Its been a long season for my son pitching this year, finally over, need advice on recovery. Here are the numbers 12 starts. 71.1 innings over 100 pitches in each of the last 6 starts. No issues, but around start 6 walks went up, velo dropped. Made a nice rebound for the last 2 games. No pain, just soreness. I'd like a month off of nothing at all. Could you guys recommend anything, any advice would be appreciated.
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NoName, I PM'd you last night. Look up in the right hand corner of the page. Should be a red dot.
If you want it on here, you will have to give a lot more information if you want ideas to consider. Only your son knows his arm, only you know him. IE, is your son 5 or 25? If you want it private, best to consult with a professional PT with experience with baseball pitchers. Cressey, etc.
Doing nothing is usually a bad idea. At least workout.
Ok...Saw the msg. This internet thing might catch on. 18yo, probably 80 inns all of last season. Summer team is very careful with innings for all pitchers. Probably 40 in HS and 40 in Summer. This HS season was his biggest workload ever. Summer team wants him to play 1 tournament this Summer then off to college. Don’t know what the college coaches have in store for this Fall. No pain, just sore. Bump in road with walks and velo drop but did well in the playoffs until we were eliminated.
OK, that helps. Remember, I'm just a dad on a chat board. I would have him discuss it with his college coach. Pretty sure he will get worked in the fall in scrimmages. Not sure about the summer tournament with his team, most don't play for a team after graduating. Any chance he could take a summer class, get a workout program from his college coach/trainer? Get a class or two out of the way, get acclimated to college. Get into the college gym on their program.
No summer ball for my 2019 RHP. EnJoy the summer, make some money, workout and be as healthy and strong as can be for fall ball. Earning spring innings starts in September, summer doesn’t mean a thing.
That's why it's only one tournament. His college is requiring him to register for Summer classes starting July 8th, the coach has already signed him up for 2 courses. The strength coach won't give him a workout regimen until he sees him and evaluates him. I'm mainly asking about throwing, I don't want him throwing at all after the tournament in early June. Then start in Sept at the school.
I would just skip the tournament. No sense in him competing against high schoolers when he's heading off to school. Doesn't do him or the guys looking to get innings any good. I know it's just for work, but he can throw live ABs if he really needs it that much.
I would just take some time off, start throwing lightly, play catch and start throwing some short bullpens again so he's fresh when he gets to campus.
IMO , Kid threw a lot of pitches in HS. He needs recovery time. And he's going to need to be ready to compete in College in the fall. Shut. It. Down. No tournament. No throw for 6-8 weeks min. Then light catch once /twice a week ramping up to flat grounds before heading off to college.
Anything I write is just my opinion based on my experience. I'm the father of a 2016 that went into D-1 Ball after a heavy workload in HS and had major shoulder surgery 3-4 weeks into fall ball. He was out almost 18 months.
Take care of the arm.
