For this challenge, we enlisted the help of first-year players to see "how far away they could hit the tech board with a ball!"
[Date]
After morning training on Saturday, October 22
[Rules]
Two players rally, competing to see how far the player on the right can continue the rally from.
[Previous Reports Here]
October
https://www.antlers.co.jp/academy-reports/youth/90161
November
https://www.antlers.co.jp/academy-reports/youth/90341
This time, we're introducing from the fourth pair.
The next to challenge were a left-footed duo with completely opposite playing styles despite both being left-footed.
Seima Ogasawara (left), whose forte is delicate dribbling with his left foot.
Ryunosuke Dobashi (right), whose strengths are heading from his 185cm height and his left-footed kick.
Dobashi is the one moving further away to play, and Ogasawara is the receiver.
Dobashi, at 185cm, naturally tried to extend the distance by heading the ball from a high point.
The heading contact point was so high that the ball had trouble hitting the board...
After this, he made the exact same mistake and finished his two attempts.
With their backs against the wall, the left-footed duo carefully tried to increase the distance by passing with their dominant feet, but...
An unexpected and painful mistake.
Ogasawara couldn't help but throw the ball into the air after Dobashi's three consecutive misses.
At the same time, the other players were overjoyed... lol.
Dobashi was in a daze after the unexpected result... lol.
He stayed like that for a while, so we left him and proceeded with the last group's challenge.
The last group was a friendly? Goalkeeper duo.
Taisei Matsumoto (left), with excellent reaction to shots.
Eita Kishino (right), whose strengths are his foot skills and coaching.
Kishino was the one kicking from a distance.
As expected, Kishino, confident in his kicking ability, steadily put the ball onto the tech board.
Matsumoto, the receiver, seemed to have absolute trust in his thighs...
He kept juggling with his thighs endlessly... lol.
Even so, the GK duo steadily, albeit slowly, extended the distance, but...
Matsumoto suddenly started juggling in various places...
And finally, he finished with a magnificent air swing (lol).
Even so, both of them were smiling and having fun, challenging until the very end.
Everyone finished safely, and the representative duo of Homare Tokuda and Haruto Matsumoto were the champions.
As expected, the team that had precise ball touches from the first attempt won.
We will continue to implement various projects to improve our skills.
Finally, I would like to conclude with the last-place duo of Dobashi and Ogasawara, who did the "funny face pose" penalty game devised by the players.
Please look forward to the next installment!