Throwing Power Opens Up a Child's Future! Here's Why

Throwing power opens up a child's future

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👦 kenJ (6 years old, myself 60 years ago)
“Hey kenG, why do more kids say they ‘don’t want to go to school’ after summer vacation ends?”

👴 kenG (66 years old, from 60 years in the future)
“kenJ, that’s because their ‘brain switch’ is still asleep.”

👦 kenJ
“A switch? Like in a game?”

👴 kenG
“Exactly. But this is a switch that gets turned on by ‘throwing power.’ With fewer opportunities to play outside, today’s children lack primitive movements like throwing, running, and climbing, leading to a widening ‘developmental void.’ That’s why they struggle with schoolwork and friendships.”

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🌱 Typical stumbling blocks that appear after summer vacation

When the new semester begins, many parents voice these concerns:
• Refusal to go to school (tendency toward school non-attendance)
• Inability to concentrate in class
• Homework not getting finished, noticeable academic delays
• Trouble with friendships
• Unable to wake up in the morning, disrupted daily rhythm

These are not coincidences; they are deeply linked by a common factor: a ‘lack of active play’ in early childhood.

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🧠 The relationship between the developmental void and declining throwing power

The ‘developmental void’ is a phenomenon where brain functions that should have developed remain underdeveloped due to a lack of play and exercise.

In particular, the decline in throwing power is serious. The act of throwing requires full-body coordination and complex brain processing, and it plays the role of flipping the switch for overall brain growth.

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⚾ Shohei Ohtani shows the ‘future of throwing power’

Shohei Ohtani, who shines on the world stage, is the very symbol of throwing power.
He doesn’t just throw a ball far; he uses the concentration, patience, and social skills he cultivated from it as weapons to carve out a new path as a two-way player.

This is a story that applies to all children.
Even without special talent, by training throwing power, one can develop non-cognitive skills and a social brain, acquiring the power to carve out one’s own life.

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🏃‍♂️ Practice of the S-Power Kids Program (devised by Kenji Yamazaki)

The S-Power Kids Program incorporates ball exercises centered on throwing power.

ExampleSnowball fight gameYouTube

Examples of improvement
• A child who was not attending school gradually became able to attend
• A child who used to walk around during class became able to sit calmly
• Memory improved and academic results became visible
• Troubles with friendships decreased, and smiles increased

These are not just the effects of exercise, but the results of throwing power rebooting the brain.

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✅ Summary

Behind the school non-attendance and academic decline that surface after summer vacation,
there are hidden issues called the developmental void and declining throwing power.

The key to the solution is simple.
• Restore the experience of throwing to children
• Turn the brain switch ON by training throwing power
• Connect this to the power to open up the future by developing the social brain

As Shohei Ohtani has proven, throwing power is the power to carve out the future.
Now is the time to expand children’s potential with the slogan: ‘Prevent the developmental void and regression × Cultivate throwing power and the social brain.’

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