Reply to "throwing mechanics"

thepainguy1,000+ posts

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Originally posted by BobbleheadDoll:
I am having a problem figuring out what you are looking at. Again I think you don't realise that the elbow at some point drops below the shoulders. Every video shows elbows high at the right point in the delivery. I am trying to understand what you are seeing.

First, ignore what the Glove Side arm is doing. It's mostly irrelevant to what we are talking about.

Now, if you compare this still...

...with this clip...

...you will see that, until after Randy Johnson's Pitching Arm Side forearm has passed through the high cocked position, what is shown in the still above is as high as his Pitching Arm Side elbow gets. This can be a little hard to see because Randy Johnson is leaning forward in the clip.

Randy Johnson's Pitching Arm Side elbow never gets as high as John Smoltz's does in the clip below...

While John Smoltz's arm makes an "M" shape, Randy Johnson's arm makes more of a "W" shape.

4/27/074:27 PM

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