“We need to make sure that when we get on the court, we stay focused and give it our all in practice.”
Hanyang University is preparing for 2024 by sweating it out in Haenam, Jeollanam-do, and then Gangneung, Gangwon-do. 스포츠토토 The team is inviting high school teams to play scrimmages to hone their skills.
“We focused on defense (during winter training). We have to play defense. Not all of the players have good individual skills, so we focused on team defense and early offense that quickly switches to our team colors. (The completion rate) is about 60 percent,” he said. “We emphasize the basics. In high school and scrimmages, sometimes you let your guard down and you have to catch them. We are told to play with the same mindset regardless of the opponent, but there are some things we miss when playing against high school.”
Hanyang University has five freshmen: Kang Ji-hoon (183 cm, Busan Jungang High School), Kim Hyun-woo (179 cm, Bae Jae High School), Ryu Jung-ryeol (211 cm, Hongdae University), Lim Hee-chan (195 cm, Naksaeng High School), and Choi Jin-hyuk (186 cm, Hongdae University). On the other hand, there is only one power loss, Pyo Seung-bin (Jung Kwan-jang).
When asked if the team’s power has improved, Jung Jae-hoon said, “There is a difference between having Pyo Seung-bin and not having him. The player who was the center of the team has to go out and someone has to fill in. “Among the freshmen, Ryu Jung-ryeong has height, so he can go into the post. But it’s not like he can go into the post and Seung-bin can fill in. We’re trying to create something that can be solved when it’s crucial, and we’re thinking about who can do it.”
Who is he thinking of?
“You have to do everything. I can’t point to one person. “Park Sung-jae is the captain, so he has to be the center, but he has his own color. He doesn’t score a lot of goals in the offense. He needs to do what he needs to do in the pros.”
The seniors are Park Sung-jae and Cho Min-geun, and the juniors are Kim Sun-woo, Kim Joo-hyung, Park Min-jae, and Shin Ji-won. These six players are capable of playing as the main lineup. In fact, the team centered around them in a scrimmage against Naksaenggo on the 19th. It’s hard to play in the college basketball league with only six players. The freshmen and sophomores need to be the sixth man behind them.
“We want the first and second years to develop while backing up their older brothers,” Jung said. Among the first-year players, Kang Ji-hoon and Ryu Jung-ryeol are coming up, and Shin Hyun-bin is coming up in the second year. We also need Heo Dong-geun to play.”
The start of the 2024 college basketball league is about a month away.
“There are things you let go of in the moment. We’ve been practicing, but we have to keep it for the whole 40 minutes. We can’t let go of anybody or let our guard down,” he said, adding, “We need to learn from the practice games to maintain the concentration to do our best once we get on the court.”
Hanyang will stay in Gangneung until the 28th before returning to school.