Chapter 100

"Hey, but what will your brother do if I sleep here?"

Xinghai Guanglai and Xinghai Rizhao are only two years apart in age, and their rooms have bunk beds.

The bed in front of Tianhai is covered with new sheets, with a blue seagull pattern on it, with a fresh orange smell

- why are the seagull's legs so short?

Xinghai Guanglai waved his hand, "Brother Richao has stopped sleeping in this room a long time ago. The eldest brother went to college, and he lives at my eldest brother's place!"

Compared to the question of where Xinghai and Richao sleep, what Xinghai wants more is another him I've been curious about the answer for a long time.

"Coach Tianhai! What do you think the professional players are like?"

Xinghai Guanglai yawned, his eyes filled with moisture.

He lay on the bed and looked up at the ceiling. The small fluorescent stars posted by Xinghai's mother were shining brightly. Although he was obviously a little sleepy, he still managed to muster the energy to listen to Tianhai's answer.

"Huh? Professional player?"

The young coach lowered his voice. The deep voice had a hypnotic feeling, making Xinghai even more unable to open his eyes.

"Professional players will probably never stop and keep moving forward. I have regretted many choices, but the only thing I don't regret is falling in love with volleyball...

Go to sleep, you will become one of them sooner or later. "

Coach Tianhai said it strangely...as if he had a career himself

- this was Xinghai Guanglai's last thought before falling into a deep sleep.

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"Ahhh! The night talk is gone!"

The next morning, when Xinghai woke up, he was almost collapsed. There were still many things he wanted to say without asking!

He only got this opportunity by agreeing to Hirugami to practice ten sets of exercises with him! ! You must know that Coach Allen originally planned to let Hirugami, who is more stable and has three athletes at home, pick him up! !

"I'm so stupid..." Xinghai lay languidly in front of the dining table, unable to raise his head.

Xinghai Hidashi took the sandwich handed over from her mother's hand and rubbed her brother's fluffy hair.

——He usually lives in a dormitory provided by the school and will not return until next Friday.

"You're telling the truth. Come on, I'll take time off to watch the finals...I won't go until the finals!"

After saying that, he said goodbye to his parents and nodded to Tianhai. , "Goodbye, Coach Tianhai!"

The tall boy was carrying a heavy schoolbag, and the early morning sunlight was shining on his black hair. With his back to everyone, he waved again, "See you next week!"

Xinghai straightened up from his lying position and chewed the same sandwich vigorously, with a look of displeasure on his face.

"Hey, it's cool again!"

Then he looked at Tianhai unyieldingly. "Coach Tianhai! I must win!! I must convince my brother by the time we get to the finals!"

"Okay, let's finish breakfast quickly and then set off to school!"

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"Nice to meet you! Coach Allen!"

Tianhai followed Xinghai to the Outai gymnasium. When he opened the door, he saw Coach Allen, the first one to come. .

"The gymnasium in Outai is really big."

The gymnasium in Outai is almost twice the size of Qingcheng and Yinju, and the equipment is also very complete.

However, I think of Alan Murphy who once served as a coach in the Italian League A and also has the title of strong player in the V League.

Such well-known head coaches have been specially hired by Outai, and the cost of building a large stadium seems to be nothing.

"Coach Tianhai is here. I always hear this kid Xinghai mention you."

Alan Murphy is well-known for his easy-going personality, and a kind smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Coach Allen!! I'm going to warm up first and get ready for practice!"

Xinghai still remembered the agreement he made with his brother in the morning. He couldn't wait to hear what the two coaches had to say, so he tied up his shoes and went out to start jogging.

Allen's attitude towards Xinghai can be said to be doting, "Remember dynamic stretching!"

The only student went out, and Coach Allen was looking at the notebook in his hand again. Tianhai didn't know what to do first, and started to look at the gym. training equipment inside.

"Pullback balls, bouncing belts, medicine balls, sliding boards, hitting walls..." The more Tianhai looked at it, the more he felt that he had returned to his own training ground

- these sports equipment were roughly the same as those at home, even the way they were placed. Pretty much the same.

"Does it sound familiar?" Allen, who finally finished reading the notebook, came over with a smile,

"The training methods in Italy and the United States are similar. Does it remind you of your high school days?"

Outai's coach actually investigated himself?

Seeing Tianhai's surprised expression, Coach Allen finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, "It's exactly what Xinghai said, he is a very interesting coach!"

He spoke in fluent English, with a hint of Italian. Distinctive accent. Rather than the poor English that students speak when they use themselves as speaking practice machines.

"No, I just didn't expect you to go out of your way to know me."

"After all, that kid from Xinghai always put your name on his lips as soon as he joined the club." Coach Allen didn't notice at all, and he said Lu smiled bitterly.

"To be honest, the school leaders put a lot of pressure on me to select this kid Xinghai as the main selection."

These words can only be said between coaches. Allen has never confided it to any player or manager before

- Oudae High School expanded its gymnasium and hired itself as the head coach, just to compete in the national competition. "Xinghai's ability is completely sufficient. But in the eyes of the school leaders, it is simply unbelievable

for a "substitute" who is 1.6 meters tall and has never played in junior high school to become the main choice of Oudai High School - or even the main attacker.

"

You know, Outai even has players above 180 on the bench.

Tianhai took the notebook handed over by Coach Allen, "I can only say that choosing Xinghai to play is definitely an unmistakable answer." What

was recorded on the front page of the notebook was the main candidates for this spring high school qualifier.

"Hugami Yukiro, Hakuba Meio, Hoshikai Mitsuru, Kamibayashi Keiichiro, Suwa Aiyoshi, Nozawa Ide..."

Amami's expression became more and more serious. After reading the list of substitutes, he raised his head. , "Coach Allen, all the students in the preliminary round will be students who are freshmen and sophomores in high school... Is that okay?"

- Three of the people on the list are all freshmen in high school this year!

Forget it if it is a weak team with a small number of players. When there are many second-year players as substitutes, Coach Allen dares to choose three first-year players as the main players.

One can imagine the pressure he faced.

Allen's wry smile finally showed, "We are just one step short of this year's IH.

No matter how inappropriate this list seems to others, I will let students with stronger abilities play!"

Why should truly capable children follow the so-called "seniors and juniors"?

The two "foreigners" who had no strong opinions about their seniors hit it off in this regard, and began to get together to discuss suitable strategies for the game

- the more they discussed, the more they felt that the other's ideas were very consistent with their own, and they completely ignored the players who were arriving one after another. them.

...

Hugami Yukiro woke up early just to get to school as soon as possible to meet Coach Amami.

He even thought walking was too slow, so he chose a bicycle that he had not ridden for a long time.

But what's going on with these two coaches who speak English like crazy and chatted animatedly?

Hirugami listened to two sentences and only understood simple volleyball terms such as "serve" and "block", as well as "receiver" and "change of position".

As for the two coaches who were reading and writing at the same time, they didn't understand it at all. It seemed to be about positioning?

Hirugami didn't go up to ask - he would know sooner or later anyway.

He placed his backpack next to the Xinghai backpack and ran out to start jogging around the gymnasium to warm up.

Other team members who didn't know Tianhai came in and were not so calm.

"This is the newly hired assistant coach of our school?" Nozawa looked at the captain Suwa next to him in confusion. The other party shrugged and said that he didn't know either.

"..."

By the time Coach Tianhai and Allen finally came out of various tactical assumptions, all the Outai players had finished jogging and were doing dynamic stretching.

"I didn't expect that although you are young, you know so much about various situations that may arise in the game. Your application of tactics is also very good!"

Coach Allen looked at the full content added to the notebook and was very happy.

Tianhai also believes that he came to Nagano Prefecture this time. Allen's game concept is very consistent with his own

- it doesn't matter if you don't play well in the game, the important thing is to learn how to play the game. In order to play a good game at any time, you must learn "how to think."

This is also Tianhai’s purpose of teaching students “tactics” and “thinking”.

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"Everyone, come here."

Coach Allen clapped his hands and called together the students who were secretly observing Tianhai.

"This is Coach Tianhai from Aoba Castle West. He will be communicating at our Oudai in the next few days.

" Mentioning Tianhai from Aoba Castle, the team members realized that this was the "volleyball teacher" Xinghai had always mentioned.

Tianhai waved to everyone, "Hello everyone, please give me your advice in the next few days. If you need my help with training or if you have any questions, you can ask me at any time."

This was his agreement with Alan

Murphy—— He helped train before the Oudai game, and in exchange, Coach Allen could introduce him to several Italian league coaches.

Amami has not forgotten that Oikawa and Ushijima rejected the Levi Bernanese Club in order to join a stronger club alliance.

The Italian League is definitely a good choice.

As soon as he finished speaking, it was Xinghai Guanglai who was the first to say,

"Me, me! Coach Tianhai, me!!"

Xinghai stood in the second row, stretching his arms. Looking excited.

Even at Tianhai's house, there were not many opportunities for him to practice with coach Tianhai.

I don’t know how Coach Allen managed to get Coach Tianhai to agree to practice with him before the game.

——This is three whole days! !

Xinghai felt like he was about to faint from excitement.

The second person who raised his hand was not Hirugami, but another first-year student, Hakuba Meisei.

"Coach Tianhai, I also want to train with you." Baima Yasheng looked at Tianhai with firm eyes, slightly lowering his head.

"Of course, no problem."

...

In this year's IH competition, Hakuba Meisheng won the competition with Xinghai with a two-meter height advantage and became the main selection.

However, he lost to his opponent at the end of the game, and the loss that almost allowed him to go to the national competition made Hakuba Meisheng feel guilty for a long time, feeling that he was holding him back.

——And his guilt doubled after seeing that Xinghai's strength actually surpassed his own.

"In the end, Xinghai scolded him and said,

"If you feel guilty, hone your skills and come back in the qualifiers! What's the point of just complaining about yourself here, a two-meter rookie!"

From then on, Hakuba He regarded Xinghai as the target of pursuit."

Coach Allen quietly explained the past between Baima and Xinghai from behind. The phrase "a two-meter rookie" is even more vividly imitated.

"Xinghai's mocking tone, if I heard it right, must be from Xue Richao..." Tianhai sighed in his heart.

Shiyi also nodded deeply, "Exactly the same."

After confirming the training match plan with Coach Allen, Tianhai put on his sportswear and walked onto the training ground.

He is very clear about his position these days

- as a sparring partner, working with Coach Allen to provide the last boost to the flock of gulls that are about to fly in the strong wind!

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As a sparring partner, Tianhai actually accompanied Xinghai and Baima for a whole morning's serving training.

"Xinghai, you still have some problems with your serve. You don't have to pursue height."

Adjusting Xinghai's posture again, Tianhai pointed to the net, "Height is certainly an advantage, but you can also use your excellent dynamic vision to judge the opponent's Positioning and defensive weaknesses."

As for Baima, Tianhai went to the opposite side of the net.

"You serve a few more balls, and I'll catch them here. You can see if there are any problems."

This obviously testing exercise made Baima's back muscles tighten, and he walked to the serving point with an expressionless face.

'Relax, relax...he won't be able to catch them all...'

Hakuba Meisheng tried his best to ignore Xinghai's scorching gaze, which he wished he could replace, and served four or five balls seriously.

——Then one was caught without missing a beat.

"Do you see your problem?" Tianhai threw the last ball into the ball frame. "You are used to taking a look at the direction of attack before serving.

Moreover, I think this problem is not only for serving, but also for spiking and blocking. Exist."

Tianhai revealed the biggest problem of Baima Yasheng now.

"Not to mention that your eyes mislead your opponent, the most important thing you need to do is to restrain your gaze and not be too exposed."

If Hakuba's opponent is Yinju, then Hakuba will definitely be grinded to see through - just like a poor seagull being toyed with by a cat Between the palms of the hands.

Hakuba Meisheng walked to the side court and controlled his eyes while practicing his serve. There were no students on the opposite side of Tianhai.

Xinghai was overjoyed and prepared to take two steps forward before practicing blocking with coach Tianhai.

A familiar figure walked to that position before him.

"Captain?!" Xinghai shouted in disbelief.

In the past two or three hours, the other members of Outai, who had witnessed the rapid improvement of their skills in the past two or three hours, could not sit still and expressed their intention to participate.

Suwa Aiji, the team's key server, stood in the seat vacated by Hakuba Mei with a smile, and said to Hoshikai with a smile,

"Hoshikai has been practicing with coach Tenkai for two hours~ We also want to improve our serving skills! "

How can such cold words come out of a 36℃ mouth!

Xinghai Guanglai stood there with his eyes wide open. The remaining hope was ruthlessly shattered by the senior attacker Izuku Nozawa who followed behind the captain.

"We also want to practice with Coach Tianhai. It doesn't matter, just come! According to the order, you can practice with Coach Tianhai again in 6 hours!"

What! ! Six hours!

Xinghaiguang came and wanted to cry.