188cm 88kg 19 year old rookie Jang Jae-young
Throw in the second half of this practice game 150km
Excellent size and strength… 160 km available in season
Chapman’s 172km baseball history is the highest
Otani, #1 in Japan’s history by filming 163km
It is often expressed as’light speed sphere’. It means the fastest pitch among the fastballs.
However, pitching speed is not recognized as an official record in the US and Japan as well as in Korea. This is because, depending on the manufacturer, there are differences for each restraint meter. You can’t measure all pitchers’ restraints with a single meter. Even though the redemption is not an official record, pitchers who throw a fast ball are always’recognized’. And the redemption comparison is another fun.
According to the Korea Baseball Commission (KBO), the highest arrest after the introduction of the PTS in 2011 was 162.1 km/h in 2012 by LG’s Redames Leeds. Leeds is 161.6㎞ in 2013 and 160.4㎞ in 2011, holding all the records of the 1st to 3rd place in arrests.
Among the’natives’, Choi, who belonged to Lotte, was the fastest at 158.7 km in 2012. The unofficial first group record was 159 km in 2008, Ki-joo Han, who was a member of KIA. Um Jung-wook, who was a member of SK (now SSG), threw 161 km in the 2004 spring camp practice game. Last year, Doosan’s Raul Alcantara threw the fastest ball at 158.9 km, while Kiwoom’s Ahn Woo-jin shot 157.4 km.
In the American professional baseball major league, Aroldis Chapman (New York Yankees) threw 172 km (107 miles) in the 2011 Cincinnati Reds finish, and Otani Shohei (LA Angels) in the Japanese professional baseball threw 163 km in 2016 during the Nippon-Ham Fighters. It is the number one in history.
Analyzing the fast-throwing pitchers, there are conditions for becoming a fast ball pitcher. First physical condition. Just as the power applied to the punch differs according to the weight class, such as flyweight and heavyweight in boxing, a pitcher with good physical condition throws a faster and more powerful ball in baseball. Most of the pitchers who are considered as high-speed pitchers in Korea, the United States, and Japan are taller. Leeds is 189cm and 95kg, and Eom Jungwook is 191cm and 94kg. Chapman is 193cm and 97.5kg, and Otani is 193cm and 92kg.
Second strong shoulder. You can increase your redemption with acquired efforts, but there are definitely limits. It is known that it is possible to raise the restraint by correcting the pitching form and strengthening the muscles, but it is usually around 5km. “To be honest, to be honest, there are pitchers who can throw the ball faster and faster, regardless of age,” said Jose Rosado Hanwha’s pitching coach. Because” he said.
Third pitching form. The type of luminous ball pitcher is usually classified as an orthodox wave. Swing with your arms straight, and throw the ball as if hitting the ball above your head. It is different from lessons that come from above the shoulders, from the sides, and from below. SSG pitching coach Cho Woong-cheon explained that “a tall pitcher has no choice but to throw a ball that has more destructive power than a small pitcher.”
Mechanisms such as fast rotation of the waist, stable centering, and balance of the upper and lower bodies must be in harmony. Coach Joe explained, “Only if you can use your body based on excellent physical condition, you can throw a strong and fast ball.”
Among the rookies this year, a large pitcher, who is expected to set a new arrest record, is drawing attention. Jang Jae-young of Kiwoom, 19. His father is Jung-seok Jang, a commentator for KBSN Sports, who served as the manager of Kiwoom. Jang Jae-young received a down payment of 900 million won, which is the second place in history. And in Spring Camp itself, he threw a maximum of 155 km in the Cheongbaek and practice games. Considering that the weather is still cold and the shoulders are not sufficiently loosened, it is expected that he will be able to throw more than 160km in the regular league.
Jang Jae-young is 188cm and 88kg, which is the largest among pitchers. When I was in Deoksu High School, I was born with a’strong discipline’ so that I had an unofficial arrest of up to 157 km. And he is an orthodox pitcher.
Pitching coach Roh Byung-oh said, “If you have excellent physical condition, athletic ability and excellent power, and a stable pitching form and smooth mechanism are well fused, it is ideal as a high-speed pitcher.” Coach Noh added, “Jang Jae-young is in good physical condition and has excellent quickness,” he added. “Because he is growing up, if he learns the most suitable pitching mechanism for himself, he will throw the ball faster than now.”
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