Reply to "Are Weighted Baseball Velocity Programs Safe and Effective"

Rob T5,000+ posts

2019Dad posted:
roothog66 posted:
Until the past 24 hours, I didn't know it was that controversial, but gotta wonder if WB's is the new "hitting wars."
Sounds like it. I've never heard a convincing explanation of why throwing a 5 oz ball with high intent is "safe" but a 4 oz ball or 6 oz ball is "dangerous."

Yea, let me know if you ever come across an explanation on that. I'd want to pass it along to those softball girls who throw a "weighted" ball their entire lives.

Maybe we just need to teach the guys to throw like a girl?

Also, those heavy balls certainly contribute to the rash of Tommy John surgeries among football quarterbacks...

It's almost as if there must be other factors that come into play?

11/8/173:51 PM

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