During the long break in May, the powerhouse schools travel to different parts of the country to compete in practice games to prepare for the summer tournament. Fujimaki Komadai has traveled to Osaka to play Osaka Kiryu; Inashiro is playing Saiho in Aichi; Yoshinaga from Tokushima is in Kumamoto playing Shogakkan. Seido tides themselves over by playing Yamaga in Saitama, but then it's time for Sawamura to take the mound against Hakuryu, a team that finished in the semi finals of the Invitational.
Coach Sasaki and his stopwatch 
have become a regular fixture.
المدرّب ساساكي وساعة توقيته أصبحا
شيئاً اعتيادياً
Trainer Sasaki hat wie immer
seine Stoppuhr parat.
El entrenador Sasaki sacó su cronómetro
y parece bien colocado.
El entrenador Sasaki sacó su cronómetro
y parece bien colocado.
M. Sasaki est fidèle à lui-même,
toujours le chronomètre à la main.
Il Coach Sasaki ha già in mano il cronometro,
sembra pronto.
O técnico Sasaki está com o cronômetro
e parece ter se estabelecido.
Тренер Сасаки нашёл, чем заняться.
 Он не выпускает из рук секундомер.