Aiming for operability by habit training in the baseball and all sports

Authors and colleagues have been involved in anti-aging medicine, medical care, rehabilitation, sports medicine, Masters athletics, baseball and fitness.1Especially, the method of pole exercise has been beneficial to treat healthy people and patients with various diseases and impairments.2 We provide health advice for people with lifestyle-related diseases on diet and exercise, and provide medical rehabilitation guidance for those with orthopedic diseases.3 Furthermore, we have continued a variety of approaches to sports enthusiasts and professional athletes of all ages, as well as Masters athletes, para-athletes aiming for the Para-Olympics.4 Our projects include international English medical papers and presenting lectures and workshops at international and domestic academic conferences.5


Introduction
Authors and colleagues have been involved in anti-aging medicine, medical care, rehabilitation, sports medicine, Masters athletics, baseball and fitness. 1 Especially, the method of pole exercise has been beneficial to treat healthy people and patients with various diseases and impairments. 2 We provide health advice for people with lifestyle-related diseases on diet and exercise, and provide medical rehabilitation guidance for those with orthopedic diseases. 3 Furthermore, we have continued a variety of approaches to sports enthusiasts and professional athletes of all ages, as well as Masters athletes, para-athletes aiming for the Para-Olympics. 4 Our projects include international English medical papers and presenting lectures and workshops at international and domestic academic conferences. 5 Under such circumstances, there have been various experiences between the authors and baseball for years. 6 The first author Moriyasu was an excellent batter in the high school baseball team. He won the leading hitter prize with high batting average, which was like Ichiro in the Major League Baseball (MLB). After that, he became a physiotherapist, sports trainer and director of sports rehabilitation association. Thanks to his persistant coaching, Sambonmatsu high school could participate all Japan baseball tournament in Koshien. 6 He has been teaching and supporting many professional soccer and baseball players as sports trainers.
The second author Murakami ran fast 10.9 seconds for 100m during university student. After that, he has taught many athletes as school teacher and masters' lecturer. He had a new record at 200m dash on Masters Athletic games. 7 Recently, he has given many lectures and workshops how to run fast without injury with his written textbook for many athletes and high school baseball students.
The third author Bando had been a soft-ball pitcher and baseball player for more than half century. After graduation of university, he turned to a switch hitter, then he won the leading hitter prize a few times in the baseball league. He can run 13.0 seconds for 100 m dash for half century, and had a new record at 60m and 100m dash on Masters Athletic games. 7 Based on the background described above, we have recently published a new book (Figure 1). 6 The title is "You can see in the video! Habit training for baseball skills". The subjects for this book include junior and senior high school and college baseball players, and their coaches, parents, and related people, as well as all other athletes and their stakeholders. Its content covers broad areas, such as physical function to be checked, habit training to prevent injuries and improve performance, smooth movement without twisting, flat grounding, and so on. These contents were explained in detail from various aspects. 6 The characteristic points of this book are in the following: i) a variety of useful photos are included for everyone to understand the training well, ii) there are 131 QR codes which can instantly connect to motion videos showing how to perform each fitness, iii) anyone can train oneself anytime, anywhere by observing the motion pictures with a smartphone. 6 Consequently, everybody can read the explanations, understand well with video and practice any kind of fitness accompanied with smartphone. This textbook will definitely contribute all people who are related to baseball and other sports.
One example training from the book is shown in Figure 2. 6 This scene is the operation practice of split spiral using the pole exercise.
The important tip is to acquire mobility, interlocking and operability in the series of spine, thorax and hip joint. 8 In particular, operability is indispensable for various movements in the baseball. 9 Regardless of the pitching or batting, the power starts from the lower body and waist, which is transmitted from the thorax to the shoulders, upper arms and forearms. 10 These flexible movements are crucial without excessive muscle tension. 11 Consequently, we hope that adequate operability will be acquired for various movements in the baseball and other sports associated with maintaining coordination.
In summary, a training textbook for baseball and other sports was introduced in this article. It is useful for learning mobility, interlocking and operability with QR codes observing exercise videos. Especially, the operability is crucial factor for baseball. We hope that this paper will be useful to athletes and stakeholders of various disciplines.