Kōsei Katsuzaki (勝崎 耕世, Katsuzaki Kōsei, born September 8, 1965 in Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese conditioning coach for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Kōsei Katsuzaki
勝崎 耕世
Ryukyu Blue Oceans
Conditioning Coach
Born: (1965-09-08) September 8, 1965 (age 58)
Aichi, Japan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
As Coach

Career edit

Katsuzaki is a graduate of Miyoshi High School, Nippon Sport Science University and University of California, Los Angeles. He holds a PhD which he completed at Nippon Sport Science University.

From 1996-2003, Katsuzaki was training coach for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.

When the Fighters moved to Hokkaido, Katsuzaki was offered a position with Hiromitsu Ochiai's staff at the Chunichi Dragons where he performed as conditioning coach between 2003 and 2011 overseeing several Central League pennant wins and a Japan Series win.

He was invited as a special coach at the Lotte Giants in the Korean Baseball Organisation and although he had a permanent role during the year, he left after spending a season with the team.[1]

In 2014, he made a come back to the Dragons. On 4 October 2019, Katsuzaki left the Dragons by mutual consent.[2]

In 2019, it was announced Katsuzaki had joined the backroom at NPB aspirant franchise, Ryukyu Blue Oceans. [3]

Personal edit

Katsuzaki is a published academic author previously writing on pitching motion, coordination in sport performance and pitching disorders.[4][5][6]

In 2013, Katsuzaki published a DVD book on training methods to become better at baseball.[7]

On 27 February 2017 while moving for an open game against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, Katuzaki and fellow conditioning coach Takemi Miyamae rushed to the help of a man who had fainted at Naha Airport where they instructed staff and aided paramedics.[8] Katsuzaki is qualified by the International Emergency Medical Association and is said to have helped many people in urgent help when he crosses them.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ Yong, Kyun (2012-01-30). "프로야구 '일본인 코치 열풍' 고참 선수들 설자리 불안 - 경향신문". news.khan.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  2. ^ "中日、勝崎コンディショニングCが退団". Sanspo (in Japanese). 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. ^ "沖縄初プロ野球球団 琉球ブルーオーシャンズ コーチ決定のお知らせ" [Coach Announcement for Okinawa's first professional baseball club] (PDF). Ryukyu Blue Oceans Official (in Japanese). 2019-12-06.
  4. ^ Katsuzaki, Kosei; Sato, Takeshi; Watanabe, Takayuki; Miyazaki, Masami; Igawa, Shoji (2013). "THE KINETIC LINKAGE IN PITCHING MOTION". International Society of Biomechanics in Sport. University of Konstanz.
  5. ^ 勝崎, 耕世; 佐藤, 武; 宮崎, 正己; 井川, 正治 (2013). "E-4 スポーツパフォーマンスにおけるコーディネーションの役割(セッションE)". 人間-生活環境系シンポジウム報告集. 37: 145–147.
  6. ^ Katsuzaki, Kosei; Sato, Takeshi; Watanabe, Takayuki; Miyazaki, Masami; Igawa, Shoji (2013-11-30). "投球動作 と投球障害の 関連性 一投球動 作解析か ら一" [Relevance of pitching motion and pitching disorder - Analysis of the pitching motion-] (PDF). Japanese Society of Human-Environment System (in Japanese).
  7. ^ 勝崎式野球がうまくなる「楽トレ」 Katsuzaki-style easy training methods to get better at baseball (in Japanese). Japan: ベースボールマガジン社. 2013-11-01. ISBN 9784583106106. OCLC 867781954.
  8. ^ "中日勝崎&宮前コーチが那覇空港で人命救助手伝う - 野球 : 日刊スポーツ". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  9. ^ Miyazaki, Eriko (2017-03-07). "中日コーチが人命救助に一役!裏方の活躍にも注目 - プロ野球番記者コラム - 野球コラム : 日刊スポーツ". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-10.