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Protect ‘em!

This does NOT mean being afraid to USE ‘em. Protection, in the long run, means assuring strong, resiliant, and powerful arms. For those who can, a serious game of catch is the easiest, surest way to get strong, and there is some evidence you will increase your allotment of happiness at the same time.

For those of us who cannot have a daily serious catch, alternatives exist. If you are disciplined enough to handle it, long-toss can be done alone; you, yourself, and a bucket of baseballs. Or, even more advanced, one baseball, and your alottment of sprints. Throw the ball, sprint to pick it up. Throw the ball, sprint to pick it up. Sound tough? So is arm surgery.

OK. Find a friend, and have the catch. Follow the links to warm-ups, which can be a subset of the conditioning drills, or run a little and start slow, but HAVE A CATCH. It’s the best.

Otherwise, many regimens, one of which is outlined here at this site, will help strengthen and protect. The general rule: make every throw count. Fully aware, fully engaged, fully involved lower body.

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