2024 World Baseball Premier 12: Coach Ryu Joong-il’s Strategy for Korea’s Success with Star Player Park Dong-won

Coach Ryu Joong-il watching the training (Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoon Dong-jin = On the evening of the 24th, when the first training of the participating Korean national football team to host the 2024 World Baseball Softball Council (WBSC) Premier 12, Coach Ryu Joong-il welcomed the players at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 24th. 2024.10.24 [email protected]/2024-10-24 16:01:05/

Among the 35 players called up for the 2024 World Baseball Confederation (WBSC) Top 12 national team announced by the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) Strengthening Committee on the 11th, was Park Dong-won most famous name (34, LG Twins). This player was not on the 60-man reserve list that was first announced on the 12th of last month.

After suffering bottomless humiliation and elimination from the preliminary round at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC), Korean baseball tried to change generations and strengthen its inner strength, and to grow players young in line to encourage. with the 2026 Olympics Los Angeles (LA). The national team for the Hangzhou (AG) Asian Games held last October was also made up of young players in their early to mid-20s.

Korea won the first Premier 12 tournament in 2015. Second place in the 2019 tournament. Interest is set to grow as professional players participate regardless of the tournament authority. In addition, the 2024 KBO League has unprecedented popularity, surpassing 10 million viewers for the first time in regular season history.

Given this situation, we can’t help but take notice of this Premier 12 performance. However, unlike the first and second competitions that reached the finals, progress to the semi-finals (super round) cannot be guaranteed. We need to be in the top two after playing against Taiwan, Cuba, Japan, the Dominican Republic, and Australia in the league, but we can’t be optimistic about this. Several in-form young players, including sure-to-be regular season MVP Kim Do-young, have come in, but it’s true that it’s still more of a question mark than an exclamation point.

As a result, Park Dong-won joined. Kim Hyeong-jun (NC Dinos), who led Hangzhou AG to the gold medal, also joined, but a leader who could lead young kittens was needed.

Interview with Ryu Joong-il, the head coach of the Korean national football team in the Top 12 (Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dong-jin Yoon = Ryu Joong-il at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 24th, when the first training of the Korean national soccer team participating in the Top 12 of the 2024 World Soccer Softball Council (WBSC) Reporters are interviewing the director. 2024.10.24 [email protected]/2024-10-24 15:44:09/

Coach Ryu Joong-il answered the question affirmatively, “Is the receiving line based on Park Dong-won? Director Ryu said, “I was really worried about (Park) Dong-won because he was a little older. Although (Kim) Hyeong-jun is there, I still thought it would be good for Dong-won to take center stage, so I consulted with the Power Strengthening Committee.” reported.

It is said that, more than anything, this is what the player wanted: a place on the national team. Park Dong-won is the player who became the salary king this season along with Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha Eagles). He also played a key role in LG’s unified victory last year. However, he was not able to become a member of the national team during the time of Yang Eui-ji (Doosan Bears) and Kang Min-ho (Samsung Lions). He was likely to be selected for the 2023 WBC national team, but was ultimately not selected.

Coach Ryu Joong-il reiterated, “The player could not join the national team for a while. We hope that the player will also participate in international competitions.”

Park Dong-won’s ability to lead kittens is now proven. If he hits the middle of the bat, he has the power to clear the fence in any stadium. He is expected to be at the center of the national team.

Reporter Ahn Hee-soo [email protected]