With the new rules allowing full practices earlier and often.........will there be more soar arms this year then in the past?

 

Experience handling teams and building strength could be a key factor this year.......

 

Talk amongst yourselves....

With the new rules allowing full practices earlier and often.........will there be more soar arms this year then in the past?

 

Experience handling teams and building strength could be a key factor this year.......

 

Talk amongst yourselves....

Not a baseball person, but sounds to me like all the practice will make the ball soar, and your arms sore.

Well played Hoops...............

 

Grammer ain't one ofz mynz strengths.

If done properly, the arms should be fine. The proper warm-up and the proper way to GET warmed up should prevent that from happening.

If anything arms should be better conditioned, if handled properly.

If anything arms should be better conditioned, if handled properly.

 

And legs, dont forget about the legs...

 

The strongest arms come from the strongest legs. Just sayin...

I don't think there will be a lot of sore arms. Even with the rules changes I'm sure there will still be a lot of coach pitching in practices rather than throwing the pitchers everyday.

And legs, dont forget about the legs...

 

The strongest arms come from the strongest legs. Just sayin...

 

Having solid core strength also helps contribute to this too. It involves almost every part of the body so if you ignore one part, you risk putting more strain on the other parts to take care of the slack. You need to use every part to help prevent injury but even then its not perfect.

All players, including pitchers, should have at least 8 weeks off per year to let their arms recuperate. I always liked to shut them down after fall ball and not throw at all during November and December. Start back up slowly in January indoors and build up strength so by tryouts (Feb 15th), they were ready to go. I saw a lot of players use November, December, and January as time to go see a pitching coach and threw once or twice a week. Their mechanics improved, but their arms were pretty dead, if not sore, by May. The down time from throwing should be a time to strengthen the entire body with a concentration on core strength.