"Focus a little more" Virtual S Zone made of rubber bands, even piles at bat...SSG to adapt to the changed ABS

"Focus a little more" Virtual S Zone made of rubber bands, even piles at bat...SSG to adapt to the changed ABS

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Professional baseball SSG Landers are working hard to adapt to the fine-tuned Automatic Ball-Strike System (ABS).바카라

This season's KBO League will have slightly different ABS systems, which were introduced last year. While different strike zones are maintained for different hitters, the top and bottom ends, which are 56.35 percent and 27.64 percent of the batter's height, will be changed to 55.75 percent and 27.04 percent, respectively. A player who is 1 meter 80 centimeters tall is expected to see his strike zone drop by about 1 centimeter. SSG players, who are participating in spring camp in Vero Beach, Florida, are adapting to ABS changes by utilizing high-tech equipment.

In the pitcher's part, a virtual S-zone made of rubber bands was visualized on a bullpen pitching field where up to six pitchers can pitch, allowing players to intuitively recognize the "low S-zone." It is then helping players adapt according to the type of batter by utilizing a dummy (model) of batters that can be used both left and right.

In addition, in addition to the portable trackman and etzertronic high-speed cameras introduced in 2024, Rhapsody has also added Pro 3.0 to collect more tracking data and check pitchers' release points, ball movement, location, and rotation speed. It is said that by dashboarding pitch location information, players have created an environment where they can check the lowered ABS strike zone with their own eyes and adapt in advance. "In the batting part, we are conducting training to recognize the heating zone (strength) by visualizing their own heating zone on the home plate during the batting training," the club said. "We are maximizing the effectiveness of the heating zone batting training by creating a training environment similar to the actual practice through the random ball hitting BP (fastball/changing ball) batting training."

"I think our players will be able to adapt quickly because they had experience last year," SSG pitching coach Kyung Heon-ho said. "We are practicing to throw strikes as much as possible in line with the strike zone formed of rubber bands between camps. I think the key will be to adapt quickly through exhibition games and actual games." Closer Cho Byung-hyun said, "I think (the club's various equipment) definitely helps me (adaptation). I don't care about rubber bands when pitching. Especially, it's good to see if the ball passed the strike zone when throwing a breaking ball. I am continuously using it to pitch."

Intermediate pitching Lee Eui-woon also said, "It was good to be able to pitch alternately, not just left and right, but to keep changing. In fact, I kept changing and pitched, and I definitely felt that the batter was actually there," adding, "It was good to be able to pitch with a little more focus and care."