What Age???

Juiceless....I would say 16 cause then nobody can over use him. If he is righty break his arm and make him lefty!!! just kidding Moms.

Some may say thats too old but its start of Soph season and this new kid comes out throwing gas cause he did not pitch when he was young.

You only have so many pitches in your arm?

I don't have any problem with them starting at 9YO, provided:
There is someone to teach them good mechanics
They are held to an appropriate pitch count
They observe appropriate rest periods

I've got an 8 year old lefty son. You'd think I'd be chomping at the bit to get him on the bump. He'll be AT LEAST 14 before he's pitching regularly. I started pitching my sophomore year in HS and was a 3rd round pick after my senior year. Don't rush young kids, it will hurt them more times than not in the long run.

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Originally posted by Old Pitcher:
I've got an 8 year old lefty son. You'd think I'd be chomping at the bit to get him on the bump. He'll be AT LEAST 14 before he's pitching regularly. I started pitching my sophomore year in HS and was a 3rd round pick after my senior year. Don't rush young kids, it will hurt them more times than not in the long run.

OP, do we get him in 7 years? We have an instructional team right now.

All I have to say, a third baseman for the Tigers many years back last year was the set-up/closer for Rice. He never pitched until he got to college and was throwing 95-97mph.

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Originally posted by SWAC:

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Originally posted by Old Pitcher:
I've got an 8 year old lefty son. You'd think I'd be chomping at the bit to get him on the bump. He'll be AT LEAST 14 before he's pitching regularly. I started pitching my sophomore year in HS and was a 3rd round pick after my senior year. Don't rush young kids, it will hurt them more times than not in the long run.

OP, do we get him in 7 years? We have an instructional team right now.

He's all yours.......for the right price!

I have to say that this past weekend my 8 year old left hander pitched his first inning of baseball. He got a K for his first out and then got the next one on a pop up then the third out on a slow grounder (he did walk one). He was so excited. It made me think back to when my older son (17 years old) started out back at the same age.

My only suggestion would be to keep it simple - pitch only from the stretch, stress learning a proper break, stress a proper landing and not throwing across the body, and obviously don't pitch anything but a fastball. In addition my son is playing in a "tight" bases league so he does not have to worry about holding runners on. Plenty of time to learn about that later.

I know one thing - I have alot more patience with my 8 year old than what I had with my 17 year old at the same age. I tried to teach my 17 year old how to pitch in one weekend when he first started out. I am now older, wiser, calmer, and more relaxed (tired).

One more thing - if the kid is not made out to be a pitcher don't force it. It takes a certain personality to want to pitch and you can ruin the game for the kid if you force a kid to pitch. Baseball can be fun and enjoyable for a kid without pitching. In fact you can ruin the game for the kid if you force him on the mound when he really does not want to. There is no reason for that.

I am having a blast with my 8 year old - I tell him all the time he is much better than his older brother was at the same age and he loves to rub that in his big brother's face.

OP - How do you make it have a different avatar on each thread?

Has OP son been teaching you some new tricks?

Crawdad, you promised the next player in the family to me and he is a lefty what luck. I get him in 7 years right? Tell Brian to look out.

Is he ...Brian into full football mind set right now?

Cheapseats,
Right click on the picture you want for an avatar and select properties. Copy the URL/address. Go to your profile and paste (cntrl_V) the URL/address for your avatar.

Thanks Joedaddy....I'll give that a try!

its real easy click on your avatar and it will ask to costamize avatar find a picture that you want and put the address of the picture and put it in the url/adress box given. between me and joedaddy you should be able to figure it out
and yes i tought him all he knows we trade off he teaches me how to pitch and i help him with things he needs to know about today i mean after all he is and "OLD" pitcher

CRAWDAD....SWAC is on the recruiting stage again!

I would love to play Texas Holdem with SWAC. He would leave with no money!!!

What age?

so much for a piture being worth a thousand words...