“I felt like I was watching a celebrity.”

Hanwha rookie left-handed pitcher Cho Dong-wook (20) felt this way when he saw playing coach Jeong Woo-ram (39) whom he met at the Seosan rookie camp during his winter inactivity. Jo Dong-wook said, “I watched a lot of videos of left-handed pitchers since I was young, and Coach Jeong Woo-ram was my role model,” and expressed his gratitude, “Coach taught me in detail everything from gripping a breaking ball to exercise methods for using the pelvis and lower body.”

Woo-Ram Jeong, who accepted the club's offer to become a playing coach after finishing last year's season, is currently serving as a pitching coach for the remaining teams. Jeong Woo-ram, who took his first steps as a playing coach by coming to Seosan for a week during the rookie camp last December and January and seeing the new players for the first time, said, “I just gave feedback when the new players asked questions. “I still have to learn in a new position, so I’m asking a lot of senior coaches,” he said.

With both the first team and the futures team leaving for spring training abroad, only about 10 players remain in the Seosan team. The remaining group, which has a third-tier character, is mainly made up of young players. Since these players are not immediately at their best, it is the job of the remaining coaches to motivate them while strengthening their fundamentals.

Woo-Ram Jeong said, “I can give a lot of advice to existing players, but I have to be careful with rookies. These players are just starting out. Since they came to the pros because they did well, they should try it on their own first and feel it. You need to feel for yourself what your shortcomings are and then discuss them and fix them. He expressed his guidance by saying, “I think rookies should look at the standards a little differently.”

He met many managers and coaches while playing for a long time. Jeong Woo-ram, who will enter the path of a full-fledged leader in the future, said, “I think it is still a preparatory stage and a preparation process. Although it is too early to talk about his coaching philosophy, the biggest thing he felt as a player was patience and waiting. Rather than forcefully leading a player, a relationship of trust must be built through patience. “I think modern training methods should go well together here,” he said.

A playing coach who is both a player and a coach. He is given a little more weight as a coach, but since he is registered as a player, he also has to pay attention to building his body. He is in a position where it is difficult to focus on one side, but as he has not retired as a player, he must be prepared to step up to the first team at any time. There is still no clear left-handed pitcher in Hanwha's bullpen other than Beom-su Kim.

Jeong Woo-ram said, “I am in the stage of recovering my overall physical condition. It's still cold so I'm not pitching. “I’m not in an urgent position (as a player),” he said with a smile. “I don’t know when the opportunity will come (in the first team) or not, but I have to make it properly assuming that I’m in good shape.” Then it is better to pull it up when the weather is warm. Now that I throw the ball every day, my skills are not always my age. “Until spring arrives in March or April, I will focus on watching the players as a coach and helping them adapt to this position,” he said. Over the past 20 years, he has pitched 1,004 games, the most in Asian professional baseball, beyond the KBO league. He is in the process of relieving fatigue accumulated over a long period of time and recovering his arm condition.

The fact that outfielder Kim Kang-min, who was three years his senior during the SK dynasty, is preparing for his 24th season by coming to Hanwha also has a big impact on 'player' Jeong Woo-ram. “It’s a good stimulus,” he said. “It’s a stimulus, but in the current situation, I can’t do my own thing. Then who will look after the remaining players? I want to work with young players and help them improve. “The role given to me now is to make sure that the remaining players are ready to play the game right away when they return from the camp with the Futures team,” he emphasized.

The goals for this season are also quite different from previous years. Jeong Woo-ram said, “It is ridiculous to say that our team is going to the fall baseball season and that it is a miracle, but if the condition of my arm improves a lot, I would like to have the opportunity (to pitch for the first team). There is also another wish. “As a coach of the remaining team, I hope that any of the players here now can make it to the first team at least once,” he said. It is not easy for a remaining player to advance to the first team in just one year. It will be as meaningful as taking on the mound for the 1005th time as a playing coach.

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