Softbank camp veteran Uchikawa February 2 22:31
Professional baseball softbank veteran Seichi Uchikawa is working on improving the batting form at a spring camp in Miyazaki.
In his 20th year at the pro, 37-year-old Uchikawa won the Golden Glove Award last season for the first time in his first field.
Uchikawa, who is conscious of handling the ball carefully, played a knocking ball with a light movement in the morning defense practice.
On the other hand, batting average has been sluggish at 20% in the last three years, so batting is an issue at this camp.
Until last season, Uchikawa raised his left foot to take the timing, but since the timing to catch the ball was late, we tried to change to a form that takes the timing without raising the left foot Out.
In the batting practice on the 2nd, I kept my feet completely off the ground, making hits to hit the home run and hit the ball in the opposite direction.
Uchikawa had pledged to improve his hitting power by saying, "Because it was a person who was regularly evaluated and hit the regulars, I want to do my best to hit the regulars again."