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Post by WKU-Perrone-76 on Dec 1, 2010 15:59:33 GMT -6
Yea I never heard the "gorilla grip" term until we started playing schools from other states. I guess it's like people in the south call any carbonated beverage a "coke" (whether it's a coke cola or not), in the midwest it's a "pop", and on the east coast it's "soda". Gorilla Grip, Grippy, Pinching, whatever you want to call it, just as long as we can do it, I'm happy lol.
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Post by mccarthy55cmu on Dec 1, 2010 16:27:50 GMT -6
We just call it Gripping. I think that sums up all of them. haha
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Post by x502xedgex on Dec 1, 2010 16:54:18 GMT -6
Agreed call it what ya like it's all the same
The point here isn't to find a name for our grippy throw but to talk about how to preserve our arms and show young guys how to and how not to throw lol
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Post by stokesj on Dec 1, 2010 17:29:45 GMT -6
well if you grippy throw then it sounds all weak and lame and your arm is likely to hurt, but if you call it gorilla grip it sounds all beastly so your arm can take it. it's a psychological war, mind over matter
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Post by tk2 on Dec 1, 2010 17:38:27 GMT -6
I call it pop
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Post by hiller 87 on Dec 1, 2010 17:48:19 GMT -6
grip throw and soda
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Post by mklembar on Dec 1, 2010 22:17:47 GMT -6
Either Soda or Pop but do not call it Coke
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Post by mccarthy55cmu on Dec 2, 2010 0:50:58 GMT -6
It's carbonated water.
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Post by willhack on Dec 2, 2010 1:58:46 GMT -6
Grip throw and soda (but I'm from Missouri).
And I call carbonated water "Seltzer."
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Post by mccarthy55cmu on Dec 2, 2010 2:24:15 GMT -6
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Post by DPU-Lange-1 on Dec 2, 2010 5:58:29 GMT -6
^^^^ That map is insane.
Anyways, I hate to bring us off the topic of Soda, Pop, Coke. But aside from a hurt arm, has anyone who consistently uses the Grippy, Gorilla Grip, Grip, Pinch, or whatever the hell you want to call it throw experienced a lot of finger joint pain?
I've played baseball all of my life, and therefore my arm is pretty conditioned to repetitive throwing, however usually after the first two weeks back from an extended break such as Winter or Summer break, my fingers on my throwing hand kill me. Usually my middle finger on my throwing hand gets so swollen I can't bend it. Tape helps this a little bit, which is what I will use at nationals when we're playing multiple games per day. I'm sure a lot of it depends on your arm slot, how the ball is coming out of your hand, at what angle your hand and wrist are at upon release, and thus which fingers have the most pressure put on them, but am I the only one that this happens to?
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Post by stokesj on Dec 2, 2010 8:10:09 GMT -6
The finger problem is specifically why I don't throw it anymore. I used to have the same issue as you where they got swollen and I couldn't close them. There was a kid on our team (Caleb James for those of you that might remember him) that had HUGE issues with his fingers. His middle finger knuckles were as swollen as two fingers and apparently he tore a ton of tendons because of the GORILLA :-P grip. I can tell you release the ball with your hand parallel to your body (I mean if you opened up your hand your thumb is pointing to the ceiling) Try rotating your hand 90 degrees so your thumb is pointing towards you. The hand motion is like you're pulling down a curtain, I found when I throw that way it takes a LOT of pressure off my fingers and the throw is still pretty good.
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Post by fishercmu23 on Dec 2, 2010 11:28:38 GMT -6
Yes, my figure joints tend to lock up if I can call it that. I remember during the GVSU-CMU game lst year at the MDC, in the second half I continuously had figure joint pain and actually one of my figures kept "contracting" lol i suppose you would call it. I would straighten it out and it would quickly contract into a 7 type figure at the joint. This year it has not happened. I dont know why but thats what happened to me. Also, there are many players at CMU that workout their shoulders and arms to strengthen them. A few other guys and myself included, try to work hard on the shoulders to strengthen the tendons and such things to make it so our arms can last a few more throws in a game.
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Post by jordanelliott on Dec 2, 2010 14:01:37 GMT -6
my arm hurts all the time, no matter how little i throw. Gotta to love biceps tendonitis because i was taught the wrong way to throw a curve ball when i was 11.
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Post by WKU-Perrone-76 on Dec 2, 2010 14:27:11 GMT -6
I notice pain in my finger when I rotate my wrist during the throw because the skin of the ball wraps around the fingers and pulls and twists them. If I keep my wrist straight during the release then snap it down at the very last moment I don't have finger problems. I also work out my fingers though haha, I bought one of those grip sqeezer things and do that when I'm just watching tv or driving, it seems to help with my grip.
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