That was why their spike reach was not especially high, and their blocking reach was even less worth mentioning. Compared to the other members of the Japan Youth Team, there was no real way to compare them.
"Even though liberos aren't responsible for blocking or attacking, being able to have that kind of jumping talent in the Japan Youth Team training camp is honestly pretty amazing."
"Every single one of them is among the best in their own position."
As Hank watched the liberos in the team begin their reach measurements, for some reason, excitement started to rise inside him.
Now that he thought about it, the people training alongside him right now were all part of the top batch in Japan.
In a way, he had truly stepped into the world of professional volleyball players.
Becoming one of the world's top volleyball players had always been his dream. Nothing could make someone happier than the process of chasing their dream.
Since he was in an environment like this, there was even more reason for him to defeat every single one of these people.
"Next is the wing spiker position."
After the Japan Youth Team coach had the middle blockers, opposites, setters, and other positions go up to measure their reach, the wing spikers' reach measurements finally began. Since they were the aces of the entire team, their reach was undoubtedly in the highest tier.
There was no surprise about that.
Everyone at the scene began watching without needing to be told. They were all paying close attention to the results that were about to come next.
After all, among them was Sakusa.
He was listed as one of the current top three spiking aces in Japan, an absolute superstar of the Japan Youth Team, and one of its most central forces.
If they could see his results, they would at least be able to prepare themselves when they faced him later.
"Sakusa, you go first. Show your juniors how it's done."
After the Japan Youth Team coach finished recording all the previous reach measurements, he raised his head and looked toward Sakusa.
Sakusa was a second-year. Back when he was still a first-year, he had already been selected for the Japan Youth Team, so for the newly selected Kōrai Hoshiumi and Hank, he absolutely counted as someone ahead of them.
It made sense for him to take the lead.
Sakusa took off his jacket, then began warming up on the spot. After warming up for a while, he quickly started his approach and jumped, his whole body launching forward at high speed. Then he struck down toward the reach-measuring device.
As the machine beside him gave its prompt, an extremely eye-catching number was announced.
349 cm!
It was the same jump-reach data Hank had when he first entered Aoba Johsai.
However, since Sakusa was 189 cm tall, while Hank had been 185 cm back then, if one really wanted to compare them, Hank had definitely jumped higher than him.
"Yeah. He looks sickly, but in reality, he has incredibly strong ability."
"We'll have to be careful when we face him later."
Although many of the onlookers did not say much out loud, they still unconsciously memorized Sakusa's reach result in their minds.
There was still one month left until Spring High, and Sakusa's main team, Itachiyama Institute, had also successfully obtained a ticket to Spring High.
In other words, these people still had a chance to meet in the matches to come.
(End of Chapter)
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