The Reason Why 90% of Parenting Worries Can Be Attributed to "Developmental Gaps" and "Lack of Throwing Ability"!

The Reason Why 90% of Parenting Worries Can Be Attributed to "Developmental Gaps" and "Lack of Throwing Ability"!

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🗣 A story that begins with a dialogue between kenG and kenJ

kenJ (myself 6 years ago)
"Hey kenG, why are there so many kids who can't go to school or can't study anymore?"

kenG (66 years old, time-traveled back 60 years)
"kenJ, that's because their 'brain switches' have stopped working. To put it more simply, it's because we've taken 'throwing games' from early childhood too lightly."

kenJ
"Is there a connection between throwing games and studying?"

kenG
"There's a huge connection. Throwing movements are packed with everything from concentration and memory to the ability to interact with others. If you don't do that, 'developmental gaps' widen, and children stumble over all sorts of things."

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🎒 Children's worries are just the "tip of the iceberg"

After summer vacation ends, consultations regarding school refusal and academic decline increase rapidly.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

In reality,
• Inability to concentrate/restlessness (ADHD-like hyperactivity and inattention)
• Difficulty with communication (ASD-like social weakness)
• Inability to control emotions (tendency to snap/childhood depression)
• Disrupted daily rhythm (sleep disorders/smartphone addiction)
• Bullying, isolation, and school refusal
• Future delinquency and antisocial behavior

Many of these issues have their roots in "developmental gaps" and "lack of throwing ability."

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🧠 Throwing is a "whole-brain exercise" that no one knows about but is very important

Example Parent-child snowball fight game(Using motor skill development balls that are safe even if they hit the face, devised by Kenji Yamazaki)

When throwing a ball, the brain works simultaneously in multiple areas.
• Aiming with the eyes → Visual cortex
• Adjusting force → Prefrontal cortex and cerebellum
• Timing → Motor cortex
• Cooperating with others → Social brain
• Remembering successful experiences → Hippocampus

Only when these are connected do the "learning brain" and "living brain" function.
In other words, a lack of throwing play creates "poor brain connectivity = developmental gaps."

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⚾ What Shohei Ohtani's example shows

In Ohtani's childhood, throwing games were a part of his daily life.
That experience nurtured non-cognitive skills such as concentration, patience, and sociality, becoming the foundation for his world-class two-way performance.

If today's children are not accumulating similar throwing experiences, it is no wonder they stumble in academics and human relationships.

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❄️ The surprising effects of the snowball fight game (using motor skill development balls that don't hurt if they hit the face, devised by Kenji Yamazaki)

When parents and children play the snowball fight game, through the experience of throwing, dodging, and laughing together,
• Prefrontal cortex (planning/concentration)
• Social brain (cooperation/empathy)
• Cerebellum (movement and emotional stability)
are stimulated all at once.

This is truly the "ultimate program for comprehensively nurturing the brain while playing."

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✅ Summary

Not only school refusal and academic decline, but 90% of parenting worries are rooted in "developmental gaps" and "lack of throwing power."

The path to a solution is clear.
"Prevent developmental gaps and regressive phenomena × Cultivate throwing power and the social brain"
This is not just physical play, but a "brain science-based educational strategy" that protects the future of children.

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✍️ Author

Expert in developmental support and throwing power enhancement programs
Kenji Yamazaki (Representative of S Power Kids)

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