The third course of the Yakult professional baseball camp in Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture, has begun, and Tetsuto Yamada, who has been selected to represent Japan in the WBC = World Baseball Classic, and Munetaka Murakami, volunteered themselves. I got knocked for about 30 minutes after the whole practice, and worked on strengthening defense.
Yakult's captain Yamada and Murakami, who won the triple crown last season, were both selected to represent Japan in the WBC, and are aiming to finish earlier than usual for the opening next month.
On the 9th, the first day of the 3rd course, the two went to the sub-ground and practiced defense individually after performing overall practice such as seat knocking and free batting.
Among them, Murakami entered the third position and continued to receive batted balls mainly on the third base line, and while showing a painful expression, he received more than 100 knocks.
In addition, second player Yamada showed steady grab handling and nimble footwork, working to strengthen the defense by knocking for about 30 minutes.
Both of them voluntarily volunteered for the defense practice, and according to the coach, they didn't have time to concentrate on receiving knocks during the camp period so far, so the purpose was to train their legs by receiving many hits. It means that there was
Yamada said, "In the sense of building the lower body, I think it will lead not only to defense but also to batting. My body is getting heavy, but I want to increase the amount of practice and work on this cool." I was.