Brent,

I notice you were advocating having the elbow in a position above the shoulder in the

pitching motion.  You mentioned this in the video in the beginner series when talking about

the importance of pronation.  I understand pronation and it's importance, but I was under the

understanding that anytime the elbow is above the shoulder there is a degree of impingement.  This

is a major concern in FFS (inverted W) where the impingement can be hazardous.  Could you

elaborate on this.

I notice in video of pro pitchers (from the catchers perspective) that is appears the elbow is above

the shoulder, but that is generally an illusion due to the fact the shoulders are tilted……

What about the body tilt?

If the shoulders are on the same plane, then the elbow should be at that line or below.

Looking at that angle its hard to see. But the way his body is tilted it gives us a bad assumption of where that elbow is, inline with the plane of the shoulders

proper arm action to the safe zone is def a requirement for arm health… i was watching olympic gold medalist jan zelzany (forgive) and he was a 92+ pitcher with a strange but very powerful movement.. he is on youtube throwing to the braves in 1995 if anyone wants a link ill get it

but the main point is having the arm in the safe zone before chest thrust.. this is a very powerful movement that will naturally lead the arm to IR/pronation

thanks mr brent!