2 days after the Aoba Johsai practice match
Kenji- have you been working on your receiving skills like I instructed. Shoyo
Hinata- yeah I was even doing that work out with the weights like you said and I think I understand what you were talking about being able to see and react to the ball when a serve is coming from the back of the court I feel like I just learned how to play volleyball for the first time thank you for your help but I can't believe that I was so focused on spiking that that's all that I trained in middle school
Kenji- well you should know that receiving isn't the only thing that you are going to be working on
Hinata- whaattt! Why didn't you tell me that if I worked on my receiving skills and continued working on my aerial combat training regiment that you gave me I would be able to be better than kageyama
Kenji- yeah and you will be but kageyama has his own training plan made by me and I can say for sure you're going to need more than just the training plan to be better than him in the long run so I'm going to ask you can you can you open your eyes on your quick attack yet
Hinata- no but take because I can't get that same speed and the spike speed it's not as fluid when I'm thinking about it but kageyama said he would refuse to set to me the way I am
As we walk through the gym doors I see kageyama practicing as we watch in silence we see a set that perfectly drops in front of the net suddenly he stops and stares at us
Kageyama- I read your training plan and I also thought about what you said about how I should go about getting better for the sake of the team as a team instead of trying to do everything by myself I should trust my teammates as much as possible
Kenji- well then I guess that means you'll be teaching our Hinata here about receiving and spiking
Kageyama- what why me and why does he have to learn from me
Kenji- the reason is to add more depth to our team he should get better in any aspect he can we don't have that long till the inter high tournament we must ham all of our knowledge into him he must become as good as he can in the time we have your role on this team will be easier and that goes for all of us if we all work together and especially because I think he can be better than you and me and I think that can help you get better aswell I think you can be better than oikawa
Kageyama : I'll do it just stop talking and trying to butter me up with all the talk just tell me why are you doing all this why did you even come to this school
Kenji : I came to Karasuno to win the nationals here at this school I don't think I've told you anyone this but my grandfather is from here and I used to spend my summers here as a kid I watched him the little giant I mean I think Hinata can be way better than him with some help from us
Daichi: alright let's gather up guys today we welcome back our libero and defensive anchor his name is yu nishinoya he is also a second year se please be respectful first years for practice today we will let our new coach decide coach ukai
Ukai : hello guys I would like to do introductions and then play a inter team match I'll be mixing up the teams to see everyone's skills I'll let you guys figure out teams for the first game and randomize it after so let's get into teams and get this started