Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

After the finals, other high school teams in the stands began to leave.

There was no extra time for the Xiangbei players to digest their defeat. Immediately after the finals, it was the closing ceremony of the basketball event of the county competition, and the closing ceremony was held on this court.

I saw the organizers of the competition moving a few small long tables into the field, and then the trophies were placed on the long tables. The award ceremony was rushed and simple. But as for the participating team members, they did not

I don’t care if the award ceremony is grand enough, and I don’t care if the award venue is luxurious.

What they only care about is whether these awards have anything to do with them.

For Xiangbei, who lost in the finals, the awarding of honors was the saddest part.

"Winner, Lingnan High School Basketball Team!"

Seeing the people from Lingnan High School walking up to the high platform under the guidance of the concierge to pick up the county competition winning trophy, the mood of the Xiangbei team members had already sunk to the bottom.

Amid the cheers of the audience, Reinan Uozumi Jun and Shinomiya Tano walked out of the queue, received the trophy and certificate from an unknown leader, and then returned to their team with solemn faces.

"Runner up, Prefectural Shohoku High School Basketball Team!" As the host's words rang out, Mitsui Hisashi walked out of the queue with a look of displeasure. Takenori Akagi stood there stunned, with sweat still hanging on his face and body. He seemed

I didn't hear what the host said, and I didn't follow Mitsui Hisashi out of the queue.

"Hey, Akagi, I'm going to receive the award." Konobu Mugure stood not far behind Takenori Akagi. Seeing that Mitsui Hisashi had walked away and Akagi hadn't moved yet, he hurriedly poked Akagi's waist and whispered a reminder.

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Only now did Takenori Akagi react. He rubbed his cheeks with both hands and walked towards the field.

"Brother. Congratulations!" Haruko Akagi watched Takenori Akagi walk out of the queue and go to the podium with Hisashi Mitsui, feeling happy for her brother from the bottom of her heart.

Takenori Akagi has been playing basketball since he was a child. Haruko has watched Takenori Akagi come all the way. But before today, Takenori Akagi had never shown his face at a county-level award ceremony. It was not until today that Takenori Akagi really showed up.

One step closer to his dream of "dominating the country".

Only Haruko knows how hard Akagi has worked over the years. Takenori Akagi and Hisashi Mitsui are different. Although they are in the same grade, Mitsui Hisashi has carried honors. He has to work hard and have great achievements.

As a result, Takenori Akagi was different. He had to work hard and never received any recognition.

At this point, the two teams representing Kanagawa Prefecture in the national competition have been established. The champion Reinan High School and the runner-up Shohoku High School will be the two teams representing Kanagawa in the national competition.

After the championship and runner-up trophies were awarded, individual honors were awarded to the players.

The "Best Player Award" is also known as the MVP trophy.

There was no surprise. Of course it was Shinomiya Tanano who won the championship at Honglingnan High School. Shinomiya Tanano contributed 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the final. Although his individual scoring is far inferior to Jinguji Budo, he

The data is more comprehensive and worthy of this MVP trophy.

The next best5 was awarded in a very artistic way. The winning team, Reinan High School, occupied three seats. Center Jun Uozumi and Shinomiya Tano were the power forwards, and the point guard was given to Sendō.

God knows how Lingnan High School reported player position attributes.

There are two people from Shohoku selected for the best5, Jinguji Budo and Hisashi Mitsui. Except for Shohoku High School and Lingnan, no one from other teams has entered the best5 award.

This year's Rookie King was not awarded to Shinomiya Tōno, who won the MVP, but to Jinguji Martial Arts. Shinomiya Tōno, who has no championship bonus, is far inferior to Martial Arts in terms of personal data.

On a summer morning, the sky is as clear as a bright mirror.

Jinguji Budo woke up early in the morning and left home early, heading to Shinichi Fujima's home for some physical exercise.

After the finals, Martial Arts learned from the pain and thought about carrying out specialized training to target their weaknesses. In this era, gyms were not widely available, but the family of Martial Arts Master, Shin Fujima, had complete equipment and even many comparisons.

Advanced equipment is something you may not be able to find even with money in this era.

Jinguji Martial Arts is a disciple of Shinichi Fujima who has gone through the apprenticeship ceremony. The master-student relationship is second only to the close relationship between father and son in the Chinese cultural circle that pays attention to inheritance. Therefore, from the day of martial arts apprenticeship, Shinichi Fujima’s family has

key in.

However, martial arts has been focusing on the training of basketball skills in recent years, and judo training is usually conducted in the evening. It is very rare to come to Fujima's family so early in the morning like today.

In the equipment room, Jinguji Budo was doing deep squats with a 30 kilogram barbell on his back. Jinguji Budo's weight was not heavy, and the speed of each squat was very slow, but his face was already covered with sweat.

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Squats are the best way to train waist and abdominal strength and leg strength. This training item is used in any sports. But Jinguji Budo did it for the first time after coming to this world.

His usual way of exercising waist and abdominal strength is through abdominal crunches or goblet squats. This is the kind of squat where you hold a dumbbell with both hands in front of your chest. As for the barbell weighted squat, martial arts

Never used it.

In the past, it was because I was still in junior high school and still young. Barbell weight-bearing squats compressed the bones and affected their growth and development. People who practiced weightlifting since childhood could not grow taller. In fact, it had a lot to do with their daily training. Moreover, before

Martial arts did not feel much resistance in competitions among peers, so strength training was carried out, but it was not heavy.

However, yesterday's defeat in the final made Budo realize his shortcomings at this stage. The main reason why Shinomiya Tanano was able to use breakthrough points to drive the entire team is that Budo could not withstand the opponent's sudden advance when defending alone.

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Why is the breakthrough goal called a breakthrough goal? First of all, the first thing to do is to break through.

The disadvantage of martial arts against the opponent is also due to the power gap between the two.

Now, Wu Dao no longer worries about the impact of high-intensity strength training such as barbell weight squats on growth and development. His height has reached 196cm. Even if he is not tall at all now, he is still a tall defender on the back line.

If I get taller in the future, that would be good. If I can maintain speed and confrontation, playing a small forward would also be good.

If you don't have to worry about height, the restrictions on training will be much looser.

While he was concentrating on martial arts training, the door to the equipment room was opened. Shinichi Fujima was wearing a loose kimono at home, holding a newspaper in one hand and a teacup in the other, and slowly walked into the equipment room.

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Seeing the martial artist covered in sweat and doing squats with a barbell on his back, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

"Hey, you're actually doing squats, what's up? Were you stimulated by yesterday's competition? That young muscular man from Lingnan High School gave you a lot of trouble?"

Fujima Shinichi walked to the rest area in the corner of the equipment room, placed the tea cup on the small table, shook the newspaper in his hand, and asked Budo with a smile.

"Master, did you also go to watch yesterday's game?" Wu Dao stood up slowly, put the barbell on the stand, breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the towel beside him, and wiped off his sweat.

"I haven't seen it, but I know it."

"Not only do I know it, I think many people know it!"

Shinichi Fujima shook the newspaper in his hand towards Budo, and said with a smile. It seems that his source of information is the newspaper in his hand. Budao walked forward curiously and took the newspaper from Shinichi Fujima's hand.

, began to read carefully.

This is a local sports daily with one page a day, but most of the time it reports on popular sports such as judo and fieldball, and things like basketball, which really didn’t get much coverage before.

But today's newspapers are different from usual. Basketball is not only reported, it even occupies the front page of the newspaper.

"The king's curtain is closed, the head of the stage is Kanagawa's ツインズ"

A big title came into view, "The King's End, the Rising Twin Stars of Kanagawa." Right below the big title, there was a photo of Jinguji Budō and Shinomiya Tanō shaking hands. A close-up shot of the two fighting each other.

The sweat on the person's face is clearly visible, and it should have been taken when the two were shaking hands after the game.

Below the big photo are relevant reports, and there are also scattered personal court photos of Budo and Shinomiya. The photo of Shinomiya is a slam dunk picture from the front, while the one of Budo is a picture of the person leaning back.

Jump shot profile.

The main content of the report is that Hainan, which has dominated the high school basketball world for more than ten years, lost. This time it even lost the right to participate in the national competition. The rising Lingnan High School and Shohoku High School will be the new representative teams of Kanagawa Prefecture.

After that, the media exaggerated the personal strength of Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Nono, saying that the two were the saviors of the neon basketball world, a super genius who could rival Jordan, and were at the national level in one grade.

All in all, it was a bit harsh, and even the martial artist blushed a little.

However, Budo did not pay too much attention to the content of the report. His eyes fell on the photo on the front page of himself shaking hands with Shinomiya Tanano.

"It's so obvious. During the game, I didn't realize there was such a big gap between the two of us."

"Is this what Master can tell from this photo?"

This photo in the newspaper nicely captures the demigods of Budo and Shinomiya Nodo. ​​Shinomiya Nodo’s arm circumference is a bit larger than that of Jinguji Budo, and he is a relatively strong martial artist.

In front of Shinomiya Tanano, he actually looked a little thin. This was something that martial arts had not noticed before. He knew that there was a gap in strength between the two, but he did not expect that the gap was so big that it was visible to the naked eye.

"If the photo is correct, this kid's arm circumference is probably 40. If this kid is a freshman in high school like you, that would be a bit scary."

"Your arm circumference seems to be only in your early 30s, right? If an adult does fitness exercises all year round, the arm circumference is usually around 35. For example, my arm circumference is 39, which is considered very strong. It is impossible for ordinary people to have such strength as me.

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"You are only a freshman in high school, and you have just started to grow. Your arm circumference is already very good in your early thirties, and your strength is definitely not small among your peers."

"It's just your opponent!"

"Is that boy really the same age as you?"

It can be seen that Shinichi Fujima is very interested in Shinomiya Tōno, and the curiosity on his face is not concealed at all.

"Yes, although he and I are both at the same developmental stage, he should have developed earlier than me."

Budao looked at the Shinomiya field in the photo and answered casually.

"That's terrible. I didn't expect that there are people like this in the sport of basketball."

"There is a real difference between people in terms of arm circumference. It cannot be increased by exercising."

"There is a limit to how much strength can be increased without affecting speed and reaction."

"Your opponent is a genius. At least, I have never seen such a high school student before."
To be continued...