Pull down in long toss

twotex1,000+ posts

My son has been advised to add some long toss to his summer regime (in addition to practice). I was ready about long toss (Jaeger's article), and was stumped by the reference to the "pull down" phase. Is it just moving closer towards the end of the work out, while throwing just as hard?

Thanks for the help - I'm sure the answer is obvious, but I'm missing it.

6/14/1011:16 AM

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CADad5,000+ posts

Jaeger teaches that the pulldown phase is where the arm gets strengthened as well as where the release point get re-established. Although personally I think the the arm mostly gets strengthened when throwing at max distance the pulldown phase is essential. Once the player has finished throwing at full distance on an arc they work back in trying to throw as much on a line as possible until they get back to about 70'. They should also be trying to feel the same max distance effort throughout if their arm is up to it. At 70' feet they continue the full effort throwing trying to hit a low outside target. It is also a good idea to mix in some change ups at this distance as it can really help to get the feel for throwing the change with fastball arm speed.

The pulldown phase allows for re-establishing the release point and hopefully transferring the full effort throwing with long toss mechanics to full effort throwing with flatground, close to standard, mechanics.

6/14/1011:44 AM

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twotex1,000+ posts

Thanks. That makes sense.

6/14/106:17 PM

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