Recovery Phase

During the recovery period the players feet will meet with the ground again.  Their hands will drop to their sides and the shot will have been completed.


Shoulder Girdle:
Downward rotation and depression
Pectoralis Minor and the Lower Trapezius


Shoulder Joint:
Extension of the shoulder joint by eccentrially contracting the shoulder extensors (lattisium dorsi, teres major, lower pectoralis major, posterior deltoid)

Elbow Joint:
Maintain elbow extension of the throwing arm by isometrically contracting the elbow extensors.
(triceps, anconeus) 
Fulled extend the elbow of the support arm by eccentrically contracting the elbow extensors.
(triceps, anconeus) 

Hip Joint:  

No movement takes place here.

Knee Joint:  

Slight flexion takes place here, thus an eccentric contraction of your quadriceps muscle takes place.

(Rectus Femoris, Vastus Medialis, Vastus Intermedius, and Vastus Lateralis)