It may not feel like it with up to 2 feet of snow in Massachusetts today, but baseball season is right around the corner. This week’s Technique Tuesday features a drill we use with our pitchers to work on thoracic flexion and rotation during the follow through position.
Many thoracic mobility drills work on rotation in a position of extension (i.e. quadruped extension rotation, side-lying windmills, etc.), which is great for the early part of the throwing motion. But if pitchers want to get out and down the mound for a proper follow through, they MUST train rotation in a position of thoracic flexion too. That’s where today’s drill comes in. Check it out: