The Australian softball team, who is staying in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture for the pre-camp for the Tokyo Olympics, started practicing on the 5th.
Ota City, Gunma Prefecture has become the host town of Australia at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and the representative of softball has been staying since the 1st of this month for a preliminary training camp.
The players refrained from going out after coming to Japan and spent time at the hotel where they were staying, but since they were in good physical condition, they started practicing in Japan on the 5th and became a base for practicing around 9:30 am. I arrived at the Ota City Sports Park Baseball Stadium by bus.
The practice was held privately to prevent the infection of the new coronavirus, and according to the city, catch ball, knocking, batting practice, etc. were performed.
Ota City wants to take measures to prevent infection in the future so that citizens can view it at the stand.
According to the city, the first practice match with the university team was scheduled to be held on the 6th, but it has been postponed and is expected to be played with another team on the 7th.
At the start of the practice, Australian softball coach Rain Harlow commented, "We are happy to start preparing for the upcoming match. We thank Ota for their cooperation." doing.