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Reply to "How often should a HS freshman throw"

My son is LHP. So when he is not pitching the coaches have played him at first to protect his arm. Otherwise he is a good outfielder. On his team last year playing more games the pitchers bullpens were worked into the practice with 2 catchers in the outfield catching all the pitchers for 25-30 pitches. About 3x per week. There were about 8 of them. It worked great and kept everyone sharp. Why can't the HS coaches do something similar? He doesn't want to just pitch and that may become another issue someday but not as a freshman.
As far as Dice-K. The red sox are already ruining him by not letting him throw and making him ice, something he never did before and by the way my son doesn't do now, he just exercises after pitching and has been fine. While 3 of the varsity players who do ice under orders have sore arms, shoulders, etc.
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