Chapter 11

After performing all the tests Soji is sitting on the chair while slightly panting.

Looking at his stats Uchika sees that his result is on the advanced level above his age range.

Impress by this she asks. "Do you train after your club activity?"

Looking at her he answered. "Yes since I was on elementary school club I always just repeat the drill that we have been given if I can't access the court."

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Chapter 11

"And during my first year middle school all the courts are hog by the 2nd year and 3rd year so I just do the drills repeatedly till the club is over."

After hearing his answer Uchika gets why his control is so atrocious is because he didn't have the time to adjust to his body stats and growth spurt.

Like imagine you suddenly stop playing for almost a year but you still keep growing and improving your physical stat.

You would also have a hard time getting back because that is not how you remember how your body works.

You would need lots of time adjusting and recalibrating your mind to forget your old body and remember the new one.

"Okay follow me next we will have you do some wall training for an hour or more."

Following her outside the testing room he sees Aki hitting tennis balls from different parts of the court with the tennis ball machine's help.

Scattering lots of balls that needed cleaning up.

Opening the door he sees a room slightly bigger than a half-court with white lines on the floor indicating a half-court and a line on the wall indicating the net.

"Since we are trying to improve your forehand first try to hit with only forehand and forehand topspin.

If you knew that you can only do a backhand on one shot recount back to one."

"I will leave you here, and you can't come out till I come and get you."

Knowing it will take a while Soji asks. "Can I have my bag in here?"

"Ok but you still can't come out until I said so."

Soji nods.

Giving him his tennis bag and water container Uchika closes the door.

Seeing that he is alone he tried to raise his voice to see if it echoes.

"Ahhhhhh" "Ahhhhhh"

Seeing that it echoes he tried to put his head on the door to try and hear the outside noise.

Hearing nothing but silence he realizes that room is soundproof.

Done with his experiment he began to do the drill.

He first tried to do a full-powered forehand but because of the speed when it came back he could not react in time.

Slowly weakening his shots, he was now able to rally at least a few times before restarting.

This time he tried to use forehand topspin but it made the ball bounce in a different manner than before.

Knowing that he has to get used to using topspin he decides to only use it for this round with it consisting of hitting the ball 30 times.

After rallying with the wall for a few times he stops and takes a break.

Remembering what they did after lunch he tries to think back and tries to see what he can do better.

Seeing his performance improve he decided to take a slight break every 3 rounds he decide to only do flat on first, only topspin for the second and mix in third.

After lots of rounds and his stamina running out Soji is getting anxious waiting for Uchika to return.

He does not know that this is part of the training, the room was set up so that you cannot know how much time passes and also train your willpower by isolating you not knowing when you can stop.

Going for a few more rounds with his exhausted mind and body, Soji persists.

With his tennis bag inside the room with him, he doesn't need to worry about getting hungry with the snacks and he could always refresh his lost fluids with the container full of energy drink.