Yoon Watches Youth Baseball and Soccer Games at Yongsan Children's Garden (Comprehensive)

Surprise Umpire Transformation at Youth Baseball Tournament
Pass and Trapping Showdown at Soccer Clinic

President Yoon Suk-yeol encouraged the players by visiting the 2023 Presidential Office Invitational National Youth Baseball and Soccer Tournament on the 14th.

On the morning of the same day, President Yoon visited the site of the '2023 Presidential Office Invitational National Youth Baseball Tournament' held at the Yongsan Children's Garden Sports Field, wearing a jumper of the national baseball team. President Yoon appeared on the field wearing the national baseball team jumper.

This event was organized to commemorate the opening of the former U.S. military return site in Yongsan as a children's garden.

President Yoon presented commemorative caps and bouquets to the captain players and coaches of Seoul Gadong Elementary School and Daejeon Sinheung Elementary School, who advanced to the finals, and personally signed a large baseball model.

Then, before the game started, he wore umpire equipment and appeared as the home plate umpire, calling out strikes and high-fiving all the players.

Afterwards, President Yoon watched the game from the stands together with youth players, parents, and children.

The Presidential Office Invitational National Youth Baseball Tournament invited a total of 32 teams, including the top three teams from eight leagues of the nationwide youth tournament for under 12s held last year and outstanding regional teams, and has been conducting matches in a tournament format since the 1st.

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Following this, President Yoon visited the site of the national youth soccer tournament taking place at the soccer field within the sports field.

The national youth soccer tournament, consisting of U8, U10, and U12 categories, involved about 800 players competing in league matches on weekends since the 29th of last month.

President Yoon participated with the players attending the games and joined a soccer clinic led by former national soccer player Kim Tae-young, encouraging the players through soccer passing coaching and trapping contests.

The Presidential Office stated, "The government plans to actively utilize the Yongsan Children's Garden Sports Field as a venue for community sports where many children can enjoy baseball and soccer and freely demonstrate their skills."

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