On Sunday, November 6, we organized a friendly competition with the Japanese Junior Samurai Baseball Team, the second time for an ISA Baseball inter-school competition. Both teams attached great importance to this game and carried out intensive training beforehand, arriving at the Sports Field well in advance for warm-up activities.

11月6日，由爱莎国际学苑组建并统筹的爱莎棒球校队再次迎来了与日本人学校棒球队的友谊练习赛，继上半年与他们比赛后，两队的学生都非常期待精彩再续。两校都非常重视此次比赛，各自在赛前都进行了强化集中式的训练，并提前到达场地进行赛前的热身活动。

Before the competition, the ISA Coach Mr. Peter gave pre-match guidance to each team member. Parents cheered for their children, substitutes shouted for their teammates; everybody urged our amazing team onward.

在赛前，Peter教练根据校队每位成员的情况都进行了相应的赛前指导工作。在赛场下，亲友助力团也是一道靓丽的风景线，他们为自己的孩子们呐喊加油，还有在等待上场的队员们，看见自己的队友在赛场上奋力拼搏，激动地喊出了加油ISA！ 

Baseball is a sport that requires strategy and teamwork. No matter if you are batting or pitching, you need to concentrate and react quickly. You need to discuss strategy and tactics with each other and cooperate like a well-oiled machine. Before the competition, the ISA Coach Mr. Peter gave pre-match guidance to each team member, letting them know what they should pay attention to, how to face opponents and to be fearless. Though less strong, the ISA Baseball team still maintained high morale and played with spirit.

棒球是一项需要动脑运用策略和团队协作的运动，不管你是进攻方还是防守方都需要集中精神，全神贯注地去关注赛场的状况并快速做出反应，同时也需要互相讨论策略战术与队友相互配合。比赛的输赢并不重要，重要的是学生在这个过程中顽强拼搏、直面对手，勇敢向前，超越自我。爱莎棒球队虽实力稍弱，但依然士气高昂，打出了自己的风格和精神。

This baseball match is beneficial to create a campus culture of equality, friendship, and encouragement and enhance students' understanding and love of baseball. The students learned their shortcomings by playing games, and they learned more about baseball rules and sportsmanship.

这场比赛有利于创建一个平等友爱激励的校园文化，学生们以赛促练，找到了自己的不足，也更加明白了什么是棒球运动和体育精神。