Why did coach Lee Bum-ho come out from 1 o'clock and watch the defensive training?

Sep 04, 2025

Why did coach Lee Bum-ho come out from 1 o'clock and watch the defensive training?
The KBO League KT Wiz and KIA Tigers match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 29th. KIA manager Lee Bum-ho is giving an operational order after Oh Sun-woo's come-from-behind shot. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.29/



"I think those are the weaknesses we have now."

KIA Tigers manager Lee Bum-ho came out and watched the promising players' early training.

KIA infielders started training very early ahead of the game against SSG Landers at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 3rd. Players in their early and mid-20s came to the ballpark from 1 p.m. to conduct defensive training.




Usually, players come to the ballpark around 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on the day of home games and start individual training, but field training is rarely done this early. Most start from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., and most people use indoor facilities such as weight training before that. And head coach Lee Bum-ho watched the players' training himself.

It contains the coach's will to take the basics of young players by looking ahead until after next year. Coach Lee Bum-ho said of early training, `There are still some areas where our young players are not good enough. After the end of this season, we are going to train quite intensely from the final training. From now on, when it's a home game, I'm trying to increase the amount of training. "In order for these players to take the main position, the game that they go out right now is important, but they need to practice and develop the physical strength to overcome." That way, I will be in a physical condition to play the entire game.

Why did coach Lee Bum-ho come out from 1 o'clock and watch the defensive training?
The KBO League KT Wiz and KIA Tigers match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 29th. KIA manager Lee Bum-ho, who won, is delighted. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.29/
KIA, which has been fighting for the first place in the regular season last year and won the integrated championship, is struggling in the ranking competition this year. This gap is also the reason why I felt the lack of it. Coach Lee Bum-ho said, `Last year, we didn't have much time to practice while making grades. This year, if we practice as much as possible, from young players to middle-class players in the final training after the season, and if we don't definitely reinforce the shortcomings, there will be another difficult part of this year. I need to get it together," he stressed.




When the infielder Yoon Do-hyun's defensive mistake in the match against the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon on the 2nd was mentioned, the coach delivered the same message in the same context. Director Lee Bum-ho said, `That's what we have to supplement. Defensive training is important, and it is important to get a lot of funkos, but there is a difference between knowing and doing baseball without knowing. I'm thinking of continuing to train those parts as well. Young players often lack experience so that they don't have weaknesses in their teams, so I think that if you do the season with training and practice games, you will definitely have as much ability as the main players. I'm going to take a lot of training with high intensity,' he said.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.