Home base size change, 7 games → 6 games Revision of rules for school children’s baseball with an eye on the future | Full-Count
Matches will be shortened from 7 times, 2 and a half hours to 6 times, 1 and a half hours I don’t want to revise the rules if possible. However, if it is not regulated, children’s injuries cannot be prevented. The Japan Softball Baseball Association (Japan Softball Baseball Association) has decided to shorten the game […]
Is left-handed advantageous, or should hardball be done from junior high school? What is the view of a former professional who also teaches high school baseball players? | Full-Count
Tetsuya Iida, who was active in Yakult, is currently a part-time coach at Takushoku University Koryo High School. Recently, the number of parents and instructors who change right-handed children to “left-handed” at an early age is increasing. This is because the left at bat is closer to first base, and it is thought that there […]
Why is “hand throwing” useless? Checkpoints for learning “ideal throwing” | Full-Count
The risk of injury, the weakness of the ball, and “hand throwing” are all disadvantages. Why is it almost always said that you can’t throw your hands when you play baseball? For baseball boys and girls who have such doubts, I will introduce the reason why the First-Pitch editorial department was able to know through […]
An indoor practice field where you can hit hardballs in Tokyo. We also support career selection, aiming for a “boys’ baseball counseling center” | Full-Count
Shosuke Ogata GM not only teaches baseball, but also provides career counseling from parents. In Koto-ku, Tokyo, there is an indoor driving range where you can hit hardballs to your heart’s content. The facility is managed by GM Ogata Shosuke, a former coach of the junior high school baseball team who was a regular at […]
Picking up a ball with an amazing flight distance 36 shots already in 6 small, a talented slugger selected by Yakult Jr. | Full-Count
Aozora Nakajima, who released an oversized foul that reached the stand at Jingu Stadium A lightly swung ball crosses the fence and disappears into the forest. Sora Nakajima, a sixth-grade elementary school student who is a catcher for the Kobayashi Killers, a youth baseball team active in Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture, is a slugger who […]
What is the guidance policy of Shizuoka’s first “elementary school girls’ team” that does not let players call it “director” | Full-Count
Hirofumi Hanamura founded “Shizuoka Futures” for girls only in 2018 Last year, Koshien held the final match of the National High School Baseball Championship for the first time, and the enthusiasm for women’s baseball is increasing. Director Hirofumi Hanamura, who founded the prefecture’s first elementary school girls’ team “Shizuoka Futures”, was working with the expectation […]
The Father of Nikkei Baseball “Why Not Inducted into the Hall of Fame” Achievement Reported by the Founder of the Knowledge Test | Full-Count
Yoshifumi Ichiki appeals for Kenichiro Zenimura’s Hall of Fame, which became a bridge between ALL STAR SERIES and US baseball. The baseball knowledge test was established in 2010 with the aim of improving the knowledge of everyone involved in baseball. Attempts to expand the baseball culture have gradually penetrated, and about 8,000 people have taken […]
Women’s High School Baseball “Selection Tournament” Final Held at Tokyo Dome Following last summer’s Koshien, advance to NPB headquarters | Full-Count
Scheduled for April 3, 2 teams from 38 participating teams to the dream stage The All Japan Women’s Baseball Federation and the National High School Women’s Baseball Federation announced on the 4th that they will hold the final match of the 23rd National High School Women’s Baseball “Selection Tournament” to be held this spring at […]
I want to start baseball … How much is the initial cost? “10 necessary tools” I asked a specialty store | Full-Count
Approximately 52,000 yen for 10 items such as uniform top and bottom, hat, grab, etc. Parents and children are interested in baseball, but I’m wondering if I should put my child in the youth baseball team … One of the major reasons parents can’t take the first step is probably the large number of baseball […]
“There is no professional baseball player who hasn’t done it.” What is the practice that led the former pitcher Nippon-Ham to a professional? | Full-Count
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 […]