A state of the game where everyone chases the whereabouts of the ball hit with a bat by pulling a string = Both at Oizumi Special Needs School in Nerima Ward
On June 30, the “Universal Baseball” game developed by a company in Chiyoda Ward so that anyone can hit the ball by pulling the string attached to the tip of the bat by enlarging the toy baseball board will be specially supported by Oizumi Metropolitan Government in Nerima Ward. It was a school. Twenty-seven second and sixth graders from the elementary school participated in the event, and even a child who could hardly move in a wheelchair entered the turn at bat and enjoyed playing. (Menka Kamiya)
A mechanism that hits a ball placed on an automatically rotating turntable with a bat that vigorously rotates half a turn with the stopper released when the string is pulled. Each person enters the turn at bat, swings the bat, and “out”, “two base hit”, “home run”, etc. are decided depending on where the ball rolling on the board about 5 meters on both wings enters.
While playing music like a real baseball stadium, even a child with a string with the help of a teacher pulls the string at his own timing to compete. Principal Takako Nagashima made an announcement by himself, introduced each person who entered the turn at bat, and everyone was surprised and congratulated to the children who released home runs for two at-bats in a row. Principal Nagashima said, “I really wanted the children to do it. The teachers seemed to have fun and we needed it.”
A child holding a string connected to a bat and aiming for the timing to hit the ball
For universal baseball, Horie Denso (Chiyoda-ku), which handles the maintenance of railroad vehicles, has been holding hands-on sessions in various places for two years as a new business. When the new coronavirus disease made it difficult to implement indoors, last fall, instead of corrugated cardboard, which is vulnerable to rain and wind, we produced wood that can be used outdoors with the cooperation of Yokoze Town, Saitama Prefecture, which is focusing on supporting new businesses. I went to the gymnasium on this day while ventilating.
Mr. Tetsuro Nakamura, a former high school baseball player who works on the business, solicited hope from schools in the five prefectures of Hokkaido, Tokyo, Nara, Fukui, and Kochi, where there are high schools that won the district championship in last year’s high school baseball autumn tournament. Has opened.
To prevent infection, I loaded the necessary items into one wagon car, and Mr. Nakamura traveled around the country by himself, sometimes staying in the car. Unfortunately, Hokkaido was canceled due to positive results at the school I visited, but the happy children helped me.
Children with severe disabilities, such as students at Oizumi Special Needs School, are the ones who want to spread universal baseball the most. Mr. Nakamura said, “I was able to pull the string more than I expected. Some children loved baseball and enjoyed it.” From now on, we will continue our business while watching the situation of Corona.
