"Remember, you are very strong. Lingnan was the top four team last year. This year Sendao and Uozumi are more mature. Lingnan's strength has improved again. If you can defeat such a team, it means that you have the strength to enter the national competition. ." Shen Long cheered them up in a timely manner.

Akagi and Kigure have lost in the first round of qualifying for consecutive years, and Hisashi Mitsui has not played in a game for two years. These children do not have much confidence in themselves. I believe they will be better after this game! This is why Shen Long has not hidden his strength. reason.

"Coach Anzai, thank you for your advice." Shigeichi Taoka came to express his thanks. He has now begun to pray that he will not be divided into a group with Shohoku in the qualifiers. I am afraid that even if Fukuda returns with good luck, it will not be easy for Lingnan to defeat Shohoku, right?

"Oh ho ho ho, thank you for your advice, let's compete again in the joint finals!" 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. There were only twelve people left in the team, which could barely maintain five pairs in the team. Five training.

"Hanamichi, you can't lay up directly like this. The opponent only needs to block your path. It's best to use fake moves to deceive the opponent and then lay up." Like the original work, Miyagi Ryota inexplicably and Sakuragi Hanamichi. They became good friends and began to teach Sakuragi fake moves.

"Xiao Gong, is that so?"

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

On the other side, Hisashi Mitsui continued to guide Kigure and Yasuda's shooting, "When you catch the ball, bend your knees slightly and be ready to shoot. Don't wait until you get the basketball to prepare, otherwise it will be too late. It will be difficult to get a truly open shot on the court. If you have the opportunity, take action decisively after catching the ball..."

The atmosphere in the team was very harmonious, but Rukawa Kaede was still cold-faced and rarely communicated with others. Seeing him like this, Shen Long fell into thinking.

Rukawa Kaede's jumping, speed, agility and reaction are all top-notch. In the original work, he can be said to be second only to Sakuragi Hanamichi. His personal skills can also be said to be top-notch, only slightly worse than Eiji Sawabita. , his scoring ability is very strong, and his finishing ability is very efficient when he is full of energy.

But such players have been outside Shohoku's tactical system for a long time. The core of Shohoku's defense is Akagi, who guards the basket and uses blocks and rebounds to block the enemy's offense; the core organizer is Miyagi, who uses fast breaks and breakthrough points to break up the opponent's offense. Open up the opponent's defense; and Rukawa Kaede is just a powerful singles player most of the time.

Sendō, Maki Shinichi and even Akagi have all attracted double teams from their opponents. Rukawa Kaede's scoring ability is not inferior to them, but in the comics, he has never enjoyed double teams. There is only one reason, that is, it is not worth it. Rukawa Kaede's Scoring will hurt the opponent, but it is not unbearable and it is not worth double-teaming him to open up an open position.

Also, his ability without the ball 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 days. At that time, he should have always received the ball from the outside and scored by holding the ball. He rarely scored. Like Mitsui, he moves to catch the ball and shoot, which leads to defenders dare to leave him to double-team others when he doesn't have the ball. For example, Qingtian leaves him to double-team Akagi, and Sendō leaves him to double-team Akagi.

This may also be due to lack of 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 Anzai was so excited when he saw Rukawa Kaede passing the ball in the Sanno game. Once this shortcoming is made up, Rukawa Kaede will become even more horrible.

"Rukawa Kaede, you should practice physical strength and running without the ball with Mitsui first! Put on your singles skills first." After thinking about it, Shen Long issued a new order.

"Huh?" Rukawa Kaede was stunned for a moment, then answered after a long time, "Okay."

Maybe it was the videotape and Sendao's performance on the court that touched him, but these were not enough. Let's have a serious talk with him some time later.

"Dad, what are we doing for special training tonight?" After the practice, Sakuragi Hanamichi ran over excitedly, "How about you teach me how to prevent fouls?" It seems that being sent off yesterday left a deep impression on Sakuragi Hanamichi. memory.

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

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

"Coach, we want it too!" Mitsui Hisashi and Akagi shouted together. Rukawa Kaede didn't speak, but silently stood next to Akagi.

"Miyagi can stay. You three can go back and rest. Your physical strength is not as good as the two of them. Too much exercise will not be good for you." Miyagi may be the strongest person in Shohoku besides Sakuragi Hanamichi. , I have almost never seen scenes of him being exhausted.

The others left unwillingly and took them to their own store to have a nutritious meal, then returned to the basketball hall to start another day of training. Sakuragi Hanamichi did basic exercises, rebounds and layups, and Miyagi performed Mid-range shot practice.

This practice lasted for a week, and Sakuragi Hanamichi had mastered these two skills in a good way. Shen Long began to teach him how to shoot under the basket.

"Open your right hand slightly, hold the basketball gently with your left hand, and bend your knees when catching the ball..." Shen Long personally demonstrated to Sakuragi Hanamichi, "Use the power of your wrist... Sakuragi, do you understand?"

"Open your right hand slightly, hold the basketball with your left hand..." Sakuragi Hanamichi repeated Shen Long's words, jumped up, took a shot, and the basketball bounced out of the frame.

"The first half of the action was done correctly, but my wrist was too stiff when I shot. Next, let's hit 200 goals tonight!" In the original work, Sakuragi Hanamichi learned to shoot under the basket in three days. I believe he will not be able to do it this time. It will be slow.

Time passed 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 now basically mastered this technique.

At this time, the grouping results of the Kanagawa Prefecture competition also came out. Shohoku was divided into a group with the Shoyo basketball team, the runner-up in last year's prefecture competition and the top 16 in the national competition. Seeing this result, Taoka breathed a sigh of relief.
Chapter completed!