IS THERE ANY ACTION MORE UNNATURAL IN SPORTS THAN PITCHING?

[beenz]

I don't think so. Its a position where major surgery to the arm is considered normal. Thats crazy.

You can tell that it puts a ton of stress on the body.

yup, and especially if u have to throw curves and sliders and what not. so much torque on the elbow. no wonder cats be blowin out elbows.

 

[OGmittee]

im starting to think some of the posters on here are certified retards with the shyt im reading on here lately.

 

[yseJ]

yea
its the only position where kids are discouraged from doing what theyd be doing in real sport (besides maybe football for obvious reasons)...throw breaking balls because it can mess up their arms if they do it wrong.

the motion of a slider arm is completely fukking unnatural

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I agree. Golf swings ONCE you get it are natural; its the same motion as other sporting motions such as a tennis forehand swing or oddly, or a power baseball bat swing...its a circular motion of the shoulder blades while rotating hips....very regular...compare tigers swing to griffeys for example.


Baseball pitches make zero sense when you look in slomo.

[ame]http://youtu.be/jZKvJY6gDfg[/ame]
Look at his left leg, let ALONE his shoulder ...left foot is fukking backward in the beginning of the motion

 

[AVXL]

You swing a golf club correctly & it's a smooth, fluid & powerful motion (similar to a baseball swing, but on a different plane). If you fukk up your golf swing, you COULD fukk up your back pretty bad tho

 

[NonPareil]

I agree. Golf swings ONCE you get it are natural; its the same motion as other sporting motions such as a tennis forehand swing or oddly, or a power baseball bat swing...its a circular motion of the shoulder blades while rotating hips....very regular...compare tigers swing to griffeys for example.


Baseball pitches make zero sense when you look in slomo.

Drew Storen pitching mechanics in slow motion 1000 FPS - YouTube
Look at his left leg, let ALONE his shoulder ...left foot is fukking backward in the beginning of the motion

Violent is the only way to describe a pitchers delivery

 

[FaTaL]

shaq at the ft line

 

[Rick Roller 10]

For the body it's a very unnatural movement. Our arms aren't designed to throw baseballs (the motion). The stress it puts on your body is ridiculous.

 

[THE MACHINE]

A tennis serve is pretty bad too.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVWR2FAyLbE"]Epic Fail Tennis Serve - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Majestic Pape]

Dwight Howard shooting a free throw

Don't you mean Andris Biendrins shooting a free throw?

 

[Kartel13]

Yeah, pitching is nuts. I think they said the screw ball and then the slider are the worst pitches that affect the arm.

 

[duckbutta]

I agree. Golf swings ONCE you get it are natural; its the same motion as other sporting motions such as a tennis forehand swing or oddly, or a power baseball bat swing...its a circular motion of the shoulder blades while rotating hips....very regular...compare tigers swing to griffeys for example.


Baseball pitches make zero sense when you look in slomo.

Drew Storen pitching mechanics in slow motion 1000 FPS - YouTube
Look at his left leg, let ALONE his shoulder ...left foot is fukking backward in the beginning of the motion

The torque on his elbow...

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

The torque on his elbow...

It's crazy. A natural over hand throwing motion is a quarterback passing the football especially for distance and velocity that is unquestionably the natural movements. It's the same as throwing a javelin.

Major league level pitching is some completely other shyt...absolutely unnatural and it blows my mind when you look at a guy like Nolan Ryan who literally pitched in 3 different decades. Say what they want about Cal Ripken being the Iron Man or a guy like kareem with a long career...nothing compares to what Nolan Ryan did in his career.

 

[Skilltastrophy]

it's a violent motion for sure...and they've done studies that prove it's unnatural

and any pitcher that throws in the mid to high 90s has a crazy elbow joint

find a picture of those guys in mid throw and their elbows are parallel to their wrists right before it catapults forward...your average person couldn't do that if they worked on it all their lives.

I partially tore my rotator cuff as a sophomore in high school...had surgery...and then completely tore it two starts into my senior season...had surgery again...walked on to my college team...pitched really well for half a season then tore it a third time and just gave that shyt up...now my shoulder makes a loud ass popping noise if i stretch it upwards

so count me in the camp that believes it's a completely unnatural motion

 

[Kartel13]

im starting to think some of the posters on here are certified retards with the shyt im reading on here lately.