About my experience playing amateur baseball up to now (an introduction to an article for beginners)

I had no baseball experience until I became a working adult.
However, I loved watching baseball, so eventually I started wanting to play myself, and that's how I began joining a recreational baseball team.
Naturally, since I have no baseball experience, my technical skills are terrible.
However, because I've always been diligent and have a meticulous nature, I gradually improved.

In this blog, I'll be sharing some tips and tricks based on my own experience to help you improve.
Rather than delving into intricate technical theories, I'll focus on aspects that, with just a little awareness, can significantly accelerate your improvement.
However, before writing, I want to make it clear what kind of background the person writing this has.

Whether I'm a seasoned baseball player or just a complete novice will likely affect how much trust and familiarity readers feel with me, so I hope this helps them make that judgment.
I'll try to be careful not to let this turn into just me talking about myself.

What was your experience with sports before becoming a working adult?

I joined the baseball club in fourth grade of elementary school, but I got scared when older students deliberately hit me with a pitch, so I quit soon after.
Later, in my first and second years of junior high school, I joined the basketball club, but it was all running and I didn't find it interesting, so I quit.
In my third year of high school, I joined the brass band and played the clarinet.
I continued playing until my second year of high school.
I joined the archery club at university and completed all four years of it.
I'm more of a humanities type,
I was barely able to say that I didn't dislike exercise.

What kind of team did you join?

It originally started as a casual get-together where we just played catch, and that eventually evolved into a recreational baseball team.
Initially, there weren't any highly experienced people among us, although occasionally someone like that would join.

How did you improve?

One example is practice during team practice, such as fielding drills and toss batting.
We emphasized things like defensive coordination between the infield and outfield, as these are things that can only be done with a sufficient number of players.
However, the most important factors for improvement are the individual's desire to improve and whether or not they have someone to teach them.
In fact, I often asked for advice from people I became friends with on the same team regarding things like batting practice, fielding practice, and pitching practice.
And when there wasn't team practice, he would help me with individual practice, like playing catch.
I believe that in order to improve, individual practice is absolutely necessary in addition to team practice.
First, find someone on your team who you think is really good, and become a confidant.

Also, since the first team I belonged to focused mainly on practice, I also played for a team that focused more on matches.
By participating in various teams, I was able to experience different skill levels, and I also came to understand the strengths and weaknesses of my own team.

What is the current situation?

I've now been playing amateur baseball for 10 years.
It's impossible to quantitatively explain how much I've improved at this point.
However, comparing myself now to myself last year, I feel that I've improved, and my desire for improvement hasn't diminished at all.
I expect my muscles and physical strength will decline in the future, but I hope to compensate for that by growing in my skills and mental strength.

For those who are thinking of starting amateur baseball

Playing amateur baseball is not an obligation or work; it's something to enjoy.
There will be times when things are difficult or frustrating, but I believe there will always be more enjoyable experiences than difficult ones.
If the reason you're not having fun is because you're not good at it, then that problem can definitely be solved.
(If it's a matter of interpersonal relationships, it's difficult to resolve...)
Therefore, I hope that something in the articles on this site will be helpful to you and that you will feel even a little bit of the joy of improving your skills.