@57special posted:He has been gradually throwing slower and slower since May, when he reached his top velo. He's been obsessing about his breaking pitches, but mainly his pre throw catch routine(he is a OF/P), which has now bled into his OF between inning routine. Is now bouncing the ball to the other OF'er...not a good look.
Zero pain in his arm, and can throw the ball around 320' when playing long toss.
In general, though, he can throw the ball quite hard once he gets to a mid range distance of around 120+'. Around 200' he is quite accurate, and can throw hard.
My son played OF a few weeks ago and was doing the same thing for his warm ups. It looked lazy but I knew he just couldn’t do it. My main concern is he’s going to make a max intent throw and not be warmed up resulting in an injury.
When you say he’s progressively throwing slower, what is the difference from May until now?