The coach said that the amount of training is not important, but the training continued until the afternoon...Lotte has changed with the roar of resignation

Oct 15, 2025

The coach said that the amount of training is not important, but the training continued until the afternoon...Lotte has changed with the roar of resignation
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants



The coach said that the amount of training is not important, but the training continued until the afternoon...Lotte has changed with the roar of resignation
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
The coach said that the amount of training is not important, but the training continued until the afternoon...Lotte has changed with the roar of resignation
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
"Quantitatively, it's going to be more than before, but..."

The fall baseball season is in full swing, but the baseball season in Busan is already over.

Still, constant batting sounds and coaches' cries rang out at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 15th, when Lotte Giants' final training was held.




This year's rookies and 1.5th-tier players are competing in the 2025 FALL League. But the ground was full of first-team players. Starting with pitcher Kim Won-joong, pitchers such as Park Se-woong, Na Kyun-an, Jung Chul-won, and Choi Jun-yong, and fielders led by Son Ho-young, Na Seung-yup, Jeon Min-jae, late Seung-min, Hwang Sung-bin, and Yoon Dong-hee followed.

The official team gathering time is 10 a.m., but players go to work much earlier. Most of the players come to the field early to do weight training or open the day with basic training.

The coach said that the amount of training is not important, but the training continued until the afternoon...Lotte has changed with the roar of resignation
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Until last year, Lotte's year-end final training session used to end with lunch time. There were some players doing extra training, but it basically ended in the morning.




This year is different. After lunch, all the team members will train in the afternoon, stretching, weighting, live batting, and reinforcement training will continue without a break. The ground is busy with players who keep teasing themselves.

At the end of the season, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `It's not all about training for a long time. Of course, we will increase the amount, but it is more important to carry out optimized training for the players rather than that.

The coach said that the amount of training is not important, but the training continued until the afternoon...Lotte has changed with the roar of resignation
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
At the closing camp in Miyazaki, Japan, in November, customized training for each player will be conducted as manager Kim Tae-hyung explained. However, before that, it is time to focus on the basics again at Sajik Stadium. In addition, pitchers focused on recovering their tired bodies while not catching the ball as much as possible. All of the players have undergone medical checks, and all players who have any possibility of pain or injury are being treated.




However, the players explained that `there are players who are missing from training, but the time remains the same.' It is beneficial in terms of basic skills because you can hit and catch more. Immediately after the end of the regular season, he forgot about baseball for as little as three days to as much as a week and took a break, but now it is time to wake up the body again and adjust so that there are no injuries.

Head coach Kim Tae-hyung, head coach Cho Won-woo, coach Lee Byung-kyu, Ko Young-min and Yoo Jae-shin led the training and watched the players play.

Head coach Kim Tae-hyung said, `Our players generally lack the starting experience. In particular, defense is determined by the amount of practice. The amount of practice is not small now, but it is a time to look at it with a cool head. We need to develop with experience," he stressed.

The coach said that the amount of training is not important, but the training continued until the afternoon...Lotte has changed with the roar of resignation
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
This year, Lotte failed to prevent the longest dark period in the club's history of fall baseball failure for eight consecutive years. He remained third in the season until August 6, recording a more than 90% chance of entering autumn baseball, but has since experienced a phenomenal fall of 8 wins, 3 draws and 27 losses (2209 wins). In the end, only two fewer losses than last year, ending the season with the same number of wins (66 wins).

Lotte's season is already over. But today's sweat is so as not to repeat the same failure.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.