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"PHILOSOPHER OF THE MOUND" LOTTE GIANTS KIM JIN-WOOK"s GOAL IS TO "THINK LESS"

“Even if you put a lot of thought into it for 3 years, the results will be the same… Ultimately, it’s a matter of mindset.”

Kim Jin-wook (21), a left-handed pitcher for the professional baseball Lotte Giants, had so many thoughts that it could be safe to call him a ‘philosopher on the mound.’

If the ball went in well, it went in well, but if it went in differently than I expected, I sank inside to find out the reason.

While he was a student at Gangneung High School, he threw the best ball in the country, but after his professional debut, he did not show much shine.

He joined Lotte as the first overall pick in the 2021 KBO draft, and his three-season career record is 103 games, 8 wins, 12 losses, 16 holds, and an ERA of 6.37.

It is true that he is not satisfied with the performance of a "high school genius pitcher" who trained harder than anyone else on the team and never neglected to reflect on himself.

Kim Jin-wook, who is preparing for the 2024 season at Lotte Spring Camp in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, declared a transformation.

It"s not a transformation that involves bulking up your body and equipping yourself with a change-up ball.

He is trying to get his thoughts out.

Kim Jin-wook said, (With a lot of thought) I tried for 3 years, but the results were the same."

Since I didn"t need to bulk up, I thought that in the end (the lack of results) was a matter of mindset.

Now, I"m trying to think that I don"t have to be perfect. “

Even if I can’t do it, I won’t dig into it too much,” he said.

Jinwook Kim had a brilliant start last season.

He did not give up a single point in 10 games throughout April, and with 1 win and 3 holds, he became the team"s guardian of victory.

But the ups and downs became severe again.

In the first half, he was a sure-to-win team with 2 wins, 1 loss, 8 holds, and an ERA of 5.46, but in the second half, he collapsed with no wins or losses and an ERA of 9.72.

Now entering his 4th year as a pro, Jin-wook Kim has become difficult to use as an excuse for being a "newbie" or "adjusting to being a pro".

Kim Jin-wook said, "It is true that this year is an important year.

But we should not focus on that.

I will try to think that it is okay to do the same this year (as in previous years) and that it is okay even if I do not do well.

I will approach it with the thought, "I can not do much better than I can."" He declared.

Baseball, which is played every day, is a sport that requires forgetfulness.

If you focus on the ball you just threw or the missed swing of the previous at-bat, you can easily get lost in a swamp of thoughts.

This is why Kim Jin-wook declared a mental transformation.

While he changes his thoughts, he also does not neglect training.

Pitching coach Joo Hyung-kwang advised Jin-wook Kim, who was struggling with poor ball control, that “the solution is to throw a lot and find balance.”

Kim Jin-wook explained, “Coach Joo Hyung-kwang said that stamina for throwing a ball and stamina for running are different and that he wanted me to throw a lot of balls,” and “So he wants to throw a lot of pitches.”

When asked specifically about the amount of training, he added, "Rather than focusing on the number of balls, the number increases as you train.

I try to throw at least one more ball than other players and focus on throwing each ball one by one."

This year, Kim Jin-wook is competing as a candidate for the 5th selection.

He said that he has raised the number of pitches to 80-90 since the first camp in Guam, "I pitched a lot, so I am in good shape.

The manager didn"t say anything (about selection), but I am preparing to take advantage of any opportunity that comes."

I made up my mind.

 

 

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Korean Relay Gained Confidence… Is it Possible to Achieve a ‘Gold+World Record’ in Paris?

 

 

Coach Lee Jeong-hoon said, “According to the data, I can easily fit into the 6-minute division.”

The men’s 800m relay world record is 6 minutes 58.55 seconds by the United States in 2009.

At the 2024 International Aquatics Federation World Championships in Doha, Qatar, Korean swimming won a medal in the management team event for the first time in history.

Yang Jae-hoon (25), Kim Woo-min (22, Gangwon Provincial Office), Lee Ho-jun (23, Jeju City Hall), and Hwang Seon-woo (20, Gangwon Provincial Office) took the silver medal in the men"s 800m relay final with a time of 7 minutes 01.94 seconds.

The Korean Swimming Federation"s choice to select men"s relay as a strategic medal event for the 2024 Paris Olympics and to send training to Australia three times from 2022 to this year has borne fruit.

The Korean management team, which returned to Korea through Incheon International Airport on the 19th, expressed great satisfaction with the relay medal and pledged to do well at the Paris Olympics.

He was not satisfied with simply getting on the podium, but even showed confidence that he would carefully rewrite swimming history.

Lee Jeong-hoon, head coach of the national swimming team, said at a press conference upon his return to Korea, "According to the data, I can easily get into the 6th minute. The 6th minute record is not far away.

I think I will definitely be in the 6th minute at the Olympics."

The best record in the men"s 800m relay set by Korean swimming is 7 minutes 01.73 seconds when it won the gold medal in the finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games last year.

It is a new Korean record and also a new Asian record.

If you enter the "dream 6th squad", the Olympic podium is a distant possibility.

In the men"s 800m relay at the previous Summer Olympics, the 6-minute mark was recorded a total of three times.

At the 2008 Beijing Games, the United States set an Olympic record of 6:58.56, and at the 2012 London Games, the United States did it again with 6:59.70.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, Great Britain was the first to touch the touchpad with a time of 6 minutes 58.58 seconds.

All of them stood atop the Olympic podium.

Making the 600m relay squad means winning an Olympic gold medal.

The reason why Director Lee is confident about the 6th squad is the performance of Hwang Sun-woo.

Sunwoo Hwang was the last swimmer in the 800m relay at the Doha Games and won a silver medal for Korea with an explosive race of 1 minute 43.76 seconds.

It was the fastest 200m section record among all athletes participating in the finals at the time, and Hwang Sun-woo also recorded a 200m section record of 1 minute and 43 seconds in relay for the first time.

Coach Lee said, "Hwang Sun-woo has a record of 1 minute and 43 seconds, and Kim Woo-min can easily reach that record.

Lee Ho-jun also recorded a time of 1 minute and 44 seconds at the Fukuoka Games, and he is a player who can be expected to reach the 1 minute and 43 seconds." explained.

He went on to say, "We"ve got three players who can get 1 minute and 43 invites."

The key is the one remaining seat.

Although Hwang Sun-woo, Kim Woo-min, and Lee Ho-jun have solidified their positions, the remaining spot to complete the 800m relay team is a concern.

In this Doha competition, Yang Jae-hoon and Lee Yu-yeon (23, Goyang City Hall) were used alternately.

The preliminaries were held by Lee Yu-yeon, who placed 4th in the 200m freestyle at the national team qualifiers in November last year, and the finals were held by Yang Jae-hoon.

However, Yang Jae-hoon appeared as the number one swimmer in the finals of the Doha competition and performed poorly with a time of 1 minute 47.78 seconds.

Last year, at the Hangzhou Asian Games, she competed as the number one swimmer and achieved a respectable record of 1 minute 46.83 seconds, which was almost 1 second behind.

Regarding this, Coach Lee said, "Yang Jae-hoon performed really well when he played as number 1 in the Asian Games, so he was sent as number 1 in this competition as well, but perhaps because he was nervous, he struggled. Another

reason is that his condition was not perfect as it was right after the training camp in Australia ended. “He explained.

If Hwang Seon-woo, Kim Woo-min, and Lee Ho-jun break into the 1:43 second mark as Coach Lee expects, and the team"s fourth-ranked player Youngja steadily records a time of 1:46, it is worth aiming for a new world record.

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