The 94th Senbatsu High School Baseball Tournament ended with Osaka Toin winning the championship for the first time in four years.
On the stage of the final, Ohmi High School ace Haru Yamada dropped out in the middle of the third inning. He was unable to swing his arm and lost without power, partly because he had thrown 170 balls in the semi-final the day before.
As for the struggle of pitcher Yamada, the attention is high enough to be reported by various media. Asahi Shimbun also distributes a column after the semi-final match, and even if it is a close medium with the Japan High School Baseball Federation (Takano Ren), it may be an inseparable theme. The tone should be similar at the summer tournament, which is the sponsored tournament.
However, these cases are not uncommon in the long history of high school baseball.
In the past, there were many ball children who continued to stand on the mound while feeling the screams of their bodies. It is not new that the Koshien stage sometimes causes tragedy, such as a pitcher who was throwing while suffering a stress fracture and a player who stood on the mound even when only a slow ball was thrown.
The question then is, “What should the national convention be for?”
Is the tournament, which always produces athletes who are injured, really good for children? This is a close-up because it is a gorgeous stage called Koshien, but it may be a question that should be asked in any competition or category.
It was before the start of this Senbatsu that shocking news came in in such a sports world.
All Japan Judo Federation’s decision to abolish the national tournament in the elementary school age
The All Japan Judo Federation has decided to abolish the national tournament for elementary school students.
It was due to the influence on the accelerating victorious supremacy, such as forcing excessive weight loss in the elementary school age and swearing at the referees and partner schools during the tournament.
The national sport of judo, which boasts a long history, will be abolished.
Even in the elementary school age, it can be said that it is a big decision to break the top of all competitions in Japan. Many intellectuals have responded to this news. Dai Tamesue, a former track and field athlete who has participated in the Olympics for three consecutive tournaments, has developed his own opinion on “the abolition of the national tournament” on his Twitter account.
For details, I would like you to read Dai Tamesue’s constructive opinion, but I would like to reconsider the significance of the national convention.
The purpose is to “win” from “trial” …
Why is a national convention necessary in the first place?
