Ricky Ray to See Throwing Specialist

[jerrym]

Ray will seek the help of a throwing specialist to help build his arm strength. It is interesting that Milanovich never mentions his name in discussing the specialist.



Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray is scheduled to see a “throwing specialist” as he continues to build strength in his surgically repaired throwing shoulder. ...“There have been no setbacks,” Argos head coach Scott Milanovich said in a conference call Wednesday as he announced his coaching staff for the 2016 CFL season.

The throwing specialist came to Milanovich’s attention through another coach, he said. “It’s a technique-oriented program where the guy just kind of works with your arm placement and some drills to strengthen the follow-through.”

Milanovich doesn’t know a lot about this specialist, other than the fact that he’s worked with some “extremely qualified quarterbacks in the NFL.”

“We’re just doing all we can, and Ricky’s doing all he can, to make sure that he’s ready to roll,” Milanovich said.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2016/04/14/argonauts-ricky-ray-to-see-a-throwing-specialist.html

[Neely2005]

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS, RICKY RAY IS THROWING PAIN-FREE:

http://www.cfl.ca/2016/03/23/landry-first-time-two-years-ricky-ray-throwing-pain-free/

"Throwing is something the 36-year-old veteran is doing much more of these days, beginning his off-season regimen about six weeks earlier than ever before compared to the pre-surgery days. It’s a process that started out with Ray firing a baseball a couple of times a week back in February. That’s something he’d usually only be getting to right about now. Instead, he is already whipping footballs at his brother, Zack – a former high school quarterback – a couple of times a week.

A hundred balls or so, Ray says, every three days. Start with the short patterns, work up to the 45-yarders, then work back to short stuff, but this time with an urgent zip on them. He’ll up the frequency when April comes around and then plans to begin throwing every day during the month of May.

“So far this off-season it’s been feeling really good,” said Ray, pleased that he might be on the verge of feeling completely like his old self. “The pain just from throwing, isn’t there.”

That is something Ray hasn’t had the luxury of for more than two years. When he walked to the sideline on that August night in 2013, Ray was at the beginning of a long, unwelcome stretch where he felt uncomfortable and unsure."

[Wobbler]

Landry's article was mentioned last month (http://www.argofans.com/showthread.php?3483-Ricky-Ray-time&p=81984&viewfull=1#post81984).

Personally, I've become a bit cautious about believing off-season health status reports. We heard a lot about how Ray's post-surgical rehab was on schedule, strength improving, and that he was expected to be ready to start last season, and we now know that those were pretty optimistic projections.

[R.J]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Barker: Ricky Ray is working with Tom House, a renowned throwing specialist (Brees and Brady prior clients). Should be full-go by camp. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CFL?src=hash">#CFL</a></p>&mdash; Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArashMadani/status/722544257081483265">April 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On Ricky Ray, Argos GM Jim Barker admitted to us that the Argos &quot;probably rushed him back&quot; last year, but were aiming for Grey Cup. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CFL?src=hash">#CFL</a></p>&mdash; Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArashMadani/status/722544578742632449">April 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Argo57]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Barker: Ricky Ray is working with Tom House, a renowned throwing specialist (Brees and Brady prior clients). Should be full-go by camp. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CFL?src=hash">#CFL</a></p>&mdash; Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArashMadani/status/722544257081483265">April 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On Ricky Ray, Argos GM Jim Barker admitted to us that the Argos &quot;probably rushed him back&quot; last year, but were aiming for Grey Cup. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CFL?src=hash">#CFL</a></p>&mdash; Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArashMadani/status/722544578742632449">April 19, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Nice to see the Argos have an insider........Arash Madani!!!