Deno Webb Quick thoughts (1)

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Quick thoughts the OverHead Throwing Motion
the Weighted Bal
So what about weighted balls? Weighted ball
throwing programs? We have all read countless
articles on how safe they are and how evil they
are. As you might guess this is one of the
hottest topics out here at this moment in
baseball and football. Tomorrow it will be
something else, but today it is do we or do we
not throw weighted balls as part of our training
program.
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For us its simple. When in doubt dont
In the countless meetings we have had with
orthopedic surgeons and medical institutions in
the business of sports medicine, along with the
many meetings with top university sports research
groups, we hear over and over again about
leverage and physics. The common area of
concern is always repetitive inline (linear)
forces and the need to create counter forces
(cross training) to fend off grooving injuries.
Funny, we have never read anything out there
about grooving but we keep hearing the word in
describing how certain injuries in the shoulder
occur.
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Within the throwing motion there are actually 2
acceleration and 1 deceleration phases. ANY
weight put in a persons hand to be thrown
increases leverage. That fact everyone
understands because there is no subjectivity to
it it is simply physics. A rock, a brick, a
football, baseball, a paper clip, whatever. All
weight on the distal end of a lever creates
leverage. As we all would agree too , the area
effected most by leverage is the weakest link of
the lever. With regards to the over head throwing
motion that could be the wrist, elbow or shoulder
depending on whose arm it is and the
motion/path/slot the arm is making.
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In the acceleration phase you get one set of
issues created by the leverage. In the decel
phase you get a whole new set of issues, like how
do you keep a joint from separating while
decelerating the object on the end of the
leverie, the hand. The throwing motion is all
about the creation of leverage and the shedding
of leverage. The physics are simple the more
weight you put in your hand the more leverage you
create. We often see kids in a pitching clinic
going through the throwing motion with a towel in
their hand. Ugh. We understand what they think
they are accomplishing but realize what they are
actually doing. (ie, leveraging up the
acceleration phase with resistance the towel
while increasing the weight -the towel-
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What we have done at Lake7 is create a resistance
tool / device that does NOT load up/lever the
elbow yet creates instability (contra-forces) in
the throwing motion while providing for a
cushion to the deceleration phase of the throw.
Our device encourages building core strength for
the acceleration phase, contra-forces
(instability) within the over head motion and
rebound in the deceleration / termination phase.
The result is increased control, higher velocity,
increased endurance and total amazement something
so simply works so amazingly well.
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If you would like to know more about our device
please contact us at Deno_at_7Webb.com My Name is
Dennis (Deno) Webb. Like so many of you, I have a
have a passion for sports competition.
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