Originally Posted by fitump56
You may disagree but :
"Dr. Sherry Werner of the Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine has been researching pitching mechanics for 19 years. She studied windmill pitchers as they performed throwing exercises. Different intervals of the pitch were observed, and kinetic calculations of the shoulder joints were calculated and then compared to those of baseball pitchers. What her research found was the stress placed on the shoulder joints was similar to baseball pitchers."
http://softballwest.com/articles/183/
My former employer worked with athletes and had more FP SB F2s than any other athlete in for post-rehab. Sherry was a frequent visitor.
It does but to a point. The FP pitcher stresses the elbow joint much less (less twisting) and the force is more vertical than horizontal to the shoulder joint. Larger muscles are involved for FP. Nonethe less, the amopunt of force in terms of bodyweight is nearly the same.
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Originally Posted by Mountaineer
Similar? Yes. . . More? (As you said in your post) No. It was your "more stress" that got my attention.
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Stress (force) and the athletic injury is a complex science of kinesiolgy, biomechanics, anatomical fitness...point being that more force on a joint (which is where force is most influential) does not necesarily mean a higher cause of injury. The FP F2's force is pulling the shoulder joint vertically, Basbeall more to the anterior (horizontally); the former being easier for the human body to handle (decelerate).
See this widely ignored post.
http://forum.officiating.com/showpos...27&postcount=1
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Sherry also said that while a player shouldn't throw game after game after game every other weekend - she did say that it was OK occasionally. I don't think any doctor would say that about a baseball motion . . . but I could be wrong on that too.
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No, you would be right. Although the forces are equal, the body's ability to handle that force is much superior in the underhand pitch. Note the link above and the inverted palm pointing away from the body midline, a key deceleration for the OH pitcher. Not so good on the elbow.
Sadly, the coaches who have few FP pitchers wear them out b/c "it's easy on the arm". Horse****, my boss saw more girls F2s than boys.
