Tagged With "PitchSmart"

USA Baseball, MLB, and ASMI are now teamed up on a program called PitchSmart.  Perhaps NFHS will propose some national standard for High Schools.  As a last resort, state legislation might be in order.  Check out VirginiaPitchCount.com...

I like the website, like the idea as a whole. One thing I have an issue with is that a player cannot catch and pitch in the same game. A lot of teams use catchers as a late reliever and I have no issue with that as long as it is monitored

Originally Posted by wahoo24: I like the website, like the idea as a whole. One thing I have an issue with is that a player cannot catch and pitch in the same game. A lot of teams use catchers as a late reliever and I have no issue with that as long as it is monitored I would prefer a rule that states that no catcher can pitch in the same game. That would be a lot easier to enforce.

Why do you have different rules for post season? Dose the kids arm need less rest than regular season. If this is for safety and regulating protection you cannot justify a change for the post season.

Would you really support pitch counts at the high school elvel based on age? I can see having different charts for varsity and jv, but not between a 16yo and 17yo. That would also be difficult to enforce.

We are in favor of the PitchSmart initiative. Our main goal is to educate parents and coaches. They are the ones that control things.

In the proposal I made to the VHSL a couple of years ago I went by JV and Varsity for the pitch count just to keep it more simple. But then you get the counter argument about using age - which is actually more valid. JV and Varsity was just an accommodation. Post Season exceptions were because of the number of games in a short period of time. Agree it would be best to keep the standard regardless. I would rather lengthen the season to accommodate but most would disagree. It's a compromise.

Originally Posted by PGStaff: We are in favor of the PitchSmart initiative. Our main goal is to educate parents and coaches. They are the ones that control things. Parents don't control anything in the VHSL - we aren't even allowed to be members. Parent is a dirty word to many coaches - our HS coach was an exception.

One man's observation: Player plays for his high school team. He's a pitcher. Player also receives "lessons" from a former pro. Player "takes lessons" once a week. How do you supervise that? That issue is completely out of the jurisdiction of what occurs on the playing field through VHSL sanctioned games, yet it does not keep the player from throwing extra bullpens. In my observation, this is most often driven by the parents, not the player. Further, to get any meaningful work done, and "get...

Originally Posted by GoHeels: One man's observation: Player plays for his high school team. He's a pitcher. Player also receives "lessons" from a former pro. Player "takes lessons" once a week. How do you supervise that? That issue is completely out of the jurisdiction of what occurs on the playing field through VHSL sanctioned games, yet it does not keep the player from throwing extra bullpens. In my observation, this is most often driven by the parents, not the player. Further, to get any...

Originally Posted by granbyfan: Why do you have different rules for post season? Dose the kids arm need less rest than regular season. If this is for safety and regulating protection you cannot justify a change for the post season. Agree 1000%.

Originally Posted by RickF: Originally Posted by GoHeels: One man's observation: Player plays for his high school team. He's a pitcher. Player also receives "lessons" from a former pro. Player "takes lessons" once a week. How do you supervise that? That issue is completely out of the jurisdiction of what occurs on the playing field through VHSL sanctioned games, yet it does not keep the player from throwing extra bullpens. In my observation, this is most often driven by the parents, not the...

Are there regulations as to how many hits a player can take during the week practicing for football prior to game day? Can a player only be hit a certain amount of times in a game before he has to be pulled? Can a wrestler only be slammed a certain amount of times before he has to stop wrestling for the day? My thing is this: A player throws and a coach coaches. If the coach cannot properly manage the players pitch count and/or arm durability, maybe he shouldn't be a coach. There should be a...