John Verducci has discussed a theory for pro pitching that I find interesting. It's called the 30 inning rule. Basically he has found that pro pitchers throwing more than 30 innings over what they did the previous year MAY wind up with an injury.
So why not apply this to HS and college? It makes sense to me, no matter how much a pitcher conditions in those years he still is in the growing and developmental phase of his life.
I find this rule interesting as I have seen high school and college pitchers not on a gradual increase year to year (like the pros). So it may not be how much you threw but how mauch the increase was from year to year.
This might be intersting thing for HS parent and college parent to follow, and take into consideration not how much he threw but increases from year to year. It certainily doesn't make sense to me a pitcher throwing 50 innings should all of a sudden jump teh next year to 100, which we often see. That is often why, your freshman HS and college coach use them sparingly, so by the time they are a junior or senior they have gradually increased, possibly avoiding an injury. Young pitchers are NOT meant to be the team workhorses, especially those that appear to have teh talent to possibly get to teh next level.
Just some thoughs.
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