Professional baseball Rakuten's Okinawa camp is the 3rd day of the 2nd cool on the 8th.


Masahiro Tanaka observed the pitching practice of his teammates to raise the level of the pitchers, and gave generous advice like a coach.

Pitcher Tanaka, who returned to Rakuten for the first time in eight years, joined the 1st Army camp in Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture on the 6th, but adjusted with a different menu from other players for 4 days until the 9th. doing.



I entered the bullpen for the first time on the 7th and practiced pitching, and on the 8th, the third day of the merger, I sweated for about an hour with running and a light catch ball.



After my practice, I went to the bullpen and watched my teammates' pitching practice for about 40 minutes.

Then, he gave generous advice like a coach while gesturing and gesturing to the pitcher who had finished throwing.



For a particularly long time, I was talking to Takahiro Norimoto, who was a rookie at the time but contributed to the team's first pitcher in Japan with Masahiro Tanaka.



Pitcher Norimoto took over the position of ace after pitcher Tanaka transferred to the major leagues and won double-digit wins from newcomers for the sixth consecutive year, but in the last two years he has only won five.

Pitcher Norimoto received advice from Pitcher Tanaka about the balance of the form and how to use the body, so when pitching with a bullpen, he threw while checking the position of the right arm to release the ball.



After the practice, pitcher Norimoto said that the details of the advice were "secret" and "I heard various things and confirmed that I should continue as it is. I want to do my best to make it my own." It seemed that he was feeling a response.

Ishii will be a batting pitcher on the 12th

Rakuten coach Kazuhisa Ishii said that Masahiro Tanaka, who returned for the first time in eight years, advised the pitchers, saying, "Communication between players is the best way to share live information about how to use the body and feelings. I think it will lead to growth. It is important for the players to have the courage to listen to themselves. "



On the other hand, during the practice on the 8th, there was one act in which Director Ishii suddenly ran around the ground and played a light catch ball with a bullpen.



Regarding the reason, he said that he was planning to serve as a batting pitcher in the practice on the 12th of this month, which is the second day of the third course, and said, "I haven't thrown a ball in five or six years. I retired because I didn't want to play baseball. I didn't think I would throw it again. I'm worried that my supraspinatus will hurt and my shoulders will rise tomorrow, "he laughed at the press.



On the other hand, "I want to communicate with the players through baseball instead of words. The practice game is about to start, so I want to avoid hitting the players," he said with enthusiasm.