"This guy definitely beat Wakatoshi Ushijima. It was definitely him, definitely him…"
"What should I do now?"
After seeing Hank's jumping talent, Sakusa imdiately fell into a muttering state. To him, Hank had already beco a powerful player who could threaten him in future matches. If nothing unexpected happened, Hank might even advance all the way to the final.
Facing Hank, Sakusa felt an unprecedented amount of pressure. This was soone who had even beaten Ushijima.
He had to study him carefully.
"It looks like, because my physical abilities improved during this period, my jumping range and power have increased quite a bit."
After Hank discovered that even his jump height had improved a little, thoughts imdiately began connecting in his mind. When he had first obtained top-tier jumping ability, he did not seem capable of reaching this kind of height. Perhaps it was because his muscle groups had not been developed enough back then.
Other than that, he could not think of any other reason.
"All right. The data has basically been recorded. Now split into pairs and begin training."
"Players who were originally wing spikers will now try playing setter, and players who were originally setters will try playing wing spiker."
After the national team assistant recorded everyone's data, he began giving instructions for the next part of training. The training content was to have them swap positions with each other and try taking on the responsibilities of other positions, using this opportunity to see whether any of them might possibly be suited to a different style of play.
Of course, this was also because they had been selected for the national youth team. No matter how outstanding so people looked in their own positions, when viewed on a national level, they were not necessarily that eye-catching.
So by testing them in other positions, the staff could better examine whether these players had any other standout qualities in their physical abilities or volleyball techniques.
At this stage, what they cared about more was all-around developnt. Being outstanding in only one position would not be enough to stand out in future world-class competitions.
"Hello, Hank from Miyagi Prefecture."
After the groups had been decided, Atsumu Miya, with his brown hair parted to one side, strode toward Hank. A self-assured smile spread across his face, as if no one in his eyes was worthy of his attention.
"Hello."
Seeing this, Hank also greeted him. It seed that for the next few days, he would be training together with Atsumu Miya, Kōrai Hoshiumi, and Sakusa. Although there was nothing particularly surprising about that, for so reason, he still felt a strange sense of unfamiliarity.
After all, this was not his main team. Here, no matter how many techniques he learned, they would only improve his own personal strength.
If he carefully studied the techniques among these players and used the opportunity to observe their movent habits, he should be able to gain a slight advantage in future matches.
Thinking of this, Hank understood what he needed to do next.
That was to hide his finishing moves as much as possible and maintain only a certain level of ability.
This way, he would not need to worry about being dropped from the national youth team, and he also would not need to worry about these future opponents in front of him figuring out his patterns.
(End of Chapter)
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