The coach, who coached Kaoru Mitoma, a member of the Japanese national team, when he was a university student, responded to an interview about his insatiable curiosity about improving soccer skills and his strong desire to set high goals and not give up until they achieve them. I said that it is connected to the success of Mitoma now.

Masaaki Koido, an assistant professor at the University of Tsukuba, was the coach of the University of Tsukuba's football club and coached Mitoma.



Mitoma, who shows his sharp dribbling in the World Cup, has been practicing voluntarily and repeating one-on-one practice every day to break through defenders in order to improve his dribbling skills.



In addition, he set the theme of his graduation thesis to be "dribble", and attached a small camera to the head of himself and other players to dribble, and studied what kind of difference there was.



Koido said, ``He started by thinking carefully about what he wanted to know, why his dribble was missing, and if he compared it with other people, he would be able to understand something. I think I had a sense of urgency that to become a player, I had to have a strong weapon, and one of those things came to fruition was dribbling through. I'm talking to



On top of that, he points out that Mitoma's current strength is based on his strong desire to set high goals and never give up until he achieves them.



Koido said, "From the time I entered university, I told myself in my own words that I wanted to become a mainstay member of the Japanese national team and play overseas, and I had clearly decided what I needed to achieve. And with a strong will, I absorbed myself, deepened myself, and grew.In the midst of uncertainties and uncertainties, I continued to live each day without straying from that standard, and I was higher than anyone else. I was able to continue the standard.