Need Advice

When exactly did he stop? What is he doing besides throwing? He should be on some sort of core, strength, light weight regimen that incorporates mechanical pitching movements to keep him sharp and then he should feel great when he picks up a ball and begins his throwing program.

He stopped Oct 24th, he is still lifting at his HS with an emphasis on core, legs, pitchers 10 and band work.

Thats great that he is working on that. I am not sure what pitchers 10 is but I assume it has to do with some mechanical stuff. Starting fresh off this break he should continue his band work and work with a weighted ball system off a trampoline and do short work at first. Solidify his mechanics through this process and apply the hard work he has put in thus far. You definitely do not want him going straight off the mound. He should be doing this short detailed work throughout the first two weeks while also stretching the arm out with some light longer throwing. Again nothing off the mound. Nearing the end of those two weeks he can progress to the mound and work on his bullpens and get further into his long toss program. Does he work out during the season? Does he do any dynamic stretching rather than static?

Great stuff! He can and should be playing catch while he is shut down, 90 feet or less and easy throws 2-3 times per week. 8 weeks out I would start to increase the intensity and start moving out slowly. After two weeks (6weeks away) I would start to work out to maximum Long Toss distances and let my arm guide me on how often and how hard to Long Toss. Goal would be to get to every other day by 4 weeks out. At 4 weeks out I would add in bullpens, starting easy for the first week, every three days 25-30 pitches. 2 weeks out I would increase the intensity of the bullpens and start to work on each individual pitch more and work up to 35-40 pitches. 1 week out I would add in some simulated innings 1--2 after a bullpen. (have someone stand in). Week 0 he is ready to go, no more than 3 innings. I would prefer early sessions to be 2 innings and then start to stretch them out depending on how he feels. He really needs to let his arm guide him, some days he will be stiff so take it easy and other days he will be able to air it out.

BOF and RK, thanks for the advice. He hasnt been throwing AT ALL since he shut down. Guess its time to oil my glove and get ready...this is the only time I get to play catch with him anymore. I'm getting to hold to handle his stuff...