Hi guys lately when practicing I've made some throwing errors from SS to 1st... Our first baseman says that my shoulder's flying open...
I know my shoulder is flying open but how do you stop flying open, any suggestions?
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Two tips from the pitching world. Lead with your heal cleats, glove side thumb down and to chest at release. Try it you will be surprised.
Good Luck!
Alright thanks! I will try it out!
Quit thinking about tucking your glove. Most players are taught this and some tend to over tuck and yank the glove into a tuck position. The hand should not actually tuck to the chest the chest actually goes to the glove. Try that thought process rather than tucking.
it can be a few things but I would take a look at your footwork, your legs should be aligned to the target. If they're spread open you'll tend to fly open with the chest. Second, your glove side elbow should point at your target. Of course shortstops have to do some other, non-balanced, throws that use related techniques, but I would start with the simplest (footwork) and go from there
Thanks sowilson, but when you say feet spread open what do you mean?
for a right hand thrower if the left foot is ahead of the right foot and the line of the two feet points towards the target then that's good. Spread open would be the left foot to the left of the line and/or right foot to the right of the line such that chest is rather open (or open too early) . If the feet are in alignment and the plant foot toes are off to the left (which leads the knee and then hips opening too soon) this can lead to lower velocity and flying open. SS may need to be more open (short quick throws) or even off the ground at which point your using different technique to aim/ get hips through the through (think volleyball spike). You can also go open when you don't get a good foot plant on the glove side (very typical when pitchers get tired and don't stride as aggressively). I'm usually more interested in the corners (INF, OF) and P/C since my son plays those. SS and 2B tend to use other throws more often.
Humble advice/oipion. My son is a middle infielder. This is what I tell my son.
When throwing.
Your throwing arm should be cocked behind your ear and no higher than your ear. When you get ready to throw don't over extend the arm keep it cocked but this time move it back behind your ear then rotate your cocked throwing hand and snap hard to 1st base. Your
glove hand should be pointing to the first baseman's chest.
Good luck.
Originally Posted by rroque:
Humble advice/oipion. My son is a middle infielder. This is what I tell my son.
When throwing.
Your throwing arm should be cocked behind your ear and no higher than your ear. When you get ready to throw don't over extend the arm keep it cocked but this time move it back behind your ear then rotate your cocked throwing hand and snap hard to 1st base. Your
glove hand should be pointing to the first baseman's chest.
Good luck.
"Your glove hand should be pointing to the first baseman's chest"
This will fix it quicker than anything else.