Members of the Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) warm up during their first training session at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea, on Saturday afternoon.

Members of the South Korean national team competing in the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC), including Park Byung-ho and Kim Gun-woo, warm up before training at the team's training camp at the Kino Sports Complex in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., on Feb. 15 (local time).

The Ryu Jung-ilho baseball team, which is participating in the Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC), will hold its first practice game in Daegu on Feb. 8.

The APBC is a tournament for players aged 24 or younger or in their third year of professional baseball from four Asian countries - Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Australia.

Earlier, Korea announced a 26-player roster through the KBO's Power Enhancement Committee, with a number of players who shared the gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

In addition to captain Kim Hye-sung (Kiwoom), Moon Dong-ju, who started and pitched well in the final against Chinese Taipei, and Noh Si-hwan (Hanwha), who batted at No. 4, are back, while Dam and Kwak Bin (Doosan), who didn't pitch a single game at the Asian Games due to illness, will look to redeem themselves at the APBC.

There are plenty of new faces. Lee Yi-ri (KIA), who was dropped from the final roster for the Asian Games due to injuries and poor performance at the end of the regular season, has been added to the roster, as well as right-handed reliever Choi Jun-yong (Lotte), left-hander Oh Won-seok (SSG), catcher Son Sung-bin (Lotte), infielders Kim Hwijip (Kiwoom) and Kim Do-young (KIA), and outfielder Park Seung-gyu (Sangmu).

The team gathered in Daegu on the 5th and officially started training at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 6th.

Compared to the Asian Games, there is no pressure to perform, but with rivalries such as Japan and Chinese Taipei, it is not something to be taken lightly.

Liu is determined to focus on the growth and experience of the young players, but also to return home with a victory and confidence.

After a light workout earlier in the day, the team will play a scrimmage against Sangsang to get a feel for the game. Most of the players on the national team have not played in the postseason for about a month, which means they are out of practice.

The team will play two commercial games today and on the 11th to maximize their performance and hope for a good result in Japan.

A variable is the cold weather. Recently, strong winds suddenly blew across the country and temperatures plummeted, leading to cold weather advisories. The team chose Daegu as their training location in anticipation of relatively warmer weather in late fall, but even Daegu was not spared the sudden drop in temperature.

Initially, the team scheduled the game at 6 p.m. to prepare for the night game, but moved it to 1:30 p.m. as they thought that playing in the sunlight would help them avoid the cold.

Playing in the cold can cause players to lose focus and put them at risk of injury. It's hard to be fully fit without a thorough preparation process.

Team USA's training camp in Arizona in February ahead of the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) also suffered from unexpectedly cold temperatures, and the team was eliminated in the first round. Kim Hye-sung, Lee Yi-ri, and others who competed in the WBC should reflect on that situation.

With less than a week to go before their departure (on the 14th), they need to overcome the weather conditions and warm up as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, the team will play their first game against Australia on the 16th, followed by Japan on the 17th and Chinese Taipei on the 18th. 카지노사이트존