Great post Deldad!
1. Not enough booze the night before. 
Then again, with all the pong games going on across the country, maybe not.
Then again, with all the pong games going on across the country, maybe not.
quote:So when it came to what caused my kids injury, it was life. We could have limited him more and protected him more but he would have hated it. That competitive nature and drive are what has made him successful. It happens!!!
VERY, VERY NICE Deldad!
Just glanced at an ASMI study.
Although number of pitches, velocity and some other factors had fairly significant impacts increasing the likelihood of serious injury from 4 to 2.5 times the number one culprit by a large margin was throwing regularly with a tired arm.
Pitchers who threw regularly with a fatigued arm were 36 times more likely to need surgery.
That study was for adolescent pitchers.
Their study on youth pitchers had this conclusion:
"No relationship between poor mechanics and increased risk of pain could be established."
Although number of pitches, velocity and some other factors had fairly significant impacts increasing the likelihood of serious injury from 4 to 2.5 times the number one culprit by a large margin was throwing regularly with a tired arm.
Pitchers who threw regularly with a fatigued arm were 36 times more likely to need surgery.
That study was for adolescent pitchers.
Their study on youth pitchers had this conclusion:
"No relationship between poor mechanics and increased risk of pain could be established."