Even in Koshien Stadium, heat stroke measures Cheering team awning tent is August 6 at 15:34
At the Koshien Stadium, where the national high school baseball season started in summer, a new heatstroke countermeasure was spent, spending approximately 70 million yen, such as adding air conditioning in the stadium's aisle and creating a rest area for the cheering team. It has been.
In summer high school baseball in the summer, 343 people including spectators and others used the rescue room to complain of heat stroke symptoms, and athletes and referees also suffered from heat stroke symptoms.
Under these circumstances, Koshien Stadium is taking new measures against heat stroke, which cost about 70 million yen at the last competition.
Specifically, 28 air conditioners were added to the stadium's aisle, and a machine that sprayed mist from overhead was installed at some entrances. In addition, at the entrance to the Alps stand, a large tent equipped with a fan was installed for the cheering party's awning, and a rest area with cooling and long chairs was also set up. The cheering party using tents said, “It was totally different from last year in the hot weather, so it ’s completely different” and “It's cool so you can save your physical strength” and welcomed new measures.
In addition to the competition, Takano Ren = Japan High School Baseball Federation has increased the number of rest days during the competition to manage the physical condition of athletes, and can also hold a cold plastic bottle with the palm of the hand or hit the forehead. We call each team to do it on the bench because it is effective in preventing heat stroke.
Mr. Masahiko Takenaka, Secretary General of Takano Ren, said, “Countermeasures against heat stroke are an ongoing problem at Koshien in the summer, and it is not too much to do. No matter how much you do, we accumulate experience every year and do everything we can. I want to go. "