hey what's up everyone morey croson here and today we're going to be going over some of the
best exercises for quarterbacks to do when they're warming up or preparing to throw as
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all right so big thing about these exercises is really we want to make sure that you're putting
a lot into it right the more focus you have into the actual exercise the more that you're going to
actually get out of it and so we're going to go ahead and hop right into it first thing i'd say
is you want to be about shoulder width apart with your feet and you want to have a slight
knee bend first thing we're going to just do is going to be small forward circles for
each one of these we're going to do about five reps we're going to go five uh small circles
then we're gonna go medium circles for five we'll go big circles or five palms down here
and then we're gonna go backwards big circles for five medium circles for five and small
circles for five okay then we'll go thumbs up small forward circles for five medium circles
big circles
and big circles back
medium circles small circles then when you go palms up small circles medium circles
big circles
then we'll go back big circles
medium circles
small circles
all right then i'm just going to go with my elbows up and i'm just going to reach back
as far as i can for 10 keeping those elbows high
i'm going to keep the elbows up and i'm going to reach down for 10.
now i'm little elbows in reach back for 10.
i'm going to go up i'm going to have my my elbows all the way in
hands pushing together and then i'm just going to go up and over pretend
and then i'm just going to go with it and uh my knees bent hands on my shoulders and i'm
just going to get some rotations in my upper body i'm going to lock in with my shoulders
and get some rotations in my lower body just trying to keep my upper body as calm as i can
all right then i'm just gonna take my throwing hand i'm gonna put it up in front of my face
let me take the other hand i'm just going to lock positions here and first i'm just going to
pull and then squeeze pull this should activate the back squeeze activate the front
pull activate the back squeeze activate the front now i'm going to pull i'm going
to hold that position there i'm just going to go small circles forward and backwards
swinging forwards and backwards then i'm just going to go in
and now squeeze here and do the same thing small circles forwards backwards
swim forwards swim backwards
now i'm going to go in prayer position make sure that my thumbs are up
from here i'm just going to start off by going full range
do it for like five then from here i'm going to push with my pinky push with my ring fingers
push with my middle fingers push with my index fingers push with my thumbs push with all my
fingers with all my fingers now i'm going to go circles forward circles backwards
swim forwards backwards
squeeze again really activating those fingers
and relax go back to neutral prayer position i'm going to come all the way in with my elbows
i'm going to squeeze from there let go come all the way in squeeze
let go come all the way in squeeze really activating the chest then
trying to squeeze i'm gonna lift up come back down lift up come back down
just keeping those elbows nice and squeezed
then go all the way up overhead
i locked my elbows underneath my chin squeeze there release squeeze there
release one more time squeeze there and release shake that out
now i'm going to just have my fingers together and then from here elbows up
and i'm just going to reach straight back my arms
then i'm going to go down and away
start with my thumbs up reach down away
i'm going to lock my fingers just going to roll my wrists forward or circle both ways
go back in the prayer position and just push side to side
then i'm going to extend the wrist elbows straight both sides do a couple times through
and i'm just going to roll my elbows out and go the other way
all right you should be ready to start throwing so if you like that information again go ahead and
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make sure you have the right range of motion and make sure that you're prepped to be able to throw
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