Throwing

rdbass · Dec 2, 2013

Also check how your DD finishes. My DD had a problem with stopping her motion with her arm pointing at the target (person she was throwing to). Kind of coming to a snap stop. Watch how the 'thrower' in the gif allows his arm to finish across his body down towards the thigh. The thigh should be used as a shock absorber.

CoogansBluff · Dec 2, 2013

rdbass said:
Also check how your DD finishes. My DD had a problem with stopping her motion with her arm pointing at the target (person she was throwing to). Kind of coming to a snap stop. Watch how the 'thrower' in the gif allows his arm to finish across his body down towards the thigh. The thigh should be used as a shock absorber.

Yep, my DD is guilty of that, also.

rdbass · Dec 16, 2013

Not sure if this was posted before? Search through the blogs for throwing articles.
Articles
Wasserman strength training. Click on blog at top and click on next on next page for more...

Mr T · Dec 16, 2013

rdbass said:
Not sure if this was posted before? Search through the blogs for throwing articles.
Articles
Wasserman strength training. Click on blog at top and click on next on next page for more...

Yeah great stuff over there. While I was finally figuring out how I threw all along and never knew it, fumbling and bumbling on this thread, Austin pretty much had it figured all out.

iMlearning · Dec 17, 2013

CoogansBluff said:
Great stuff, thanks! ...

Did a lot of reading over the weekend on throwing, especially Austin Wasserman's book, and these videos illustrate a couple of things that I'm beginning to understand.

One is the scap load that takes place. Notice how far the throwing elbow gets behind the back. Also notice how the throwing arm doesn't reach the L position until the thrower is facing or nearly facing the target. My DD has some shoulder trouble, and I suspect that it comes from being taught L drills (by none other than me, who was taught by other well-meaning coaches). My DD gets into the L position when sideways to the target rather than keeping hand (and ball) closer to the head during that phase and then letting the arm 'unhinge' as hips and trunk rotate.

Any thoughts on that? I'm just beginning to understand throwing motions. About to embark on a 10-week throwing program (and unfortunately rehab program) for DD in the off-season.

Coogansbluff, if you keep doing Austin's drills, everything will fall into place but it takes time. It just sounds like she is out of sequence, so the behind the head drill, etc... will help her with that. One of the best things for my DD was to have her throw in front of a mirror. Before every batting practice she faces a mirror that I have really secure on the wall, and she throws at the mirror with a Diamond foam ball while watching her arm action. We usually do this on one knee and she has to follow through with her arm. She actually likes this because she tries to field the ball cleanly when it bounces back. She usually does 25-50 of these and she can only count "the good ones" - which I let her be the one that decides that.

Amy in AZ. · Dec 17, 2013

I like these shots, when I can see the middle finger still on the ball.

CoogansBluff · Dec 17, 2013

iMlearning said:
Coogansbluff, if you keep doing Austin's drills, everything will fall into place but it takes time.

That's the plan. I'm glad it's off-season and she doesn't have to make a 'real throw' for a while. That allows us (me) to be patient and let her do the drills. The behind-the-head while seated has been very good, IMO. We got an MRI back last week that was negative for what doctors feared might be a SLAP tear. Very happy about that. Now, I'm thinking the injury might be a blessing because we're focused on improving her throwing form.

Luckily, I just happened to have done video of her throwing just before the injury, and I also put the radar gun and got her speed. So it will be fun to compare the before and after from one summer to the next.

iMlearning · Dec 17, 2013

CoogansBluff said:
That's the plan. I'm glad it's off-season and she doesn't have to make a 'real throw' for a while. That allows us (me) to be patient and let her do the drills. The behind-the-head while seated has been very good, IMO. We got an MRI back last week that was negative for what doctors feared might be a SLAP tear. Very happy about that. Now, I'm thinking the injury might be a blessing because we're focused on improving her throwing form.

Luckily, I just happened to have done video of her throwing just before the injury, and I also put the radar gun and got her speed. So it will be fun to compare the before and after from one summer to the next.

When DD had to take all that time off when she was sick I was really concerned about her missing practices/games. The first day we practiced together she said "hey Dad, maybe I forgot all my bad habits when I was in the hospital!" I think she had a great mind set and we started out like it was her first day ever throwing. Your DD will be awesome because of it

Jaeger tweeted something like this...there has to be an off season. If there wasn't, there'd be no time to grow. You can't always be playing games and doing tournaments.

iMlearning · Dec 17, 2013

FiveFrameSwing said:

PC, if I had to choose, I probably pic this one because we do this in front of the mirror and also do the weighted front arm drill. It looks better to me when the page is loading and it looks like it's in slow motion.

Perfect Circle · Dec 17, 2013

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