POSE METHOD OF THROWING

Just like the rest of the Pose Method techniques, the Pose Method of Throwing is a system for teaching human movement (throwing) through key body positions or poses that allow for the best and most efficient movement/energy transfer in our gravity controlled environment.

While all techniques have different key poses and a different number of them per sport discipline, for example, there are three poses in throwing when it comes to baseball and discus throwing, and there is only one in running, swimming and cycling, they all have one thing in common - the body operates as one unit at all times.

In throwing, there is a world of difference between throwing with your whole body and throwing with your arm. While the first gets you the most out of a throw, the latter one has a sad trail of injured arms. But if used correctly, elbows and shoulders, like any other body part for that matter, could last a lifetime.

So what is the correct technique for throwing? The actual technique will be described in the forthcoming book by Dr.Romanov. In this article, we can describe the general idea. From the Pose Method of view, the technique of effective throwing varies slightly from sport to sport where throwing is involved, but the main idea is the same. It could be described as what's known as a "whip effect" in Russia's athletic world. It incorporates one of the laws of physics called "The Law of Conservation of Energy".

When throwing, the hand operates as a holder of the object being thrown. The arm becomes one with the body and serves as just another link for the energy transfer which starts from the feet and goes all the way up through the hand. The point of moving through poses is to translate the speed of a moving body into the speed of a moving object. So everything should be aimed at "helping" it happen.

In baseball, for example, the throw starts with a knee lift which sets things in motion. It is not clear if the point of a knee lift is well understood by the players and coaches or if it's simply "something they do" in baseball. The knee lift and the following drop done correctly create the force behind the throw that eventually translates into the ball leaving the hand and traveling at a higher speed.

In the Pose Method of Throwing, the poses selected keep the body within "the frame" without allowing room for overextension of arms or other undesirable actions that could lead to wasted movement or injuries. There are also other factors like the weight of an object thrown and the type of throwing involved that influence the selection of key poses. For example in baseball and football, the required precision of the throw brings in different type of actions required compared to throwing in volleyball or throwing a Javelin.

Article by Dr. Nicholas Romanov
Composed by L. Romanov