I can't throw :/

[PamNY]

I can't throw either. Recently a tennis player asked me to toss his stray ball over the (high) fence and it took several tries.

Good luck. I think the suggestion to find someone who coaches kids' sports is good -- they would be used to teaching basics.

[malkin]

Kid sport teacher is good--our University also has a special education PE dept, maybe someone with that background could help?

[Susan]

Thank you for your answers

If I don't pass, I can't do the education I'd like to do. What bugs me is that after training for a while I can do all of the other requirements, and some of them seemed so hard at first, and now I fail at the seemingly easiest thing: throwing a ball -.-

The trainer who trained me for a few sessions normally teaches kids. I think he tried his best but doesn't really know how to help me because I just don't get it. He also told me that what I do "naturally" looks more like a shotput - maybe there's a pattern here? I'm doing all sort of things wrong, and not always the same ones... sometimes I drop my elbow, sometimes I do strange things with my feet or look away or down or....

I am small and stocky, so my arms and fingers are short, which doesn't help, but I think the problem is more that I can't bring enough force into my throws. All applied force seems to just hurt my shoulder.

So I guess I will take Muirenn as an example and ask them for a live grenade to throw instead of the ball and see what happens

[gnat23]

Somewhat relevant to the discussion, but should help you feel better:


Men throwing rocks with their other hand

-- gnat! (hup!)

[Susan]

Somewhat relevant to the discussion, but should help you feel better:


Men throwing rocks with their other hand

-- gnat! (hup!)

Omg, I think they look just like me (when I throw with my "right" hand)


FlyingScot, I'm not sure what you mean. I put my left hand out in front of me towards the target while my right hand goes back to start the throw.

[Koronin]

Throwing a basketball sized ball seems a bit odd to me. Shooting sure, but throwing it with one hand? When I played basketball we typically threw it with two hands. Footballs and smaller balls with one hand. I can throw a football with a decent (but not great) spiral. Baseballs, on the other hand, I'm pretty good with. I have no clue how to teach someone to throw. For me the better grip I can get on the ball the better I can throw it.

[Susan]

It seems odd to me too, and it really hurts if you practice a lot, also the ball is even heavier than a basketball.
I' m not good at throwing small balls either, but they don't hurt as much and you can get a good grip an them with small hands.