172cm Yamamoto's 159km fastball 'How' without weight... Deeply different U.S. drill training, the prospect of Korea also admired. [Maybe baseball says ③]

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What impressed Korean baseball prospects who visited IMG Academy, a famous U.S. sports training facility, in January this year was Drill, which had a different depth of understanding.

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) conducted a development program at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, USA from January 2nd to February 1st (Korea Standard Time). Last year, 16 first-year high school prospects (6 pitchers, 2 catchers, 5 infielders and 3 outfielders) who showed sincerity in the KBO Next-Level Training Camp were selected and trained.

During the four-week training session, which was held in excellent facilities and warm weather, Korean prospects were evaluated as being competitive compared to U.S. prospects at the same age. While everyone was satisfied with the systematic training and practice, the participants drew attention by mentioning the drill in common.

Indeed, it is said that both the understanding and the type were different in depth. Participant Cho Sung-joon (17, Chungam High School), who contacted Star News, said, "There were a lot of drill training that I didn't know. I've learned a lot. IMG coaches taught me various drills and gave me time to do it on my own. That's where I could find the drill I needed and fit my body. "Thanks to this, I was able to organize my routine a little bit," he said.

Another participant, Moon Joon-hyuk (17, Yoo Shin-go), said, "Certainly, the U.S. training was systematic. They take classes unconditionally in the morning and train for about 3 hours in the afternoon, and each focused their own drill training. Even if we did weight training, we each filled the set number of times and went into team training. If I had this opportunity, I thought I could learn a lot of different training in the future and develop baseball," he said.

There are no Korean words yet that exactly correspond to drill training. In Korea, it is talked about as a technical training, but it is not fully explained. It is convenient to think of it as a technical training with a more detailed purpose.

For example, infielders get punctured to increase ground ball defense. However, there are different reasons why each infielder does not receive a ground ball. Some player B is not good at predicting boundaries, and another player C is stiff and cannot respond quickly to irregular boundaries. Each player has a different cause, but both players receive a lot of funkos to fill the gap.

Drill training delves into more detail here. Player A drills to develop the body's vision itself, such as tracking the ball. Player B drills yoga or to increase flexibility in certain areas.

The most well-known drill in Korea may be the throwing of a spear by Yoshinobu Yamamoto (28) of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yamamoto is 178 centimeters tall and weighs 79 kilograms, and easily throws 159 kilometers per hour fastballs even under small physique conditions.

In particular, Yamamoto made headlines when he entered the U.S. two years ago by saying that he does not do weight training separately. The secret was Yamamoto's consistent pitching training since his days as a Japanese professional baseball player (NPB). He throws 400g plastic spears every day like a thrower. I tried to maximize my physical flexibility by throwing a pitch window using my whole body.

After Yamamoto's success, there was once a craze for throwing pitches at domestic personal training centers. However, few players were effective because their physical conditions were different for each player. A local trainer C said, "Introducing drill training requires an overall understanding of the domestic trainer or coach or his or her athlete. For example, the question of 'How can I fix this when this player has these symptoms?' is not correct, he said. He said, "It's the same as a doctor interviewing a patient without even looking at the patient's video. It is necessary to see the player in person, understand the process and context that the player has gone through, and develop drill training suitable for the situation, he stressed.

The famous U.S. training center "Tread Athletic" also introduced Yamamoto's throwing drill training on its official SNS, but said, "Yamamoto claims that his elbow pain stopped as soon as he started throwing. This can be explained by improving the order of motion or adjusting the movement of the arm closer to the plane and in timing. However, this is a different question from the question of 'Should you throw a spear?'' he cautioned.

It's the same reason why players should not try this or that through YouTube. They say that you should accurately measure and check your current physical condition and conduct drill training that you need. Trainer C said, "Training centers are not all-around. This is why players who went to famous training centers in the U.S. don't have much effect or come back injured. Each player has his own situation and timing. In particular, players who have not yet been properly built are more likely to get hurt," he pointed out.

This is why leaders need to grow as much as players through active learning. Those who experienced it first felt the need. D, a KBO official who has led students to IMG, said, "I felt that the training program itself was not much different from Korea. However, there are many different drills, so I thought it would be good to benchmark this," he said.

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