Minimalist Arm Care For Pitchers Part 2: T-Spine Rotation

Taylor Burns

Apr 13, 2020 • 1 min read

You can check out part 1 of this series on external rotation here:

Minimalist Arm Care For Pitchers Part 1: External Rotation

Today I want to talk about thoracic spine rotation, which is crucial for pitchers. First off, check out this video on the pivot pick to help illustrate the importance of being able to rotate adequately through the t-spine if you want to throw at an elite level.

Here’s another video about why Pivot picks are such a great drill. Today I’m talking about ‘Positive Disconnection’ – what it is and why it’s important

Hint: equal and opposite is a dinosaur pic.twitter.com/4HK0xclRK9

— Taylor Burns (@tburns34) April 9, 2020

If you want to A) get into good counter-rotation; and B) hold counter-rotation as long as possible in order to create good positive disconnection; you need to have a certain amount of thoracic spine mobility.

Here are some of my favourite mobility drills for this, and they require no equipment!

Thanks for reading!