03-31-2011, 11:07 AM
(03-31-2011, 10:54 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: i don't want to go into detail about where and who, but i will say this. our hearts were ripped out when certain coaches overpitched him and tore up his left elbow. (not rotator cuff) several surgeries did not cure it. our hearts are still broken. but he has great memories of true glory days (Springsteen's song 'Glory Days' always makes me cry) and has moved on with his life. but it still hurts.
Sorry to hear that LC. How many years ago is this? It's funny, when I was a teen, no coaches really ever supervised how we warmed up, how many breaking balls we through, etc.
My elbow felt like it was toast by the time I was 16 or 17.
I will say this about the staff at my sons' HS, they have many, many exercises they do for their arms. They're on pitch counts, and they can only throw a handful of breaking balls. I really don't have any fear of him injuring himself.