うたぴょんスポーツMost of what Uta does on this blog is running. This one is different. It is about the softball throw, one event inside Japan's New Physical Fitness Test, a standardized set of exercises every schoolchild does at school.
The title says it plainly: no run-up, aiming for 25 meters, which is the distance needed for a top score of 10 points. She is 9 years old.
What happened that day
Uta set up to throw a softball from a dead stop, no run-up allowed, the way the test actually scores it. The goal she had in mind was a throw of 25 meters, which on the New Physical Fitness Test scoring chart is enough for a full 10 points. For a 9-year-old throwing from a standstill, that is a real target, not a small one.
The video is short and practical. No separate flashy session, just her working at the throw itself, trying to get distance without the run-up she would use in a looser backyard toss.
What she said or how she looked
There is no caption text to quote from this one, so I will not put words in her mouth. What I can say from watching her is that she looked like she was concentrating on form more than on muscle. Throwing far without a run-up is really a technique problem before it is a strength problem, and at 9 she is still working that out.
What the parent thought about it
I like that this test exists, honestly. It is not just about running, which is what she is best known for around here. The New Physical Fitness Test checks a handful of different things kids can do with their bodies, and the softball throw is one of the odd ones, because it rewards a kind of whole-body timing that does not come from running at all.
Watching her aim for 25 meters and a 10-point score, I was not thinking about whether she would hit it. I was thinking about how different this movement is from anything she does on the track. Good for her to have something else to work on.
Anything left over that matters
I do not have her actual throw distance from this session, so I am not going to guess at one. The video is really a log of the attempt, aimed at 25 meters and a 10-point score, nothing more claimed than that.
This was posted December 6, 2025, which puts it right in the middle of the school year here, when a lot of Japanese schools run this fitness test as a matter of course. It is a small, ordinary thing that happens to every kid her age, and I thought it was worth recording too.
If your own kid's school runs something like this, maybe try the standing throw with them once. It is harder than it looks, and a nice break from whatever sport you usually watch them do.