Yodai Enoshita went to Nippon-Ham after working at Kagoshima Technical High School and Kyushu Sangyo University.
There was a time when a hard-armed pitcher who threw a ball approaching 150 kilometers was also a boy baseball player. What kind of boyhood did the longed-for professional baseball player grow up? This time, Yodai Enoshita, a former pitcher of Nippon-Ham, taught me the practice he was doing when he was a boy.
“In my case, it’s a wall pad. It’s also a wall pad that I throw at the target.”
What it means is that the Enoshita family was built on a concrete wall. There was a round hole in which a drainage pipe was embedded. It was just a little bigger than a softball and it was an exquisite size. Aim and hit the wall so that the ball fits in this hole.
“I think it’s great that one person can always do it with a ball and a grab. Sometimes I throw it on the side or imitate a tornado (Pitcher Hideo Nomo).” I think I got the feeling that if you throw it, you’ll go to that side. “
Enoshita’s pitching form during his active career was a super overhand throw with his arms coming out from directly above. That feeling was cultivated by playing from childhood. When I noticed, the wall seemed to be pure white with the trace of hitting a softball.
“Because the way it bounces is always different, it’s also a defensive practice. Isn’t there any professional baseball player who has never hit a wall?”
It is a training that is advantageous for both pitchers and fielders because they learn how to handle the ball.
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