Guam → Okinawa → No. 6 summit This is the dream of winning the route, Samsung, let's go! To the land of promise...

Jan 07, 2025

Guam → Okinawa → No. 6 summit This is the dream of winning the route, Samsung, let's go! To the land of promise...
The Samsung Lions began training in Guam. Samsung will hold its first training camp from Jan. 15 to Feb. 8 at its Leopardless resort in Guam. The Samsung squad is holding a full-fledged pre-training meeting.

Guam = Reporter Song Jeong-heon songs@sportschosun.com /2014.01.17



Guam → Okinawa → No. 6 summit This is the dream of winning the route, Samsung, let's go! To the land of promise...
The Samsung Lions began training in Guam. Samsung will hold its first training camp from Jan. 15 to Feb. 8 at its Leopardless resort in Guam. Samsung players in training in sunny weather.

Guam = Reporter Song Jeong-heon songs@sportschosun.com /2014.01.17
The Samsung Lions have confirmed the 2025 off-season training schedule.

Unlike previous years when he spent the entire camp in Okinawa, Japan, he changed.

After the first spring camp in Guam, he plans to go to Okinawa, Japan, and conduct the second camp.




It is the first time in eight years that the Guam camp has resumed since 2017. Samsung said "The resumption of the Guam camp was decided at the request of head coach Park Jin-man"

Why did I do that.

It is largely interpreted in two ways.




First, it is Shimsan to make the foundation and move on in a warmer place than Okinawa.

Guam is about 13 degrees north latitude, which is closer to the equator than 24 to 27 degrees north latitude where Okinawa is located.

The temperature in Guam in January is close to 30 degrees Celsius, which is the summer weather in Korea. On the other hand, Okinawa is slightly chilly with an average fall weather of about 15 degrees Celsius in January.




A time to reserve physical strength for a year through basic training rather than technical training. Hot places with the sun are more suitable for body building than dreary places.

Guam → Okinawa → No. 6 summit This is the dream of winning the route, Samsung, let's go! To the land of promise...
Lim Chang-min (left) Kim Jae-yoon (left) who will start training last year. Photo courtesy of Samsung Lions
Second, coach Park Jin-man, who experienced the first camp in Guam when he was a Samsung player, is determined to win.

Hyundai Unicorns coach Park Jin-man experienced off-season training in Guam for six years after moving to Samsung in 2005. In those six years, he won the Korean Series twice (2005-2006).

'Guam 1st Camp → Okinawa 2nd Camp' began in 2005 when coach Sun Dong-yeol took office. It was simply 'Winning Route'. From 2005 to 2015, Samsung succeeded in advancing to the postseason except for only one season in 2009.

Eight of them (2005, 2006, 2010-2015) have advanced to the Korean Series, and have won the Korean Series six times, including 2005, 2006, and 2011-2014. Guam → Okinawa journey with clear memories.

Coach Park Jin-man made a decision ahead of the year when he tried again to win the Korean Series, which was thwarted by the momentum of the KIA Tigers last year.
Guam → Okinawa → No. 6 summit This is the dream of winning the route, Samsung, let's go! To the land of promise...
The Samsung Lions began their first training camp at the Leopardes resort in Guam. Samsung's first training camp in Guam will be held until February 7.

Guam = Reporter Song Jeong-heon songs@sportschosun.com /2014.01.19
The team will be divided into LJ915 flights at 8:45 a.m. and LJ913 flights at 9:35 a.m. on the 22nd, leaving Incheon International Airport.

After arriving in Guam, they will be given a two-day break from January 23rd, and the Chun Hoon camp schedule will begin on January 25. In Guam, the focus will be on basic training such as physical strength.

The team will temporarily return to Korea on February 4 and leave for Okinawa, the second training site, on flight KE755 from Incheon International Airport at 8:05 a.m. on February 5. The team will have a full-fledged schedule at Akama Stadium in Onnason, Okinawa, which has been linked since 2005.

In Okinawa, three other blue and white games are scheduled, and practice games are also planned to be played against Yomiuri (away game) and Chunichi SSG KT LG KIA (home game).

The Samsung Lions team, which aims to win the Korean Series, which was not achieved last year, is scheduled to return home via KE756 on March 5 (Wednesday) after completing all schedules in Okinawa.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.