I dont recommend the above approach.
This is teaching the young player to be disrespectful.
You need to be honest and up front with this coach.
Didnt we just have a huge discussion about not listening to the coaches instructions? You know where the player said FU to the coach?
Come on folks, teach your kids to be respectful. Go talk to the coach about his prior injury. Give him a chance. If he doesnt listen, then you know what to do.
No disrespect to the coach at all. Simply recognizing at times that the coach is out of his league on this one. Say "Yes, sir." and be respectful. When a coach is clearly wrong, I am A) not going to subject my kid to something that can harm him. B) Not going to start a problem where one doesn't have to exist. I can almost guarantee you if you go into the coaches office and tell him that your pitching coach, PT and you all say that his coaching on pitching mechanics is wrong, you are going to have longterm problems, and they aren't going to be of the arm sort. Want to really start a fire? Go talk to the principal or AD next.
This is a dicey situation, but I don't believe it is as simple as "just listen to the coach, and then do what you do". Some coaches could label the kid as "uncoachable", and that is not a label you want your kid to have. What if the coach is asked about your kid? What is coach going to say? Probably not very good things.
Your thoughts may be that this coach is unqualified, but the reality is, that doesn't matter. Word travels fast in baseball, and you don't want your kid to get a bad reputation.
I've found that I have even learned things from people that I didn't consider to be too bright. How? I listened, and by doing so, I was able to gain a different perspective. It may have been what not to do, but I learned from them.
Some of you are saying to "hear" what the coach is saying, but you aren't really telling him to "listen".
I believe you should have the conversation with your coach and have the kid present too. As a parent, his arm health is paramount. During this conversation, you and your son can talk to the coach about what has been prescribed to him, what you have been counseled against, etc.
