We've had many discussions on the board on our various philosophies.
I thought I would post this for you all to read.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2003-07-29-tomm...rms-overworked_x.htm
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TPM..
Great articles. Required reading for youth sports parents....
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TPM..
Great articles. Required reading for youth sports parents....
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TPM
My son has pitched all year long, now is resting until Fall ball which starts at the end of Aug.
This is the first year that he has taken any time off since he was 8 yo. He always played two teams or in two leagues.
But now I've noticed that after an outing he needs more time to recuperate...since he hasn't nor does take steriods.
Last season, he suffered a back injury from lifing weights and had several outings where he couldn't finish properly. He didn't say anything about it to anyone and he didn't tell me until just recently. I was wondering why he struggled early in the season in a few of his early outings. But he has never had arm trouble because of the PT he does everyday with his arm.
But as a true freshman, he wasn't used that much in league and he was bored. So hopefully this season he will get more innings.
The team is expected to do well this year and my son will get his chance I'm sure to prove whether he belongs at the next level or not.
My son has pitched all year long, now is resting until Fall ball which starts at the end of Aug.
This is the first year that he has taken any time off since he was 8 yo. He always played two teams or in two leagues.
But now I've noticed that after an outing he needs more time to recuperate...since he hasn't nor does take steriods.
Last season, he suffered a back injury from lifing weights and had several outings where he couldn't finish properly. He didn't say anything about it to anyone and he didn't tell me until just recently. I was wondering why he struggled early in the season in a few of his early outings. But he has never had arm trouble because of the PT he does everyday with his arm.
But as a true freshman, he wasn't used that much in league and he was bored. So hopefully this season he will get more innings.
The team is expected to do well this year and my son will get his chance I'm sure to prove whether he belongs at the next level or not.
RR,
My son has also been pitching since 8 yo. However, up until HS, he never played baseball in the summer, we switched to basketball and volleyball. In HS, if he pitched summer, no pitching at all for the fall, if he pitched fall, innings were monitored, or he played 1st or was a DH, and he was done by november and he didn't pick up a ball until late january. We always made sure he had at LEAST 3 months off and we meant 3 months off, not even conditioning. Once he verbaled in september of 2003, he pitched an inning or two for a wood bat tourney in oct, then shut down until January.
He just recently began long toss after putting the ball down in mid June.
Please get off the steroids thing already. Parents don't have to worry about their kids using steroids (in any sport)if they just let their kids be kids as they grow, and stop creating anxiety that they have to work hard to be the "best".
I am not a pitching guru, but I thank my husband for putting away his fatherly pride and being a monster about REST, REST, REST and watching pitch counts, no radar guns and concentrating on mechanics and forbidding weight lifting until HS.
It still is unsettling to know that at any time, a pitcher can suffer a devatating injury to halt his career. But we know we did our part in trying to help sustain injuries that occur later on. We couldn't live with ourselves if we didn't and something happened.
Just my advice for the parents of young pitchers.
And dads with young ones, as per Dr. Andrews, put away the radar guns.
My son has also been pitching since 8 yo. However, up until HS, he never played baseball in the summer, we switched to basketball and volleyball. In HS, if he pitched summer, no pitching at all for the fall, if he pitched fall, innings were monitored, or he played 1st or was a DH, and he was done by november and he didn't pick up a ball until late january. We always made sure he had at LEAST 3 months off and we meant 3 months off, not even conditioning. Once he verbaled in september of 2003, he pitched an inning or two for a wood bat tourney in oct, then shut down until January.
He just recently began long toss after putting the ball down in mid June.
Please get off the steroids thing already. Parents don't have to worry about their kids using steroids (in any sport)if they just let their kids be kids as they grow, and stop creating anxiety that they have to work hard to be the "best".
I am not a pitching guru, but I thank my husband for putting away his fatherly pride and being a monster about REST, REST, REST and watching pitch counts, no radar guns and concentrating on mechanics and forbidding weight lifting until HS.
It still is unsettling to know that at any time, a pitcher can suffer a devatating injury to halt his career. But we know we did our part in trying to help sustain injuries that occur later on. We couldn't live with ourselves if we didn't and something happened.
Just my advice for the parents of young pitchers.
And dads with young ones, as per Dr. Andrews, put away the radar guns.
Thanks TPM....those are both very valuable articles.
quote:Originally posted by Tiger Paw Mom:
RR,
Please get off the steroids thing already. Parents don't have to worry about their kids using steroids (in any sport)if they just let their kids be kids as they grow, and stop creating anxiety that they have to work hard to be the "best".
I am not a pitching guru, but I thank my husband for putting away his fatherly pride and being a monster about REST, REST, REST and watching pitch counts, no radar guns and concentrating on mechanics and forbidding weight lifting until HS.
It still is unsettling to know that at any time, a pitcher can suffer a devatating injury to halt his career. But we know we did our part in trying to help sustain injuries that occur later on. We couldn't live with ourselves if we didn't and something happened.
Just my advice for the parents of young pitchers.
And dads with young ones, as per Dr. Andrews, put away the radar guns.
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Sometimes I get the feeling I'm being balled- out by my mom.
No monsters here, just parents who have gving our son the best we could to compete based upon what he wanted to do.
My son's PT is so difficult that when he played down at his level this summer with 18U's, the other pitcher's marveled at his routine.
He keeps himself in great shape but he is also starting to discover there is more to life than throwing a baseball.
RR,
Sorry, didn't mean to put it that way and I do apologize. I just have this passion about seeing really good pitchers not making it because of pressure put on by today's quest to be the best. I speak only from a pitcher's parents point of view.
I only take credit for posting the articles that were brought to my attention.
Here's another good one....
http://www.technicianonline.com/story.php?id=011499
Sorry, didn't mean to put it that way and I do apologize. I just have this passion about seeing really good pitchers not making it because of pressure put on by today's quest to be the best. I speak only from a pitcher's parents point of view.
I only take credit for posting the articles that were brought to my attention.
Here's another good one....
http://www.technicianonline.com/story.php?id=011499