 | The Pitcher’s Wrist My Favorite Exercise |
Training of
the wrist and finger musculature is important for the pitcher because the
forces that are accumulated throughout the pitching motion are transferred to
the ball through the wrist joint. The
finger muscles used in the delivery of the ball insert on the inside of the
elbow making their strength additionally important to elbow health.
For these reasons,
training the wrist is an important addition to a pitcher’s workout. Here is one of my many and favorite exercises. The way it positions the fingers makes this skill-specific. The varied positions match the fastball and
curveball wrist movements.
Plate-grip wrist exercise:
two grip positions
Photo 1,2,3, and 4: hammer-grip wrist flexions (curveball
strength)
Photo 5 and
6: standard-grip wrist extension and
flexion (fastball strength)
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