DongHyun Du (13) This Season
Batting average: .867
Is this even possible?
DaeGu's best batter
Powerful swing that isn't like a 13-year-old's
Crazy Speed
+ Baseball skills
☆He is a prospective star☆
The best of all times, the baseball whiz kid!!
Soon to be revealed!!
I'm DongHyun Du, 6th grade. I go to OkSan Elementary School. I wanna play in a major league
In the baseball club that has 60 years of history
A small baseball king who plays as the irreplacable 1st batter
Adjusting the grab
and hit the flying ball w.o hesitation!
Base Hit as a start!
And followed by another base hit
and touched the third base w/o noticing!!
With a pricise hit and fast feet
DongHyun plays overwhelmingly in every match!
Baseball Coach: He played the major role in winning the Korea's baseball tournament
offense, defense, base He's talented in every position
Sometimes he's our first batter because he's on-time percentage is the highest
Last season's national tournament, his batting average was .842!!!
Coach: He is talented enough to hit to the desired direction
He can set the direction..??
DonHyun, try hit to the left
He hits the ball to the left, what a clean shot
to the right
And now to the right!!
To the center!
Will he succeed this time, too?
The ball draws a perfect line and flies to the center!
It's hard to hit the ball at the first place but he can even control the direction
How would JoonHyuk Yang, the legendary batter, think of him?
He is a whiz kid
Even the high school batters can't hit like this
This means that he can use his lower body well and technically
First he saves up some weight and turn on the same place
like real hard so that he can deliver the pressured power
He knows how to use power
Weight swing just like a shot putter
Legend: And that he hits every ball with the center of the bat
His 'contact ability' that makes me doubt his bat
2018 Season Average batting: 0.649
Legend: (When I was in elementary school) I hit average .57
And I was the first ranker
DongHyun batting is that of animation or movie
He is the propective star~
And now I'm starting to doubt his gene
His older brother is also a player
He sometimes followed his brother and played catch balls
And his catch ball was extraordinary
And the coach suggested him this path
DongHyun's brother is also receving a spotlight in a high school league
Following the brother's path, DogHyun started to play baseball 2 years ago
13-year-old small baseball king: When I hit the ball with the center of my bat
it goes farther and also feels good
I continued to do because it is fun
With gifted talent and endless practice
He showed his strength in every team
and made a great contribution in every match
Now he became a player who receives national spotlight
But that expectation
is sometimes a burden to him
[Last match]
A friendly match before the national youth tournament
Opponent was
A Namdo Elementary School which won the Association Long-Term Match
In the situation with great tension
Once OkSan made first strike,
Namdo followed tightly
Both team had an intensive matcfh
After the strong match
Tie at the bottom half of the fifth inning!
And at the last inning....
[Elementary League has total 6 innings]
No out in the top of the sixth inning. OkSan's on-base success
And DongHyun stood at the batter's box
and it was the last chance of winning the score
One Strike
At the second chance
DongHyun's bat didn't move...
'What should I do...'
'It's the last chance'
'I should hit this time'
Everyone could tell he was nervous
The ball had left the hand
and DongHyun had hit it!
The result was...
But it was an infield grounder, not a base hit
Runner and Batter out
Resulted in two outs
Double Play: The worst case of resulting in two outs with one hit
By hitting the ball that he didn't have to hit
he has made a double play
Unexpected mistake of DongHyun
....why did I hit that ball
Coach: DongHyun, when the ball count gets caught short
you get more nervous
So you hit the unnecessary ball
and get double play
Whenever he's on the box
As the burden grows
he easily loses his pace
Umm..because I mind is racing
I lose patience and just hit
To resolve DongHyun's agony
A speical meetng for him!
The player who's gonna help DongHyun is...!
SK's outfielder!
DongMin Han
DongMin Han is DongHyun's role-model
He hits well and also home runs, too
He is my favorite player
2018 Korea Series MVP
The left-handed cannon, DongMin Han
came to help DongHyun!!
DongHyun: I get nervous in the offical match
I tend to give more power and also hurry
I can't wait
DongMin Han: I know that you just want to do sth
How do you maintain yourself before the match?
On the match, usually we stand on the box for 4 times
Hitting one successful ball is the best
Oh I didn't hit today, I will hit tomorrow
Just think positive
(When I fail) I feel sorry for my team
Did you see all 9 ppl doing well?
No..
You haven't
Some do better in certain season
A good player can sometimes have a hard time
And players who were in depression can sometimes play much better
DongHyun now knows that he should
believe in other players too as much as he
wants to better as a main batter
Thank you for coming to see me, DongHyun
But I'm okay if your bias changes
No, you're the one and only
I'm rooting for you :)
Hope we can meet in the pro-league
Few days later
DaeGu's OkSan Elementary School vs. Busan's SuYoung Elementary School [National Tournament before the youth league]
OkSan's Coach: They are the propective winning team so
I think this match's gonna be tough
With the mindset that he learned from DongMin Han
Will he be able show the difference today
The first ball is strike
Second ball is ball
Even though he had missed the balls, he seems very relaxed
He even showed patience with the tricky ball
Breaking Ball: The ball that changes direction
After waiting for the right time
The ball that came into the strike zone
hit it higher....
he even hit it beyond the wall!! HomeRun
3rd inning, the opponent is following real tight
OkSan is winning with a slight difference
It's time for the winning move
Patience for the bad balls
He hit once but a foul
And the burden has come again
I gotta put myself together
Focus
And the fourth ball
He hit it!!
It flies drawing a perfect line and...
Second home run!!
without the burden of making a progress
he played with the mindset of companionship
I think the match went smooth because I tired to be more relaxed
OkSan Elementary School's Victory! 8:3
I will mind control myself well and become a good player
DongHyun Du, please look forward to him!
We hope to see you in a major league in the future ;)