Dave Land wrote:
I'd be more concerned with his elbow than my knees -- there is a lot
of attention being paid to the damage that little league pitchers
are doing to their joints.
Those occur generally as a result of three things: excessive throwing,
bad mechanics, and/or teaching kids breaking
Jim wrote:
In all honesty, the biggest problem with youth pitching is the coaches
and/or parents of the kids. A 10-year-old who's eager to do well will
do whatever the adults tell him to do, and if he's taught a curve or
allowed to pitch too many innings early on, he's going to do whatever
I wrote:
how to
throw his
Or maybe if (s)he hears how the durable Barry Zito learned ^ big bender
(one of the major league's best) at 10 years old.
There are some stories that you should keep to yourself, methinks.
