Teaching Young Kids To Throw

One of the most important skill for a young student of the the game that's passed up, is the kids ability to have proper throwing mechanics. If you watch a little league game, you will surely see throwing errors or throws that are off target. Little league coaches don't spend a enough time on this skill.

The key to having proper throwing skills is to have your feet shoulder width apart and pointing at your throwing target. The front elbow must be pointing at your throwing target. (we like to think of it as a steering wheel) The back throwing elbow must be even or higher than your throwing shoulder. The reason why, is so we can applie speed and velocity towards our target. The wrist must be faced directly behind us to keep the throw nice and loose, the reason being as we rotate our chest towards the target our wrist will be in a natural position to stay behind the throw applying power. One thing to remember is, if the wrist is facing in or forward our rotation will automatically make the ball positioned on the side making us lose power and putting stress on our arm.