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Originally posted by MTH:
Belated reply to NPHS.
The reason the NPA recommends the 20% rule is because more than that is "too heavy for what the joint and most people's mechanics can handle."
They recommend that if you want to throw something heavier throw a football.
TH
We throw footballs along with band work and medicine ball work a couple of days a week. We are not allowed by our administration to get baseballs out. However, we also throw a weighted softball. We don't do many reps with it but I took self tapping wood screws and made the softball somewhat heavier. We also drew a red line across the softball to ensure that we are not twisting our wrist when we throw. I like what we do. Having said all of this, if I could get a baseball out and throw long instead of some of this other stuff, I'D DO IT IN A HEARTBEAT!
What is the reasoning behind that? The players can do whatever they want on their own...Right? The seniors can teach a long toss program...Right?