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. 2015 Nov;10(6):760–786.

Table 10.

Examples of general plyometric exercises used for rehabilitation and/or training the shoulder complex in the overhead athlete.a

Two‐hand chest pass (Figure 16)
Two‐hand overhead soccer throw
Two hand rotations from side (Figure 17)
Two hand rotations from overhead (Figure 18)
Two hand rotations underhand (Figure 19)
Two hand overhead step and throw
One hand side arm throw (Figure 20)
Eccentric decelerations followed by trunk rotations and concentric tosses
Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) patterns
90 °/90 ° Baseballl throw (90 ° GH abduction/90 ° GH ER) (Figure 21)
One arm eccentric deceleration follow‐through movements (i.e., retro‐plyos) (Figure 22)
Eccentric decelerations/concentric ”flip drills” (Figure 23 and 24)
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Many of these are demonstrated in the figures throughout the article