One month has passed since Hirosaki's voluntary organization, "Children's Co-education School Tsugaru," started the activities of the club team "Hirosaki Players."

Despite being a baseball club team, baseball practice is done once a week, and the basic policy is "five education activities." "Goiku" is five types of education, physical education, intellectual education, dietary education, and art education, and each expert is invited to provide guidance.

The group reflects the ideas of Mr. Kazunori Harada, the baseball team director, Hirosaki Gakuin Seiai High School (Hirosaki Ichihara Hirayama Gen). "I think it's better to teach children the joy of baseball as a player for a long time in the future, rather than letting children focus on the outcome of the game from a young age," says Mr. Harada.

Mr. Harada served as director when he participated in Koshien in the summer of 2013, and in the 13th year of the founding, all the players achieved the feat of being from Aomori. “I used to teach hard, but I have the bitter experience of having a two-faced player who looks like the director's complexion. It is important to give guidance that can enhance “human power”. Speak to.

The team's manager, Masaru Ichinohe, is a former captain when he participated in Koshien, and among other staff there is a student of Mr. Harada. The active teachers and local sports trainers who have sympathized with Mr. Harada's thoughts have also started to become professional teachers.

The current number of members is 29. Basically, the practice is baseball practice on Sunday afternoons and five education activities on Thursdays. ``There are many professional baseball players who have continued to do things other than baseball, and the major leaguer, Yusei Kikuchi, has been learning lessons such as calligraphy, abacus, and piano since he was a child. Hearing. It's been a while since the beginning, but I'm feeling the growth of the children. When I see them running around freely while enjoying themselves, I feel the response."

Membership qualifications are men and women in the 1st to 6th grades of elementary school. Enrollment fee = 5,000 yen, monthly fee = 3,000 yen.