Understanding The "Second" Arm Spiral 

Idk how this channel isn't more popular. You can't find super in depth baseball info like this anywhere. The new science, technology, biomechanics, body sequencing, using data to quantify performance. I wish this was around when I was younger, this gold mine of information is crazy and we now have the answers.

Love the content brother. You do a phenomenal job of explaining these concepts in-depth and it has expanded my knowledge on pitching tenfold. I know you're a busy man but if you ever had the time would you be able to breakdown elbow pain/soreness, difference between tommy john and tendinitis and ways to help prevent such injuries. Thanks for all that you do!

Great video Ben. I've had some serious pushing arm action problems so this breakdown is super helpful for me trying to get away from that.

Awesome video really needed help on this

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Great video, was curious if you could break down a catchers throwing mechanics

Great video! I had a friend of mine that I hated warming up with because he would throw so damn hard it would hurt my hand. I clearly remember how effortlessly he would throw. He had this exact motion and the ball would whip out of his hand.

I hope there’s a quarterback coach can explain throwing mechanics like this.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Just realized I have a trap tensing issue, ends up with my throwing elbow above my shoulder right before the first arm spiral. Thank you.

I had what I would consider a problem in my throwing, where I was sort of leading with a hand first mentality, and my arm path would be all over the place. Noticeably my elbow angle would be very acute, with the ball coming by my ear at some points. There was a noticeable lack of shoulder in my throw. I am taking a break from throwing to build my strength up again and hopefully break 87-92 to 95+ by creating a new philosophy of keeping both of my arm angles at 90 degrees or more, and using shoulder rotational energy to emphasize the delivery power/repeatability. While creating a very slight lead with the lead glove to emphasize the so called scap retraction and elastic band effect. When the front foot lands, the throwing arm is up in a rotational 90 degree movement, and the movement toward the plate being with the chest first. I guess what I'm saying is, I find that the true path of the arm during delivery is created by the shoulder rotator cuff more than anything, and that theree is no reason for the arm to close more than 90 degrees at any point in the delievery, or even deviate much from 90 degrees until of course release where the arm straigthens

Excellent explanation my 6'8 lefty son high school senior. Is so close. Is struggling several issues. Elbow stiffness and some nomness?

Can you explain those spirals for other arm slots like side-arm and submarine?

Great information as always. Quick question, how important is pronation? Ive never liked doing it, but I can if it will help protect my arm.

Would velo jump a little or a lot using this motion vs a pushing/ dart throwing motion ?

Can you make a video on regaining full elbow extension after TJ surgery? I’m over a year and a half out of surgery and still don’t have full elbow extension

Offhand question but do you think there’s a good balance between high arm slot and more vertical movement and low arm slot and better VAA? I think a guy who does this exceptionally well is Josh Hader who has a pretty low arm slot but somehow spins his fastball on a 10:45 axis which is mysterious to me considering his throwing slot. Any thoughts?

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My coach says seeing the ball behind my head in the cocking position is bad for my arm is this true

We’ve talked about this already, and I’m starting to like the term “centrifugal” over “centripetal”. “Centripetal” means “center seeking” and the extension of the arm described perfectly in this video is from the inside out not the outside in. So we definitely don’t want to use “centripetal” in this case. So I believe “centrifugal” is the more appropriate term even though in my physics training, I know that centrifugal is a fake force that is a result of Newton’s Law of Inertia acting in a rotational fashion.

But shouldn’t elbow extension, as all the video of mlb’ers seem to show, happen as or just after the shoulders break the perpendicular plane to home plate? It’s cool fusing as you keep demonstrating it happening before or just as you are perpendicular. Not talking dart throw but the spiral happening once the shoulders have rotated in the direction of home plate.

I’m really having trouble with the second arm spiral. The elbow won’t extend for some reason and I’m not forcing it or anything. I can extend it normally so it’s not a mobility thing. Could I email you a video it’s very frustrating.

what weight is recommended for the Indian Club? Many tks in advnce

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