Rishia nodded: "That's right."
After speaking, he turned to ask Aran for Coach Kurosu's tactical board. "The judges will see a bit more, but according to the data Coach Kurosu recorded himself, you have the highest average score per game."
Hinata leaned over to take a look.
7 points.
On the way back, Coach Kurosu said in an quite excited tone, "Shoyo's average points per attack is the highest it has been in recent years."
Miya Atsumu rubbed his chin. "But the overall scoring rate isn't high, it's only around sixty percent."
After four sets, Hinata's number of attacks reached a staggering 46, with a total score of 28 points and 6 points lost from attacking errors.
Most of them were blocked by Washio, with only one point being a back-row attack violation.
Kita Shinsuke nodded, a faint smile playing on his lips. "Indeed. It's a pity the error rate is a bit high, his scoring rate from serves is the lowest among everyone.
But a large part of the error rate was actually because Miya Atsumu was willing to set any ball to Hinata, so it was normal for many balls with poor conditions to be blocked.
Coach Kurosu laughed quite happily: "That's enough, that's more than enough."
He pushed up the glasses on his face, his expression full of pride. "As for Aran, although he hasn't stood out much in this tournament, his overall error rate is much lower than in all his previous matches."
In this ranking of first receive to score conversion rates, besides the Libero, it's Aran.
However, this was due to Itachiyama being eliminated early; the earlier the match, the lower its weight, otherwise, the one with the best stats among Spikers has actually always been Sakusa.
However, we're still in a bit of danger regarding this Best Spiker position; Bokuto's average scoring rate is too high.
Miya Atsumu sighed, "Nearly 9 points.."
“How much?!”
Mokoba Akitsugu, who had followed the Inarizaki members and the coach to check the score, let out a shocked cry.
No, seriously, how on earth did this Little One from Inarizaki score 46 points?!
He really felt like Hinata was constantly running and jumping, but 46 spikes was just too exaggerated!
Bokuto's attack frequency was already quite high, but even so, he only managed 41 hits!
Mokoba had completely ignored the judges' gazes, lost in shock: "Is his stamina an endless pit!"
Coach Utsunomiya, who had been watching the excitement from the side, suddenly smiled. "Pretty much."
Anyway, this awards ceremony had nothing to do with Itachiyama, so he was just a spectator this time, making him feel exceptionally relaxed.
Watching his old friend's mischievous grin, Coach Anromi fell silent. "Do you have some inside information that you're not telling me?"
The relationship between their two schools wasn't particularly good, but they were comrades, both representing Tokyo.
What is there that he cannot know?
Coach Utsunomiya crossed his arms over his chest: "A secret, a secret."
Watching the boisterous Bokuto and Mokoba, Akaashi, who had remained silent, could roughly guess what was going on.
In terms of physical fitness, professional equipment can indeed be used for testing, but a public school like Inarizaki certainly wouldn't have the facilities.
Fukurodani can do it themselves, Itachiyama should be able to as well.
During the IH, there were rumors that the Inarizaki members had joined Itachiyama's bus, it was very likely they were going for physical tests.
It's possible that they measured a terrifying number back then..
They were still a bit out of the loop.
But it was true; first-year players naturally had limited data, let alone someone like Hinata, who had no reputation at all in Junior High.
They had already had a headache over this once before when they were looking for reference videos.
Akaashi, who was about to take over as Captain, had already begun thinking about the future: "In the future.. let's try to schedule more practice matches with Inarizaki."
By the time the Inarizaki members returned the locker room and prepared to find a seat in the stands to wait for the subsequent awards ceremony, the stadium erupted in intense cheering once again.
The Women's Volleyball matches ended quickly, with Shinzan Girls taking the championship 3-0.
After five days of intense battle, Haruko has finally come to an end.
The six teams that fought their way to the end stood on either side of the net, waiting for the final awards ceremony.
Standing in the lineup, Hinata heard the name of Inarizaki once again following the first-place certificate.
Kita Shinsuke once again collected the trophy and the already framed certificate.
Even though it was already his second time attending such an award ceremony, Hinata still could not suppress his excitement.
For them, this was not merely a simple award ceremony, but a true and genuine coronation.
A familiar figure walked up to him; it was the Junior National Team coach he had seen before at the National Sports Festival award ceremony.
This time, the other person still brought the medal to him.
Coach Unabara held the medal in his hand and said softly, "We meet again, Hinata."
The matches these past few days have been wonderful, your performance was truly brilliant.
Hinata struggled to suppress his smile, trying to act a bit more serious in front of the camera: "I'll keep working hard!"
Under Coach Unabara's guidance, he lowered his head as the heavy medal was hung around his neck.
Hinata looked up again, meeting Coach Unabara's expectant eyes.
Unabara reached out toward Hinata: "We'll see each other in the summer, Hinata-senshu."
As soon as those words were spoken, even Miya Atsumu, who was several people away, turned his head to look over.
This doesn't just mean saying goodbye to the Interhigh..
Hinata, completely unaware, grabbed Unabara's hand and nodded vigorously, "I'll become even stronger!"
Coach Unabara laughed heartily, in a wonderful mood: "Then I'll look forward to it."
From the perspective of a professional coach, the most important and most moving thing he captured in Hinata was his incredible plasticity.
And this plasticity was accompanied by a terrifying growth rate, such that Hinata experienced significant growth in just a few short months.
Now, he also wants to provide some of his own nourishment to this flower.
—It will surely bloom even more brilliantly.
The top three rankings for both Men's Volleyball and Women's Volleyball were awarded, next came the announcement of the highly anticipated individual awards.
The Men's Volleyball MVP went to Miya Atsumu, while the Women's Volleyball MVP this time was not the Captain Asai Weka, but the Second Year Ace Amari Yuka.
Miya Atsumu's number of effective assists and the number of times he created scoring opportunities by breaking through blocks were far ahead of the others, not to mention his terrifying serve scoring rate; there was no doubt about him winning this award.
Amari Yuka's serves weren't quite as outstanding, but her number of effective attacks and her first receive success rate were both extremely high.
It were the kind of stats an Ace should have when under pressure.
Shiratori applauded in the stands: "Well deserved."
Miya Atsumu's set would leave even a layman in awe; no matter how many times one watched it, it was equally breathtaking.
[Best Spiker, Fukurodani, Bokuto Kotaro.]
[Shinzan Girls' High School, Amari Yuka.]
Miya Atsumu clicked his tongue lightly. "So it really is Bokuto.."
Unlike Hinata's own expectations of a clash between Aran and Bokuto, the actual competitors for Best Spiker this time were Bokuto and Hinata.
But just as Kita Shinsuke said, Hinata's error rate was higher than Bokuto's, after four sets, he had only managed to score two points from serves, ultimately missing out on the award.
However, volleyball has developed very rapidly in recent years, the most significant change is that the original Wing Spiker (WS) position has been split into Setter/Opposite (OP) and Outside Hitter (OH).
In the future, the corresponding awards will likely undergo changes, so situations where different focuses make them difficult to judge will not occur.
Miya Atsumu stepped forward again to take back his Best Setter award.
But this time, he didn't let Hinata hold onto his certificate for him; instead, he shoved it into Miya Osamu's hands.
The moment he took the certificate from Miya Atsumu, Miya Osamu let out a light click of his tongue, realizing something.
Hinata, who had originally prepared to touch the MVP award, gave Miya Atsumu a somewhat pitiful glance.
Is he not giving it to him?
He won't drop it; he definitely won't break it!
But Miya Atsumu remained unmoved, merely returning a smile to Hinata.
In the competition for the next Best Middle Blocker, Suna completely overwhelmed Washio Tatsuki with his incredibly brilliant performance today.
Returning with the certificate, Suna gave Miya Atsumu a long look and even waved the certificate in front of him.
This time, he actually brought the award back.
Hinata's mind went blank for a moment, Akagi stepped forward to retrieve the Best Libero award.
Just as he was wondering if he had done something wrong, the voice announcing the awards rang out once again.
【Outstanding Player Award, Inarizaki High School, Hinata Shoyo, Owari Aran.】
Eh?
Hinata, having heard his own name, froze for a moment.
Did he mishear? It sounded like someone called his name.
Unabara poked Hinata, who was still standing there dazed, signaling him to hurry up and go up with Aran to receive the award.
It wasn't until this moment that Hinata finally snapped out of it.
Wait, it seems like he.. won an award?
Watching Hinata walk past him with such clumsy, uncoordinated steps, Miya Atsumu reached out and patted his back in encouragement.
Why didn't he let Hinata help him win the MVP this time?
—Because Hinata had his own award to receive.
Even when they went to the judges' table to see the scores, they could already speculate how the final awards would be distributed.
However, the individual awards for the three major tournaments are not entirely consistent; Haruko includes an Outstanding Player Award, while lacking several other awards such as Best Server.
In this evaluation, Hinata, who narrowly missed out on the Best Setter award, was the undisputed number one.