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Tommy John Causes, Effects and Solutions

Tommy John Pitchers - "Insanity  is going back to the mound with your same motion and expecting not to break down again."You need me to show you "how to" to adjust your disruptive Hand and Leg actions to allow your Lower Body to drive your Upper Body through a productive Arm Slot.

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"Natural Arm Slots"
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Natural Arm Slots
The degree to which your Lower Body drives your Upper Body determines whether your “natural arm slot” is productive or needs to be altered***
***  I always find that Pitchers slowed by injury always
lean to the "needs to be altered" side.

How to avoid a break down
An injury resistant motion finds a synchronized motion where the energy generated by your Lower Body immediately moves through your vertical Core to create a productive Arm Slot. 

I show Pitchers the proven Hand and Legs movements that allow your Lower Body to physically drive your Throwing Arm throw through a “totally natural, entirely duplicable and very productive arm slot”.  


Why you broke down in the first place.
The relationship between your Lower Body and Upper Body activity determines your natural Arm Slot.  The more your Lower Body drives your Upper Body, the more productive your Arm Slot.  On the opposite end of the spectrum, the less your Lower Body drives your Upper Body, the less productive your natural Arm Slot. 

When you or your Coach allows your weight to prematurely drift too far forward too soon in your motion, your Lower Body fails to drive your Upper Body .  You effectively put your Throwing Arm in conflict.  You involuntarily use your Throwing Arm to maintain balance while you consciously use your Throwing Arm to deliver your pitch.  Your Throwing Arm conflict always creates a less-than-productive Arm Slot.

With a less-than-productive Arm Slot, to get the baseball as close to your target as possible, you subconsciously alter your natural Arm Slot . You rely upon Eye/Hand coordination to get the job done.

In these situations, the energy generated by your Lower Body drifts away from your Throwing hand and into your Throwing Elbow/Shoulder.  When you or your Coach allow this to go on long enough, the constant stress on your Throw Elbow/Shoulder causes you to break down.


"It's the mechanics of the way you throw. It is an unnatural motion that wears on the ligaments that causes small tears and fraying.  Repeated small tears add up to one big tear."
Dr. John Bergfeld, executive director of Cleveland Clinic Sports Health


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Predicting Throwing Arm Injury

Level Shoulders produce a "naturally productive Arm Slot".  Level Shoulders mean a vertical Core.  Your Upper Body need not wait for your Core to get vertical before delivering your pitch.  All the energy you store in your Lower Body moves into your Throwing Hand to display flawless ball control.

As soon as your Shoulders "tilt", your motion's dynamics completely change.  Your imbalance forces you to throw from a less-than-productive Arm Slot.  To get the baseball to your target, you essentially use Eye/Hand coordination to find a more productive, but less-than-natural Arm Slot. In this situation, some of your Lower Body energy moves into your Throwing Elbow/Shoulder.

Injury Prone Result Indicators

  • You struggle with your ball control … especially against your first few Hitters.

  • You're more comfortable finding the strike zone with your off speed pitches.

  • Instead of continually being "in the zone", you find yourself "in the zone" every so often.

  • You battle to truly establish your Fastball.

Injury Prone Motion Indicators

  • Your Eyes are less than horizontal.

  • Your Shoulders "tilt".

  • You Core moves from a vertical orientation.

  • Your Glove Side Elbow comes level to your Front Shoulder extremely late in your motion.

  • Your seemingly whip your Throwing Arm around your Head well after your Front Foot makes contact with the ground.


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Virtual Pitching Solutions
Corrects and Reverses
Destructive Pitching Actions

My exclusive Low Impact Full Length Mirror Exercises make absolutely certain I change your motion without putting any stress on your Throwing Arm.  No matter whether you're still under a Doctor's care, just released to throw or currently throwing with discomfort, , I'll create customized Low Impact Mirror Drills to readily adjust to your situation. 

Your personalized Low Impact Full Length Mirror Exercises create a new, totally productive and injury resistant Arm Slot.  Our focus is to teach you "how to" position your Arms and Legs to synchronize your Lower Body with your Upper Body.  When you actually begin your throwing protocol, because your Lower Body will drive your Upper Body, you'll actually notice better results with much, much less effort.

Its Never Too Early to Begin

For $29.97 a month, we'll use my proprietary pitching plan along with weekly real-time Virtual Video Pitching Consultations to demonstrate, teach and reinforce the Hand and Leg movements you need to create your new productive, injury resistant Arm Slot.  With my program, your weekly routine looks like ...

  • Preliminary Real-time Pitching Consultation

  • Day  1 - E-mail explanation for your "motion adjustment for the week"

  • Day 2 - Your Real-time Virtual Pitching Consultation to thoroughly explain and demonstrate your "motion adjustment for the week".  Your session ends with your Low Impact Mirror Drill for the week.

  • Days 3 to 6 - You rehearse your "motion adjustment for the week".

  • Day 7 - You send a video of you practicing your "motion adjustment for the week".

  • You begin the cycle all over again.

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After your Professional Pitching Solution
Virtual Pitching Sessions, you'll …

  • Show superior ball control beginning with your first pitch.

  • Display consistent Throwing Arm speed forcing your opponent to pick up the ball’s spin.

  • Produce exceptional ball movement by getting more Lower Body into your Pitches.

  • Display a Starting Position that promotes level Shoulders throughout your entire pitching motion.

  • Allow your Hand separation to begin your Back Leg load.

  • Use proper Arm and Leg movements to allow your Back Leg to continually store energy throughout your entire motion.

Prolong your pitching career ...
make your pitching motion Tommy John resistant!!!

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Predicting Injury Susceptibility in Pitching Motions

To see whether you're injury prone or injury resistant take a critical look at whether you keep your Shoulder square and horizontal throughout your motion.  Next, watch your Head movement.  When your Head fails to move down before your Head moves forward, you're likely to tilt your Shoulders and be extremely injury prone.

When we talk about your Head moving down, we're talking about your Back Leg gradually and continually loading throughout your motion.  As long as you synchronize your Arms and Legs with your Back Leg load, you're allowing your Shoulders to remain horizontal.  Warning:  As soon as you allow your Back Leg to collapse, your Shoulders move to less than horizontal and you create an injury prone motion.

Level Shoulders produce a natural release point.  All the energy you store in your Back Leg moves into your Throwing Hand and you display flawless ball control.

As soon as your Shoulders tilt, you'll still throw from a natural release point, but, in this instance, your natural release point produces less-than-desirable ball control.  Now, in order to get the baseball to you target, your forced to change your Throwing Forearm angle to get the baseball to your target.  Essentially, you rely on Eye/Hand coordination to find your target.  Most of the time, with an injury prone motion, you've successfully pointed your future toward a relief role. 

Every Motion Produces the Same Force

Whether this force goes into your Throwing Hand or your Throwing Elbow/Shoulder depends upon your Shoulder orientation.

In an injury resistant motion, a motion where your Shoulders stay horizontal and your Head moves down prior to moving forward, all the force moves into your Throwing Hand.

With Eye/Hand coordination, the force intended for your Throwing Hand melts away into your Throwing Elbow/Shoulder.  Allow even a small portion of your energy to move into your Throwing Arm long enough and you become extremely injury prone.

Your Lower Body Drives Your Shoulder

When you keep your Shoulders horizontal, you typically land your Foot Strike milli-seconds before your horizontal Shoulder rotate around your Head.  Your Lower Body rotation drives your Throwing Hand through a natural release.  With horizontal Shoulders, your Throwing Hand releases each pitch just above your Throwing Elbow.

With titled Shoulders, your Hips rotate long before (as compared to horizontal Shoulders) your Shoulders rotate.  The force generated by your Lower Body still creates a natural release point, but, as stated earlier, you're forced to change your Throwing Hand release to outside your Throwing Elbow. 

Injury Prone Result Indicators

  • You struggle with your ball control … especially against your first few Hitters.

  • You're more comfortable finding the strike zone with your off speed pitches.

  • You battle to truly establish your Fastball.

Injury Prone Motion Indicators

  • Your Eyes are less than horizontal.

  • Your Shoulders tilt.

  • You bend at your waist (lose your Core).

  • Your Glove Side Elbow comes level to your Front Shoulder extremely late in your motion.

  • Your seemingly whip your Throwing Arm around your Head well after your Front Foot makes contact with the ground.

PPS Corrects and Reverses
Destructive Pitching Actions

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein

Professional Pitching Solutions corrects the way you currently move and teaches you "how to" move your Arms and Legs to keep your Shoulders level.  At the same time, your reconstructed pitching motion improves your pitching results far beyond what you ever dreamed possible. 

Whether you're still under a Doctor's care, just released to throw or currently throwing with discomfort, we'll fit Low Impact Mirror Drills into our already proven Virtual Coaching Sessions to make absolutely sure you change your motion without putting any stress on your Throwing Arm . Best yet, you get guaranteed results for less than $1 a day!!!

After your Professional Pitching Solution
Virtual Pitching Sessions, you'll …

Injury Resistant Result Indicators

  • Show superior ball control beginning with your first pitch.

  • Display consistent Throwing Arm speed forcing your opponent to pick up the ball’s spin.

  • Produce exceptional ball movement by getting more Lower Body into your Pitches.

Injury Resistant Motion Indicators

  • Display a Starting Position that promotes level Shoulders throughout your entire pitching motion.

  • Allow your Hand separation to begin your Back Leg load.

  • Use proper Arm and Leg movements to allow your Back Leg to continually store energy throughout your entire motion.

Prolong your pitching career ...
make your pitching motion Tommy John resistant!!!

"It's the mechanics of the way you throw. It is an unnatural motion that wears on the ligaments that causes small tears and fraying.  Repeated small tears add up to one big tear."
Dr. John Bergfeld, executive director of Cleveland Clinic Sports Health

856.524.3248 or Contact Us Online