I can't throw :/

[sarahkonamojo]

Try throwing with the wrong (left?) arm.
It might give your tired shoulder a rest.
Being your non-throwing arm, it will have no muscle memory. Worth a try.
Is it allowed to throw side arm? If it is legal, work on that one. Side arm will also save your shoulder, but hard on the elbow.
Good luck

[grey]

I never developed a throwing arm until we had a puppy that liked to chase tennis balls. At first I'd toss it about 15 feet. Now I not only have to make sure I don't hurl it over the 6 foot fence at the end of our half acre property, but I can hit what I am aiming for too.

I can loan you our little Zoe for a few days.

[Susan]

Your little Zoe would be a very very sad puppy considering my throwing skills

Sarah, that is a good tip, I also remember that I read about how practising things with the "wrong" arm somehow affects the better side too.. I can't remember how it works exactly.

[malkin]

My wrong arm throw is even more comically awkward than the right one.

[Susan]

Time for a little update. Seven month later: I managed to throw my Ball far enough for the first time.



I may not be talented, but I am persevering for sure

The key was a combination of tips given here: finding the right movement pattern from the feet upwards, throwing with my whole body, using the other arm and last but not least finding the right angle. I threw Tennis balls, Baseballs, Handballs, Medicine Balls; I threw with my wrong arm. I threw from a standing position, out of a run, out of a douple-hop, I played passing games with my husband. I threw in the sun, in the rain and even in the snow.

I think nothing in the athletic departement was ever so hard for me as being able to throw decently. I never knew but throwing can be a lot of fun once you get the hang of it. Retrospective I don't know how I could always overlook that I was lacking such a basic skill.

(I really don't know why this photo is the wrong side up... it's right on my computer )

[malkin]

Way to go!

As an aside, have you seen the tv ad where the dad is teaching his son a very awkward throw?

[Susan]

I haven't, but probably we don't have the ad in Europe? Maybe I can find it on youtube.