The professional baseball Rakuten camp held in Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture, has reached the fourth day of the second cour.
Second-year professional Yuma Yasuda, who is competing for the right catcher, is honing his unique batting skills at camp.
The 22-year-old Yasuda, who has a strong long-hitting ability, played in the starting lineup in the opening game last season in his rookie year, but after that, due to the effects of the new coronavirus infection and injuries, he played in 5 games overall. I stayed.
This season, he is aiming to start the season opener for the second year in a row and become a regular catcher.
Under the theme of "useless hitting form", he is conscious of catching the ball at a position close to the body that can efficiently transmit power.
In the sheet batting on the 9th, although the timing was slightly off by a curve ball that I had not expected, I hit in the right direction and felt a response to the batting form I was working on.
Regarding catching the ball, Yasuda uses the unique expression ``chewing'', saying, ``The feeling of 'biting' the ball feels different than before. I want to," he said.