SUWON (Yonhap) By Kim Kyung-yoon Reporter = Yang Sang-moon, 62, the head coach of the Korean women’s national baseball team, had a tanned face when we met at Katie Weeds Park in Suwon on Tuesday.This is because he has been coaching the team’s training and games in the scorching heat.”It’s quite hot, but none of the players are overheated,” Yang said. “They’ve been training hard during the rainy season and the heat wave, and it will pay off.”The women’s national team is preparing for the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s World Cup in Canada next month.The team’s players, who are all amateurs including housewives, school teachers, and high school students, have been training at Hwaseong Dream Park in Gyeonggi every weekend after their regular jobs.With limited opportunities to train, they poured out their sweat with all their might.Even when it rained heavily and a heat advisory was in effect, they didn’t stop.On the 30th, the team held their final team training at Suwon Katie Wiz Park, a natural grass field with the help of 카지노사이트킹 the KBO’s KT WIZ, and then played a practice game with the Daechi Middle School baseball team.It was so hot in Suwon that a heat advisory was in effect, but none of the players frowned.”It’s good just to be able to play baseball,” said catcher Choi Won-hee, who wore heavy gear and received the ball.”Their enthusiasm is as good as a professional player’s,” said coach Yang Sang-moon. “On the contrary, they are even more greedy and focused because they can only train on weekends.””I hope that the players’ efforts can be conveyed to the public,” Yang said, “and that’s why I’m even more eager to perform at the Women’s Baseball World Cup next month.”Despite the lack of public attention, South Korean women’s baseball is making progress.South Korea won bronze at the 2023 Asian Baseball Confederation (BFA) Women’s Asian Cup in Hong Kong last month to qualify for the Women’s World Cup group stage.The team will compete against Hong Kong, Mexico, Australia, the United States and Canada in Group A of the World Cup.South Korea will need to finish in the top two in Group A or be one of two wild cards to advance out of the group stage.Korea is aiming for third place in Group A and a wild card spot.”Our goal is to beat Hong Kong and Mexico, and to beat one of Canada, Australia, or the United States to advance to the final round,” said Yang Sang-moon. “It’s not easy, but we will show that Korean women’s baseball is strong with our hard work.”Yang Sang-moon, a former manager of the Lotte Giants, LG Twins, and head of LG, has been in charge of the women’s national baseball team since last December.After connecting with women’s baseball through various events such as women’s baseball talks and women’s baseball clinics, Yang was so impressed by the players’ passion that he took the baton and started leading the team.The coaching staff consists of Jung Geun-woo (hitting and defense), Lee Dong-hyun and Yoo Won-sang (pitchers), and Heo Il-sang (catcher).The team will depart for Canada on the 6th of next month and play their first group game against Hong Kong at dawn on the 9th.