Question
Can a Thrower’s Ten program be applied to volleyball players and/or swimmers?
Answer
Yes. That is a great question. I mentioned early on that I am a big believer in the fact that the vast majority of the literature, and articles that are written, as far as exercise is concerned, are really focused on pitchers. I think it is because they are such a large group, and because baseball is such as a popular sport. I think that the same principles that we talked about [in the course] are going to be applicable to any overhead athlete. Now, where things might change is that instead of doing some of the specific progressions that mimic throwing, you may start changing that up and actually do something in a position that a swimmer or a volleyball player would be in. Maybe you perform an activity with your client in standing and they are moving their shoulder down in more of a spike type of motion.
The general exercises are very important. I think that the ones that maybe not be quite as important are some of the specific flexor pronator ones. Those really are more for pitching. I think that it is important for people to have that strength, and certainly anything that is looking into the shoulder complex itself is going to be appropriate for someone who is doing anything overhead.
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