'It was so easy...' Last year's failure "Hold King"The secret to the quick motion of 1.3 seconds "Just because it's fast..."
Jul 01, 2024
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LG Twins sidearm Jung Woo-young returned to his "Hold King" appearance.
Jung Woo-young took the mound as the second pitcher after starter Son Joo-young in the bottom of the sixth inning in an away game against the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 30th and finished one inning without allowing a hit. In the top of the seventh inning, Jung Woo-young was given a winning pitcher requirement as the batters scored eight points to lead 9-1. Jung Woo-young won 9-6, recording his first win of the season.
Jung Woo-young, who won the hold king with 35 holds in 2022, but suffered a slump of 5 wins, 6 losses and 11 holds last year due to the failure of quick motion adjustment, vowed to make a comeback this season. The day after winning the Korean Series, he immediately prepared for the 2024 season by undergoing surgery to remove bone fragments that he had been suffering for a year. The homework was also a quick motion that failed last year. Quick motion, which ranged from 1.5 to 1.6 seconds, had to be entered within 1.3 seconds.
I made the first team at the end of AprilJung Woo-young, who received homework on quick motion again as he went down to the second division on May 14 as his condition deteriorated, tried to solve this problem and returned to the first division as soon as he solved the quick motion.
He had to throw within 1.3 seconds to maintain his speed and ball control, but that was solved.
On the same day, he allowed lead pinch hitter Son Ah-seop to make an infield hit to shortstop, but he caught pinch hitter Park Si-won with a double play in front of the first base, and handled Kim Hyung-joon with a fly to right field, allowing no runs in the sixth inning.
He was a pitcher who could run any runner when the quick motion was large, but now he is a pitcher who is difficult to steal unless he is a fast runner. He came to the first team on the 18th and pitched four ⅓ innings in five games, allowing one stolen base and stopping once. On June 23, KT's allocation team succeeded in stealing the second base and then tried to steal the third base, but was out. Other than that, the runners did not attempt to steal.
I asked Jung Woo-young, whom I met after the game, how he solved the failed quick motion after trying for a year last year. I thought there would be a long story, but Jung Woo-young's answer was surprisingly short. Jung Woo-young said, "I tried it quickly, and it worked" In the end, the seconds have to be reduced only when the movement is fast, so I didn't think about anything and did it quickly, so the speed became the same as the speed when I was winding up."
The reason for last year's failure was because it was the other way around. It was because I thought too much. Jung Woo-young "Before, I was missing too much detail. I paid attention to every movement, such as arm movement, leg movement, rotating movement, etc., so it was rather offbeat. "Now I threw it thinking I should just do it quickly in my head, but eventually my body was set up because I was a pitcher, and it became natural when I did it quickly."
Last year, I was stressed out because I paid attention to quick motion every time I stood on the mound, but this time, I let go of my mind and made it simple.
Jung Woo-young "Compared to last year, not many runners have tried to steal bases yet, and the coach said he has improved a lot, so I feel at ease in my belief."."
He has not yet been able to throw a fastball of up to 157km during King Hold's time. On this day, the maximum speed of the pitchman was 148 kilometers. Fans who expected a speed limit of more than 150 kilometers may think that the speed of the speed limit was due to the quick motion. However, Jung Woo-young "In fact, people around me advised me that the arrest could go back and forth due to surgery, and even if I ask those who have experienced surgery, I don't pay much attention. I also talked with the director not to dwell on the restraint" and "Between the second half or next year, I'm paying more attention to the course and movement than to the restraint."
I feel very sorry for the team. Jung Woo-young "I think I was the only one who thought about it. Still, the coach gave me time and my arm is okay after surgery, so I want to throw a lot of balls in the second half and contribute to the team."
indyk@sportschosun.com
