PairPuri vol. 4 Kikumaru x Niou ENTERTAINERCoach Guide [pg. 40-41]
Training Camp Report 1
Coach Guide
For training up versatile players in the U-17 Camp, there are several expert coaches. We'll introduce two of them now.
In reality, he's a sharp person?
Saitou Itaru (U-17 Mental Coach)
He's in charge not of the players' mental care, but of strengthening their mental state.
Is he a kind mental coach who gives off a clumsy feeling? By making the middle school partners play an elimination match, he actually trains the mental level of the players. In that sense, he is the strictest coach.
Outwardly, he's the gentlest coach, but...
...Well, let the singles matches begin. The losers will be eliminated.
Whilst revealing those who have fallen behind in ability, he searches for the players who don't have the tenacity to win. That is the true purpose of the pair matches.
My true job starts now.
To train their mental state, Saitou leads them into a bottomless valley.
Q&A
Q. What's your birthday and star sign?
A. Ah~ I think it's September 4th? If I'm right, then Virgo. I'm 43, but I don't look it.
Q. What's your height and weight?
A. 216cm, 80kg. They're a little high, aren't they.
Q. What's your blood type?
A. O. Do blood types really mean anything~
Q. Tell us the brand you use!
A. My shoes are MIZUNO WAVE DUAL X4.
Q. What are your hobbies?
A. Sports where you use your head. Observation. And looking at the ceiling when I'm bored. And then, hitting my forehead......I'm joking.
Coworker Rival
Kurobe Yukio: I have faith in his mental training. But...um, how he knocks his head and his way of addressing me are both unacceptable. They're things I want to correct.
Coworker Rival
Mifune Nyuudou: *hic* That man...In a sense, he's more cunning than I am. At any rate, he's the guy who sent a bunch of rubbish players to my place. Gaahahah!
Directly coaching the players
Tsuge Ryuuji (U-17 Circuit Coach)
He's in charge of training their physicality. He won't go easy on assigning them strict training.
Standing together with the players on the court, he's the coach who directs their training.
The training details are also a product of the Japanese box tree
The practice menu is also a work which conforms to the science of sports.
Student Player - Middle School Student
Tezuka Kunimitsu: He's stricter than I anticipated. But it's logical; he understands our bodies.
Q&A
Q. What's your birthday and star sign?
A. August 7th, Leo! I'm 44! Anyone who has a complaint about my birthday or age, step forward!
Q. What's your height and weight?
A. 189cm! 106kg! The secret to maintaning this body is, in one word, training!
Q. What's your blood type?
A. AB!
Q. What are your hobbies?
A. Crawling onwards!
Q. What's your favourite food?
A. Hamburgers and Coke (for calories)!
The coaches responsible for the structure of the U-17 Training Camp of overtaking those above you.
U-17 Training Camp 'Survival of the Fittest' design
1st Structure - The true strength rule of the U-17 Training Camp: Powerless people will experience hardship
With special techniques, physical strength, and mental strength, the players are ranked and separated into courts, stirring up their competitive spirit; this is the U-17 Training Camp.
The unreasonable competitions that, at first sight, don't seem to have a connection to tennis all have meaning.
The Hidden U-17 CampThe public U-17 Training CampShuffle Matches [the tiebreak elimination matches between the two groups]Indoor Group1st CourtShuffle Matches [between all courts]Cave Group16th Court
2nd Structure - Through their own way of doing things, the public and hidden coaches demand strength
The modern public U-17 camp contrasts with the hidden U-17. However, there is a common point in both. That is their Spartan thoroughness.
Thoroughly working them hard, the hidden coach trains their mental state as well.
U-17 Training Camp Coach Battle Formation
Mystery (Supervisor???)Hidden U-17 Camp
For the present, Mifune is entrusted with carrying out special training on the cliff.
Hidden General Coach MifuneMental Coach Saitou
Saitou is involved with both the public and hidden camps; he holds a unique position.Public U-17 Camp
Public General Coach Kurobe
Public Supervisor Tsuge
Thanks to
lucathia_rykatu for proofreading so much and to
sai_the_shaman for
scans.