Taki allowed his sis to make an easy layup and caught his ball as it fell through

[B]Shouldn't you be helping the Coach assistant coach Izumi-chan?[/B] Taki asks as he turns an heads over to the sideline to warm up an stretch.

Izumi sticks out her tongue playfully and heads over to Michiko to help her out.

[B] Hello Michiko, just tell me what you need an I'm your girl.[/B] says Izumi skidding to a squeaking stop beside the other girl

Taki grins seeing the cones which outside of actually playing the game are his favorite part.
Once he's stretched he twists his feet on te sideline warming the soles of his shoes so they'll be sticker even though he knows they don't need it.
This is the ritual of the Fast break Prince who did he not play basket ball would be a sprinter of the first order

Able to cover 50 meters in 5.92 Taki was declared one of the finals fastest players last year in the junior high tournament and this year he plans on being even faster.

As he waits the order to begin he prepares himself by controlling his breathing and crouching. If he were already engaged in a game he wouldn't need this ritual as the music of the court would be his insperation.