"Everyone gather!!"
With the roar of the captain, Ken Mura, all the new and old players in the basketball hall gathered in front of him.
The freshmen stood in a row, while the old players stood opposite them.
Seeing that everyone had gathered, Ken Mura also returned to his position, and everyone waited for Coach Harris to speak.
"Ahem!"
Looking at the more than 20 young people standing in front of him, Coach Harris was quite satisfied.
This group of people is the guarantee for his career to take off this year!
"New students, I am very happy that you have chosen to join our Miuradai High School Basketball Department. Whether you are here out of interest or want to go further on the road of basketball, we can satisfy you."
Miuradai High School has two organizations: the basketball department and the basketball team. Many larger private schools actually have such plans, such as Shohoku and Hainan.
Needless to say, the basketball team is a team that represents the school to play various official games and win honors for the school and individuals. A basketball team has a minimum of 12 players in rotation, and a maximum of 15 players can be included in the roster.
The basketball department is a club for those students who were eliminated from the basketball team because they could not meet the requirements, but who really like basketball.
The basketball team has a fixed training time every day, and the coach will also formulate various training plans, enjoy the most resources and care, and even scholarships.
The basketball department is purely for playing basketball with interest. You can come today if you are happy, and you can not come tomorrow if you are busy. It is very suitable for those who simply want to use basketball as a sport to strengthen their bodies or socialize.
And when the basketball team faces situations such as transferring, dropping out of school, suddenly not wanting to play, or getting injured, the coach will also draw from the basketball department to fill the vacancies.
According to the regulations, the basketball team can only have a roster of fifteen people at most, while the basketball department can have as many people as they want.
As for the more than ten freshmen standing now, how many of them can be officially selected for the basketball team, and how many can only play basketball for fun in the basketball department, depends on their performance in the next assessment.
The seniors in the second and third grades are not all safe. After all, if the freshmen in the first year perform too well, the coach will also transfer them to the basketball department.
Therefore, every spring semester, the basketball teams of well-known universities in the county will usher in a major blood transfusion, which also makes the county meeting exciting all the time.
Coach Harris's speech lasted only ten minutes, and then the formal selection ceremony began.
For Alex Walker, this ceremony was actually just a formality. After completing the tests of each link in a few seconds, Alex took a basketball and walked to the basket in the corner to practice shooting.
**Weekly Task:**
Strengthen shooting: You must complete 500 mid-range shots and 200 three-point shots every day for the next week.
**Current task completion status:**
- Mid-range shots: 220/500
- Three-point shots: 98/200
- Completion times: 07
**Task reward:** Mid-range shooting attribute +05, Three-point shooting attribute +05
After all, it is only a weekly task. Compared with the main task and the sudden branch task, the reward is indeed a bit modest, but even a small reward is still valuable. Even without the task drive, Alex would consciously practice shooting. Now that there is a task reward, the motivation to practice is naturally greater.
When Alex made more than 300 mid-range shots, the first round of tests for everyone else was over, and the next step was the group confrontation.
Alex and Jun Ishiyama were assigned to the red team, with three other first-year students to compete with the other five people.
Originally, the Red Team was certain to win with Alex. Now with the addition of Jun Ishiyama, who is quite strong in his own right, the Red Team is naturally much stronger than the Blue Team.
Although Jun Ishiyama is only 180 cm tall, he is a good mid-range and long-range shooter, and his running skills are also quite superb. He repeatedly left his opponents behind and ran out of space, and then after receiving the pass from Alex, he fired without hesitation.
Less than five minutes into the game, Jun Ishiyama scored 12 points with 5 of 7 shots, and Alex also got 8 assists steadily, and was replaced by Coach Harris on the sidelines.
Just going through the motions, that's probably what it means.
At 6:30 in the evening, all the other clubs had finished their day's club activities and went home, but the lights in the basketball hall were still bright.
All the first-year students stood in a row again, and everyone was sweating.
Coach Harris looked at the roster in his hand, and his expression was quite gratified.
"I am very happy that you all persisted until now. Except for the three people who left halfway, among the fifteen people standing here now, three have been selected by me and can be officially selected for the basketball team. Now, the people whose names are read, please step forward."
Everyone pricked up their ears. After several hours of hard work throughout the afternoon, no one wanted to be told at the last minute that they were unfortunately not selected.
Coach Harris cleared his throat and began to read out the names of the people who had checked the roster in his hand one by one.
"Alex Walker!"
"Yes!"
"Jun Ishiyama!"
"Yes!"
"Owen Ikki!"
"Here!"
Alex, Jun Ishiyama, and Owen Ikki walked out of the queue, and the remaining twelve people showed regretful and unwilling expressions.
"You don't have to show such an expression. I haven't finished evaluating you yet. Just because I called your name now doesn't mean you will definitely be able to join the school team."
After a few words of comfort, Harris announced that today's training was over and everyone dispersed on the spot.
Alex certainly wouldn't go back so early, so he picked up his basketball again and walked to the basket in the corner to practice on his own.
There were three people selected by Coach Harris today. Needless to say, Alex had already become the main point guard of Miuradai. And Jun Ishiyama was noticed by Coach Harris because of his excellent accuracy in the competition and the subsequent shooting practice.
Indeed, Jun Ishiyama's height is only average among this batch of freshmen, and his physique is not strong, but his speed is not bad, his running technique is very good, and his shooting is also very decisive. With a little training, he will become a very good shooter.
As for the third one, Owen Ikki, he is a very strong inside player, 190 cm tall and 90 kg in weight. In the competition, he beat his opponent and grabbed rebounds many times.
In Coach Harris's plan, when this year ends and Adam Kawasaki retires, Owen can become a strong substitute in the interior.
With a point guard, a shooting guard, and a center forward, Coach Harris has gained a lot today.
Alex practiced until almost nine o'clock in the evening, and then he packed up and left the gym.
The required shooting volume had been completed long ago, and the extra shooting volume was Alex's voluntary practice.
Anyway, his father is a workaholic, and there is nothing to do when he gets home, so he might as well stay in the gym to practice.