- Jun 18, 2013
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Last weekend my DD went to an Austin Wasserman throwing camp. It was catcher specific and he was awesome with the girls. She experienced arm pain after they started long tossing and Austin was great about breaking down what was causing the problem with us. Now I need to help her figure out how to fix it.
She has what he called hyper-mobility. During her throwing motion she is pulling her hand too far behind her head on her wind up. This is throwing her timing off between her leg plant and upper body turn so she is putting too much strain on her arm to generate force.
Essentiall, instead of getting to here:
She is getting to here:
What do you guys recommend to do to help her control that range of motion? We need to work drills to stop her from reaching so far back on her throws but I am not quite sure what to do.
Last weekend my DD went to an Austin Wasserman throwing camp. It was catcher specific and he was awesome with the girls. She experienced arm pain after they started long tossing and Austin was great about breaking down what was causing the problem with us. Now I need to help her figure out how to fix it.
She has what he called hyper-mobility. During her throwing motion she is pulling her hand too far behind her head on her wind up. This is throwing her timing off between her leg plant and upper body turn so she is putting too much strain on her arm to generate force.
Essentiall, instead of getting to here:
She is getting to here:
What do you guys recommend to do to help her control that range of motion? We need to work drills to stop her from reaching so far back on her throws but I am not quite sure what to do.