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jay f
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hi guys. first time poster here.
working on a project for increasing the velocity of a thrown object, i.e. a baseball pitcher throwing a ball to home plate. what I'm trying to figure out is based on the following hypothesis:
velocity of a thrown object = angular velocity of the human arm (i.e. the faster your arm goes the faster the object goes)
based on that, I'm trying to figure out what muscles in the human body directly corelate to, or have a direct impact on, the speed at which a human can throw an object.
finally, and most importantly, what is the best way to 'train' those muscles to go faster, thus increasing the velocity at which the object can be thrown?
some background; I'm a youth sports coach with an engineering degree and physics background. I'm trying to apply biophysics to help improve my pitchers' velocity at which they throw. I've tried the traditional methods that are tossed around in the sports world, weight lifting, cardio, rubber band exercises, pushups, weighted balls (throwing a heavy ball) and none of them work. curious if this community has any insight?
thanks!
jay
working on a project for increasing the velocity of a thrown object, i.e. a baseball pitcher throwing a ball to home plate. what I'm trying to figure out is based on the following hypothesis:
velocity of a thrown object = angular velocity of the human arm (i.e. the faster your arm goes the faster the object goes)
based on that, I'm trying to figure out what muscles in the human body directly corelate to, or have a direct impact on, the speed at which a human can throw an object.
finally, and most importantly, what is the best way to 'train' those muscles to go faster, thus increasing the velocity at which the object can be thrown?
some background; I'm a youth sports coach with an engineering degree and physics background. I'm trying to apply biophysics to help improve my pitchers' velocity at which they throw. I've tried the traditional methods that are tossed around in the sports world, weight lifting, cardio, rubber band exercises, pushups, weighted balls (throwing a heavy ball) and none of them work. curious if this community has any insight?
thanks!
jay