If you goggle "shoulder stretch" and look at the videos that come up you will see a stretch that is "pitched" as "THE" stretch for the shoulders and determining shoulder flexibility.

It is the stretch where you put one hand/arm over the shoulder and behind your back/neck and then you put the other hand/arm under the shoulder and behind the back – you then touch the fingers or even hook the fingers / hands together.

Well I can't do it – not even close!  But I consider my shoulders very, very flexible.  I filmed the stretch I do for my shoulders:

My Shoulder Stretch:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Ro…..85pmNStLjw

I think I am very flexible and I think the stretch that I do is / should be the real exercise / test that all baseball pitchers and javelin throwers do to preform better and prevent injuries in the shoulder and elbow. My stretch works on the pecs, lats, long head of the tricep.  The other shoulder stretch, as far as I can make out, is targeting mainly the 4 SITS muscles of the rotator cuff. 

I also filmed and just posted the 3 main weight exercises I do for my upper body:

Lat Pull-downs ( 420lbsx8 ):

http://www.youtube.com/user/Ro…..AgBBbx48Mg

Pullovers (140lbs x10 ):

http://www.youtube.com/user/Ro…..D4RslbTQlI

Inclines: (190lbs x10 ) 

http://www.youtube.com/user/Ro…..WbHVPm0Xa4

FYI:  I never ever do any rotator cuff exercises and I have never had any shoulder or elbow problems in my life and I am almost 50 and still at World Class level!

So anyone agree with me?

Brent,

Can you talk more about the shoulder stretches you use with your pitchers post workout? I am 9 months out of surgery and I still feel tight when I throw. I've been throwing for about 3 months now.

Thanks,
Brandon

Brent,

By any chance can you give me a reference to a soft tissue program such as a video that I can use that may help? I wish I had the extra money for your program because I really want to be ready to pitch this spring. Right now I'm throwing 78, and that's on flat ground out of a shuffle step so I have a long way to go! I really feel like it would make a big difference if my arm would loosen up some though. Aside from my throwing program, I have really focused on lower body/core strength and on the hang clean. I am planning on getting on the mound in a week or 2.