【Myanmar】Baseball Promotion Activities
- Time Period
- 30th Apr. to 3rd May., 2017
- Region
- Myanmar
- Sport/Programme Category
- Baseball
- Implementer
- Athletes For Fans
- Recipient Organisation
- Myanmar Baseball Federation
Dream Train (Japan Heart) - Co-Implementer
- SSK
EBISU SHOJI CO., ltd.
Neost Trees
Miyazaki University - Number of Individual Beneficiaries
- 70 people
Baseball in Myanmar began to spread in 2000 by Mr. Iwasaki, a former UN employee. Although Myanmar's first baseball player turned professional in 2013, Myanmar's baseball population is less than 100.
Former Seibu Lions player, Mr. Atsushi Okamoto, traveled to Myanmar with the desire to make baseball reach more people in Myanmar, and inspire more children to aim for playing professional baseball in Japan.
At the nursery school, children experienced "throwing, hitting, and knowing," which is the basis of baseball and also experienced baseball in a match format.
See below for the Japanese version.
http://www.sftlegacy.jpnsport.go.jp/wp/jp/2017052201-2/
Former Seibu Lions player, Mr. Atsushi Okamoto, traveled to Myanmar with the desire to make baseball reach more people in Myanmar, and inspire more children to aim for playing professional baseball in Japan.
At the nursery school, children experienced "throwing, hitting, and knowing," which is the basis of baseball and also experienced baseball in a match format.
See below for the Japanese version.
http://www.sftlegacy.jpnsport.go.jp/wp/jp/2017052201-2/
Feedback from :
Comments from the official:
On April 30, I joined the Myanmar national team and participated in the "AABC 6 Myanmar Tournament".
On May 2, I was invited to Miyazaki University and participated in the Myanmar Industry-Government Opinion Exchange Meeting.
Comments from participants:
-I would like you to come to Thailand and Cambodia to promote baseball.
-I was excited to see the ball thrown by a professional player and experience batting.
