The Left Handed Throwing Experiment: Week 1

Week 1 of the left handed throwing experiment went well. My focus throughout the week was on creating a better stretch across the throwing pec by allowing my glove side to clear which will allow the torso to rotate forward over a stable front leg. Here I will detail the program I followed for the first week of the experiment.

Before I get into the details, here’s a video with a compilation of the weeks throwing:

Cool, hope you enjoyed. Now down to business.

Friday: pulldown to get initial velocity: 64.9

Saturday: off

Sunday: Recovery day

-light warm-up with shoulder tube

-low intensity pivot pickoffs with baseball

-recovery routine (trampoline rebounders, upside down kettlebell carries, band pull aparts)

Monday: Blending day

-warm-up

-reverse throws and pivot pickoffs

-roll-in throws with 7, 5, and 3.5 oz plyoball

-1:1 ratio of pivot picks with a baseball blended with crow hops, focus here was on improving glove side, specifically allowing it to clear to create more stretch across the throwing pec area

-recovery routine

Tuesday: Recovery day

-light warm-up

-catch play

-recovery routine

Wednesday: Blending day

-warm-up

-reverse throws and pivot pickoffs

-roll-in throws

-blend pivot picks with a baseball and crow hops

-recovery routine

Thursday: off

Friday (today): velo day

-PR with a velocity of 67.6, up 2.7 mph

My whole goal throughout the week was to improve my glove side so that my torso had a clearer space to rotate over. As I said in the original article here, it wasn’t clearing and was blocking off rotation. It improved a little bit this week, but that will still be my focus going forward as it still needs a lot of work. I suspect some of the velocity gain came from this improved front side, but most of it from general arm preparedness. I threw nearly everyday so my left arm, not used to that, gained some velocity just do to fitness.

That’s all! Stay tuned to see what week 2 brings.

Questions or comments? Leave them below or shoot me an email at brady@dacbaseball.com.