Long Toss in the Cold

You could always just set up a net in your basement and throw into that.

Get yourself a bucket of balls and have at it.

From where my net is to the wall in my basement is only about 16-20 feet. Personally I want to be able to have the chance to be throw up from 250 feet away.

You missed my point. You could still throw with the effort to throw 250ft, into a net that is 20 feet away. Doesn't matter how far way it is, it's the effort that matters.

The only thing is you have to be able to gauge what your max effort feels like.

Unless you get a radar gun or some other device to provide you that feedback. That would be ideal, but you could still throw without one.

Rob, I knew what you meant but like you said it hard to gauge how much effort your putting in with out something like a radar gun. Also I wouldn't be throwing the ball at the same angel from 20 feet to 200 feet. But with only as 10 foot cieling, its impossible to do that.

Well...then getting back to your original concern, I wouldn't think you would hurt your arm if you long tossed outside and you dressed very warm (in layers).

I would just make sure to be very much warmed up before you start increasing your distance. Maybe even double your normal warm up that your would do if the weather wasn't so cold.

Start slow, get good and warmed up (you should start breaking a sweat possibly) then start airing it out.

My sons either toss at their school gymnasium (to each other) or at my health club against the racquetball court wall.

RobV I think you are missing the point rhbaseball was trying to make, When doing long toss specifically to strengthen your arm gauging doesn't matter or anything like that. Do what is most fun about throwing a baseball...let it fly. While keeping your mechanics sound, just let it go. You don't need a gun to do that. (remember the point is not to gauge up to throw to the target, but through it)

No, I understood his point perfectly. He is trying to build arm strength.

What difference in effort/arm strength does it make (other than the release point/ trajectory of the ball) if I throw into a net 10 feet away, or throw the length of a football field?

Is the effort required any different? Would my arm strength improve if I threw with the same effort in both?

Other than it being more "fun" to long toss outside, you could still train to improve arm strength in either situation. And..if the original poster is concerned about the cold hurting his arm...then why not train inside?

you will be fine long tosing outside. since all the muscular stuff is inside your arm, it wont matter how cold it is outside of it, as long as your properly warm. but just be careful that with all the extra layers you dont develope any mechanical problems that will be hard to fix after a winter of doing it that way.

sorry RobV meant that the other way around.

yea you will be fine, last winter I long tossed all winter in the snow and all, just make sure you strech good and warm into it slow

Don't throw with a whole bunch of layers of clothing on... get sweaty, peel those layers off, then throw...