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Reply to "How much of a bubble did you put your talented pitcher in off the field?"

As my son got older (15U) and closer to college age, I think he put on some self-imposed bubble wrap.  Sure my wife and I monitored how much he threw as most of us do.  My son wanted to take part in other throwing/shoulder centric activities like tennis, so he taught himself how to throw /play left handed.  He was protecting his throwing arm.  It was his own solution.   He was a right handed pitcher, and a left handed hitter.   Throughout his high school, and travel games he wore an elbow protector on his right arm.  

Fast forward to two weeks before he is leaving for college, and we are visiting my best friend down in Georgia at his lake house.   Everybody is going waterskiing except my son.  We didn't say a word to him about it, but he didn't want to water ski for fear of hurting his arm or shoulder before his college career began.   Again, it was his call and he declined to take the risk.

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