March, it was so bad."
Kia Tigers star Kim Do-young brought up Lee Bum-ho in an interview with reporters after the final regular season game against the NC Dinos on June 30. "I trusted him even when he didn't do well in the beginning. I am always grateful to him because I posted a good record. A coach always prepares games based on players. All players will feel grateful to him," Kim said.
In particular, Kim said, "A player told me a lot to take a rest when playing in a match, and to take a break when playing in a good condition, and to train more when in a training session. I just kept instilling faith in him from the beginning. I fully believe that other coaches would have excluded me. That was a skill that I needed to lose. In the beginning, the coach really...Thank you for doing this."
Kim Do-young also said, "March was such a bad month. Still, the coach trusted me. Since the camp...I didn't achieve anything last year, but the coach kept saying that I was the main player since the camp. "I gained confidence by emphasizing that, so I performed well this year."
Kim had four hits in 26 at-bats for a 0.154 RBI, one run and one walk in six games in March. At the time, Lee thought he had nothing to say. However, by always giving trust to him, he gained confidence and thought that was one of the strong driving force that has driven him throughout this season.
After all, it was natural that Kim showed poor performance in March. Kim was diagnosed with a ruptured medial ligament and scapular fracture while headfirst sliding at the first base of the Asian Pro Baseball Championship against Japan in November last year.
In the aftermath, he took the bat at the last minute of the Canberra spring camp in Australia. He started batting training in earnest at the Okinawa spring camp. It was impossible for him to fully adjust his condition in time for the opening of the season like other hitters. Kia believed at the time of Kim's injury, that Kim would not be able to play in the opening game of this year's regular season. However, Kim displayed miraculous rehabilitation, and in the process, coach Lee Bum-ho gave him strength and trust.
Coach Lee Bum-ho is a style that gives trust and responsibility to key players at the same time. When a key player is selected, he leads the team as much as possible. Even if he is sluggish, he will wait for him. In the process, appropriate communication and advice follow.
As such, Socrates Brito, Na Sung-bum and Kim Sun-bin survived the slump. Coach Lee Bum-ho did not put much faith in Kim Do-young. Rather, Socrates, Na Sung-bum and Kim Do-young were the players who were reprimanded for lack of concentration during the course of this season. Coach Lee Bum-ho did not blindly lead the main players by trusting them. He can make mistakes or make mistakes. However, he was relentless in his judgment that he lacked concentration or complacency in defense or base running. 안전놀이터
That's how Kim became the best player in the KBO League this year. He only has the last stage of the year left, the Korean Series. After the final match, he reset the game for three days and resumed training on the fourth. The first round of the Korean Series is on the 21st. He needs to prepare himself in the best condition through three training and practice games for the next 16 days. This is the last assignment for Kim this year.