What are good workous to increase throwing power

[8lue]

hi i was wondering what are some good workouts to increase throwing power when i play sports. thx

[sparky]

Originally Posted by 8lue

hi i was wondering what are some good workouts to increase throwing power when i play sports. thx

Okay this is a lot to read. Copied it from another web page. Basically shoulders would be used for throwing. But you need to work out your entire body.

What muscles are used to throw a ball? On the surface this seems like a question someone would ask in a college course on kinesiology, not in an email to a mind-body-spirit fitness site. But dig below the surface and it creates a powerful argument in favor of making exercise a holistic (or whole-istic) experience. A lot more goes on in the simple act of throwing a ball than you might at first imagine.

The basic question is really not answerable because the asker doesn't specify the type of throw - a professional baseball pitcher is not necessarily using all the same muscles to pitch to a batter as an outfielder who has caught a fly and is throwing to his teammate. And that's also different from the muscles used by a mother to throw a light plastic ball, underhanded, to her five-year-old child. Then there's the underhanded bowling ball throw... For all intents and purposes, though, let's just take your garden-variety throw - just pick up any old ball that will fit in your hand and throw it.

The most obvious muscles used in a throw are your deltoids, or shoulder muscles, with arm and wrist action added in. But think a little deeper. When your body is involved in an action, it is the result of a complex series of movements involving many muscles. When you're throwing, your back muscles come into play, and your abdominals are helping to stabilize you. If you're throwing with any sort of force whatsoever, you are twisting your torso, your hips and moving your legs. Your whole body is following through on a good throw. So what muscles are you using to throw a ball? Perhaps the question should be, "What muscles aren't you using?" And we've almost forgotten the most important muscles - the ones that determine whether the throw will hit its mark. What do you do first if you want to throw accurately? You look precisely where you want to throw the ball. How do your eyes work? With the help of the muscles surrounding them.

So, if you want to throw well, you can't just go to the gym and build up your shoulder and arm muscles, nor can you just practice throwing over and over again mindlessly. You need to work on the strength of all your muscle groups (although you should certainly focus on the primary movers - the muscles that do the actual throwing). When you're practicing your throwing, you need to be aware of what all the different parts of your body are doing so you can make corrections and refine your technique. And, if you want to really throw the best you can, you must be able to visualize exactly where that ball is going to land - you need to see your mark, both physically and mentally.

[8lue]

thx lots of useful infomation.