On the 28th it was revealed that Mr. Ichiro (47), who retired from active duty last year and is a special assistant and instructor with a Mariners president, is adjusting to “head coach” in amateur baseball in order to year. After receiving student baseball qualification recovery training in December last year, in February this year, I was in a position to teach high school and college students, and this will be my first time actually teaching.

This time, the target will be a prestigious school that regularly participates in Koshien. The instruction is expected to be short-term over several days, and the “Ichiro style” for active high school baseball players is gaining attention. He lectured at the “73rd Newspaper Convention” held in Kobe on the 26th. “I think I’ll be able to see (instruct) soon. I want to see (players) first. So I don’t participate in one day. I want to see him for a few days.” he said, showing his motivation.

◆ Orientation of former professional baseball players

For a temporary coach like Mr. Ichiro this time, former Yakult Shinya Miyamoto (50 = daily sports critic) will teach Keidai as a coach for 3 days starting on the 18th. I conveyed the importance of catching balls. At the same 6 Tokyo universities, the University of Tokyo invited former Kenichi Nakahitanizawa (73) and former giant Masumi Kuwata (52) as special coaches.

In high school, former Nakahiyama Masaru (55) has been special temporary coach for Nihon Ofujisawa (Kanagawa), who has been led by his younger brother Hideaki since 2018. Norihiro Nakamura (47), who also played for the Dodgers in the Former Kintetsu, he became a coach because he was a recruit in 1991 with the same career entry as Shin Sano (53 = ex China-Japan) from Hamamatsu Kaiseikan (Shizuoka). , I teach several times a month. At Tenri (Nara), director Ryoji Nakamura (52) and former Kintetsu liaison Shintaro Yamazaki (54) are pitching coaches. Additionally, former Yakult Tetsuya Iida (52) has been appointed as a coach (part-time) at his alma mater, Takudai Koryo (Chiba) since this spring.

Former Hanshin Toyama Shoji (53) of Naniwa, Osaka has been training as a pitching coach since June last year during commentary work, and was appointed director of the new team last fall.