Taga Boys Baseball Club manager Masato Tsuji speaks passionately: “Perseverance has become more important”
In the near future of youth baseball, will “baseball with no compulsion” become popular? On the 15th, Masato Tsuji, manager of the Shiga-Taga Boys Baseball Club, one of the most powerful teams with over 130 players and three national championships, announced on the 15th that he will be joining the team for “Full Swing Baseball,” which operates schools based in Saitama and Tokyo. We held an online seminar for the school. Regarding the school, which also has a club team and is searching for the best way to coach the next generation, Coach Tsuji passionately spoke of the school as “the next form of fun baseball” and said, “‘Grit’ has become extremely important.” .
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“Right now, we are starting to play “gut baseball” to get our players serious.If we end up reaching our limits, including our physical strength, we won’t be able to stretch those limits. It is extremely important to have the patience to endure and not run away from what you think is your limit.”
The Taga Boys Baseball Club has a menu that involves dashing up a 20-meter “heart-breaking slope” called “Ketsuzaka.” Before running here, Coach Tsuji says this to the players.
“I’ve reached my limit!” When that happens, everyone thinks, “Let’s cut corners…” and everyone tries to take the easy way out. Well, when they reach their limit, they say, “Here it comes!” After that, you will experiment to see how long you can keep running with all your might.And when you finish running, you will shout, “Easy victory~! “Try saying the words.”
When you feel like you’ve reached your limit, how many more steps you can take with all your might to “break through your limit”. It is said that if you run while saying such words, your speed will not slow down. “Your body moves in the direction of the words you hum.If you say it’s hard, it will get harder, and if you say it’s impossible, you’ll want to quit.But when you say it’s hard, it’ll be easy, and you’ll smile.” Your body will move naturally.”
“Will the same words still work two months from now? They won’t work anymore.”
At the beginning of the year, he had 3rd and 4th grade elementary school students run about 20 runs up the “Gutsuzaka” in a snowstorm. Coach Tsuji said he was surprised by the players’ reactions.
“Even though I thought my legs were swollen, they said, “This practice was fun.” In reality, I think it was hard.It all comes down to how you use your words.You can use your words to motivate the children. We can keep it high.”
After making a defensive mistake in a practice game and looking down, I asked the fourth-year student to say the words “in great shape,” a phrase synonymous with Kiyoshi Nakahata (former Giants and baseball commentator), and he got a hit in his next at-bat. . Director Tsuji is now keenly aware of the “magic power” that words have.
“However, if you ask me if the same words will be valid two months from now, they will no longer be valid.I have to think again about what kind of words can hurt me when I need to train myself mentally.” This means that players are training to strengthen their mental strength, and that they are jumping into it on their own.This is the next challenge that has spread to fun baseball.It is not forced mental strength and guts baseball. , we are leading the way.”
When you hear the words “spiritual baseball” and “spirited baseball,” there are of course negative opinions. However, it would be best if we could create an environment where players can have fun while pushing themselves. Just a few words from the instructor will naturally develop the children’s mental strength.
(Katsuharu Uchida)
2024-01-22 23:09:03
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