Lee Ju-young of Yonsei University said, "I want to get it by bumping into Spanish players as much as possible."

Lee Ju-young of Yonsei University said, "I want to get it by bumping into Spanish players as much as possible."

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Lee Ju-young, who turned 3rd grade, is getting ready for the 2025 season in Spain.

Yonsei University's basketball team has been conducting winter training in Spain since the 10th (local time). It is preparing for 2025 by setting up a base camp in Guadalajara, conducting its own training and clinics, and holding practice matches with local Spanish teams in Madrid.
Guard Lee Ju-young, who is now a senior in the third grade, is also calmly preparing for the season with his team members.

Lee Ju-young, who met at the Pax Hotel Guadalajara after training on the morning of the 15th, said, "A week has passed since I arrived in Spain, so I am fine with jet lag. One good thing about coming here is that I go to bed earlier than in Korea. I go to bed at 9:30 or 10 a.m., but I have a habit of going to bed early and waking up early, which is good for my body," she said with a smile.

Lee suffered an injury while touching the floor with his left hand during the 2024 Asian University Basketball Challenge match hosted by the Real League in Hong Kong last year. Yonsei University won the championship, but Lee has had the experience of not participating in the event since then. Fortunately, he has recovered to some extent now, enabling him to engage in normal training.

"My trainer said it was a damage to the triangular fiber cartilage (TFCC). It is said that the injury occurs a lot in players who use their wrists a lot such as golfers. After the injury, I received shock treatment and managed it well for over a month, which makes me feel better now. It is not 100 percent yet, so I have no difficulty in training wearing a wrist brace. At first, I felt pain when I hit hard, and I couldn't use my wrist itself, but now I feel much better," he said.

As mentioned earlier, Yonsei University's basketball team is currently training in Spain. In fact, it is difficult for professional basketball teams to go to Europe, but it is certainly a great thing because college teams have come. Lee Ju-young was also well aware of this.
Lee Ju-young said, "After entering Yonsei University, I came to the U.S., the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Spain. It's so nice, thank you, and I think I was lucky to come to Yonsei University. Coach Yoon Ho-jin and school officials took care of us to play basketball in such a good environment, and I think we should learn and gain as much as possible."

He went on to say, "Coach Pepe, who does the clinic now, gives me detailed details of everything. He tells me every detail of how to get out of defense. We know that because we are basketball players, but there were a lot of things that we just skipped, and I think we realize the importance of such delicate parts when we come here and get the clinic. Also, what he teaches us is not much different from coach Yun Ho-jin's basketball, so I think it will lead to good results if we mix them well."

In the meantime, Yonsei lost 65-67 at a practice game against Distrito Olympico, a third-division member of the Spanish Basketball Association, on Sunday. Winning or losing is not important given the nature of the practice game, but it seems that it is true that it is regrettable as a player.

Lee Ju-young said, "It wasn't a game we would lose, but it was a game that we were not 100% in sync as a team because it was a long time ago. Apart from that, playing overseas definitely gives us fun and confidence that we need to bump into each other more. In fact, what Yonsei University needs now is a fighter-like temperament. Compared to our rival Korea University, there is no reason why we are losing ground in that area, so we need to develop this temperament and mind by actively participating and not avoiding physical fights even though it is a practice game. If we do that, I think our team will get better."

Lastly, he said, "I can't believe I'm still in Europe for training camp. Even Yonsei University is having a hard time, but we have to earn as much as we can from it. It is said that the team has five more practice games to go and its performance is getting stronger. I think that's better than that. You have to break it here to see what's lacking. You have to overcome what you can break while hitting more here. This may be an opportunity that will never come again in the future 메이저놀이터. I will try my best. I prepared this year almost without any leave after finishing last year's season. I want to have no regrets this season as well."