Below is a paste from a forum discussion on the ASMI website. It includes a question from a member and a response from Dr. Fleisig with ASMI. Dr. Fleisig gives the same link to the site that I gave in my earlier post.
Here is a link to the page with the below paste:
http://asmiforum.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=youth&...ay&thread=288&page=4
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Re: Discussion about Pitch Counts for Youth Pitche
« Reply #47 on Aug 28, 2007, 10:45am »
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Dr. Fleisig, just wanted to get your comments on the litte league world series. It seems the pitch counts are now enforced in the series, but don't you think that kids throwing almost half of their pitches as curve balls or sliders is worse on thier arm than a high number of pitches?
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Re: Discussion about Pitch Counts for Youth Pitche
« Reply #48 on Aug 29, 2007, 10:47am »
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JDee,
That's a reasonable thought, but the current research is not pointing in that direction. The research implies that amount of pitching is much more important than types of pitches. If you have the time, you might want to click here to watch the presentation Dr. Andrews and I gave to Little League.
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