"He came in and was like, 'Hey, I've got my routine. Think whatever you want to think, but I've got my routine and this is what works for me.' He's got a very different one. He just came in, Day 1, and started doing his thing. Game 7 of the World Series a full season later, he's doing the same thing. The consistency of his work and how focused he is when he's working, it's crazy."
"Every day you have music in the weight room just blasting, and every day is a different type of music. The starting pitcher gets to choose his music that day. When you don't understand the language, music sounds like sounds. There's just a really loud and different sounds blasting in your ears. And this dude is just doing all this balance stuff, breathing out of a straw. It is insane."
Yamamoto does not lift weights and instead emphasizes breathing, flexibility, yoga-style drills and javelin exercises to train throwing path and ground-up force transfer, aiming to reduce arm stress. He maintained this exact routine from his first day through Game 7 of the World Series a season later. Training sessions include balance work and breathing through a straw, often amid loud weight-room music and distractions, yet he remains focused and consistent. Observers initially doubted his unconventional regimen given his physique and lack of weight training, but his durability, consistent performance and exceptionally smooth throwing mechanics have validated the approach.
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