The Cuban Missile: Exploring the Dominance, Pitching Mechanics, and Training of Aroldis Chapman

You requested it: an Aroldis Chapman breakdown.💯
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➡️What makes him so nasty?
➡️A look at his insane genetics
➡️How have his mechanics evolved?
➡️How has he stayed relatively healthy?
➡️What do I think of his training regimen?
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[@nvjonny4104]

so you're telling me this man is literally built different

[@au8363]

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[@treadathletics]

👍Thumbs up if Chapman is the most intimidating pitcher in the MLB.💯🚀

[@rslwannabe9475]

A skull fracture? I dont know if i wanna become a pitcher now...

[@rslwannabe9475]

Aroldis chapman sounds like me but taller and black tbh. Ive abnormally strong by around double (Guessing cause both my parents are) Im extremely fast, i can competitively compete with my state track friend whos in condition while im not, and i have hypermobility. Im working on making my mechanics as smooth as possible which looks like they'll be really good in 2-3 months. And its my 2nd year of baseball and im able to throw around 75+mph as a freshmen 5'10 229 pounds. It's a pain in the ass though to get stretched and warmed up before activities though :/ I just need a growth spurt to 6'4 and ill be good.... Maybe a skin color change for the +5mph dominican perk.

[@au8363]

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[@aidanpantoya7740]

Keep working hard Chapman, we all start somewhere ✌️

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[@titan0629]

Incredible job technically breaking down every single aspect. Now take a look at his somersault. I think it needs work.

[@Real_Han_Solo]

His somersault spin rate is weak

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[@michaelrapneth6773]

One of my favorite pitchers to watch throw a baseball 🔥 ⚾️

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[@braddavis4472]

Great works guys! Best insight on KZbin, thanks for all of it!

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[@kierancasey7402]

He also has an average exit velo of 107.7 mph at the plate as a bullpen arm. Can’t think of a better athlete in baseball than him

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[@matthewmaloney3375]

Thanks for the video. Good stuff. I just started pitching and this stuff should help. Thanks.

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[@meriounrio1011]

Excellent analysis, my compliments!

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[@davidbutler407]

Great info. Appreciate it!

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[@WeiJie_Chen]

Chapman is the beast 💪

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[@MrSupermegachoice1]

amazing production

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[@kenkerkhoff3512]

Excellent job! This video helped me understand that in order to reach your full potential as a pitcher you must understand the entire process. It is more than throwing weighted balls or spin rates. Although important, it is also understanding your body and its weaknesses in areas like mobility, flexibility and elasticity and the need to train in these areas to get the most out of your delivery. Very few have the genetics of Chapman. If you are a serious player you need to get an evaluation of your body movements so the proper training program can be created to help you reach your full potential.

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[@nickodadon1328]

3 mins in and this is sooo dope...i havent checked out the rest of your content but i hope you did on of these on Corbin burnes, i dont understand how changing his 4 seam into a cutter made in so much better.

[@treadathletics]

We actually discussed it in this video before his 2021 breakout season. Watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6uVdmCheMmgmpY

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[@MM-vv8mt]

A brilliant, scientific deconstruction of sports physiology and performance using what is perhaps the most singular and unique example ever seen in baseball. You Trend guys are so smart, it's scary!

[@treadathletics]

Appreciate you!

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[@mr2seis388]

Love the pitcher but an unsung hero here is that brave back-catcher. God bless 🙏him

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[@Bearsfan15654]

This just inspired me to pitch again I’m 6’3-6’4 and I have a 6’9 wingspan.

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Let's go!

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👏 Great work!

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@@au8363 yes thank you. Now how do I throw 101.

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[@morriza]

Dipping the chin is something that I have heard before. I was watching Tex A&M ballgame and they had Roger Clemens on the broadcast. I believe A&M was playing in a tournament. Anyway, one of the pitchers from A&M had worked with the Rocket in the offseason. Roger mentioned the “chin tuck” was a que for himself to not lift or tilt his front shoulder UP. When Roger didn’t “chin tuck’ his front shoulder would tilt up.

[@treadathletics]

Wow! Great find. That's awesome to hear he consciously did that.

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[@aaronwhittaker626]

Great video. Love all the information. Don’t mean to be rude at all but the term disabled list has been adjusted to injured list to respect those with disabilities. Aside from that love what you guys do got guys with a lot of questions and a few resources. Keep it up!

[@treadathletics]

Thanks!

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[@noahbarker1886]

Can you guys do a jack leiter breakdown, he’s interesting because he has a ir dominant hip kind of like Nate Pearson

[@treadathletics]

On our radar. Doing Chase Petty next.

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[@emilianomartinezalamilla3949]

Can you breakdown the mechanics of Liam Hendricks and Eric Gagne?

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[@2guysPlayingWithPaper]

Do you think long toss is more beneficial than throwing into a net with a radar gun? I personally think long toss gives better visual feedback. Still, it's always great to literally know the velocity of a throw and practice a lower trajectory throw similar to pitching on a mound.

[@treadathletics]

Some of my thoughts! There are pros and cons to both. kzbin.info/www/bejne/npipeYl-gaadptE

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[@meatymouse9600]

Please help around 18:00 you talk about the back door going from heel to toe and the hips beginning to rotate open. Do you initiate that move with the hips or is it initiated by the back foot?

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[@dfboiler]

So the weight lifting...specifically as related to lower half, with rotating down into landing vs pushing off etc. is the work done in the weight room more about stabilization and being able to hold the hinge and maintaining stamina, than it is about power added to the pitch?

[@treadathletics]

Yes, that's my thinking. There isn't a jump or triple extension happening. However, I don't see a downside to squatting heavy and getting powerful on one and two legs in all planes so we do that. There is still carryover the point of diminishing returns just isn't that high which is why 500 lb squats are unnecessary.

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[@MrCctvtech]

I would like to know what your thoughts on all the current arm injuries.

[@treadathletics]

Part of it is a byproduct of more guys throwing hard, and the incentives to pitch at the highest level being stronger than ever. Guys know they more or less have to throw 95 mph to get signed, so they are forced to do everything possible to have a chance at extending their careers. We have more advanced training methods to increase the size of guys engines but understanding arm stress and mechanics as a baseball industry hasn't quite caught up to our understanding on the training side. It's remarkably difficult to stay healthy throwing at that capacity, even if all the variables are properly controlled and you aren't making any obvious training/workload/mechanical errors. Throwing max effort on every pitch is significantly more stressful than cruising at 85% effort like pitchers used to do. This is a reason I gave in the video as to how Chapman may have been able to stay healthy, because he only throws 50-60 innings a year.

[@MrCctvtech]

@@treadathletics thanks for the explanation.

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[@cpsclan2447]

Hopefully my team (The Yanks) can get him a World Series soon

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[@christianjohnson9644]

What do you think is the most affective way to train the quick twitch muscles

[@treadathletics]

Heavy weight lifting does train fast twitch fibers but once a strength threshold is reached we use more dynamic effort loads and variations. So you can still do squats, lunges or deadlifts, but the variations and loads will be different. You might be doing band resisted squats with 50% of your max, speed push-ups with a light band, or power dumbbell bench measuring the velocity with a VBT sensor. We've extrapolated a lot of the concepts from Triphasic training to baseball.

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[@carlswenson2255]

Do Jamie Moyer next.

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[@westonlombard5022]

Could you send the references you found that investigate translation from training to the mound?

[@treadathletics]

Look up Chris Beardsley

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Can you do sonny gray?

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[@windygraphics6131]

You say that Chapman was already strong enough at 29:10. Could this mean that doing more speed and elastic excercises such as plyometrics and isometrics could actually help with power production as well?

[@treadathletics]

Generally, yes. But Chapman probably didn't have much left to gain in that department either or he'd be throwing 107.

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[@jibbo123]

So what would you say the maximum/minimum squat bench press and deadlift should be

[@treadathletics]

Here's a twitter thread where I discussed this! twitter.com/TreadAthletics/status/1335345967953022978?s=20

[@jibbo123]

@@treadathletics Thanks. So when these numbers are roughly hit, do you recommend athletes switch to more velocity based training?

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[@jeffmilroy9345]

Just lead him accurately like the Cubs world series. Bingo.

[@Real_Han_Solo]

Can you do the goat Mariano Rivera analysis?

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[@TheSkyline5467]

What I've been wondering is: When are they going to stop coddling pitchers? This is a topic I really want to learn more about. It seems to me that evidence paints the picture of diminishing returns on the idea of babying pitchers.

[@treadathletics]

It's a balance. Coaches are stress managers. Insufficient stress doesn't drive adaptation and optimal results but excess stress skyrockets injury risk.

[@TheSkyline5467]

@@treadathletics I have to doubt that human physiology has changed so much in a couple decades that we can't build arms up like they did in earlier generations. With the caveat it seems like velocity is now the end all so more pitchers are starting games like a reliever would, more all out.

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[@elijahrheem6741]

hit 103 this year

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Do Aj Minter

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Video on Garrett Crochet

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[@tubuskan4348]

He hit 103 this year I think… after this video was made of course

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[@user-cu8fh8kc3n]

15:05 mechanics

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[@TheChosenFailure]

Guess the MLB had a Cuban Missile Crisis 50 years late.

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[@jimmyalfonsin9397]

I liked this video Bc it prolly took weeks to edit

[@treadathletics]

It did.

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[@aerb0rn]

You don’t throw 105 by accident

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[@andrewtanczyk4009]

He was a Cuban 🇨🇺 boxer 🥊 ?

[@treadathletics]

Yesssir!

[@andrewtanczyk4009]

@@treadathletics awesome 😊! Now I’m going to start throwing a baseball ⚾️ to increase my punching power for boxing 🥊. Funny because I would run to the soccer ⚽️ 🥅 field to do Road work, shadow boxing 🥊 . Yet the baseball fields were right next door to the football 🏈 or soccer field. I started trying to throw the baseballs ⚾️ that were left around the field. Only to realize I have no arm whatsoever. I just bought two baseballs ⚾️ to practice when I go to the field for road work. I suppose I could take their baseballs ⚾️ they leave on the field yet I purchased my own. Cubans have some of the best Olympic boxers. I’ve heard their baseball ⚾️ players are awesome as well also.

[@andrewtanczyk4009]

Funny, because I came across your channel when I was looking for Cuban Boxing 🥊 Weight Transfer. My Russian Boxing 🥊 Trainer teaches me proper weight transfer in the legs for more power punching. The Russians taught the Cubans out of communist solidarity. When I saw your video I thought about the baseballs ⚾️ I attempted to throw but failed ever so miserably and watched. Great video. My new hobby next to boxing 🥊 will be me attempting to learn how to throw a baseball ⚾️. Thanks 😊

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@@treadathletics or I could’ve also found your channel and video when I looked up how to throw a baseball ⚾️. Lol 😂. Didn’t know it’s a little more mechanical and technical then just strength. Been a long time I actually played baseball ⚾️.

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[@brettpayne5640]

Throwing his throw - organic and natural in his kinetic chain - because it is exactly that, organic and natural. Sum of all of this: Advice to all parents - don't go hire a so called guru for your 10 year old - just tell your kids to get out in the yard and throw the piss out of it and lets see how your body adjusts for the first 5 years,. You have to learn how to throw- then we will teach you how to pitch.

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[@iphoneforyoureal]

I feel people should stop calling the drift a hinge, it’s more of a squat going down move.

[@treadathletics]

The drift is not the same thing as the hinge. The drift refers to the first move (leg lift), while the hinge is how some refer to the linear move.

[@iphoneforyoureal]

@@treadathletics yeah, the liner move is what I was referring to as more of a squat because when I framed it as a hinge my hips stayed back and killed forward momentum, but when I viewed it as squat things just flew! Loved the video!! Cheers🙌🏻

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