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SSG Landers changed the atmosphere by holding a 'Squid Game' event during the off-season training.
On the 29th, SSG organized a special event for the team that is sweating far away from their families in Florida for the Lunar New Year of 2025. A total of 65 players, coaching staff and front office participated in the Lunar New Year event at the indoor practice range in the Jackie Robinson Training Center after all training was completed the day before the break (27th local time)."
SSG enjoyed a variety of holiday games by utilizing the drama 'Squid Game', which was very popular around the world with the idea of partner Park Jin-woo, the first-team manager.
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A total of three stages of consolation were also held to add to the fun.
The first stage was played in Season 2 of Squid Game 'Matching Game'. Dancing to the song 'round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round round' find a mate according to the called number. Forty-nine people were eliminated here.
The eliminated also pointed a water gun at themselves as soldiers.
Sixteen players from four groups advanced to the second stage.
The second stage was '4 people's pentagonal modern quadruple game', with 'tukchigi' for the first base, 'air play' for the second base, 'Jegi kicking' for the third base, and 'water bottle hitting' for the groove.
Eight players from two groups came on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Since then, the Squid Game's signature game, 'The Mugunghwa Flower, has bloomed as a consolation matchproceeded with '
Kim Kwang-hyun, Park Jong-hoon, Jihoon Choi, and Song Young-jin were revived and joined the final.
A total of 12 players from three groups participated in the final. The final match was 'Jeggichagi'.
An SSG official said, `Young players worked hard, but a seasoned coaching team, including coaches Cho Dong-hwa and Yoon Jae-guk, won the championship," he said.
An SSG official said, `All the players participated in the team ahead of the day off and had a brief refresh during intense training.' and added, `Afterwards, we had a great time by specially preparing rice cake soup and LA galbi, one of the Lunar New Year's holiday table settings.'
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Meanwhile, thanks to the popularity of Squid Game, a number of officials who were conducting referee training at the local Jackie Robinson Training Center volunteered to watch it, an SSG official said.
Manager Park Jin-woo said, `I wanted to make small memories for the players who prepare for the season at a faraway campsite every Lunar New Year holiday away from their families. I also thought of holiday games such as yutnori, but rather than that, I came to plan 'Squid Game', which the players would have been more interested in through the recent city hall. We are so grateful to the players for their enjoyable participation and will make sure to support them well so that they can focus on training without getting hurt in the best environment for the rest of the camp," he said.
Foreign player White was eliminated from the first stage and couldn't play any other games himself, but it was so much fun to watch. I think the front desk prepared it well. In particular, I think I enjoyed watching it because I had played Gonggi before. I hope you'll prepare such an event next time, and I'll try to participate more actively next time."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
