Seeing that some of his companions clearly didn’t understand U17 very well, Nioh decided to explain it. It didn’t take much time anyway.
"The U17 training camp is directly managed by the Tennis Association and is a place dedicated to training young tennis players. It has the most advanced tennis equipment, the most experienced tennis coaches and the most professional logistics support team in the country. . It can be said that the U17 training camp is the cradle for the growth of professional tennis players."
"Okay, it looks great!"
"It's more than that," Nioh continued to explain, "You guys. You should know the four major professional tennis tournaments, namely the Australian Open held in the last two weeks of January every year, the French Open held from the end of May to early June every year, and Wimbledon held every June or July. Tennis Championships, and the US Open held from the end of August to the beginning of September every year.
These are the four most important events in tennis. If anyone can win the Grand Slam in these four events. , you can call him a well-deserved world-class tennis player
But in fact, in addition to these four tennis competitions, there is another equally important, but relatively less well-known tennis event in the world. , that is the World Youth Tennis Championships, also known as the International Tennis Federation Youth U-17 World Cup, referred to as the World Youth Championship, or the U-17 World Cup."
"World Cup!" Marui's mouth can be filled. An egg, "It sounds very high-end!"
"Well, U17, which means Under Seventeen, means under 17 years old. As the name suggests, this competition is specifically for tennis players under 17 years old. "A world-class tennis platform, so guess where our country's players for the World Youth Championship are selected from?"
The answer is already obvious, and everyone can guess it: "U17" Training camp!"
"That's right!" Nioh clapped his hands, "It's the U17 training camp, but you must be curious why you have heard little about it in such an important place. Right?"
"Oh, Masaharu, stop being so clueless. I'm so curious."
"Okay, okay, I'll just tell you, it's because of the U17 training camp. It is only open to high school students. Don’t you wonder why the country attaches so much importance to inter-school national competitions for junior high school students, but shows a loose attitude towards high school competitions? The answer is here, because all capable high school students. They were selected by the U17 training camp to participate in shared training. They have reached the point where they can go to the world to win glory for the country. Naturally, it doesn’t matter what the national competition is.”
“That’s true. They can already go to the world. It’s a top-level competition, so why would you focus on small domestic competitions? But Masaharu, what does this have to do with the good news you’re talking about?”
“Puri, of course~” BenevolenceWang crossed his hands to support his chin, "Such a powerful place, do you want to experience it in advance~"
"!!!"
What does it mean to stir up a thousand layers with one stone? Lang, this is it!
As soon as Nioh said this, no one could calm down, especially Sanada. He stood up and supported the table, looking at Nioh with eyes as hot and glaring as fire.
"Nioh, you mean that you won the opportunity for us to go to that training camp?"
"Ang~" Nioh immediately found Mifune and persuaded Mifune I briefly shared the process with my companions, "That's about it. Anyway, during this winter vacation, we can go over for trial training."
"You really gave me a big surprise." < /p>
Yukimura could no longer describe the shock that Nioh brought to him. He just felt that he was really lucky. He had Sanada as his companion when he was a child, and after he came to Tatekai, he received the love of his seniors and the full support of his companions. But this is not enough. Among all the teammates, there is such a heaven-defying existence as Nioh Masaharu.
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This member of his team has no less strength than him, but he always defends him, supports him from the bottom of his heart, and helps him solve many troubles overtly and covertly.
The most important thing is that Nioh, who has absolute strength, does not develop bad habits such as arrogance and mavericks because of his strength. Instead, he is dedicated to the welfare of the tennis club.
First, he helped his teammates find breakthrough techniques. Later, he spent his own money to install the most advanced equipment for the tennis club. Now, he even found a national training camp that they would have never had access to and won for them. A training opportunity that only high school students can enjoy.
If Nioh’s previous contributions were still within the scope of Yukimura’s understanding and acceptance, then the trial training opportunity of this U17 training camp is now such that Yukimura has to express his gratitude to Nioh.
What does it mean to be exposed to U17 this winter? This means that they have seen the higher-level tennis world two years earlier than other junior high school students and realized the gap between themselves and the world's top tennis players; it means that they have two more years than others to work hard and improve in the right direction. ; It means that their future tennis career will make a qualitative leap due to this episode.
"Masaharu."
Yukimura stood up and was about to solemnly thank Nioh, but Nioh, who saw his intention, stepped aside and pushed Yukimura back to the chair.
The speed was so fast that no one could clearly see Nioh’s specific movements. In short, the companions just blinked and saw Nioh standing behind Yukimura with his hands on Yukimura’s shoulders.
"Minister, there's no need to thank me." Nioh couldn't accept Yukimura bowing to him to thank him. In his heart, Yukimura was supreme.His existence is the king he vows to follow and support, the minister he respects and loves the most, and the most important persistence and belief that supports him when he runs on the field. "If you must thank me, the minister should thank himself, not me."
Nioh looked at everyone again, "The same goes for you, don't take this matter so seriously. You know, if you don’t have the ability to impress Coach Mifune, then no matter how eloquent I am, it will be useless.
Therefore, even if you want to thank U17, you should also thank yourself for your hard work. , Go thank yourself for persisting in tennis, go thank yourself for working hard for tennis that others cannot imagine."
"But Masaharu..." At this time, he was the first to break free from Niou's clever tongue. But it is Marui who usually has the biggest heart, "There are so many hard-working people in the world, and there are quite a lot of talented people, and there are countless tennis players who are active on the court. But, apart from Tatsumi, there are also Which school can have such an honor and get the training opportunity of the U17 head coach?
In the final analysis, it is because of your existence that you have won this opportunity for us. I know a saying, that is, "success requires one percent luck and ninety-nine percent sweat, but in most cases, there is no such one percent luck, even if you give in one percent Ninety-nine efforts are of no avail. "
So Masaharu, there is no need for you to deny your own efforts. We are indeed working hard, but without you, our efforts would not have been seen by the coach.
In any case, please accept your contribution, and please accept our thanks.
Thank you, Masaharu."
After listening to Marui's speech, Niou felt an inexplicable feeling in his eyes. A little sour, he admitted, his heart was indeed touched.
"In short, let's go forward together firmly in the future."
Everyone stood up, gathered around the small table, stretched out their arms, and fist-bumped as an oath - the future , no matter what happens, their friendship will never waver in the slightest.