We are a society that enjoys watching and participating in sports. Often times we find ourselves astonished at the skills that some of these athletes can perform. In order to achieve that level of performance we must practice and improve our motor skills. Our focus is on the motor development of throwing from early development to adolescent growth and the injuries and preventions involved. Why is it that children throw the way they do? Genetics, …showed first 75 words of 679 total…

…showed last 75 words of 679 total…follows to the waist. The thrower will begin to coordinate their foot action to create a more forceful throw by performing a short contralateral step to a long contraleral step. In time the child's development will have went from a simple flick of the arm to the use of their forearm, humerus, trunk, and foot. Finally the child will now begin to have more muscle strength and force to drive the ball to its target.