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Originally posted by Fighting Squirrel:
I am somewhat out of the norm of the previous posts. I would dissuade anyone younger than 12 from the cb or even offspeed pitches. I find it somewhat humorous that so many are willing to have kids throw change-ups at an early age. I have watch so many kids destroy their form, motion and place tremendous amount of stress on the shoulder by throwing change-ups. But I also know that alot of the people on this thread are not in the real world if they truly believe kids are not TRYING to throw cb, knuckleball, sliders or whatever at an earlier age some even younger than 6.
If anyone thinks that throwing changeups affects form or causes shoulder problems, then they have not been instructed on how to properly throw a changeup.
The changeup is thrown with exactly the same mechanics as the fastball. EXACTLY. The only thing that changes from fastball to changeup is the grip. Thus there is no effect on form (mechanics) nor is there any increased chance of injury.
"Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser." Sandy Koufax