We all know the famous quote, “One’s man trash is another man’s treasure.” But for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, one man’s trash is his source of luck.
When Ohtani was in high school, he set his sights on one major goal: being drafted first overall. He accomplished this goal in the 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball draft. He used a Harada method chart to map out how he would accomplish this goal. The ultimate goal is in the center of the method chart, surrounded by eight crucial elements to reach that goal. Ohtani’s crucial elements were body, control, sharpness, mental toughness, speed (100mph), pitch variance, personality, and karma.