5 Keys To Baseball Success

Key 3: SHOULDER INTEGRITY
Glen Fleisig, Ph.D., and his colleagues at the American Sports Medicine Institute, studied 95 young pitchers who had shoulder or elbow surgery and compared them to 45 pitchers who never had significant pitching-related injuries. During the study they found that the injured athletes pitched more months per year, more pitches per year, more innings per year, and more games per year. They also found that that the pitchers, were also more likely to have pitched with higher velocity, to have pitched in more showcase games and have been starting pitchers.

Your goal is to create balanced strength between the anterior and posterior muscles of the shoulder. You should incorporate bands and tubing exercises to develop the endurance necessary for the rotator cuff and shoulder to withstand the stress of throwing. It’s important to work on shoulder flexibility and stability to assist in the dynamic throwing act. The joint capsule must be flexible enough to provide fluid delivery.