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Baseball challenge - the world fastest batting cage

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Have you ever hit 240km/h (149mph) fastball ? Most of batting cages, they have 150km/h (93mph) fastball. Although, in Fukuoka, Japan, there is a batting cage with fastball speed upto 240km/h, the world fastest. There some professional baseball players come to try to hit 240km/h fastball. It is really faster than Chapman. If you get used to hit 240km/h fastball, you would feel slow on Champman's fastball. Here we introduce extraodinary fast batting cages in Japan. Tweet Mihagino Batting Center 三萩野バッティングセンター (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) The pitching machine originally threw 150km/h fastball. They modified the pitching machine to increaing speed, initially upto 180km/h. The owner, Kazuhide Suematsu said that even 180km/h fastball, the world fastest at that moment, if you come here often and get used to it, you would hit the ball. And they keep modifying to increase the speed. Current maximum speed is upto ...

Physical Training with Kinetic Initial Load Theory

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Ichiro Suzuki, Former Major Leaguer, who have played 28 seasons until age of 45 years old. One of his training was very unique, which use Kinetic Initial Load Theory, or they say Initial Load Training, which developed by Yasushi Koyama, the representative of World Wing Enterprise Co., Ltd. Initial load training ® has features such as promotion of reflex function and improvement of neuromuscular control, and success of multi-modeling according to the application of BMLT Cam ® machine, more flexibility, strength and lithe movement. It has been used by many top athletes seeking improved speed, acceleration, and functional pure power, and has worked to create forms and prevent injuries. It is now known to be effective not only for athletes but also for many cases for people suffering from breakdowns and paralysis and for preventive training for the elderly. Through many years of instruction and research on movement and training, the epoch-making "Initial Lo...