Lineup Confirmed

Under Sendou's deliberate actions, Coach Nakanishi barely had any chance to speak with him, and so the training for the second day ended there.

"Number Two Pitcher?" Sawamura asked, puzzled, when Sendou mentioned Coach Nakanishi's words.

"You guys participated in the big tournament in the summer, right? You should know the regulations and the competition schedule, shouldn't you?"

"What's that? I don't know!"

"Well, I didn't expect you to know. So..." He turned his gaze to the others, and the whole group shook their heads in unison.

"Hey, what were you guys doing before?"

"Well, we used to just look at the preliminary round schedule for our first opponent, and then go to the match on time. We didn't pay any attention to the schedule at all!" A Shin said awkwardly.

"Okay, in short, we need a Number Two Pitcher. Let's start with throwing and catching. Everyone except A Shin should try it out one by one! A Shin, you catch!"

"Okay!"

So everyone started to receive pitching training one by one. Although the results weren't ideal, in the end, center fielder Oomura and right field Aoki were chosen as the Number Two and Number Three Pitchers. As for the pitching content, it was basically all crash courses.

After that, Sawamura was given a wooden board balance training method, and the infield defense was also strengthened.

In the following days, the team's proficiency in techniques such as identifying Balls, Bunt, base running, and understanding the Umpire's judgment scale all increased linearly. After all, it's normal for progress to be rapid when training in a practical way.

It can be said that in terms of defensive details, they have already crushed some Middle School teams that treat Baseball as a club activity. Although the pitcher's problem still exists, Sawamura's pitching must be restrained to prevent the ball from running wild. The Number Two and Number Three Pitchers are practicing Slow Balls. Although the ball speed is slow, there is a top-down angle that makes it not very easy to hit. Coupled with the team's good Infield defense, the future is still worth looking forward to, although the two's Slow Balls are still half-baked.

The week-long joint training with the Wildcats quickly came to an end. The Wildcats also temporarily stopped training and began to contact other Little League and even Little Senior League practice matches.

Since the length of the winning Infield is the same for both Little League and Little Senior League, they can also play against each other. Of course, only teams like the Wildcats have the ability to fight against Little Senior League teams.

Sendou also knew that watching that kind of game wouldn't help them much, so he resumed normal training while increasing the team's cohesion.

"Be faster when catching the ball at Third Base. Don't make me say it over and over again. Also, the ball should be low when throwing so that it's fast enough!"

"A Shin, you have to shout out every ball. Which way to pass is sometimes very complicated because of the runner's existence. That Old Man also taught you, right? How to direct according to the runner's position. Now is the time to practice. Don't wait until the game. If there is a hesitation or a command error, it is possible to lose points."

"I understand!"

"That's right!"

"Okay! Oomura, Aoki, A Shin, you two go to the Bullpen, the others take a rest first."

Baseball training is repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.

"That's it for today! Everyone's basic movements are already very good. We're going to start making adjustments tomorrow. 5 kilometers in the morning, then throwing practice. We haven't done much of this recently. Start with the distance from Home Base to First Base, then Outfield direct throws to Home Base. This is half an hour, then Bunt, also half an hour. Finally, all the time is spent on defensive practice and base running practice! Be prepared to crawl back!!!"

"We won't lose! Come on!!!" Sawamura shouted immediately.

The atmosphere of the others immediately became enthusiastic with Sawamura's passionate roar.

"Baka, that's really passionate!" Sendou thought to himself.

"We're going back in another half month. Before we go back, I'll have That Old Man arrange practice matches with teams in Tokyo that are still in club activities. How about we all go camping by the sea for three days and two nights a week later? Then come back and rest to prepare for the practice matches."

"Hooray!!! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!" This time everyone shouted loudly together.

"Going to the beach! Hooray!" Sawamura shouted again after shouting with the others!

"Not going now, Baka!"

"Is that so?" Sawamura said naively.

"You didn't listen at all, did you! You Baka!"

The fatigue of the day was swept away in such a noisy atmosphere!

"Damn it! Whether it's push hitting or pull hitting, I always feel like I have nowhere to vent my strength. Is my batting stance too bad?" In the evening, while others were still practicing on their own, Sendou muttered in his room while flipping through information about hitting.

"This is too troublesome to practice... and this one, isn't there a hitting method that's easy to learn and easy to use?" Being lazy and wanting to hit that ball that made Sendou a little obsessed, he fell into entanglement again.

In the end, Sendou didn't find what he wanted, so he had to give up improving his batting stance and planned to continue using the basic stance. He had always used the American Style Lifting Hit method.

Of course, it's different from Maezono's uncontrolled lifting. The American Style uses the lifting method to hit the ball further. Major League hitters started hitting these high and far balls, so the importance of outfielders began to increase proportionally.

Similarly, not everyone in the Wildcats is taught this way by Coach Nakanishi. This batting style is generally not suitable for Asians. Asians are more suitable for hitting the ball directly rather than hitting from the bottom up. After all, this batting style requires a lot of strength and whipping power, including Suzuki Ichiro and Coach Nakanishi when they were active players.

Estimating the time and going downstairs early, Sendou heard everyone chatting and walked into the bathhouse, then took his bat and went out. Fumino also appeared on the baseball field on time.

"You don't have to follow me every day, do you?"

"The stars here are very beautiful!"

"I see! Then do as you like!"

"Akila! You've been coming to hit every day recently. Do you feel Baseball is interesting?"

"I don't know! If there really is such a pitcher in the same era, it might be very interesting! The excitement of facing a strong enemy is the best. Who would like a game that you can win easily?"

"That's true!"

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