If the concern is "over" use, pitching, throwing....if done correctly, with proper technique, rest/recovery and physical preparation, student-athletes today, are more than capable.

 

The problem arises, when players don't care for their arms or a rogue coach, cares more about the "W", than right/wrong. Playing a lot of games, is a positive in my book, if approached properly by all.

If the concern is "over" use, pitching, throwing....if done correctly, with proper technique, rest/recovery and physical preparation, student-athletes today, are more than capable.

 

The problem arises, when players don't care for their arms or a rogue coach, cares more about the "W", than right/wrong. Playing a lot of games, is a positive in my book, if approached properly by all.

 

 

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It's funny how people think to preserve your arm you have to rest a ton. Don't get me wrong, rest is needed. However, when you lift weights and are sore, what do you do the next day? You lift weights to get rid of the soreness. You're a little less sore the next and lift again. Now your soreness is gone. Throwing should be the same way. Throw, throw, throw some more...and then throw. Proper mechanics and a proper throwing program works wonders...

30 games within a couple of months is plenty and that is playing, not just pitching. For all kids 16 and under.

One of the more interesting threads I have followed.... It brings out two important issues that are often overlooked: the players health and thier desire to play the game. If they want to play 65 games a year and they are not pushed physically... then let them play.

A medical doctor who advanced more surgical repair of pitchers as young as 11 could not be qualified to speak against your opinion? OK:rolleyes:

 

The jury is still out. The entire medical community is not represented by one M.D. Tom House who has done probably the most research in this area thinks many kids do not throw nearly enough. He claims that back "in the day" when kids played baseball outside and in the neighborhood everyday that their were much less injuries. Although I do not agree with that I have been a physical therapist for 18 years and rarely see kids with overuse injuries.