SIMPLIFYING The Coaching of Arm Action Mechanics

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2 ай бұрын

Hey guys, Robby Rowland here, got a really good video for you guys to consume. While I was out in Stamford, CT at the newest Advanced Therapy and Performance Facility i got to link up with James Fahan to do a quick pitching lesson as he comes back from an elbow injury. The goal of this lesson was for him to grasp an understanding of the mechanical efficiency needed when it comes to the Arm Action; especially for us pitchers. Here are some of the topics we'll be covering in today's video:
- Unveiling The Over-Arching Goal of Arm Action Mechanics
- Long Arm Path vs Short Arm Path
- Where does Throwing Velocity Come From
- Capturing Rotational Energy via Arm Action
- The Responsibilities of The Lower Half + Upper Half
- How The Glove Side is Linked with The Throwing Arm
- Time Sensitive Positioning and Alignment
- Drill Progressions to Enhance Arm Action Efficiency
The most difficult dynamic to truly understand when it comes to efficiently throwing a baseball at high velocities doesn’t stem from the arm independently. More often times than not actually thinking “throw this ball fast” will disrupt the timing and alignment needed to truly capture the Rotational Energy you’ve created up until the point in which your front foot anchors into the ground.
Leverage will come from the absorption of the created rotational energy generated via “Segmentation Mechanics” which starts its process of energy generation as the lower half initiates rotation. The upper body is simply staying silent while aligning in such a way that best captures this energy via connection.
This is why it’s important (long term) to analyze your throwing mechanics in an effort to identify how much strain you’re putting on your throwing arm independently while putting a plan of attack in motion to find efficient effortless chedda bob.
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@danielsoe7426 2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! This is exactly what my son does as well. This video is super informative. 👍

@robbyrow 2 ай бұрын

FIRE ME UP!

@jrmne6198 2 ай бұрын

This is the best breakdown video of throwing mechanics I’ve ever watched. I’m 32, playing in a men’s league, but I still struggle with proper arm path. The tidbits in this video are extremely helpful.

@thortorrens 2 ай бұрын

Dude I’m 39 and I throw harder now than I did as a college pitcher lol. Wish I had KZfaq back then.

@bran899011 20 күн бұрын

I'm 36 and can't throw anywhere close to what I could in high school and progress of the last 4 yrs has been very slow but I'm getting there... kinda just ran across this out of nowhere.

@sudo_garrett 23 күн бұрын

dude this is amazing. i had arm problems and had a ex-mlb guy help me out. he didn’t really explain what we were doing to replicate it but it did work for a few years. then i got messed up again and didnt have the tools to fix myself. but this is like learning the thought process and clear explanation of it all.

@andrewalagar1919 14 күн бұрын

At 6:50 the young guy is using the opposite leg you were teaching him to use in the drill. I was at the edge of my seat the whole time wondering when you were gunna correct him.

@nicholaspetta6770 4 күн бұрын

This is really great video. I have these same problems and this video does a great job at simplifying.

@chadrides914 14 күн бұрын

I’ve been teaching my 3 kids this almost to the tee, but without the good tech speak. They out throw everyone their age and a few years older. Love a simple short arm path with simple separation.

@odiaz 2 ай бұрын

7:13 legs position are inverted

@joem8496 2 ай бұрын

I was like dude, that drill was a warmup now we're doing something different!

@chrisporter9881 Ай бұрын

His glove side leg is supposed to be foward correct?

@ronholt2044 Ай бұрын

@@chrisporter9881Yes, I noticed the same thing, the student's throwing side foot is forward while the instructor's glove side foot is forward when he demonstrates. ???

@airanator1212 Ай бұрын

For future reference, some kids are imaginative learners, myself included, and I found the easiest way to get through to them is to describe grabbing the baseball off the back shelf. I had a really great teacher give me that extremely basic image in my head to work with and it changed my arm action immediately. Since the biggest point in all of this is to have a consistent start point for every throw, creating that static image picture of grabbing an item directly behind you makes replicating that very easy. It’s also great because it teaches full extension minimizing snap and tear on the arm in transition. Another great image to work with that I just thought of while typing this is picturing a relay. Good arm mechanics would look like what it would be to perfectly catch the ball in relay as a cutoff but visualizing catching it with your bare hand instead. Then, starting transition turning to where your throwing it in one fluid motion. This could be a great one if the shelf example seems too simple.

@gvineypitching Ай бұрын

Brooo I’m trying this today with one of my athletes. QUALITY CONTENT!

@robbyrow Ай бұрын

hummmmmBABEEEE

@timmurphy2123 2 ай бұрын

Amazing work

@craigkb7745 2 ай бұрын

Great video, great insight, and great suggestions for correcting the extra movement in the throw. I'll be looking at our players throws a little closer after watching this!

@robbyrow 2 ай бұрын

Fire me up!! appreciate the kind words!! Love to hear that!

@yannickjoyal5592 2 ай бұрын

Robby, wonderful. As a coach I have learn exactly this technique of teaching how to throw to kids. I've learned that by a AAA junior pitcher here in Quebec that was coaching my son. I show kids to pitch that way and they all pitch straight and hard in a matter of minutes. It is magical! I use the words "shoot like if you use a bow." And they all understand how i want them to pitch. 🥰😇😉

@robbyrow 2 ай бұрын

That's moneyyy!! Appreciate you sharing!

@BIGHEADjr51 Ай бұрын

What is a aaa jr pitcher? Lol

@yannickjoyal5592 Ай бұрын

@@BIGHEADjr51in Quebec, junior AAA, is the highest level of baseball competition before getting recruited or stop playing. It is for 18 to 21 years old players. The player who teached me this technique is the private coach of my son and threw 92 mph.

@ashtonadams5435 28 күн бұрын

Good stuff rob

@scottr2346 2 ай бұрын

Robby, awesome tips here! Some shared advice I've used and with my 9 y/o grandson, "hand from body separation" and "lead with the elbow". Kid's got the best throwing mechanics on his travel ball team. Definitely reviewing this YT vid with him will fine tune him with less "loop", pulling back on the horizontal tit line, less looping the hand and with a goal to throw less at the RHB head. Appreciate the share, greatly.

@robbyrow 2 ай бұрын

Fire me uppp!! Love that!! Kid is going to be special! Appreciate you sharing!

@EliBrisman 2 ай бұрын

What can I do to make sure that my lower body is creating the energy instead of creating artificial arm speed? (Tension in the upper half). Thank you for a very insightful video

@BIGHEADjr51 Ай бұрын

U don’t watch this

@BIGHEADjr51 Ай бұрын

Early cocking his elbow and winging out will exactly do what you’re saying. Good comment

@danielwalter7543 17 күн бұрын

Great video. Where did you get the hat?

@mypeter3456 18 күн бұрын

what’s plyos?

@ronn5257 25 күн бұрын

Lol when someone is talking to me and they throw it I drop it too😂

@dirtberry Ай бұрын

Unfortunately this coach like all others don't know the difference in intuitive Forearm supinated Joint pathomechanical throws and safe elbow articulation Forearm pronated throws. Yoth pitchers wuill suffer until this is learned by all. Step behing is called a drop step. Step forwards is called a cross step. In order for the arm transition to sync up for pronated throws you should use a cross (Crow step) step.

@ichooselife1916 Күн бұрын

Kid made the mistake of asking him if he was throwing correctly. Ended up getting an entire sermon. Lol it's a ball....just throw it

@petsquirrelable Ай бұрын

People have different physiology. Trying to teach kids by putting them in a box of what it should look like is a recipe for early elbow and shoulder injuries. This kid has a long languid motion naturally…it’s not wrong. Madison bumgarner throws similarly and he did alright. The kid is inconsistent because he is young and growing into his body. He doesn’t need to be accurate or consistent until he’s older. Telling him to shorten his motion by early cocking his elbow will pop his elbow. The arm needs to first extend and then come into the cocked position as this gives the ball forward momentum and makes it ‘lighter’ before you load the elbow.

@airanator1212 Ай бұрын

I actually really like your points, especially on full extension as it puts as little straight on the arm as possible when beginning that transition forward. However, I disagree on the exception that this kid being young is an excuse on him getting his arm action wrong. Getting a sense of what your mechanics should be at the earliest age possible is always best case scenario. You growing into your body doesn’t affect your mechanics because they should always be in the back of your mind. I was pretty fortunate to have a lot of amazing teachers and influences at a very young age to where my mechanics didn’t change very much at all as I got older. They were pretty complete very early on. Me growing never affected how I executed those mechanics because I always had a mental reminder of how it feels to go through them. And because of that, I never had to deal with injury. At one point in time in high school I was playing on 3 different teams, traveling a lot, and pitching/throwing a lot. Never once was I ever injured because I minimized that possibility by getting the most efficiency out of my throws at the earliest age possible.

@robbyrow Ай бұрын

it's worth mentioning that this was a rehab throwing lesson. meaning he's coming off elbow surgery so the main emphasis is going to be isolating his arm action so he's not vulnerable to the amount of force being applied when throwing.

@ryansemenetz Ай бұрын

The point of the drills are not to completely change his arm action but to get him to be behind the ball more when throwing. As mentioned in one of the throws, his body found a way to have a longer arm path but also get into optimal position to release. It’s post injury drilling not a complete revamp of arm action

@BIGHEADjr51 Ай бұрын

Travel ball at 9 lol

@user-lp2wf5zd6n 28 күн бұрын

Umm around 750 he’s literally demonstrating with his glove foot forward yet the kids is throwing foot forward

@jasonreed3739 3 күн бұрын

Fantastic coaching . . . real coaches say stuff like "stay in the tit area".

@drbonesshow1 Ай бұрын

This guy teaches slinging not throwing. He needs to learn about the 3rd Class leverage of the humerus (upper arm) converting power generated at the shoulder (fulcrum) into speed of the lever.