The Throw Max

How many times have you told your players?:

"GET YOUR ELBOW UP WHEN YOU THROW!!!"

There are three common arm motions players use when throwing a softball often in varying combinations.

1. Elbow below and in front of the shoulder with the hand barely over the shoulder.
2. Elbow below the shoulder and the hand near the ear.
3. Elbow above the shoulder and the hand near the ear.

All three common arm motions are wrong. A player cannot throw accurately or with distance using the first two. The third motion can injure a player's arm with the snapping motion required to throw hard or with distance. This third motion is the way people used to think catchers should throw, using a cocked arm. This motion also forces the thumb to the top of the ball at the moment of release, causing the ball to spin like a slider, without the child being aware of it. A slider creates the appearance of the seams spinning in circles appearing as a dot as the ball comes towards you. This motion can be very harmful to a young arm even more so than an improperly thrown curve. The reason is quite simple: the player is not aware that every throw he makes is a slider.

Use the ThrowMAX flexible arm brace whenever the player plays ball, whether it is playing catch, practice, or a game. The brace will not inhibit a proper throwing motion. It will only correct an improper one. Once the proper motion is achieved accuracy will come with practice, practice and more practice. Most players will not be able to put on the ThrowMAX flexible arm brace and throw five times and then take it off and throw properly. This is especially true if one or variations of the three mentioned motions are already ingrained in the player's muscle memory. It will take time to overcome an improper throwing motion, but with the ThrowMAX brace, the difference is immediately noticeable.

Available in both right and left hand models

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