SSG Landers Choo Shin-soo is training with a bright expression ahead of a practice match with the Samsung Lions in the KBO League of Professional Baseball, which will be held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 16th.
If you run with lead bags on both feet and throw them off, the movement of your body becomes lighter. The same goes for a baseball bat. While training with a heavy bat, swinging a light bat will increase your swing speed. This means that quick ball coping becomes that much easier. ‘Chu Choo Train’ also takes such a training method. Shinsoo Choo (39 SSG Landers) Use a 35-inch long and 35 ounce (992 g) bat for hitting training. In fact, in the 2000s, batters swung around 950g bats, but nowadays, fastball restraints have become faster and pitches are diversified, so most domestic giants do not use bats over 900g. Strikes that make use of swing speed are going to be the preferred trend. In actual competitions, Choo Shin-su also uses a bat weighing 890 to 900 grams, which is 100 grams lower than in practice. However, there is a peculiarity. The bats against the left and right pitchers are different. Song Jae-woo, former director of the Galleria SM, who is in charge of Choo Shin-soo’s domestic agent, said in a conversation with the Hankyoreh on the afternoon of the 16th. Even if you are a left-handed pitcher, if the ball is slow, you use the same bat as the right-handed pitcher.” He continued, “The length is also about an inch different, but it’s like his own trick from playing for a long time in the major leagues.” For example, 890g is for left-handers and 900g is for right-handers. When standing at the plate, the weapon to deal with is different depending on the type of the opponent’s pitcher. Domestic hitters also try to reduce the weight of the bat when their stamina decreases during the season. However, Choo Shin-soo prepares a bet tailored to the opponent’s pitcher from the beginning. It seems to be true that he is a smart hitter. That’s why I survived the jungle-like major league. By Kim Yang-hee, staff reporter [email protected]