Weighted Balls: Questions, Kinetics & More.
This article will address the many questions, facts and thoughts surrounding weighted balls and the mechanisms behind their success. I will also discuss their use, risk, reward, potential and practicality. I am not your doctor and you should consult with yours before doing anything mentioned in this article. Before we attempt to answer all of these questions, a quick preface: Arm Health and Velocity Development are NOT Mutually Exclusive! Does that statement stir up some ques
Feeling Movements: Scapular Retraction to Scapular Upward Mobility
Warm up and drill work should be a staple in every program one way or another. However, many coaches develop a love affair with verbal cues and mechanical verbiage. But how beneficial can that actually be? Although there is certainly a time when verbal cues are helpful, it is always useful to let athletes develop feel through positions and movements. This video shows an Arm Farm original drill. We call this a "feel drill". Rather than constantly coaching and telling the athle
