The National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya and Softbank will start a demonstration experiment on the 17th to provide remote guidance to the Tokunoshima High School baseball club in Tokunoshima Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, using ICT technology.This is the first time in Japan that remote guidance is given to club activities on remote islands, and a baseball team member from the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya will serve as a temporary coach during the experimental period until the end of March 2020.
According to the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, the quality of education and exercise environment that students can receive is limited on remote islands due to geographical restrictions, but even at Tokunoshima High School, which belongs to the Amami Islands, specialized sports instructors and sports teaching materials are limited. I have.
Therefore, Kanoya Sports University utilizes the tablet lent by Softbank and the "smart coach" used to support club activities nationwide, and the baseball team members act as coaches and send videos with comments, etc. Tokunoshima High School Baseball Championship Instruct the club remotely.
The Tokunoshima High School Baseball Club has the advantage of being able to reduce the burden on the advisor's teachers and receive professional guidance.In the future, baseball team members of the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, who aim to become sports instructors and professionals, will have a good opportunity to learn remote coaching skills.
Through this demonstration experiment, Kanoya Sports University and Softbank will verify that high-quality exercise guidance can be provided through smart coaches even for remote islands, and will consider using it at junior high schools in Tokunoshima and other remote islands in Kagoshima prefecture in the future. I plan to do it.
