Hello! This is Orsel Saito.
The Japanese men's basketball team recently defeated Finland.
I'm sure many of you watched the game live or saw the digest on TV the next day, but it was unthinkable until now that Japan would beat a European team.
It was truly amazing that they won despite the absence of NBA player Hachimura and Watanabe barely functioning due to injury.
However, the evolution of basketball in recent years has been incredible.
That is the accuracy and distance of 3-point shots.
I used to play basketball until about five years ago, but when I was a student, the 3-point shot was
"Long Shot"
"If it goes in, it's a great shot."
"Shooting from beyond the 3-point line is a desperation shot that will end the game, and if you do that, you'll be out of the game immediately."
It was.
This was also the case in the world's top league, the NBA, where players were not allowed to shoot from outside the 3-point line or take a 3-point shot straight off the dribble.
Nowadays, it is common for players to suddenly shoot a three-point shot or make a shot from outside the three-point line, not just in the NBA, not just at the Japanese national team, but even at the high school and junior high school level in Japanese basketball.
It all started when NBA player Steph Curry showed the world how to make high-precision shots from beyond the 3-point line.
When other NBA players and basketball players around the world saw Curry,
"So it's actually that easy to make a shot from the 3-point line? If you want to make a shot, you can make it from outside the 3-point line with a high probability."
This is because he removed the shooting limitations that players around the world unconsciously had.
The other day, the Japanese national team made an incredible number of three-point shots, and American college student Tominaga, who is known in the United States as the ``Japanese Curry,'' made one incredible circus shot after another, on par with Curry.
Kazuo Inamori of Kyocera has stated that Kyocera's philosophy is "pursuing the infinite potential of humanity," and watching the evolution of basketball has reminded me that discovering and overcoming the unconscious limits within one's own mind is extremely important in enriching one's life.
It has been scientifically proven that humans only use 1.5% of their DNA.
There are only four months left this year, so let's make this a wonderful year in which we go beyond the limits of our subconscious.
Pursuing the infinite possibilities of humanity
