i throw about 67 ft...not great, but it was good enough for me to get to state, and i do a standin throw. i dont know what to do to get better. ive been practicing a lot since janurary and i dont seemt o be getting much better. are there any rips anyone might know to help me?
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Visualize it going further.\nTell yourself it'll go 70, or 75'.\nIf you dream it, you can achieve it.
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i guess it would depend on how much he practices, i dont believe there is a set distance that someone should be able to throw. just have him practice enough to get better, but not too much to injure himself
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I can't believe there is a curling category and not bowling!!! What is up with that?!?!?\n\nAnyway, help on your spares....This would be good for you too scrappy. Of course you want strikes, always. There is no secret for leaving easy spares. You leave what you leave. You work on spare shots. If you know people in high places (or work in the bowling alley ;-D) you can set up spares yourself.\n\nIf not, here's what you do. Corner pins are the hardest single pin conversion. More specifically, the ten pin for righties, the seven for lefties. Instead of throwing your ball at the pocket on your first ball, practicing shooting the ten pin. Never mind that it's a full rack...just shoot the ten. On you second ball, you can either choose to shoot the pocket for a conversion, or practice on the seven pin.\n\nRemember, just because you have a full rack standing, doesn't mean you have to knock them all down! Another good idea is forget keeping score. It only plays with your mind. Just get out there and through some good shots. \n\nIf you have problems converting the ten pin, here's my suggestion. You need to learn to be able to read oil patterns in lanes. This takes years...be patient. But you need to be comfortable in looking everywhere on the lane. When reading oil patterns on a first ball, I always start my shot on the 10 board at the arrows and adjust from there. \n\nFor spares, I do something a little different. When I shoot anything on the left side, I look about three boards to the right of the pin on the curtain on the machine. I know my ball is going to break and pick up that single.\n\nFor anything on the right side, particularly the ten, I look at about 2 inches in front of the pin and focus in on the shadow of the pin....and I throw that ball as hard and as fast and as straight as I can. \n\nI hope this helps you a little bit. If there's anything else you'd like advice on, feel free to email me. gojenni714@yahoo.com
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I am a fast pitch pitcher in high school. Yes it is possible to pitch another no hitter. Last year I threw two perfect games. The most important thing to do is to make sure you mechanics are correct. If you throw correctly you can throw 3 games in a day and only be a little sore the next day. The main thing is to throw using your legs to generate the power. Your arm should never get tired. Only your legs should. The windmill motion is very easy on the body. To strengthen your legs I suggest running and doing squats and other various weight lifting. To improve your speed of the pitch work on foot speed. I like to do plyometrics to accomplish this. Don't over do the strengthen of the arm and shoulder muscles. You want to keep your muscles loose. Like my pitching coach always says loose muscles are fast muscles. I would work on grip strength by squeezing a tennis ball. Also strength the forearm, but make sure you stretch it out when your done. A good way to pick up stamina is to use a weighted ball. You don't have to go out and buy one. An easy way to make one is to put 1/4 finishing nails into the seams. 32 nails is about one ounce. You can add about one ounce to two. But I suggest starting light and working up to the heavier one. If you throw twenty with the weighted ball at the end of your workout your stamina will rise tremendously. Start with about twenty and work up to about forty then add more weight to the ball and start at twenty again. Keep pitching and good luck!
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Hi, I'm fourteen and i throw 35 average but have had like a 42 or something before. If you really have the heart for shock putting , join a boxing club during the off season, trust me I have the best arm in my school, even over the boys. If you like I could reccomend you some good boxing clubs.
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yay! i found someone like me!\nwell, what i do is i talked to one of my teammates, our setter, and she told me one-on-one how to do it. so she told me to relax ur fingers and to place them so they are about,a big as the Volleyball, and to practice pretending to set a ball by using ur fingers to push the ball into the air.t hen when i mastered that part, i got a Volleyball, and practiced using the hand motions( relax fingers, hands apart cupping VB, and pushing out, etc)\nPRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!!!!\nmake sure when ur setting, to get underneath the ball, and to face your target or where ever you want the ball to go... \n\nwhat i found useful was to use my legs when i set. like, when ur passing, u use ur legs to "push" forward, same with setting except ur going to go up and down... make sense?? hope so... if not email me back and ill put it into different words..LOL! well GOOD LUCK!!
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Practice,practice,practice,keep your eye on the ball at alltimes,try batting cages,and have a friend or someone throw you all types of grounders and flys and so on,where theres a will theres a way.GOOD LUCK,I love to play.
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hey, thanks for the post on my thing about helping me jump higher, and how does a trampoline help you? please answer i really wanna get better.\n\ni also play baseball in highschool and im a bigger guy, and i swing a 34-31 (in-weight) but my batspeed is not that fast.\n\nthings to do when buying a bat:\ngo to the local sports store, and swing a 30-27, 31-28, 32-29 and a 33-30 to see how fast you can swing the bat.  thats the most important thing because how fast u swing, when u hit the ball the ball will fly off the bat with the speed u swung the bat at, and dont get me wrong but dont get a 29-26 just so u can swing the bat 100000 miles an hour, get a bat that u can use and grow into to use for a couple more years.\n\nit doesnt really matter what bat u get, as long as its a bat that meets standards and also isnt too heavy.  all the bats will do the same thing, its just a matter of how good you are at batting, no bat will make u hit the ball 300 feet if u just make contact.
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i answered a similar question on another post, i'll just copy and paste here.. =P\n\n1) don't use ur fist to overhand serve. that might seem easier to give the power but that's not good cuz u can't control ur serve.\n\n2) a good friend of mine who plays very well always says to keep ur fingers close when serving. that gives a good floater if done correctly. but for me, i like it w/ my hand wide open. if u get used to and good at it, u can also serve floaters w/ hand wide opened. so that i guess it's up to u, whichever u feel more comfortable with.\n\n3) toss the ball in front of u, not rite above ur head or behind. tossing is very important actually. no need to toss too high. grab the ball w/ ur serving hand and extend up, just slightly in front of u, but parallel to ur serving shoulder, that should be that point where u hit the ball.\n\n4) do not bend ur elbow. at the point where u contact with the ball, ur arm should be straight, reaching for it. (pretty much the highest point of ur swing) u r not hitting it rite by ur ears.\n\n5) follow thru ur arm swing. some ppl stop rite after hitting the ball w/o following thru. that might work, but follow thru will give more power.\n\n6) snap ur wrist. that doesn't mean to hit the ball down. ur wrist should be snapping down along w/ ur follow thru, that will give the ball a nice projectile. some ppl snap it hard enough to give a lot of spin on the ball. but please, don't break ur wrist!\n\nif u r male, u should hav enough arm strength the serve the ball over, so what u need to concentrate on is how ur palm contact the ball. also depend on ur height. if u r really tall, u don't wanna hit too bottom of the ball to give a high serve. (unless u mean to do it.) if u r shorter, then hit it more bottom. i'm guess between the horizon line to it's 45 degree down is good. (bottom doesn't mean right under.)\n\nlook at where u r serving to, imagine the line of how u want ur ball goes. then look at where ur hand is when making contact to the ball.\n\nthat works for female too, but a lot of female when they start overhand serve, they don't hav enough strength. one of the things they r missing is, using their body to help. this is how i started learning overhand serve in junior high (i served sideway and round house b4 that): 1st, say if u serve w/ ur right hand, the ready position will be, ur right leg in the back, left leg front, put the weight on ur right leg. as u toss and hit the ball, u r also changing ur weight from ur right leg to ur left, so u r like walking forward. u r actually throwing ur right side body to the front, ur right hand is only use to hit the ball, where the power is actually coming from ur body.\n\nHIT the ball, not pushing it.\n\nlastly, of cuz, a lot of practise! =P\n\noh yeah, as u r serving, think of it: "SMACK IT LIKE IT JUST SMACKED U!!"\n\nthat was what work for me, even thou it might not be "correct".  if u can't change certain habits u hav, instead of forcing urself to change, be good with what u've got then.\n\nu said vball season is over, do u mean beach vball, or skool season?  cuz indoor vball just started its spring season.  =)\n\nhappy vballing  ^ ^=
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Well good luck to you in your quest...Yeah i throw alot to and i was wanting to increase my throwing strength also...ive just been doing some shoulder exersices and focusing on my arms and uppper body and ive noticed that it has helped a little....
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Relax and find your marks. If you've never pitched before you are probably not going to last long. It takes awhile to build up the stamina to pitch for a long period of time. It's not so much the shoulder and arm as it is the legs from pushing off the rubber. My daughter has been pitching for several years and it took her a couple seasons to get to the point she could pitch a full game without wearing out.
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OPEN HAND ALWAYS! you never see hs, college, or pro with closed hand right? okay make sure you are facing in the direction you want the ball to go. when you toss the ball, toss with your opposite hand and the toss should make the ball goes in front of your hitting shoulder. don't toss it too high. you should be conntacting the ball at it's highest point in the toss because at it's peak, it stops moving for a split second. so it would be easier to hit a ball when it's not moving which would be when it's at its peak. if you have issues getting it over do push ups every night to get your arms stronger. it helps i promise. right after your serve you will notice that where your hand is facing is the direction the ball went. keep that in mind. now for your feet, start with your tossing arm's foot in front. when you toss, take a step with your foot that's in front as you toss and then when you conntact the ball, you can bring your dominate foot forward a little.\n\ngood luck
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Essentially, I use three different throwing styles: 1. Backhand, like you would throw with a recreational frisbee 2. The flick, comes off your forefinger and 3. The hammer, to go over tall objects and/or around corners.\n\nOne thing I like to do for practice is go to the practice net at our local course and throw a few from about 3 to 5 feet, then step back, gradually moving farther away.
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First of all have you had your vision examined recently?  If it's ok, then try some practice layups where you slightly change your aim deliberately by a half-inch or inch in each direction both left and right, up and down, and a few inches forward and back, then combining left, up and forward, etc., the same as when a marksman is calibrating sights on a rifle.   It may be that your "kinesthetic" sense is rusty and you are not "feeling" it when your body is in total alignment to make the perfect shot.  It could also be your release point (the same as when pitchers can't seem to throw strikes).  Try varying that as well. I'm sure if you try hard enough something's gonna pop.  Best of luck.
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Why certainly, darling, I'm a master of twisted laydowns, er, layouts.\n\nAll kidding aside, I admire what you do as it is a fantastic sport and only those such as yourself can avail themselves of the skills necessary to perform beautifully.\n\nWish I could help you further....
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Practice is the only way to become better. Some people are naturally gifted in sports but will not improve unless they practice. Make your practices count. Instead of just throwing randomly at the board, pratice what ever game you ususally play, cricket, 301, 501 whatever. Try to close out in a set number of rounds. Don't quit until you reach your goal. Set small goals first, then work your way up.\nPractice grouping your darts. You should be able to adjust your aim (without changing your stance) both up and down, and left to right. As you become better your grouping should become tighter.
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When I play pick-up games with my friends, I like to work the post too.  I just usually do double-pumps, spins, and just kick it out when I can't get anything going.  Just try sweeping hooks and they should help.  A fadeaway turnaround is good when you don't want to get blocked.  It's a good move to have but I would say work on your hook shot because that thing comes in handy.  How tall are you and what level do you play (h.s., college, street, etc.)?