Kia signed a business agreement with Tread Athletics on Wednesday. Tread is a baseball training center located in Charlotte, North Carolina. "Tread is a game changer. It is a turning point in my career," said Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tanner Scott. "If I hadn't joined Tread, I wouldn't know where I would be now," said Col Lagans of the Kansas City Royals, who ranked fourth in American League voting last season.메이저놀이터

KIA has consistently dispatched its players to overseas training centers recently. In December 2023, it sent five pitchers (Jeong Hae-young, Lee Ui-ri, Yoon Young-cheol, Hwang Dong-ha, and Kwak Do-gyu) to the Seattle Driveline Baseball Center in Washington, D.C. In June last year, it dispatched Yoo Seung-cheol, Kim Ki-hoon, Kim Hyun-soo, Kim Min-jae, and Cho Dae-hyun to the Treader to gain diverse experiences.

Kim Jan, head of the power planning team, said in a phone call with this newspaper, "What Shim Jae-hak has been paying attention to since he came is strengthening the club's depth (player base). "It is important to dispatch players in the short term, but our goal is to manualize and systemize (the relevant information) internally," the official said. "We had interviews with coaches and players while touring facilities in Gwangju (first division) and Hampyeong (second division). We are in the direction of making guidelines on how to proceed and seeking directions for specific solutions to each other." "Tread's strength is customized solutions," a source from the A team said. "They offer various solutions depending on the players, rather than adapting their own training methods. We were also paying attention to them."

"We intentionally sent the same coach or interpreter (with players) as we did while conducting various dispatch operations," Kim said. "We made meaningful comparisons there and checked what advantages and disadvantages there are," Kim said. "The biggest advantage of Tread is that it evaluates players absolutely. I thought there was something I could accept about the approach."

The Kia team is currently using the Hawkeye as its tracking system. The Hawkeye, which is operated by Japanese conglomerate Sony, is based on an optical camera, not a radar. "The Hawkeye is based on video, which is different from ordinary measuring equipment, and the tread is also based on video," Kim said. "The company knows that KIA is the only one using the Hawkeye in the KBO League. He did it with us because he has confidence that he can maximize his approach. It is a win-win relationship."

KIA will approach it through a two-track strategy. One way is to send its players directly to the tread, but another way is to share video clips and adjust them. "Detailed drills (repeated skills training) related to the tread will be incorporated during the season," Kim said. "There is confusion among players because the training program is different from that of the first team and Futures (second team). The intention is to unify them and unify them." "Tread has the advantage of maximizing players' abilities in a bio-McCannical way. They have excellent software and human resources, and I hope they will share those parts through this exchange."