The original intention of the diamond ace

In the evening, indoor driving range.

Against a net.

The curveball, I practiced the slider before. Although it is not as good as the changeup, it is still much better than the ordinary curveball.

Is the curveball still the same this time around?

Try it first, if it doesn't work, go back to the slider.

I remember the curveball grip being like... I put the side of my finger over the seam and then I took a step and swung my middle finger hard before the ball went out and twisted my wrist...

The ball hit the bottom of the ball frame, bounced back a few times, rolled towards me, and finally stopped not far in front of me.

During this period, I kept staring at the net in a daze, and then burst into ecstasy. Is this a curve ball? !Is this the curveball of this life!

The speed of the ball is quite satisfactory, about 140 faster, the timing of the change is really good, and it starts to change after halfway through the flight.Then it began to change obliquely down to the right, and the lateral displacement was average.But the most critical longitudinal displacement is a bit too exaggerated. It changes twice as fast as the average curveball, and the ball almost fell to the ground just now.

Is the skateboard also...

Too bad the skateboard was pretty much the same as it was in my previous life, which let me down a bit, but then I got excited.

Why has only the curveball changed so much?Looking at the middle knuckles that are more powerful than in the previous life, it should not be this, the change will not be so big.

He broke his wrist again, and found that the back of his hand was almost completely back, and his fingertips could almost touch his forearm.

It appears to be this.Hmm, even though it's my own hand, it's still kind of disgusting.

Don't know if this will work with a speedball or changeup, if it does it will give me a lot of spin...  

It took a few more shots that night before I finally figured out how much the ball was falling and barely managed to get the ball into the strike zone.But where the ball will go, even I don't know very well, after all, I can't control the degree of twisting of the hand every time.

After that, I practiced the speedball and changeup, and tried to add the twist of the hand, but these two types of balls did not have the movement of twisting the wrist. It was very difficult to practice at first, but I finally added it, but I was too concerned Spin makes the ball completely uncontrollable.

Alas, it really isn't that simple, I still need to practice...

When I came back to my senses, there was no one in the training ground.

It's eleven o'clock!If you don't sleep well today, you won't be able to wake up tomorrow!

***

The next morning, Qingxinliao.

"Morning, Tojo-senpai!" I grabbed the washbasin energetically, greeted Tojo-senpai who had just got up, and went to wash up.

"What's wrong with him today? He's so excited." Tojo looked at him sleepily with his messy hair.

"Good morning, Eijun-senpai!"

"Oh~ I'm very energetic today, it should be like this a long time ago!" Sawamura patted my shoulder happily.

"Why are you so excited all of a sudden? Are you sure you won't have a girlfriend?" Senior Kuramochi suddenly appeared from behind and strangled my neck.

I grabbed his arm and said helplessly, "No..."

"No, why are you laughing so disgustingly so early in the morning!"

"Disgusting..." This is a bit hurtful, Kuramochi-senpai.

…………

In the afternoon, A playground.

Today is defense and free strike practice, and I want to practice again, whether it is the ball control of the curve ball, or the method of adding wrist rotation, neither of these two has made any progress.

But I also shot a lot yesterday, so it's time for my arm to rest.Let's think about how to deal with the blow first, does the body react......

Finally waited until the second day of pitching practice!Yesterday, because I was still a little absent-minded, the progress of batting was quite slow. Fortunately, it didn't take long to start some basic exercises, and I was soon too tired to think about pitching.

"I heard that Coach Ochiai asked you to start practicing a new change ball?" Today's partner Miyuki looked at me with a smile, "Which ball did you choose? Why don't you practice this with you today?

Looking at the thief in front of you with black lines all over your head, what are you practicing with me, obviously you are curious!

"I chose a curveball, and the path of the ball is roughly like this." He gestured with his fingers in the air from right to left, "and..." Rolling his eyes, he still didn't say anything, and said Maybe I'll be able to see this guy's jokes later.

"And what?"

"And the change of that curve ball will be a little later, please pay attention." Trying to pretend to be calm.

He looked suspiciously at my pretendingly calm face, then walked back and squatted down.

The Ochiai coach not far away heard our conversation and came over to see my new curveball practice.

Looking at the glove in the distance, recall the approximate range of the curveball.

Take a step and swing your arms, and focus on the twist of the wrist and the feeling of the fingertips for a moment.

The ball pulled out a white arc, and then began to fall rapidly to the lower right halfway.

"The timing of the change is really good, but the ball is too high, isn't it so unstable..." Miyuki, who was squatting in the distance, looked at the flying ball, moved his gloves up, and squatted up slightly a little bit.

'what! '

The ball perfectly avoided the glove and hit Miyuki's protective gear directly. It bounced proudly on the ground a few times before rolling back.

"Hahahaha!" I covered my mouth with my gloves, but couldn't help but laugh out loud.You brat, this time you missed the call, hum, it made you so embarrassing before.

Coach Ochiai stopped stroking his beard, and the others couldn't help looking over, "That Miyuki..." "Senior Miyuki..."

'Even (again) missed it! '

Miyuki didn't stand up to pick up the ball that rolled away, but squatted on the spot, looking at me with surprise and excitement.

I know, I know, I felt the same way yesterday when I voted myself.After all, this is the first time I have seen such a change.

Miyuki stood up and walked over quickly, "Hurry up and tell me about that ball!"

Coach Ochiai also came over.

I briefly talked about the information about the curve ball: "The speed of the ball is about 140, the change will be a little later, and the horizontal change is average, but the vertical, although I can't control it, can basically pass through the entire strike zone. .”

"The change of the slider is not that exaggerated, so I think this should be the reason." I showed him and Coach Ochiai my soft and slightly disgusting wrist, "I think this may also be applicable to other balls on, but I tried it, and it felt awkward."

Coach Ochiai twirled his beard, and suddenly interjected: "You can try to bend your wrist back a little when throwing other balls, so that you can give your fingers more time to exert force."

After I finished listening, I thought about it for a while, my eyes lit up, and then I said sincerely: "Okay! I will try it, thank you, coach!"

Coach Ochiai stroked his beard in satisfaction, turned around and returned to his original position.

"However, this curveball is still very risky. After all, the range of change is so large. If you don't control it well, it will probably be a burst shot." With a wry smile, he said to Miyuki, "So until I can control it well, I still can't use it. "

"You throw a few more balls!" Did he hear it, he must have heard it!I just ignored it on purpose, this brat is really unlikable!

Seeing that I was about to throw the ball, the others stopped and looked at us, "A ball that Miyuki (senpai) missed..."

"Snapped!"

"It's true that ball control is not very good!" He passed the ball over.

I looked at him in surprise. Although I haven't caught it very well, it was beyond my expectation that I could catch the second ball.Fortunately, I didn't tell him before, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see his jokes.

At this time, the person next to him.

'This is? …… Curveball?Has the curveball changed that much?Although the curve ball is a ball with a lot of changes, but this change also...'

They looked at me in shock and still rejoicing.

"Hmm, Oda, I won't lose to you!" Sawamura next to me stared at me with cat eyes, and a small stream of air came out of his nose.

Whether you lose or not, how do you think the trump card will not be my turn before the two of you graduate.I looked at him funny.

Soon, a day of practice passed, and the advice given by Ochiai coach was very useful. Although the ball control after the change was not as good as before, it was obviously more effective than the previous blind practice.