What do you guys think of the use of weighted balls to increase velocity. We have seen them marketed, but wonder if they are effective or do they put to much stress on the arm any ideas would be appreciated.
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I can sum it up: a few people think weighted balls help, a few think they hurt, many think they don't make a wits difference (except to people selling them)
I do know that javelin throwers tend to train with LIGHT weight javelins to improve arm speed.
THERE: you now know as much as anyone on Earth about that subject.
I do know that javelin throwers tend to train with LIGHT weight javelins to improve arm speed.
THERE: you now know as much as anyone on Earth about that subject.
At an instructional camp, pitching coach for UGA used weighted balls in some of the pitcher drills, but not in throwing to each other.
Subject of weighted balls comes up every few months on every baseball group I've followed.
But no one mentions the potentially disastrous implications to a guy on the catching end. I've seen balls up to a very hefty 12 ounces being sold on the web. I always assumed they were mostly thrown into a backstop. Correct?
(I'm picturing two javelin throwers playing catch )
But no one mentions the potentially disastrous implications to a guy on the catching end. I've seen balls up to a very hefty 12 ounces being sold on the web. I always assumed they were mostly thrown into a backstop. Correct?
(I'm picturing two javelin throwers playing catch
)
With the a/p program the balls are thrown against a wall or into a net. Yes before this program I was the one catching some of these 8-12oz balls. Never fun but being a dad I guess I am expendable.
quote:Originally posted by 2bagger:
With the a/p program the balls are thrown against a wall or into a net. Yes before this program I was the one catching some of these 8-12oz balls. Never fun but being a dad I guess I am expendable.
Likely we all have thrown heavy balls... those left out in the rain. I weighed one on a scale a few years ago: about 7 ounces. And even that felt like a shot put compared with a normal baseball.
As I recall it was hard to throw half a far as usual.
Only advantage I can imagine with a 12 ounce ball is that one could play "long toss" if incarcerated in a jail cell.
At the U of M we use 4 5 and 6 oz balls. Im one of the few that trains with them and I believe they help with training my arm. I throw them all with max effort in 4 different positions. On the 2 knees facing the wall focusing on arm speed with no hip rotation. Then in the stride out position, then step behinds and the last one is full pitching motion. I do the Rour program Regular ball, Overweight, underweight, Regular. 4 throws regular, 3 over, 5 under, and 4 regular for each position. It is also a very good workout! All throws done at max velocity.
