soul of baseball

Chapter 156 The Pitcher's Cognition

"Crack!" Kouchi gave a rare high-five to Uesugi Hideo who was waiting on the edge of the home plate: "Tsk tsk! Don't envy me!"

"I……"

Before Uesugi Hideo finished speaking, Kou Chi had already run over to give Shen Qin a big hug: "Happy Birthday Qin Qin!!!"

Shen Qin was a little helpless and a little moved. In order to prevent his IQ from being affected, he could only follow Shun Kouchi's hair, and then stepped into the attack zone. As for the cynicism in the lounge~uh~ just pretend you didn't hear it.

Strike is Shen Qin's strong point. No matter what kind of ball it is, as long as the speed of the ball is not too exaggerated or the tail force is too scary, he can select or destroy the ball with his excellent dynamic vision.

The only difficulty is that some balls have an astonishing speed, even if they hit the center of the ball, they may not be able to hit the ball in the intended direction.

At this time, the benefits of wooden sticks are reflected. Although there is no elasticity of aluminum sticks, there are advantages and disadvantages, and the possibility of the ball bouncing is much less.

And Kazuma Uejima has suffered losses in fastball one after another, so he should be more cautious about it in the future.

No matter how stupid he is, he should find that Tanegashima is targeting him with a fast straight ball.

Shen Qin's wooden stick lightly tapped on the home plate, then bent over and swayed back and forth a few times, and then it hung slightly on his shoulders, and looked sideways at the mound!Then it's time for the pitcher to really show his strength.

The curveball and the previously unused slider will be heavily used.Shen Qin squinted his eyes, wondering what the difference would be between the scene and the video~ Looking forward to it!
Just as he loves to catch Coach's ball, the desire to hit it against other pitchers also excites him!

The white ball was thrown high from the back of the head and fell quickly!
nice shot!

ho~
Rao is Shen Qin who is used to seeing all kinds of powerful curveballs in the major leagues, and he has to admit that Ueshima and Zhenzhen's curveballs can be said to be very top-notch at this age.

The extremely high stature and the special pitching posture create a perfect drop point, which makes the hitter see the ball as if it fell from a very high place, and there is a very magical drop!

So it will be very difficult to fight.

As for Kazuma Uejima, as Shen Qin expected, he really didn't dare to use a straight ball now, and nodded after confirming the signal with Jun Asano!
Now that we are two points behind, we really need to be more cautious.

The slider is Kamijima and he is really good at it. Unlike others, his slider and straight ball are more difficult for the hitter to judge in advance than other pitchers. There is not much difference in terms of speed and ball path. Wait until you hit the base. It's too late for Qing to come out again!
It was really unlucky for Shangdao and He. If the previous two hitters lost points because of being calculated, then facing Shen Qin now is obviously bad luck.

It is difficult for others to distinguish between a straight ball and a slider when they put the ball, but he can instantly detect the change in the smile range of Uejima and the real wrist when using the two types of balls, and then make a judgment.

It's a slider!
Before the ball hit the base, Shen Qin's bat aimed at the low corner of the outer corner.

Sure enough, the ball fell down the outer corner immediately after hitting the base!

"boom!"

But the displacement was bigger than Shen Qin expected!It was too late to pull the distance any further, so I could only use my arms to forcefully push the ball that hit the head of the club out!
Fortunately, the location is quite good!I was wearing it out from the second tour room!

Can easily stand on the first base bag!
Shen Qin glanced at the direction of the waiting room: I hope those kids in the back will stop being impulsive in such a game!Only with this victory, can there be hope for the next game, right?
At this moment, Coach was lying on the railing of the lounge and said to Parker beside him: "If you want me to say that Qin Qin doesn't have to work so hard~ Anyway, those people won't send him back, of course it's up to him if he can beat him or not." Say two."

Parker laughed and said, "Aren't you the one who gave the jersey?"

"Ahem! I was blind at the time! Ever since they went to the bathroom to block Qin Qin, I knew they were a bunch of bad-hearted people!" Kouchi said awkwardly and quickly picked up Parker's camera and changed the subject: "Qin Qin has a high opinion of that pitcher! His curveball is very good, yes, but he can slide the ball~ With Qin Qin's ability, he should have judged the landing point a long time ago~ He thinks too much about people, so he miscalculated That's it~ tsk tsk! That's his fault, he's overly cautious."

"How to say?" Parker was very interested in this. He knew a lot about fielding, but he never had a chance to get in touch with the slight difference in pitcher skills.

"Hey! Look here~" Coach rewinds the video, fast forwards, pauses, and plays it several times: "I don't know if he is self-taught or has a coach. There are some mistakes in the way of pitching. Uh~ I watched a lot of Japanese games recently. video, I found out that this problem is very common in Japan!"

"Uejima Kazuma's wrist, here is a slider, before it was a curveball, he turned his wrist when he threw these two types of balls, but the range was smaller when he threw the slider, and he didn't press the bowl at all!"

Parker was a little confused: "I know wrist pressure. You have to press your wrist when you throw a fastball. Isn't this wrist rotation wrong? And do you have to press your wrist on a slider?"

"You... tsk tsk..." Coach showed a disdainful expression: "Do you know why the slider and the straight ball are often difficult for the hitter to distinguish?"

"The ball is close?"

"Then why are the pitches similar? Naturally, there are similarities. When throwing a slider, the way of shooting is actually similar to that of a fastball. That's why the slider is the closest variation to the speed of the fastball! The major leagues are amazing. There are not many slider pitchers with speeds over 90 mph."

"So you have to press your wrist?" Parker felt that the words "interlaced like a mountain" are very reasonable. Don't talk about other industries, just on the field. When it comes to the nuances of pitching skills, it feels similar to listening to heaven.

"Not pressing the wrist, coupled with a slight wrist rotation, will not only reduce the speed of the slider, but also the final movement and tail strength. Of course, these are not big things!"

"Isn't it a big deal if there is a difference in tail strength?" You must know that different pitchers, even if they throw the same ball speed and the same type of ball, some people's balls are easily hit and hit, while others are easy to hit. If you don't hit well, you will end up in the infield or out of bounds. The reason is that the tail strength is higher. The former cannot squeeze the hitter, while the latter makes the hitter feel heavy.

This is a big deal!
Coach imitated the action of throwing the ball: "My brother... my coach said a long time ago that the most terrible thing about practicing skateboarding is not to press the wrist. This deliberate behavior will cause serious damage to the elbow. Of course, The chances of having TJ surgery go up a lot over time! I've found that to be very common among pitchers of this age in Japan."

Parker never paid attention to this point, but after listening to Coach's detailed explanation, he became even more curious about the kid. He knew that Coach hadn't learned how to skate, saying that he was too young to touch it for now.

That’s interesting. Coach is considered the best among his peers in terms of knowledge and skills, but this doesn’t mean that a pitcher will understand even the subtle aspects of a ball he hasn’t learned, so now Is the Little League level already that high?Has all this knowledge become the basis?
(End of this chapter)