Including Lee Jun-hee, MVP of the previous tournament, 2025 Softball Youth Representative, Captain 1st Training Training Team

Jul 22, 2025

Korean women's softball team. Provided by the Korea Baseball Softball Association.

The softball youth team under the age of 15 led by head coach Noh Geum-ran has entered training camp.

The Korea Baseball Softball Association said it will hold the "2025 Softball Youth Representative 1st Training" at Gijang Hyundai Motor Dream Ball Park for 12 days from the 22nd to the 2nd of next month.

The camp training will be for 17 players selected as youth representatives by the Softball Performance Improvement Committee in June. This year, a total of 24 days of training for youth representatives will be divided into the first and second rounds to improve the players' performance and technology through joint training for 12 days each.

On the softball youth team list, outstanding players such as Kim Na-won and Kim Yoo-min (Guam Middle School), Lee Se-bin (Shin Jeong-yeo Middle School), and Han Chae-yul (Chungbuk Daesa University Middle School) were listed, starting with Lee Joon-hee (Chungbuk Daesa University Middle School), who won the Most Valuable Player Award at all national competitions in 2025. Prospects such as Kwak Kang-i (Chungbuk Daesa University Middle School), Kim Sa-rang (Guam Middle School), and Ji Ye-bin (Shin Jeong-yeo Middle School), who showed good skills and growth potential at this year's national competition, were also selected.

2025 Softball Youth Representative List. Provided by the Korea Baseball Softball Association.

Coach Noh Geum-ran (Incheon Metropolitan City Sports Council), who has been the head coach of the youth team since last year, will lead the training camp, and coach Park Jung-kyu (Chungbuk University College of Education) and player Seo Jeong-young (Daejeon Health University) will join the coaching team to focus on improving the physical strength and technology of the players.

They also coached the national team in collaboration at the 'U15 Softball Asia Cup' held in Puri, Taiwan, in March.

Coach Noh Geum-ran said, `I will focus on improving the performance of the players with the determination that it will be my first start in preparation for the next U15 Asian Cup"I'll pay special attention to the health care of the players in the heat." he said.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.