctness of individual techniques and the normal growth of players.
This level of defense is already sufficient for middle school students. Strengthening it further is not only unnecessary, but also prone to injury for children of this age.
The sudden acceleration resulted in less than 10% of them successfully catching the ball, but it seems they have the ability to catch it, and the rest is just constant training.
It can be said that the training of the Akagi Middle School Baseball Club is already very intense. After returning, they still have batting practice.
In the past, they hadn't developed their bodies much, so there is still potential to be tapped, and the intensity is still controllable.
Soon, it was getting dark.
"That's it for today. By the way, when you go back, practice swinging. If you find something is wrong, don't add more. Suddenly increasing the intensity so much is too much for the body to handle. Try again after a while!"
"Okay!"
"Thank you for your hard work!"
"Thank you for your hard work!"
Time passed quickly, and almost a month had passed without realizing it.
The baseball club partners looked at the basic books that Sendou gave them and discussed and exchanged ideas with each other on Line.
Batting practice will have to wait for actual combat to verify the training results, but they don't have a pitching machine, so there is no such opportunity.
As for defense, after the rapid progress in the first two days, it began to return to normal. But a month is enough for them to stabilize the basic movements.
A week after that day, Sendou added fly ball and line drive practice to their training.
A month later, Akagi Middle School's defense was barely passable. Well, much better than a team that gets knocked out in the first or second round! In reality, Sendou had only opened the door to professional baseball for them.
After that, he used various professional materials to teach them how baseball should be played.
"Starting today, baseball club activities are suspended. Exams are next week, so don't fail. We'll be going to training camp after summer vacation," Sendou said after school this day.
"Where are we going for training camp, Sen-chan?"
"My family has a small villa in Tokyo. It's where I lived before coming here. And recently, I've already asked my dad for money and asked my Little League coach to help me buy two pitching machines. Then we can practice bunting and batting."
"Si, gei (Awesome)!"
"Alright, dismissed, dismissed!" After saying that, Sendou shooed away the group of people surrounding his seat.
"Finally, I can rest for a few days! My lovely bed, my lovely manga! Sigh!" Sendou thought with a myriad of emotions. However, he hadn't actually managed to slack off as he'd planned, which led to him really practicing with these guys for a month, even though he spent most of his time watching from the sidelines.
The old Sendou wouldn't have believed it.
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