Lee Bum-ho's request after the first camp is over, "Let's not relax → Condition management is essential until the end of the camp."

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The KIA Tigers successfully completed their first quenching for the 2026 season. KIA manager Lee Bum-ho (45) expressed satisfaction but also called for thorough condition management at the second camp in Okinawa.

After the 21st, the KIA team completed the first spring camp schedule in Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The team, which has devoted itself to physical and technical training over the past schedule, coordinated its sense of practice through its own Red and White match on the 20th, and is scheduled to move to Okinawa, the second camp site, on the 22nd.

Coach Lee Bum-ho, who led the first camp, showed satisfaction and did not slow down the reins at the same time. "Overall, I was able to finish the first camp without any major injuries," coach Lee said through the club. "More than anything, I'm satisfied with the young players' skills development."

In fact, this camp was held in an efficient training schedule. In the beginning, he strengthened his basic physical strength with a "four-day training one-day rest" system, and in the second half, he switched to a "three-day training one-day rest" to increase his concentration. Coach Lee plans to enter a full-fledged "real-time mode" in Okinawa based on the team's tactics he strengthened in the first camp.

Coach Lee Bum-ho said, "As the players' skills have been checked, the second camp will focus on how the players are playing through real games," and emphasized, "We will further improve the completeness of the team's tactics repeated in the first camp."

He also did not forget his strict message to the team. Finally, head coach Lee Bum-ho said, "Always stay alert and take care of your condition thoroughly until the end of the camp," and took care of the players' mental strength at the time of the move, which could be loosened.

Meanwhile, KIA, which will move to Okinawa, will resume training from the 23rd and play a total of five actual games, starting with a practice match against the South Korean national team at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on the 24th, to conduct a final inspection for the opening of the 2026 season.

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