Seibu Lions Sota Hamaoka pitcher (18), the fourth overall pick in the draft, participated in a joint training session for rookies on March 16. He worked out in sprint training and pitching and pitching coordination.
He is currently on a separate menu due to a condition, but on this day he participated in almost all of the practice sessions except for catch ball. Dora 2 Iwashiro (Chuo University) and Dora 4 Horikoshi (Tohoku Fukushi University), who worked together on pitching and pitching, gave him advice on "how to use your feet when catching a ground ball. pitcher（He said, "I can't notice it only with my own observation skills. I am getting great stimulation from them.
He graduated from Kawawa, a prestigious high school in Kanagawa Prefecture, and all of his classmates, except for his left-handed pitcher, are looking to go on to university. The Common University Entrance Examination will be held on the 17th and 18th, and Hamaoka, who excels in Mathematics 1A, commented, "I want to at least be able to solve the math...I think I can get 80%." Of course, he is also the only one in his class who will be entering the workforce this spring. However, when he moved into the dormitory, he stated firmly, "I was doing it with the desire to make it in the professional world, so it doesn't change the fact that we are all doing it with the same goal in mind. Everyone supported me, and I'm really supporting them too." Encouraged by his teammates' hard work, he aims to be promoted to the controlled team as soon as possible.
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