While the elbow extends the non-throwing shoulder is abducted. The support knee and hip is flexing while the hip and pelvis begin to rotate making the body's center of gravity lower (9). When the stride foot hits the ground the late cocking phase begins. When the stride foot makes contact, both the non-throwing arm and the throwing arm are raised to 90 degrees and in line with one another, aligned with the shoulders (10). This causes anterior stress on the glenohumeral joint, which is leading at this moment. The body at this time is positioned ahead of the arm. When the glenohumeral capsule and ligaments reach the maximum shoulder lateral rotation and abduction (at least 90 degrees), their job is to limit further motion to prevent from injury (5). The forward flexors, subscapularis, pectoralis major, lateral rotators, and latissimus dorsi jobs are to provide additional stabilization to control motion during this phase. In late cocking, scapular stabilizers such as the serratus anterior and pectoralis are active. Common functions of the other rotator cuff muscles, infraspinatus, supraspinatus, and teres minor are also starting the take place (10). These muscles attempt to constrict the superior forces that occur when the shoulder is maximally rotated and the trunk is in a forward lean position. The lumbar spine hyperextends to add to the shoulder's lateral rotation, which ends the late cocking phase. By the end of the late cocking phase, the shoulder medial rotators are greatly stretched; the pelvis leads the shoulders to face the target legs and trunk begin their acceleration for energy transfer to the arm (10). Right before the end of this phase, the body laterally tilts to the non-throwing arm side. Shoulder rotation to the target and lateral trunk motion is facilitated by the non-throwing arm's motion from a position of abduction at the start of the late cocking to adduction and extension at the end.