Lower Half: Jaimito has an extremely rotational lower half. He has a relatively short stride compared to his 6’2″ frame. Although he gets on his “back toe” and doesn’t stay in his “heel”, he is able, with his shorter stride, to get down into his legs. If he were to stay in his “heel” while moving down the mound, ideally it would allow him to produce a greater stride and stay glute dominant in his delivery creating an opportunity to send more ground force up his kinetic chain. Simply put, this would allow him to produce more force into the ground that he could use. The glute is a larger, stronger muscle than the quad, which Jaimito is actively using because he on his “back toe”. When he plants his front foot he is extremely stable with great rotation of his hips. This stability can be seen in his front leg. When he launches to throw the pitch he finishes his rotation of the hips into his front leg getting maximum rotation allowing his lead leg to lock out and block out transferring all the energy that he has put into the ground with his stride to travel up his body and into the throw (Kinetic Sequence). This is a great example of someone doing what works for them. Jaimito gets up to 97 mph so he is very good at what he does.

Upper Half: Jaimito has a relatively long arm action in todays world. This is not a problem for him because he gets his arm “up” on time when his front foot stabilizes. Getting the arm “up” means he is at 90° at his armpit with his arm and torso and 90° at his elbow with his upper arm (bicep) and lower arm (forearm). This timing allows his arm to relax and achieve great “layback” which is external rotation of the shoulder. His front arm is internally rotated which allows him to stay closed while his hips rotate slightly into front foot contact and stabilization. His glove then tucks into his chest as he rotates to throw the pitch. This “deadening” of the front side allows him to extend forward and throw the ball out in front of his body giving his pitch extra “life”. If he were to have an active front side and pull down with his glove he would not achieve the extension that he does. He would throw the ball about 8 to 16 inches earlier rather than later. This 8 to 16 inches of extension that he gets because of his front side allows him to put force on the ball for a longer period of time creating more velocity.