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Doosan Bears manager Kim Won-hyung (54) predicted intensive training in the spring camp with the goal of winning the Korean Series.
Coach Kim Won-hyung met with reporters at Incheon International Airport before leaving the 2026 Doosan Spring Camp on the 23rd and said, "Sydney is the first player since he went to SK training as soon as the 2000 Olympics are over. It's been a long time since I had a spring camp, but there's nothing special, and I'm a little excited about it because I'm meeting the players properly in uniforms," he said.
In the Doosan Spring Camp, catcher Yoon Joon-ho, who was discharged from the military in December last year, was also named in the squad consisting of 22 pitchers, four catchers, 10 infielders and nine outfielders, along with pitchers Kwak Bin and Kim Taek-yeon, who convened the WBC national team. The first training camp will be held from January 25 to February 19 at Blacktown Ballpark in Sydney, Australia. The team will compete fiercely here by enhancing their condition by strengthening their physical strength and honing their basic skills.
Most primary camps focus on awakening bodies prepared during the winter. However, they tend to be too careful about injuries and neglect their training. The head coach was wary of that point. Manager Kim Won-hyung said, "This is the most important time for a year of farming. You need to improve your skills, but you need to build your body properly through training. However, I hope the players will abandon the concept of saving their bodies due to worries and fears about injuries," he said. Rather, he said, "I think you have to build your body properly through training to prevent injuries during games. If you don't build your body properly and get hurt during the game, you'll get hurt even more. That's why I want you to work 100% in training," he stressed.
The same was true of the bitter words to the pitchers during the closing camp after the end of last season. Manager Kim Won-hyung said, "I saw it at first. I didn't understand that young players don't throw a lot of balls on the mound even if it's not every day, but they don't come to the mound for more than three days," he recalled.
"I'll see you again now, but I hope it comes up every other day. In the past, I used to consistently come to the mound and train with four-day turns, but now I don't think I take that number of pitches. When players build their bodies, they have to keep coming to the mound and do what they want to do. This time, we do two turn on the 4th and go to turn on the 3rd. I discussed with the coaches and said, "I'm going to do it in front of the training period."
Compared to today's camp, which is generally held on three days of turn, it is at the level of hell training. Coach Kim Won-hyung also used Sydney's warm strength at night as an opportunity. Head coach Kim said, "Regular training is scheduled until 3 p.m. The club says the evening weather is really nice. So I'm going to bat again at night, mainly young players," he said.
"I definitely think running on the ground rather than running inside helps me build my body," he said, adding, "I thought it was a necessary training, so I discussed it with the training part and asked the pitchers to run intensely on the ground when running."
The fielders are also predicted to have a rough schedule. If pitchers throw a lot of balls and running, fielders are expected to have endless funkos under the guidance of Son Ji-hwan, the first-team defensive coach. Coach Kim Won-hyung said, "The defense story may be boring, but I'm going to make tactical training a little more firm. In addition, since there are young players, coach Son Ji-hwan will take care of the amount of defensive training. I'm a person who thinks the amount of practice is important. Coach Son is very motivated, so sometimes I have to down a little bit."
"The important thing is how well you work together. Players do it even if they tell them not to hit. I have a lot of time, so I will do it at night. So I will focus on defense and tactical training in the morning," he said.
His goal of winning the Korean Series since his inauguration has not changed since he finished his spring camp plan. Coach Kim Won-hyung said, "I want to win again. "No. 1 in the regular season is important, but I keep dreaming about reaching the Korean Series."
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