Chapter 50

Kawasumi Yoshiko quietly focused her gaze on Yukimiya Kazuma, who had snow-white hair, on the court, and thought for a moment: "Coach Shin Matsuharu, how has Yukimiya-kun been performing lately?"

"Yukimiya?"

Shin Matsuharu was taken aback, not knowing why Kawasumi Yoshiko suddenly asked this question, but Yukimiya Kazuma's recent performance was impeccable even to him, so there was nothing he couldn't say, and he said directly: "Yukimiya has changed a lot, his training attitude is focused and serious, his strength is also improving rapidly, and the fact that the basketball club was able to make it to the nationals this time is basically relying on Yukimiya-kun's eff..."

Speaking to this point, Shin Matsuharu's words suddenly stalled.

You don't know until you say it, and it's shocking when you do.

Good grief.

He hadn't paid much attention before, but now that he combed through the time of the Tokyo district preliminaries, Yukimiya wasn't just improving, he was taking off, as if he were a different person!

"Um, Teacher Kawasumi, has Yukimiya had any changes in class?"

"Not really..." Even if he wasn't a student in her class, Kawasumi Yoshiko still had some understanding.

Hearing this, Shin Matsuharu breathed a sigh of relief.

But in the next second, he heard Kawasumi Yoshiko continue: "It's just that his exam grades have improved a lot, perhaps even more than his basketball strength."

Shin Matsuharu shook his head in disagreement: "It's normal for grades to improve, after all, for the training camp, many people in the basketball club have been focusing on cramming, and Teacher, you don't know, Yukimiya's basketball stren..."

Before Shin Matsuharu could finish, he saw Kawasumi Yoshiko say expressionlessly: "Yukimiya-kun is second in the grade this time, and looking at the answers, there is absolutely no possibility of cheating."

Shin Matsuharu: "??"

After training ended.

Shin Matsuharu suddenly came to Yukimiya Kazuma's side quietly and whispered: "Yukimiya, are you... doing okay lately?"

"???"

Yukimiya Kazuma was puzzled, not knowing what Shin Matsuharu meant by his words.

Is he complaining that he's practicing too much again?

That shouldn't be?

Should have been used to it by now, right?

"I'm fine, what's wrong, Coach?" Shin Matsuharu's sudden question left Yukimiya Kazuma not knowing how to answer.

This expression of Yukimiya Kazuma made Shin Matsuharu and Kawasumi Yoshiko exchange a quiet look, and without saying anything more, they nodded and let Yukimiya Kazuma leave first.

"Yukimiya lives alone, he has always handled it well, there is no need to worry about this aspect, could it be that there is a problem with his feelings?"

Kawasumi Yoshiko heard this and recalled carefully, but in the end, she shook her head.

Japan is quite open about middle schoolers dating, but in her impression, although Yukimiya Kazuma is very popular, it seems he hasn't been seen with anyone yet.

Kawasumi Yoshiko paid quite a lot of attention to Yukimiya Kazuma, but it was because his grades were bad before, and now it's because his grades are too good, which makes her a little curious.

Yukimiya Kazuma certainly wouldn't have guessed that his changes would lead Shin Matsuharu and Kawasumi Yoshiko to associate so many things.

……

The days of the training camp passed day by day, and the training content quietly changed.

The dim, early morning.

The sea breeze rolled in with a comfortable cool wind, carrying waves that slapped against the beach.

A group of youthful boys ran along the coastline where the waves kept slapping, facing the early morning sun, but in this unbridled youth, the laughter and scolding that should have been there were completely absent.

If you looked closely, you would find that at this time, the faces of these boys only had gritted-teeth struggle and sweat soaking everything.

"Damn it! What's going on? Why does today's running training feel extra tiring?" Kasuga Yuji's breathing was heavy; he had only just finished the second lap, and his legs had become quite heavy, making it difficult even to lift them.

"Ha-hoo... ha-hoo! Don't talk so much, save some energy, I feel like even breathing is difficult!" Teruyama Daisuke followed behind him, his state even worse than his, looking like he was about to be unable to breathe.

"Everyone pay attention, the sand here is very soft, running on the beach will be more strenuous than a regular track, stop talking for now." Taketou Masaki led the run, and hearing the conversation behind him, he immediately spoke up to remind them.

"Phew... phew..., is that so? Why does Senior Yukimiya look like nothing is wrong."

A junior member was panting heavily, and while speaking, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps behind him, which made his expression suddenly become terrified.

However, before he could make any other reaction, he saw Yukimiya Kazuma taking big strides, slipping past him from behind, and then lapping everyone.

"My god!"

Looking at Yukimiya Kazuma in front, whose breathing was even and whose face was unchanged, everyone couldn't help but curse inwardly.

This damn monster.

And looking at the jumping attribute in the system that jumped up by 0.1, Yukimiya Kazuma's mouth curled up slightly.

It wasn't just jumping.

Old man Shin Matsuharu's training was very effective, at least in attributes that purely represent physical ability such as 'speed', 'strength', and 'physical fitness'.

Speaking of which.

After transmigrating, Yukimiya Kazuma rarely gained attributes in the basketball club's daily training after experiencing a period of improvement from meditation training.

Most of the time, his attributes were basically only gained during meditation training.

So it wasn't that Yukimiya Kazuma didn't want to work hard in daily training, but that his physical fitness couldn't be kept up by the basketball club's daily training.

But obviously, that was just because Coach Shin Matsuharu considered the daily life of middle school students, and the intensity simply hadn't come up. Now, facing the National Middle School Tournament, the coach suddenly lifted the restrictions.

This is very good, double improvement from normal training and meditation training.

Happy~

For a time.

Yukimiya Kazuma was in a pleasant mood, as if even his footsteps became much lighter, and after a few big strides, even his back disappeared from the sight of Taketou Masaki and the others behind him.

"..."

Damn it, why does it feel like Kazuma, that bastard, is becoming more and more perverted?

……

After the morning run ended.

The third-year students could barely stand, the second-years were supporting their knees with their hands, and the first-years were simply lying flat.

As for Yukimiya Kazuma...

Oh!

He could still walk in small steps, controlling the accumulation of lactic acid in his body.

After a short rest.

Shin Matsuharu immediately announced the first training plan of the day... off-ball cutting.

Clearly, Shin Matsuharu was truly determined to strengthen the basic qualities of the Baishuiguan players. Off-ball cutting is the foundation of the basics of basketball. Of course, if it were just simple off-ball cutting training, for the current Baishuiguan players, it probably wouldn't have any intensity.

Shin Matsuharu's training method was also very simple.

Practice on the beach, everyone, from off-ball cutting, to connecting the previous passing training, catching and attacking the basket, catching and attracting double-teams and passing.

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Everything was carried out on the fine, soft sand, because there was almost no need to consider dribbling, so this training could be carried out on the beach.

The method seemed simple, but because of the drag of the sand under their feet, it had quite high requirements for the players' positioning and the accuracy of catching and passing.

Everyone was also exposed to this training method for the first time, so at the beginning, there were naturally continuous mistakes, and once a player's mistakes accumulated to five times, they would receive a devilish 'reward' from Shin Matsuharu.

Reward content: simple and direct lap running, with a time limit of two minutes per lap.

This 'reward' seemed ordinary, but in reality, the circle Shin Matsuharu drew, running one lap according to the prescribed route, was at least 500 meters or more.

If it were on a regular track, this time limit wouldn't be considered fast; at full sprint, with everyone's speed, they could basically guarantee that a 500-meter lap would take less than a minute and a half.

But the key was that the 'circle' designated by Shin Matsuharu had a quite peculiar terrain.

If you wanted to run a lap around it, you would experience several different road conditions such as beach, flat ground, grass, and gravel along the way, and each one felt different to run on.

According to the two-minute limit, if you only ran one or two laps, it might not be a big problem, but once the number of times accumulated, it would be powerful.

Yukimiya Kazuma also experienced it once; if he ran at a speed of two minutes per lap, he felt that even for him, at most 10 laps would be his limit.

One could imagine for the others.

Therefore, although it was only a morning of training, Yukimiya Kazuma could clearly feel everyone's progress. That's right, it was that fast, because those who weren't fast enough were already exhausted and lying in the lap running.

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"Watch the ball! Watch the ball!!"

"Pay attention to the passing direction, don't run blindly...!"

"Be careful, the opponent is about to cut in for a layup!"

……

On the first afternoon of the change in training content, Shin Matsuharu organized an intra-team practice game according to the plan. Unlike usual, this practice game was beach basketball.

But it still used indoor basketball rules.

Even so, without being able to dribble, how could the situation be the same? It wasn't just because of the soft sandy ground, but also the sea breeze that blew from time to time at the seaside, which would also have a great impact on the ball. ===== CHAPTER 119 =====