Juntendo University and Yomiuri Giants Co., Ltd. have signed an academic guidance contract on the conditioning of players belonging to professional baseball and Yomiuri Giants for the 2022 season, and will start a new project.
Professional baseball, which plays 7 games in about 143 months, is expected to perform not only training but also comprehensive conditioning including sleep and nutrition throughout the year.However, it is not easy for a professional baseball team with a variety of players, from 1st to 3rd army, high school graduates to veteran players, to support the entire team.There is also the problem that there is a lack of medical and scientific grounds for utilizing the acquired data for conditioning.
Located near Tokyo Dome, the home of the Giants, Juntendo University, which has strengths in medicine and sports science, further strengthened organic cooperation between the fields of "sports" and "medicine" in April 2021 and sports health medical science. The "Sports Health and Medical Science Promotion Organization (JASMS)" was established as an organization aiming to accelerate activities for solving social issues from the new perspective of.In the new project, for the 4 season, "All Juntendo" centered on JASMS will support the conditioning of Yomiuri Giants players from both medical and sports science wheels.
The contents of the project are held regularly by the Yomiuri Giants coaching staff and Juntendo University researchers and doctors.Aiming to improve the conditioning of athletes throughout the year, including not only physical training but also sleep, nutrition, and mentality, we will exchange advice and opinions based on the expertise and latest knowledge of medical and sports science.
In addition, researchers and doctors at Juntendo University will give comprehensive individual advice from the perspective of sports medicine science to solve the individual problems of the athletes extracted after interviewing several young athletes. Improve conditioning throughout the season.
