Testimonials

BASEBALL

The ThrowMAX,
"As a coach or parent, do you know a kid that ...just can't throw the ball? I have found that poor overhand throwing mechanics are almost always a result of a lack of muscle memory with respect to the elbow position. This product enforces the position of the elbow allowing the arm to 'track' through the throw properly, over and over and over. And that is where the muscle memory comes from...repeated motion done the same way over and over. It's like touching you nose or signing your name with your eyes closed. You can do both of those tasks with your eyes closed because you know where you are and how to move. This tool teaches exacly that...where you are and how to move. "

Written by Ron Holt
ThrowMAX Dealer
Professional Instructor
Author of several books
Owner of the Wind Pitch School in Austin, TX

Dear ThrowMAX.com,
I have loaned the ThrowMAX brace to two parents whose sons suffer from your first two (of three) common improper throwing motions. Both wore the brace during the warm-up session and during infield practice. Due to the new motion and release point, they were frustrated with inaccurate throws. However, the parents and coaches were ELATED with the new, bio mech correct, efficient throwing motion! I explained accuracy will come as a result of their athleticism in finding a new release point and managing their new found strength. The amazing thing, is that the coach offered no explanation to the player, as he fitted the brace, except "if it gets uncomfortable, let me know immediately." Both parents were able to video before and after throwing motions to share with the player. For the first time the player felt and experienced the correct motion.
Through proper training, repetition and reinforcement, these kids are well along their way to "recovery." Thanks for the brace. I am equally impressed with the "Throwing Mechanics" section. This is an invaluable tool to the parent/coach who is trying to correct their son's or daughter's throwing motion.

Dear ThrowMAX.com,
Like many little league ball players my nine year old son developed a severe short arm. Despite repeated drills and instruction, I could not break him of the habit. He would complain, "It doesn't feel comfortable." Accuracy and velocity both suffered from his habit. I also heard the occasional complaint about a sore elbow. When I read about your brace in the Eastside Journal I decided to purchase it despite some skepticism about it's effectiveness. Was I ever in for a surprise! Since it's arrival, I have been thrilled with the changes your brace has affected in my son's arm mechanics. It took him little time "a few sessions of catch" to locate his new release point. Since then his velocity has increased by nearly one-third, and his accuracy and control have gone from average to outstanding. Best of all, I no longer have to worry about my son damaging his arm with improper mechanics. As a little league coach I will recommend your brace to any young ball player that could benefit from it's use...nearly all of them!

Sincerely,
Steve Wick

Dear ThrowMAX.com,
My name is Brett Allen.
I coach a baseball team in Las Vegas, Nevada and I umpire all over the Las Vegas valley as well. I just recently saw your throwing brace and was amazed. One of my old high school coaches had it and he showed me. He is involved with the Las Vegas Baseball Academy which is run by Mike Martin. I threw with it and it is such a great baseball teaching tool.
The reason I coach and not really play anymore is from a shoulder injury during high school from throwing wrong by short arming and using my whole arm instead of my body. If I had your product when I played, I would probably still be playing now.

Sincerely,
Brett Allen

Dear ThrowMAX,
Thank you for the ThrowMAX braces you sent! DiamonD Sports Academy is a year round, indoor baseball and softball training facility in Illinois and we come in contact with thousands of atheletes, of all ages, every year. We have tried your product with many of our students and we LOVE it! It has quickly made a difference in many of their overhand throwing mechanics, and we all know how hard it is to break bad habits! We have students as young as 6 years old, and your product has made it easier teaching them the correct throwing mechanics right from the start.
I also wanted to let you know that we tried the ThrowMAX on our fastpitch pitching students and it works on the underhand motion as well! Some girls use too much muscle or shoulder when they pitch, and with the ThrowMAX brace on they can't. The wrist is isolated, enabling them to enhance their wrist snap. Young pitchers want to throw hard - right now - but don't understand that pitching with their shoulder won't get them there. The ThrowMAX brace only lets them use the amount of arm needed, and allows the wrist to do it's job.
Thank you again for sending us your product. We have had much success with it already and will continue to have our students train with the ThrowMAX brace.

Sincerely,
Theresa Berman
Facility Manager
DiamonD Sports Academy

Dear ThrowMAX,
We contacted you in February 2000 to inquire about the Throw Max product. At that time you asked for an honest evaluation of the product even if we didn't like it. We used it in several practice applications and found that it most definitely promoted proper throwing mechanics. Your product really does work.
We found that the best and fastest results came from a drill that we do regularly to promote arm strength and that helps players, especially young players find their own extension or throwing motion. We warm the players arms up by playing catch from 60 feet and back them up to 120 feet. Following the warm up we take the team into center field about 300 feet from home plate and let them, one at a time throw 40 to 50 balls as far as they can throw them into home. Doing this allows players to find what is most comfortable or feels best to them when throwing at maximum capacity and builds throwing strength like nothing else. Every player looks a little different throwing a ball. Never, do we clone a throwing motion. This is a very common pitching mistake that many coaches make. Players are only coached to ensure they don't develop a throwing motion that would eventually cause shoulder or elbow problems. Dropping their elbow to their waist, profoundly leading the throw with the elbow, placing the ball up behind their ear to throw, twisting their hand at release, etc. Our objective is to make sure that they are separating their hands in the center of their bodies, getting both arms into a good extension, making sure their fingers are on top of the ball and their getting into the L position to throw the ball. The Throw Max product does almost all of these things automatically. It allows players to find or keep and improve their own throwing motion fast, it also prevented a multitude of throwing mistakes. It dramatically improves proper spin, 6 O'clock 12 O'clock rotation, which immediately increases throwing speed and added much needed movement to their 2 seam fast ball. We're amazed that one of the pitching coaches in the major leagues didn't think of this a long time ago. No young player should be without this throwing tool. Any athlete that throws over handed weather it be a football, baseball, softball or anything else should incorporate the Throw Max product into they're throwing practice. We're very happy to of found this new tool and will continue to not only recommend it but use it regularly.
Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect! The Throw Max product allows all players to find their own natural throwing motion or comfort zone faster and better than anything we've ever seen before. Congratulations, this product really does contribute to the game in a big way.

Best Regards,
Anthony Scavuzzo
Mgr. K.C. Indians Baseball
1999 Mo. State Champions
AABC, CABA
K.C. INDIANS BASEBALL
P.O. Box 901601 Kansas City, Mo. 64190-1601

SOFTBALL

The ThrowMAX,
"I have pitched with this training tool and it has some wonderful characteristics. Because it does not allow freedom of movement in the elbow, it forces a hard wrist snap and completely stops the elbow from kicking out into a 'chicken-wing' finish. It works beautifully on a 'roll-over' drop, as well as a 'slapping-type' of inshoot'. For these two pitches, you can actually pitch the ball. For other pitches such as the rise ball, you can get a good feel for the undercutting wrist snap involved, but since you can't bend your elbow freely, you cannot follow through. This device can also helps correct some mechanical problems. Many pitchers try to 'cut the corner' of the windmill motion at the top of the motion by bending and leading with the elbow. They think they can turn a faster circle like this. While you can turn a faster circle by shortening your arm length, you are also removing necessary leverage from the pitch. Bend your elbow and bring your hand up next to your shoulder. Now go around the circle using just your wrist...man!...you can turn fast!...but you have no arm length...the ball is not going to be pitched fast. With the ThrowMax, the pitcher is forced to keep a longer, but slightly bent elbow at the top of the motion. Again, its all about muscle memory and repeating the motion properly over and over again. ...Thumbs up!"

Written by Ron Holt
ThrowMAX Dealer
Professional Instructor
Author of several books
Owner of the Wind Pitch School in Austin, TX

Dear ThrowMAX.com,
As a softball coach I've found a different use for the ThrowMax. I coach one of the teams in the Women's Professionals Softball League (WPSL) and I spend a great deal of time working with and teaching pitchers of all ages and skill levels. The ThrowMax is the perfect tool to help softball pitchers learn to properly throw the rise and dropball. It's great to see the pitcher's excitment when the ThrowMax helps them make corrections they've been working so long and so hard to make. Thanks for making such a great teaching tool - and for helping make some previously frustrated pitchers a lot more hopeful and excited!!

Cindy Bristow
Head Coach
Women's Professionals Softball League

FAST PITCH PITCHING I have pitched with this training tool and it has some wonderful characteristics. Because it does not allow freedom of movement in the elbow, it forces a hard wrist snap and completely stops the elbow from kicking out into a 'chicken-wing' finish. It works beautifully on a 'roll-over' drop, as well as a 'slapping-type' of inshoot'. For these two pitches, you can actually pitch the ball. For other pitches such as the rise ball, you can get a good feel for the undercutting wrist snap involved, but since you can't bend your elbow freely, you cannot follow through. This device can also helps correct some mechanical problems. Many pitchers try to 'cut the corner' of the windmill motion at the top of the motion by bending and leading with the elbow. They think they can turn a faster circle like this. While you can turn a faster circle by shortening your arm length, you are also removing necessary leverage from the pitch. Bend your elbow and bring your hand up next to your shoulder. Now go around the circle using just your wrist...man!...you can turn fast!...but you have no arm length...the ball is not going to be pitched fast. With the ThrowMax, the pitcher is forced to keep a longer, but slightly bent elbow at the top of the motion. Again, its all about muscle memory and repeating the motion properly over and over again. ...Thumbs up!

Dear ThrowMAX.com,
I really like your product. I spent my time today at my daughters game studying the girls and nearly everyone had bad mechanics. I've been calling it the shot-put throw and I know I can fix it with the ThrowMAX. My daughter wants to pitch and has a problem with bending her arm prior to release and we played around a little with it today and she saw immediately that she couldn't bend her elbow. I'm excited to hear about your opportunity.

Thanks
David R. Mac Donald

Dear ThrowMAX.com,
A new device that we have used that is very good is the THROWMAX. We have purchased three of these devices and have used them successfully with our 18U Gold team. I have also used them to help high school students.

Marv Watson Manager: California Waves 18U Gold
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Dear ThrowMAX.com,
I have been amazed at the success of the throw right to correct the throwing motion of a freshman girl that came in throwing in a very wierd motion. We saw her throw just a few balls and knew that she had to change drastically to be able to play the game. We had her use the throw right for just a few practice sessions and she has improved a tremdous amount in a short period of time. We think she will be one of the best girls on our team.

Terry Workman
Head Softball Coach
Rantoul Township High School
Rantoul, Il. 61866
tworkman@rths.il.us.com

Dear ThrowMAX.com,
Two practice sessions made all the difference in the world for my 12-year-old daughter. I'd worked 2 years trying to get her elbow in the proper position. The fix was nearly instant with the ThrowMAX.

Charles Clement
Richmond Beach Softball Coach
Shoreline WA

ThrowMAX.com,
I am an avid believer in training devices, but I have never experienced the immediate results that the Throwmax brace provides. My daughter is a fastpitch pitcher who has never been able to resolve her overhand throwing mechanics problems regardless of the hours that we have spent trying one drill after another. The problem that convinced me to try the Throwmax was injuries. At 12 she is now strong enough that throwing with improper mechanics is causing her to injure her arm. This not only affected her overhand throw, but the injuries affected her ability to pitch. I bought the Throwmax to protect her arm. I have to tell you that I saw results with the first throw. After years of frustration watching her push the ball with her elbow below her shoulder, her first throw was a picture perfect overhand strike. Not only that, but we had a vigorous throwing session with not one hint of injury.

Thanks for a great device.
We will spend many hours working with your product.

Gary Hodge
Plano, Texas

Dear ThrowMAX.com,
I haven't had much time to use the throwmax because my season ended after I got it. But the little time I have had to use it I was amazed with how much it helped me. I am a catcher and my throws to second looked much better after using the throwmax.

Thanks a lot,
Jen
Phila. P.A.

Dear ThrowMAX.com,
My daughter, Lindsay, has been playing softball since she was 8 years old. She is now 15. Most of her career, she played 2nd base. Because of this, her ability to throw long distance suffered. When she entered high school, she made the varsity team as an outfielder. Her speed allowed her to make the plays, but her arm was weak. She had a hard time throwing to third or home plate. She became very frustrated. She wanted to play center field, but her arm needed to get stronger. We started drills to improve her throw, which made a difference, but not enough. This year, her summer team had her at center field all season. When we qualified for the Division A World Series in Columbus, Ohio, we met THROWMAX. Their employees were at one of the tables demonstrating ThrowMAX to another player. Lindsay and I wondered if this would work for her. Lindsay tried the brace and threw for a while. She felt the difference in her throw immediately. She was not dropping her shoulder! After the first practice, the coaches noticed and could not believe the difference! Lindsay became confident and we knew this was the answer to fixing her throw. She used ThrowMAX during warm-ups in Ohio and during the game she was reaching her spots to make the important plays. Now with fall ball starting, she is practicing her throws with the brace on and her arm is getting stronger and her throws are getting longer. As a center fielder, her coach is very pleased and so is LINDSAY!!

Very pleased Mom,
Janice Pardun
New Jersey

Dear ThrowMAX.com,
I have been doing a history seminar at UC Berkeley which ended yesterday. It took the entire month. Please deposit the check. This is the best coaching tool I have discovered in the fifteen years I have been coaching. My son says he can "feel" the difference in the way he throws with the brace on. I will be getting my budget allotment in September and will buying as many as I can afford. This will help my softball girls tremendously. School will start September 1st and by the end of the month our AD will shoud have the budget done. Our baseball coach here at De Anza will be getting one of the flyers, as well as my complete endorsement.

Stephen Pegg