The effect of ‘Kang Jung-ho School’ proved by Son Ah-seop… Kim Jaehwan, Park Se-hyuk, and Han Dong-hee will be responsible for the 2024 revival

Son A-seop made a splendid comeback by winning his first career batting title this year and the Golden Glove in six years. If there is any change for Son, he means that he joined his new teacher last winter. Son found Kang Jung-ho, who runs a batting academy in Los Angeles, the U.S., and worked on his batting form. Son recorded a batting average of 339 with 187 hits, five homers and 65 RBIs in 140 games this year, and an OPS of .836. He became the first batter and hit king, and even received the Golden Glove in the designated hitter category.

Up until last year, however, Son was suspected of an aging curve. Son left his former team Lotte last year after signing a four-year contract worth 6.4 billion won (6.3 million U.S. dollars) with NC. In his first year after moving to the club, Son recorded a batting average of 277 with 152 hits, four homers and 48 RBIs with an OPS of .714. He continued to record 150 hits in consecutive seasons, but his overall batting productivity was the lowest in his career.

Son revised the trajectory of the launch angle so that he and Kang could produce many line drive balls, and made desperate efforts to revive the team. Son said, “I desperately prepared it. We talked about the aging curve and now we have a sense of crisis. I thought I should wake up and show it to fans.”

“Kang Jung-ho’s lesson is not that special. However, it is very detailed. It explains the direction of the training and the reason for correcting the swing mechanism with facts. It presents a direction that is easy to accept,” Kang said. “It teaches me how to take a shortcut. It teaches me a fast way to not go back. It gave me an opportunity to find my own mechanism that I had forgotten.”

His intensity is not low. Kang also conquered Korea and proved his capability by hitting double-digit home runs after trial and error in the Major League. Such efforts have been incorporated into the lesson. “I heard that Jung-ho felt a lot about himself when he met good pitchers in the U.S.,” Son said. “I judged that if I do as I did in Korea, I cannot survive in the U.S. as well,” he said. “I studied batting while searching for a hidden master and told him the theory that suits me the best. I am not very satisfied with my training. I am not able to pull off all of those training sessions,” he said.

Son A-seop’s testament has led many players to turn to Kang. Doosan’s fourth batter Kim Jae-hwan, who hit .2289 with 10 homers and 46 RBIs in 132 games this year, has been trained at Kang Jung-ho School since late November. He recently returned home after spending about a month on a schedule. Kim Jae-hwan, who failed to meet expectations for two consecutive years after signing a four-year 11.5 billion FA contract ahead of the 2022 season, made him seek Kang himself out.

In addition, catcher Park Se-hyuk, who signed a four-year, 4.6 billion won FA contract with NC this year, but only posted 211 hits, six homers, 32 RBIs and an OPS of .654 in 88 games in his first year of transfer, will follow Son to Kang Jung-ho School. Son A-seop is scheduled to leave the country after Jan. 15 due to the club’s opening ceremony schedule, but Park Se-hyuk leaves the country a little earlier and gets help from Kang Jung-ho. With the rapid growth of rookie Kim Hyung-joon, Park Se-hyuk’s position is getting narrower. 바카라

Son was actually going to take Kim Joo-won, who is growing up as a “national shortstop.” However, Kim will not be able to join him this winter due to personal reasons. Instead, there is another player who is visiting Kang Jung-ho School. Lotte’s Han Dong-hee, who also performed poorly this year, will take lessons at Kang Jung-ho School along with his close friend Lee Dae-ho. After moving upward for three years from 2020, Han has regressed this year with a batting average of 223, 71 hits with five homers and 32 RBIs in 108 games, with an OPS of .583.

Watching the sluggishness of Han Dong-hee, whom Lee Dae-ho pointed out as his successor, he strengthened his commitment to take care of him this winter and decided to train with Lee and Jung-hoon in Los Angeles for about 10 days. At that time, he plans to visit Kang for advice. Kang also showed keen interest in Han on his YouTube channel, which will be a meaningful occasion for him.

Han Dong-hee said, “Jung-ho talked a lot about me and showed a lot of interest. Since I’m going to the U.S., I’m going to listen to Jung-ho’s story. I think I’ll watch it with Dae-ho and Jung-ho and train batting indoors together.”