Reply to "Who needs pitch counts?"

RJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007

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Originally posted by Tx-Husker:
Pretty soon I'm sure we'll be seeing a bunch of youth coaches quoting Nolan Ryan and throwing their 9-14u kids complete games regardless of pitch counts because "Nolan said so and he knows more than you". What's good for a grown mature adult isn't always good for a teen or pre-teen. His approach is scary for kids...

From LL through high school I completed every game I started. In high school I often relieved in one other game during the week. I never had a sore arm. Pre high school I threw all summer; baseballs, tennis balls, whiffle balls and newspaper stuffed Dixie cups. What I didn't do was pitch 100 innings of travel ball every year starting at age nine. And I didn't play baseball from October until March.

4/30/0912:57 PM

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