Overhand Throwing warm-ups- Wrist Snaps

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Nov 8, 2014
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The wrist flip isn't a drill to reinforce a throwing technique, its a light low stress move to slowly stretch and work the wrist and forearm muscles in isolation. We start every practice and every game warmups like this, and we have for 12 years. No one has ever had a dead elbow or bad technique because of it. DO it for the discipline and the isolation movements. After ten of these, step back and go to wrist and elbow only (Dart throw), after ten of these, step back some more and go to trunk throws (no legs). Here they point their ten toes at the target, have a proper BELOW the waist draw back (NEVER LET THE KID PULL THE BALL BACK LIKE SHES DRAWING A BOW AND ARROW. That's when the rotator cuff doesn't load up properly. EVERY COACH HAS TO KNOW THIS), rotate the waist and fire. Finishing with a tight 12 to 6 back spin release, just like in wrist snaps. Step back after ten of these go to full throws with out a crow hop. as you continually back up every few throws. When they get to some nice long loopy gentle long throws over 90 feet, they are ready to go. DO it everytime.
 
Jan 25, 2011
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The wrist flip isn't a drill to reinforce a throwing technique, its a light low stress move to slowly stretch and work the wrist and forearm muscles in isolation. We start every practice and every game warmups like this, and we have for 12 years. No one has ever had a dead elbow or bad technique because of it. DO it for the discipline and the isolation movements. After ten of these, step back and go to wrist and elbow only (Dart throw), after ten of these, step back some more and go to trunk throws (no legs). Here they point their ten toes at the target, have a proper BELOW the waist draw back (NEVER LET THE KID PULL THE BALL BACK LIKE SHES DRAWING A BOW AND ARROW. That's when the rotator cuff doesn't load up properly. EVERY COACH HAS TO KNOW THIS), rotate the waist and fire. Finishing with a tight 12 to 6 back spin release, just like in wrist snaps. Step back after ten of these go to full throws with out a crow hop. as you continually back up every few throws. When they get to some nice long loopy gentle long throws over 90 feet, they are ready to go. DO it everytime.
Wrist snaps,What a waste of time. EVERY COACH SHOULD AVOID THIS.
 
Nov 8, 2014
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wrist - 60 seconds, max. elbow 60 seconds max. ten toes, 75 seconds max. Waste of time? Laughing me off the field. Whatever. Do you have your pitchers do wrist snaps?
 
Feb 17, 2014
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wrist - 60 seconds, max. elbow 60 seconds max. ten toes, 75 seconds max. Waste of time? Laughing me off the field. Whatever. Do you have your pitchers do wrist snaps?

Never would have my pitcher do wrist snaps or anything else that does not actually occur in the pitching motion. Currently in Tuscaloosa watching SC and have not seen any wrist snap nonsense.
 
Jan 25, 2011
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wrist - 60 seconds, max. elbow 60 seconds max. ten toes, 75 seconds max. Waste of time? Laughing me off the field. Whatever. Do you have your pitchers do wrist snaps?
last thing in the world a pitcher needs to do is wrist snaps. It is a waste of time. Takes away from doing something important, I would rather them doing snap chat with friends, than wrist snaps.
 

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