Chapter 78: Opening of the County Competition

"Remember, you are very strong. Lingnan was last year's top four team. This year, Xiandao and Yuzhu are more mature, and Lingnan's strength has improved. Your ability to beat such a team shows that you have the strength to enter the national competition. .” Shen Long cheered them up in a timely manner.

Akagi and Kigure lost in the first round of qualifiers year after year, and Mitsui Hisashi hadn't played a game for two years. These kids didn't have much confidence in themselves. I believe it will be better after this game! This is also the reason why Shen Long did not hide his strength.

"Coach Anxi, thank you for your guidance." Tian Gang Maoyi came to express his gratitude. He has already started to pray that he will not be grouped with Xiangbei in the qualifiers. I am afraid that even if Fukuda returns, it will not be easy for Lingnan to defeat Xiangbei, right?

"Oh, thank you for your advice, let's compete again in the joint final!" Shen Long smiled and shook hands with Tian Gang.

The county competition started in half a month. After returning, Xiangbei continued to carry out high-intensity training. Some freshmen couldn't bear it and left the team one after another. There were only 12 people left in the whole team, which could barely maintain the five pairs in the team. Five training.

"Hanato, you can't go straight to the layup like this. The opponent just needs to block your way forward. It's better to use fake moves to deceive the opponent and then layup." Like the original book, Miyagi Ryota and Sakuragi Hanamichi inexplicably Became good friends and started teaching Sakuragi fake moves.

"Xiao Gong, is that so?"

"You are so fake. You have to use your eyes and move quickly to give people a feeling that you really want to shoot. Only in this way can you deceive your opponent."

On the other side, Mitsui Shou continued to point out Mugure and Yasuda's shooting, "Bend your knees slightly when catching the ball, and be ready to shoot. Don't wait until the basketball is in your hand to prepare, otherwise it will be too late. It is difficult to get a real open shot on the court. If there is an opportunity, after receiving the ball, he will make a decisive shot..."

The atmosphere in the team is very harmonious, but Rukawa Feng still has a cold face and rarely communicates with others. Seeing him like this, Shen Long fell into deep thought.

Rukawa Kaede's jumping, speed, agility and reaction are all first-class. In the original work, it can be said to be second only to Sakuragi Flower Road. Personal skills can also be said to be first-class, only slightly worse than Zebei Eiji. , The scoring ability is very strong, and the finishing ability is very efficient when the physical strength is abundant.

But such a player has been outside the tactical system of Xiangbei for a long time. The core of Xiangbei's defense is Akagi, who guards the basket and uses blocks and rebounds to block the enemy's attack; Open the opponent's defense; Rukawa Feng is just a powerful singles player most of the time.

Xiandao, Mu Shenyi and even Akagi have all attracted opponents' double-teams. Rukawa Kaede's scoring ability is not inferior to them, but in the comics, he has never enjoyed double-teaming. There is only one reason, that is, it is not worth it. Rukawa Kaede's Scoring hurts, but it's not unbearable, and it's not worth double-teaming him to open up an open spot.

Also, his off-ball ability is average, and he is not good at using running positions to create opportunities. This may be a problem left over from his junior high school basketball era. At that time, he should have always received the ball from the outside and scored with the ball, rarely Like Mitsui, he ran to catch the ball and shot, which led to the defenders daring to leave him to double-team others when he had no ball. For example, Aota dropped him to double-team Akagi, and Sendo left him to double-team Akagi.

This may also be due to insufficient physical strength. After all, running without the ball also requires physical strength.

Then Rukawa Kaede’s shortcomings are physical strength, running without the ball, and teamwork. No wonder Coach Anxi was so excited when he saw Rukawa Kaede passing the ball in the Battle of the Mountain King. Once this short board is made up, Rukawa Kaede will become even more horrible.

"Rukawa Feng, you should follow Mitsui to practice physical strength and running without the ball first! Put aside your singles skills first." After thinking for a while, Shen Long issued a new order.

"Huh?" Rukawa Feng was stunned for a while, and it took a long time before he responded, "Okay.

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Maybe it was the video tape and Xiandao's performance on the court that touched him, but these are not enough, let's have a serious talk with him later.

"Father, what are we doing special training tonight?" After practice, Yingmu Huadao rushed over excitedly, "Why don't you teach me how to prevent fouls?" It seems that being sent off yesterday left a deep impression on Yingmu Huadao memory.

"There is no shortcut to how to prevent fouls. We can only accumulate experience slowly. After the start of the county competition, I will let you start and will not change you halfway until you are sent off. This will allow you to grow up quickly. "Shen Long said, "As for tonight, let's see how you practice rebounding and layup before deciding whether to teach you new techniques."

"Coach, I also want to participate in the special training at night." Miyagi Ryota walked over.

"Coach, we want too!" Mitsui Shou and Akagi shouted together, Rukawa Feng didn't speak, but stood beside Akagi silently.

"Miyagi can stay. You three should go back and rest. Your physical strength is not as good as the two of them. Excessive exercise will not be good for you." Miyagi may be the strongest in Xiangbei except Yingmu Huadao , I have hardly seen any scenes of him being exhausted.

The others left reluctantly, and took them to their store to eat a nutritious meal, and then returned to the basketball hall to start another day of training. Sakuragi Hanamichi did basic exercises, as well as rebounding and layups. CIC practice.

This kind of practice lasted for a week, and these two skills of Sakuragi Huadao were well mastered. Shen Long began to teach him how to shoot under the basket.

"Slightly open your right hand, gently hold the basketball with your left hand, and bend your knees when catching the ball..." Shen Long personally demonstrated to Sakuragi Hanadao, "Use the strength of your wrist... Sakuragi, do you understand?"

"Slightly open your right hand, and hold the basketball with your left hand..." Yingmu Huadao repeated Shen Long's words, jumped up, shot, and the basketball bounced out of the frame.

"The first half of the moves were done right. My wrist was too stiff when I took the shot. Come on, let's hit 200 goals tonight!" will be slow.

In the blink of an eye, Sakuragi Hanamichi's daily shooting practice has increased from 200 to 500, but the completion time has not been extended much. He has basically mastered this technique now.

At this time, the grouping results of the Kanagawa County Competition came out. Xiangbei and last year's county competition runner-up and Xiangyang Basketball Team, the top 16 national competition, were grouped into one group; seeing this result, Tian Gang breathed a sigh of relief.

Four days later, Xiangbei will face his first opponent, the Miuradai basketball team.