| How can you throw further as an outfielder? The | | | | muscles and it balances your body as well. |
| answer is simple. By strengthening the muscles | | | | A very good core exercise to develop your ability |
| that's involved when throwing a baseball. But | | | | to throw further is the wood chopper or |
| there's also an exercise that you can't afford to | | | | abdominal twist. You can do this exercise with a |
| miss if you want to learn how to throw longer. | | | | medicine ball and it helps you to strengthen the |
| In this article you are going to read about special | | | | muscles involved when throwing. Click here for a |
| exercises to throw a baseball further. | | | | video demonstration. |
| In baseball you need to be strong from tip to toe. | | | | To develop the muscles of your upper body then |
| Any weakness in your body will limit your | | | | there is one exercise that you can't really be |
| throwing ability more than you think. For the most | | | | without. |
| part it's your core that isn't strong enough. What | | | | I'm talking about long toss. This exercise will help |
| this means is that you abdominal muscles can't | | | | you to quickly add yards to your throwing ability. |
| transfer all of the power from your legs to your | | | | How to do it? |
| arm. You could end up using 75% or even 50% | | | | The best is to try and use a softball or a larger |
| of your real throwing power. | | | | ball for this exercise. To do this exercise you |
| This is why you really should do exercises that | | | | need to be 2 persons. Start at 30 feet apart and |
| targets your abs and legs. This is where your | | | | increase the distance gradually. You do this to |
| power to throw farther comes from. | | | | warm up your muscles to prevent any injury. |
| So what exercises should you do? | | | | When you reach 250 - 300 feet then keep it here |
| There are many exercises that are good. | | | | and increase the distance until you can't reach |
| However, when you do an exercise remember to | | | | each other. Then decrease the distance so you |
| do it explosive. | | | | barely can reach each other and keep throwing at |
| To develop your core then try to do as many | | | | that distance. |
| exercises as you can with a medicine ball. This is a | | | | You will be able to push this limit if you continue |
| great way to build strength in the abdominal | | | | to do this exercise. |