Chapter 46: The boy with a ball speed of 150 kilometers
Ever since Li Lei and the others were promoted to the main roster, the biggest benefit they have received is that they can practice with the second and third grade players.
There is actually nothing special about Todoroki Raizo's training methods. They are also physical training, passing and catching, and striking exercises...
If there is anything special, it is that he has extremely strict requirements for training and requires all players to do their movements in perfect order.
In addition, Todoroki Raizo also gave Li Lei a benefit, that is, he could practice swinging against the pitching machine for an hour every day.
Li Lei also raised doubts.
He does not think that this method can effectively improve his batting average.
You must know that Li Lei practiced hitting for a longer time in his previous team, but the effect was not very satisfactory.
At that time, he also used a pitching machine.
"The frequency of your strikes before was too fast, and the brain had no time to remember and react. You are different from those ordinary people. You can try to slow down the rhythm of your strikes. On average, it takes about thirty seconds for a ball to fly out, and there is a certain interval.
It may be more than ten seconds, or it may be forty or fifty seconds. Practice 120 swings every day. When you can hit more than 100 times, we will start the next stage of practice."
Todoroki Raizo's attitude was extremely determined.
Obviously, his expectation for Li Lei is not just to let Li Lei pitch.
Even in the strike zone, Todoroki Raizo hoped that Li Lei could play a greater role.
"You should be lucky that you have such conditions not long after you started learning baseball from me. Back then, my stupid son used a lead-filled bat and swung it more than 300 times a day..."
To do such a cruel thing to a boy under the age of fourteen.
Not only did Todoroki Raizo not feel ashamed, he actually said it with pride.
Li Lei really didn't know how to complain about him.
Since he had no way to resist, he could only continue practicing according to Todoroki Raizo's requirements.
There are two catchers in the team, and the only one who can really make a difference is third-year Watanabe.
Li Lei pitches for half an hour every day and gets used to it with Watanabe.
There's still half an hour left for free pitching practice.
One hour of batting practice, hitting pitches from the pitching machine, 120 times.
There is also half an hour of fielding practice and half an hour of basic physical training.
Li Lei really started practicing with the senior students, and Li Lei had to practice for more than three hours every day.
If there are special circumstances, it's okay to practice for an additional hour or two.
On Saturdays and Sundays, the team will arrange practice games with other schools. Several first-year newcomers will take turns to play and cooperate with the second- and third-year seniors.
There are winners and losers in practice games, but basically there are more wins than losses.
Even at this time, the Yakushima High School baseball team was not very famous.
But their dark horse potential has begun to become apparent.
Their performance in practice games is getting better and better, and their control of the game is getting stronger and stronger.
For the next nearly a month, Li Lei spent time like this.
I practice baseball for 3 to 4 hours every day, and then I have to keep up with the course progress of my classmates to ensure that my grades in the class are not at the bottom.
These two things alone have already made Li Lei exhausted.
The only episode he remembered during this period was that his new eldest sister, Hanyu Masaki, came to see him twice.
For the first time, I took the three little sisters together to question Li Lei, why she was not asked to be a cheerleader during the game?
He was prevaricated by Li Lei.
He said that the team made a temporary decision and he didn't know it himself.
And even if the team plays practice games later, he doesn't know if he can play?
If one day he is sure that he can play, he will tell his eldest sister immediately.
Sister Hanyu was quite satisfied with Li Lei's answer.
To congratulate Li Lei, he won the first game and successfully became the first choice of the team.
The eldest sister gave him a box of chocolates.
After the chocolates were delivered, the eldest sister took the three little sisters and left in a hurry.
It was not until the three ladies arrived at the door of the classroom that Li Lei heard their chirping voices.
"Yahui, your little brother looks good!"
"It's okay, just so-so."
"That's not the case. Although it's not the type that's stunning at first glance, it's definitely eye-catching."
“The more you look at it, the more delicious it becomes!”
"Wow, you didn't already have your eye on him when he just transferred schools, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense, I just think it's cool to have such a little brother."
"Really? If you are sure that you won't do it, then I will do it."
In fact, when several young girls walked into the corridor, they deliberately lowered their voices.
Although it wasn't like whispering, they were still five or six meters apart, with a wall in between.
It is difficult for the sound to reach the classroom.
However, Li Lei has been gifted since he was very young.
His five senses are far beyond those of ordinary people.
If the classroom environment was not too noisy, he could hear clearly even if several girls were whispering in the corridor.
To Li Lei, the girl's deliberately lowered volume was like whispering in his ear.
Li Lei opened the packaging of the box, took out a piece of milky white chocolate and put it in his mouth.
It's so sweet that it's cloying, and it's awfully unpalatable.
"what is this?"
Miqiao, who had just returned from going to the bathroom, stared curiously at the chocolate box in Li Lei's hand.
"The stationery I just bought."
Li Lei said as he put the chocolate packaging box into his book hole.
It took nearly a month for Li Lei to gradually adapt to the rhythm of learning and training.
Only then does he have the energy to chat and brag with his teammates around him.
It was at this time that Li Lei learned a very terrible news.
"Have you seen the third round of the Kanto Tournament?"
"What's wrong? Is it a Qingdao competition?"
"That's right, it's Qingdao."
"They won?"
"That's not true. They lost by one point."
"What's all the fuss about?"
"The fact that they lost the game is not the key to the problem. The key is that during the game, they sent a first-year rookie player."
"So what?"
"The rookie pitcher threw a 150-mile fastball and struck out six in a row!"
150km fastball!
In this era, the boy with the fastest pitching speed known has appeared.
And the other party is still a freshman.
In the same class as Li Lei and others.
And in his first debut game, he struck out six times in a row.
"What Qingdao lacks most is pitchers. With a guy like this joining, won't Qingdao be about to take off?"
Chapter completed!