I don't use that verbiage to describe these strategies usually, but if that's what helps your process then that's fine. Part of the strategy is useful to help push his center of mass in that direction, it's useful for other things for him as well, he is using an IR strategy through lower thoracic and lumbar spine, but there are other pieces of biomechanics he's using as well.
We've use a few different activities whether they're manual based, ground based, or in the weight room. Mainly to help reduce the compression on the left lower posterior rib cage, untwist the lower rib cage back to the left, and delay the posterior compressive strategy that is moving him down the mound too fast and not allowing him to hold onto early IR for as long. If the exercise enables him to accomplish those things, it's a good exercise.
If this gentleman wasn’t a pitcher and had the same presentation, would you still go after the left posterior hip and left thorax expansion first to allow him to get up and over the right side and then work on right early activities to progress IR through the right side?
Or would you focus on progressing the IR through the right pelvis and hip first?
Awesome breakdown. Do the guts extend outside of the ribcage and pelvis when put into motion? For example, I know the energy wave will reach the extremities (like when the player is about to release the ball), but do the guts as well?
Is there any significance to the force he puts in the waterbag (does it matter how fast he makes the water move)? Or is it just about propagating the right wave in the shape you're after? On that note, does increasing or decreasing the speed in which water moves have meaningful impacts on training?
I would hope they don't leave the abdomen, otherwise that would likely be very painful.
Although, if you freeze a baseball pitcher at their max P moment (max layback), for some guys you'll see a ton of expansion and movement through the abdomen up into the ribcage (level of the diaphragm). Which is indicative a good amount of movement and momentum.
And absolutely, eventually I'd want as much force generated as he can control within a short amount of time. The time for force production would be determined by their mechanics, or the mechanics you are striving for. It wouldn't be as fast as a sprinter, but not as slow as a deadlift.
Is this person a wide ISA who is in a step over strategy with left spinal IR compensation to stay within base of support?
Were there any strategies you utilized on the ground first before going upright to limit his spinal compensation when coming against gravity?
I don't use that verbiage to describe these strategies usually, but if that's what helps your process then that's fine. Part of the strategy is useful to help push his center of mass in that direction, it's useful for other things for him as well, he is using an IR strategy through lower thoracic and lumbar spine, but there are other pieces of biomechanics he's using as well.
We've use a few different activities whether they're manual based, ground based, or in the weight room. Mainly to help reduce the compression on the left lower posterior rib cage, untwist the lower rib cage back to the left, and delay the posterior compressive strategy that is moving him down the mound too fast and not allowing him to hold onto early IR for as long. If the exercise enables him to accomplish those things, it's a good exercise.
If this gentleman wasn’t a pitcher and had the same presentation, would you still go after the left posterior hip and left thorax expansion first to allow him to get up and over the right side and then work on right early activities to progress IR through the right side?
Or would you focus on progressing the IR through the right pelvis and hip first?
Awesome breakdown. Do the guts extend outside of the ribcage and pelvis when put into motion? For example, I know the energy wave will reach the extremities (like when the player is about to release the ball), but do the guts as well?
Is there any significance to the force he puts in the waterbag (does it matter how fast he makes the water move)? Or is it just about propagating the right wave in the shape you're after? On that note, does increasing or decreasing the speed in which water moves have meaningful impacts on training?
I would hope they don't leave the abdomen, otherwise that would likely be very painful.
Although, if you freeze a baseball pitcher at their max P moment (max layback), for some guys you'll see a ton of expansion and movement through the abdomen up into the ribcage (level of the diaphragm). Which is indicative a good amount of movement and momentum.
And absolutely, eventually I'd want as much force generated as he can control within a short amount of time. The time for force production would be determined by their mechanics, or the mechanics you are striving for. It wouldn't be as fast as a sprinter, but not as slow as a deadlift.