Am I sad that I can't go overseas? The weather is fineThis isn't the final training ground, it's hell

Nov 16, 2025

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No, why is the weather nice.

Kiwoom Heroes began final training at the baseball stadium of Taejang Sports Complex in Wonju, Gangwon-do from the 3rd.

He finished the season early at the bottom for the third consecutive year. We need to put all our energy into the final training to set the stage for next year's rebound. It is also coach Seol Jong-jin's first first team camp training. You can also read director Seol's direction here.

Other teams left for the warm southern part of Japan. However, Kiwoom chose to stay in Korea. Only the winning team, the LG Twins, remains in Korea. Until last year, Kiwoom also held 'Rookie Camp' as a concept of finishing training in Taiwan. But why did everyone give up training abroad and go to Wonju.

Coach Seol, who met at the training site on the 16th, said, `There is no other reason. You can use a lot of ballparks. "When we go overseas, all we have to do is use one or two baseball stadiums, but we can use all four stadiums as we want." The Wonju Taejang Sports Complex has four baseball stadiums, and Kiwoom, which has previously conducted second-tier training, received smooth cooperation from Wonju City.

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In fact, the final training proceeds as a conceptual training in which tired players recover from playing for a season and fill the gaps. The training schedule is short, and the intensity is not high.

But the Kiwoom camp has a wailing sound. There is no break time from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and there is also a night training after dinner. It's a wrap-up training like never before. So I needed a lot of ballparks. Hit and defensive training continued nonstop. In actual batting training, five batting cages were installed. I had to go around 'Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang' without a break. Before the main batting training, the players were knocked down one after another.

Director Seol's diagnosis is that there is not enough time to escape from the last place. Spring camp has already begun. The plan is to build up the body and raise the skills to further strengthen the intensity in the spring camp.

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Kiwoom is a young team. Usually, the final training is excluded from the main and veteran players. Kiwoom doesn't have many players like that either. Except for Choi Joo-hwan and Kim Gun-hee, who went to the national team with poor knees and wrists, most of the first-team players participated. Veteran Lee Hyung-jong and Lee Joo-hyung also turned the bat without exception.

I'm not sad that I couldn't go abroad. The weather is nice, too. On this day, the daytime temperature in Wonju was about 15 degrees. If the wind doesn't blow, it feels a little hot because of the sunlight. It was the perfect weather for exercise. It increases training efficiency and saves dozens of times the cost compared to overseas training.

Coach Seol said, `Our team is not next year, but the war begins now. I can see the players getting better. Only when he proves himself will he get a chance whether it's next year's spring camp, exhibition games, or regular-season games."

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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.