Chapter 22: Fully controlled forkball
May.
Saturday of the fourth week.
Seido goes to the Jingu Second Course to participate in the second round of the Kanto Tournament.
But.
The opponent in this round is not even half the level of Yokohama Minato Academy.
So it was easy to win.
It is worth mentioning.
Asad played six rounds and struck eighteen hitters in a row.
And in the performance of the blow.
It was a second-base outfield hit and two home runs.
No doubt.
Asad in this game.
A very perfect answer was given.
This also caused the audience to exclaim, wave after wave.
And Furuya, Satoru 's pitching performance.
Similar to Asad, he is also a three-strikeout opponent in a row.
Strike on.
Although it is not as good as Asad but overall it is very good.
...
Sunday.
Seido's Second team faced Asakura Kita Academy.
In this game.
Together with Sawamura, he entered Kominato, Haruichi of the Second Team.
The defensive performance was extremely impressive, stopping the opponent's offensive several times.
...
The other side.
Sawamura who could not play.
As always, he received one-on-one guidance from Chris (the number one in baseball knowledge in team).
On the guidance of this time.
Chris's advice is more detailed.
At the same time that sawamura woke up, he was also touched by Chris's carefulness and respected Chris even more.
...
Late at night.
Sawamura practices alone on the court.
It happened to be seen by Coach Kataoka who ran at night.
Kataoka, who was impressed by Sawamura's efforts, stepped forward to personally guide Sawamura's pitching posture.
Sawamura gained a lot.
...
At the same time.
Asad, accompanied by Takako Fujiwara, went to the hospital for examination.
The result.
Naturally, there is nothing wrong with it.
This also surprised Asad.
Because.
Although he is training in private, he is basically pretentious.
But even if it's a show.
After a long training time, it should still cause a little burden on the body.
But....
Three weeks of continuous inspection, without any problems....
"Do you say!"
"Is it the unique talent of the body after crossing?"
It's just speculation.
Nor can I get an answer.
Therefore, Asad simply did not delve into it.
Anyway.
It is also a good thing that the upper limit of the body's tolerance has become stronger.
Of course.
Everything is just conjecture.
So every week of check-ups, it will definitely not change.
Even if the effect of the examination is almost zero, it can at least give you peace of mind.
Monday afternoon.
Strike training.
While!
With a crisp hitting sound.
The baseball flew high into the air, and then, under everyone's dull gaze, fell on the outfield fence.
If the location of the impact.
If it's a little bit higher.
It will inevitably change from outfield to cost run.
"Wow!"
"Who... Who hit the ball here? "
"Scares me!"
Sawamura, who was practicing pitching posture in front of the outfield fence, was frightened by the sudden fall of the baseball and let out a terrifying scream.
Wait until he turns his head to look.
Then I found that the person standing in the beater's seat turned out to be a fierce rival Furuya, Satoru!
This filled Sawamura with envy.
Even if the pitch is so powerful, the long hitting ability is actually so good.
Sawamura ....
Suddenly sour....
"What's going on?"
"The ball actually flies so far?"
"Although in the match the day before yesterday, you can see that Furuya, Satoru's blow is not bad, but I didn't expect his long-hitting ability to reach this point!"
More than Sawamura envied.
Other ministry members are also envious.
Everyone is thinking.
Why didn't this striking talent come to him.
Right at this moment.
Strike training positions on the other side.
There were three consecutive blows.
And then.
The players in the field saw it.
The first baseball landed in the left field.
The second and third fell in the center field and right field, respectively.
"Hiss——!!"
The team members who noticed this scene were dumbfounded.
Change to them....
You can't do it ten times!
And yet...
The person who completed this performance turned out to be a first-year student!
"What's going on with all these people?"
"It's obviously the first grade, and the batting technique is so strong!"
"Senior Kominato's younger brother is so strong, he must be able to enter the first team, right?"
The faces of the second- and third-grade members were shocked.
While!
Boom!
At the time of their emotion.
The main players of the First team are also seriously doing strike training and garrison training.
This scene fell in the eyes of the second- and third-grade members, leaving them in a cold sweat.
"These monsters are obviously so strong!"
"But in the usual training, I work harder than anyone!"
"Don't give us a chance at all!"
"I don't want to regret it either, though!"
"Even if I can't compete with them, I will fight these guys to the end!"
In the shout.
The non-First team members also joined the arduous training.
and Tanba Koichiro, who was sent to the Second team.
The degree of hard work in training is even more difficult than that of the first army.
Apparently.
In order to return to the First Team.
To get back on the pitcher's mound.
Koichiro Tanba also began to abandon it and put his whole heart into training.
...
Everyone is training.
Asad was naturally no exception.
Despite showing great strength.
But he still participates in training every day.
Maybe it doesn't produce much effect in a day, but it is also very impressive when it accumulates.
On the last day of May.
Asad got a world-class ball under control enough to pitch in game.
A quick finger ball (interdigital fast ball, forked speed ball) is a variant of the finger fork ball.
In simple terms.
The way to hold the ball is between a straight ball and a finger fork ball.
Because the ball is faster and spins violently.
Compared to the finger fork ball, the time point of the fall is also slower, and the fall amplitude is relatively small.
Therefore.
When approaching home plate.
Hitters will mistake it for a fastball.
However, when the bat, he realized that the position of the hit was wrong, which made it easy for the batter to fail.
Since the width between the index finger and middle finger varies from person to person, it will also cause different ball speeds and fall amplitudes.
A pitcher who can reach a speed of 160km/h on a straight ball.
The speed of a fast finger ball will probably fall at 153km/h.
After a Long training.
Asad's strength has reached the top level of the national high school players.
Plus the skills and experience of [World-Class ohtani ].
Asad's current straight ball speed has exceeded 162km/h.
Other words.
Asad's fast finger fork ball will not be lower than 147km/h per hour.
And for high school students.
A speed of 147 is already a monster level.
So.
It was difficult for high school students to tell whether Asad was throwing a straight ball or a quick finger ball.
...
But.
I want to get the most out of my quick finger ball.
The catcher Miyuki is also a key figure.
And.
Miyuki's matching strength is strong and trustworthy.
So.
Having mastered the matter of fast finger balls, I have to talk to Miyuki.
Thereupon.
Asad came to the strike position where Miyuki was.
After he finished a blow, Asad stopped him.
"What's wrong?"
Miyuki looked at Asad curiously.
"I have mastered the fast fingerball, so you need to rearrange your tactics."
Asad smiled lightly and spoke.
"Huh? Have you learned to fork a ball quickly? "
Miyuki was also dumbfounded for an instant.
During this time.
Isn't Lin Tian practicing ball control and physical fitness in private?
Where is the time to learn control fingerballs?
"If you don't believe me, you can go to the training ground and experience it for yourself."
"Go."
Without saying a word, Miyuki put down the bat and went to the cowshed with Asad.
The reason why it is so urgent.
It's not that he doesn't trust .
If you want to see what kind of power Asad's fast finger ball has.
Powerful quick finger fork ball.
and weak quick finger fork balls.
The tactics required by the two are completely different.
...
"So!"
"I'm starting to vote!"
The cowshed, Asad, standing on the pitcher's hill, reminded him.
"Cast it!"
Miyuki Kazuya, who was crouching in protective gear, put on the position of his gloves and spoke.
"Here it comes!"
Almost as soon as Asad's voice fell, he threw the ball.
Shout!
A burst of white light shot away!
In the blink of an eye, you're in front of Miyuki!
And right at this moment!
The baseball fell without warning!
Fortunately, Miyuki's reaction was fast enough, otherwise it would definitely be missed!
"Come again!"
Miyuki passed the ball back to Asad.
"Good."
Asad nodded.
Shout!
Boom!
Shout!
Boom!
...
After a dozen or so in a row.
Miyuki suspended the test.
He looked at Asad in disbelief.
"You..."
"When did you practice this quick fingerball to be this good?"
"Why are you so mature without any news?"
"Although the ball control is slightly worse, a fast finger ball of this level can definitely be on the official game!"
...