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my son pitched a 114 pitches in a 3 day 12u travel ball tournment is this ok
by john
Little League Age
John asked: Trying to see if my son is getting over pitched. Pitchers at age 12 probably are the most mature players on the team, thus they get made into pitchers. With that maturity, they also get placed in center field, shortstop, third base, or the worst case scenario, catcher. It's not that they shouldn't pitch, it just needs to be monitored. There is much research currently being done on this situation. If you go to the Coaches Line-up in my site navigation, it will take you to two pages on the site concerning pitch counts. I am sure there is more current information available online. I look at most all my 14u kids as pitchers, in some capacity or another. In a 3 day tournament we will use them all, holding to our pitch counts. A team can never have too many pitchers, and the place to develop those pitchers is at the lower levels. Hopefully, this gives you a look at another perspective. I would be concerned if my 12 year old son was throwing 100 plus pitches over a 3 day weekend. Just doesn't make sense to lock into that situation at age 12. We had a couple of pitcher's in our Little League, when I was 11 and 12. They were lights out, when I was 11 they got to within 1 game of the World Series. When I was 12, we got to within 2 games of the World Series. Neither of them were able to pitch in High School, due to arm issues. Has to be something to that. One of the issues no one thinks about is the number of throws a player makes in practice, either as a position player or a pitcher. They all add up. Something to think about. Good luck as you go forward. It is a complex issue. Yours in baseball, Rick |
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