Kio University has signed an advisory business consignment contract with Yuma Fukumoto (6th year student at Osaka University of Commerce), who was nominated for 4th place in the Chunichi Dragons Draft.We support athletes in terms of sports rehabilitation and sports nutrition.
Fukumoto is from Nara prefecture and participated in Koshien three times in high school. He is a power hitter who has also won the Senbatsu victory as the 3th batter.He also served as captain at Osaka University of Commerce, and in the fall of his third year, he won the league's best player award and best nine, but there was also a season when he suffered injuries.
Associate Professor Takahiko Fukumoto of the Department of Physical Therapy has been involved in high school baseball in Nara Prefecture for 17 years and had an acquaintance with Fukumoto.Following the entry into professional baseball this time, Kio University will support the physical development for the new year's dormitory and camp in.
On Wednesday, October 2021, 10, Fukumoto visited Kio University, where Professor Kazuyuki Tahira and Associate Professor Takahiko Fukumoto of the Department of Physical Therapy and Professor Tomomi Nakatani of the Department of Health and Nutrition gave measurement of athletic ability, physical check, and nutrition. I received guidance.
Professor Tahira, who specializes in respiratory rehabilitation, conducted an exercise load test using a machine called an exhaled gas analyzer to measure heart, lung function, and physical fitness.Kio University students reached the limit with an average load of 200 watts, while Fukumoto well exceeded 300 watts.As a result of the test, it was confirmed that Fukumoto's maximal oxygen uptake was 25% higher than that of the general public, and he was not only a baseball player but also very good in physical fitness.
Lecturer Nakatani, who specializes in nutritional physiology, gave advice on how to build an athlete's body from the nutritional aspect while conducting detailed hearings on the current dietary habits.Fukumoto, who has practiced a stoic diet based on his experience of injury, is actually "the first time to receive guidance from a registered dietitian."In the future, we will continue to provide advice to improve conditions and performance.
Associate Professor Fukumoto, who specializes in locomotorium rehabilitation and sports rehabilitation, measures the left and right foot shapes while standing normally and in batting form.Fukumoto has a very strong toe grip strength, and the foot shape has a very beautiful foot shape where you can observe a solid arch, and the position of the center of gravity changes as soon as it becomes a batting form, with the toes. It was observed to hold firmly on the ground.
Fukumoto commented strongly, "I will continue to train so that I can play throughout the year without getting hurt even if I become a professional player, and I will do my best to achieve good results."
In the future, Professor Fukumoto and his colleagues will scientifically analyze the measured values measured this time, strengthen the weaknesses of Fukumoto, and continue to teach efficient training methods with less physical burden.Team KIO will work as one to support Fukumoto, who is expected to be a smasher, to prepare himself so that he will not be injured or injured and to play an active role in the professional baseball world.
