Professor Yoichi Katsuta of Tokyo Agriculture University teaches techniques and training from children to professionals
Standing-The key to improving baseball performance is the attitude of being too natural and not paying much attention. Professor Yoichi Katsuta of Tokyo Agriculture University, who provides training guidance and research for a wide range of people from boys’ baseball children to professionals, explains that “the technique will not grow unless it is well-balanced.” Good players have something in common in how they stand.
Hit, throw, catch. Every movement in baseball begins with “standing”. Professor Katsutoshi has provided guidance and support for techniques and training from children to professionals. He started studying how to stand because he realized that “a good player has a good way to stand.”
Baseball moves and rotates from standing on one leg. There are many movements to support the body by standing on one leg in both pitching and defense. Professor Katsutoshi explains, “If you consider whether it is easier to jump on a stable stone or an unstable stone, it is easy to understand the importance of standing on one leg.”
Balance is important in how to stand. If the balance is poor, the accuracy and speed of the next movement will decrease, and the reproducibility of the movement will decrease. In order to stand in a well-balanced manner, it is important to increase the range of the outer circumference of the foot in contact with the ground, which is called the “support basal plane”, and place the center of gravity of the body in the center of the support basal plane as much as possible. If the center of gravity is biased toward the toes and heels and the inside and outside of the foot, the balance will be poor and the body will not be able to move as desired.
