Before joining the Lionesses, Rakuten's private tutoring from the first day on his forehead

May 10, 2025

Before joining the Lionesses, Rakuten's private tutoring from the first day on his forehead
A match between the Samsung Lions and the LG Twins at Daegu Lions Park on the 10th. On Samsung's forehead, Coach Doshiaki QC is talking with Kim Tae-hoon. Daegu = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com



Kim Tae-hoon, who was training with the first-team squad as a special entry, visited Coach Toshiaki QC on his forehead and asked questions one by one, lifting his passion for baseball.

Former Rakuten coach Toshiaki Imae, who signed a contract with the Samsung Lions, came to the ground and sweated with the players from the first day.

Coach Imae, who joined the team ahead of the match between the Samsung Lions and the LG Twins at Lions Park in Daegu on the 10th, looked at the fielders' movements with keen eyes.




Coach Imae played for NPB Chiba Lotte and Rakuten Golden Eagles in the Japanese professional baseball league. He hit .2831,682 with 108 home runs, 726 RBIs, 642 runs and 32 steals in a total of 1,704 NPB games.

Coach Imae, who started as a second-tier training coach in Rakuten in the 2020 season after retirement and was a coach last season, will join the Samsung Lions Quality Control (QC) coach from the 10th to accompany the team.

There was a player who found a coach on his forehead who was closely watching the fielders' batting form behind the hitting gauge. The main character was Kim Tae-hoon, who was accompanied by first-team players as a special entry.




Before joining the Lionesses, Rakuten's private tutoring from the first day on his forehead
Kim Tae-hoon trained with first-team players as a special entry.
When Kim Tae-hoon was in Yushin High School, he joined kt Wiz as a second fifth-round pick in the 2015 rookie draft, hitting 0.386 34 hits, two homers and 28 RBIs in 25 games in the 2014 season.

Kim Tae-hoon, who has not played a single at-bat in the first division this season, visited the coach on his forehead and asked about the phenomenon of his shoulder being heard when hitting. Coach Kim Tae-hoon, who combined sophisticated hitting skills and long-range hitting power during his active days, delicately told me about Kim Tae-hoon's batting form, which he could hear his shoulders at the moment of hitting.

Kim Tae-hoon, who immediately realized the problem with the coach's teaching on his forehead, took off his hat and greeted him at 90 degrees, and turned the bat again.




Coach Imae QC, who joined Samsung, will coach the fielders for about 10 to 15 days every month until the end of September.

Before joining the Lionesses, Rakuten's private tutoring from the first day on his forehead
Coach Toshiaki QC is looking at the movement of fielders on Samsung's forehead.
Before joining the Lionesses, Rakuten's private tutoring from the first day on his forehead
Kim Tae-hoon, who visited coach Toshiaki Imae, is asking about the hit.
Before joining the Lionesses, Rakuten's private tutoring from the first day on his forehead
Coach Toshiaki Imae pinpointed the points that need to be fixed at the players' level.


This article was translated by Naver AI translator.