Load Position Length Having a load position that is too long and open, (or too compact) is a sure fire way to negatively affect your throwing performance. When you properly use your body to accelerate and whip your arm to launch the ball, the starting length of your arm determines the efficiency of the whip. An easy way to understand this is to think about other sports like golf, baseball, hockey or tennis. A 6’ tall golfer won’t drive the ball very far with kids clubs. Nor will they be able to effectively swing a driver that is fitted to a lanky 6’7” athlete. A youth little league hitter won’t be very successful swinging an adult bat. You’ll never see an adult tennis player choose a shorter youth racquet. And so on. The examples are everywhere and they all reveal that lever length is critical to performance. Over the last 34yrs of professional work with throwing athletes I’ve amassed a lot of practical knowledge about what movements, angles and sequences are optimal for the most ef...