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Old Mon Apr 29, 2013, 03:49pm
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Originally Posted by BretMan View Post
Physiologically, the human forearm arm has a natural carrying angle that places the wrist outside of the elbow. This angle is often more pronounced in females than in males.

This makes it virtually impossible to throw an underhand pitch, with the palm facing forward, and have the wrist not be outside of the elbow.

Strange...but true!
Strange ... and definitely false.

Edited to add, for specificity: Perhaps the first sentence is scientifically true. But pitching and standing still are not the same motion, and it's completely natural for the wrist to be directly below the elbow when pitching - even if you film it and slow it down.
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