The other day, at a junior high school baseball field, a baseball player asked me, “Which high school should I go to?” When I talked to the instructors and teachers, I saw the “worries” that junior high school baseball players have recently (to the high school baseball scout edition).
Last time, I talked about a new approach from the high school side regarding going on to high school for junior high school baseball children, but on the other hand, what is the course selection of the junior high school baseball children involved?
From last fall to this winter, I would like to proceed with the story while referring to the scenes I actually encountered at the junior high school baseball field.
“I want to go to Koshien in high school, where should I go?”
I was surprised because I was asked this way.
The ground of the junior high school hardball team.
This spring, a player who goes up to the third year of junior high school rushed to the end of the practice.
It was a vague question, so I had a hard time answering it, but especially in the case of junior high school hardball, there are many cases where some of the team leaders divide the course of the players. When I asked “Did you try talking to the director?”, He said, “If you ask Mr. Abe,” so I proceeded with the story.
Everyone wants to go to Koshien, but first I asked them about their “priority”.
Do you want to go to Koshien anyway, even if you are a substitute player?
Do you prioritize being able to fight hard as a regular over Koshien?
The team that is seriously aiming for Koshien has a lot of practice and strict discipline, but do you have the physical strength and determination to be patient?
After high school, college, working people, professionals … To what level are you willing to continue playing baseball?
Every time I ask a question, the answer becomes ambiguous and my voice becomes quiet.
“Let’s spend nearly a year looking for an answer. I think that will lead to a concrete career choice. I’ll make that an immediate task and talk again in the summer … … “.
“Many students are indifferent to their own career path.”
“In general, there is no doubt that there are many students who are indifferent to their own career path. Even though they are almost ignorant about high school and high school baseball, they only have a” longing “in front of them. Even though I don’t have one, I say I want to go to Yokohama (high school). “
This teacher, who has been a junior high school hardball teacher for about 10 years, is still a young person in his thirties, but he says that it is quite different from his junior high school days.
