Shep,
Thanks for the bio on LOW.
It will make his post more interesting even if I don't agree with him.
It does not surprise me that someone with his level of experience might find that the use of weighted balls to be spurious and possibly harmful.
I dont know that I've talked to one established coach that doesnt have some reservations about them. Indeed most are opposed to them.
The specific objection LOW raised delt with the method of determining the effects of over/underload training. He stated that the normal developement could account for the increases observed.
I just wanted to mention that they were done with Control groups that essentially did all the things the weighted ball throwers did EXCEPT that they didn't throw the weighted balls. The gain in velocity was compaired to the control groups and the increases judged to be as a result of WB throwing and substantial.
There's much to be learned about baseball from established baseball people and maybe much more to be learned from people contributing to the sport from other backgrounds.
Hopefully we all can listen without prejudging.
Rollerman