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The pressure is on the advanced coach to build a highly skilled thrower and throwing team.
- No player can make it to the top without a throwing arm which can:
- Produce powerful
accurate throws
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Cope with the
pressure (injury free)
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Accurate throwing takes wickets and helps win matches
Your players must be skilled to throw in a variety of ways
Your players must be skilled to throw in a variety of ways
Develop the basics of skilled throwing:
- Arm preparation
- Proper mechanics
- Power production
- Alignment
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What do you see in this clip?
Proper Mechanics
Use the correct throwing sequence
Advanced throwing coaching requires you to:
- Commit practice time and specialist staff
- Utilize regularly a set of drills that develop
and hone the skill
- Be able to monitor your players to keep track
of their throwing action and ability
Arm Preparation
- Specific Conditioning – gym work to build the
throwing musculature and daily flexibility
exercises
- Throwing conditioning – every training
session should include a throwing routine
(further builds up arm strength and maintains
it over the whole season)
Example for a conditioning session:
Throwing to be done for at least 10 -15 minutes over various ranges
- Start short 15 -20 metres
- Mid range 30 -35metres
- Longer range 40 – 50 metres
- Start at around 50% capacity and don’t build over
70 – 80%.In the mid and long range drills throw a
combination of full length and bounce throws
- always ensure the players are throwing with proper mechanics
Wind Up
Power step...side on, under the body
Power Phase
- Release with the arm in the best mechanical position
- shoulder
height
- L shape
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Problems affecting the ball reaching the target!
- Poor Grip Position
- Fingers under the ball
- stress on the shoulder
- no ‘whipping’ of wrist
- Fingers down the seam
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- Poor alignment of feet
- Lack of power platform
and leg drive
- Poor arm preparation
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