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Lesson 3: Scapular Loading
   
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Loading and transferring momentum at exactly the right time is probably the most important new lesson in pitching mechanics (see side note). This is where the concept of the kinetic chain is critical - stored energy in each muscle group must be imparted to the next muscles in sequence. Remember, too, there is the energy from one muscle group being transferred to the next, but also there is the stored energy within the group itself.   Login to see it In-Motion.  Remainder of this page including detailed lesson and animation available to paid Team Player members only. Please login or join.
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When WebBall first heard this term, 'scapular loading', it was from Paul Nyman. For all we know he invented it. As kineisiologists point out, there is no such term in medicine - bones (which is what the scapula is) don't 'load', muscles load. That's the usual argument. But in engineering, for instance, static objects do 'load' - take a strain. If you want to refer to this as trapezoid tightening and pectorals flexing, go ahead. Given the compex interactions of all muscle groups around the upper body, that's equally and overly simplistic. 'Scapular loading' has become the accepted shorthand. |
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