Reply to "What age to start throwing curve?"

micdsguy1,000+ posts

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His dad is the head coach. After the game I asked him why in the world would he let his son throw that long and throw so many CB's. He said that the odds of his son making it to MLB is 1-in-a-million so why not let him have fun now.

There's some sanity in that. I see lots of terrible kid pitchers being advised to SAVE their arms. For what?

Nothing better for the young pitching arm then to 10 run the other team in five quick shut out innings. As for "safety," best way to avoid a line drive into your gut is to strike the batter out with whatever means you can muster, including a nice curve.

It's nice if junior can throw 75 in LL, but how many practice fastballs will he have to throw to get to that speed? 100,000 probably.

The subject isn't so simple. There are many tradeoffs.

4/5/0612:57 PM

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