This is 13 months old, but it seems like an appropriate time to bring it back to the forefront.

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On pitching injuries, I'll say this: start with rigorous adherence to basic protective guidelines before tackling advanced physics/sports medicine challenges. >100 IP/yr is associated with a 350% increased risk of injury in youth arms. If you can count, you can prevent injuries.

Michael April Eric Cressey But the issue is kids are playing baseball year round from the time they are 9-10 years old, so of course there will be far more wear and tear by the time they reach the pro level. Pitchers in the past would play other sports and only play for short periods before pro level

In the past, I've written about the need for both 'Medical' and 'Movement' diagnoses. In reality, there might be a middle ground that helps to unify the two - and I discuss it today: ericcressey.com/thinking-beyon…

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John Creel Eric Cressey Blowing out at 17 significantly reduces the likelihood you will pitch at the big league level:
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Bingo.

Highest indicator of injury is past injury. If you blow out at 17 it’s going to be really challenging to throw 150+ innings a year at the big league level and not injure yourself.

Prevention at lower levels is also way easier than telling a pro to take it easy.

Eric Cressey This is a much bigger problem than baseball, or even sports. It’s an obsessive focus on specialization for kids in everything. Not sure how you reverse that now - everyone thinks they are falling behind if they don’t focus their kids at an early age.

And still had two major elbow surgeries (flexor repair and UCL reconstruction) during his career. Throwing 100+ mph consistently is extremely demanding in any era.

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The focus is on big name MLB elbows, but what should get as much attention/concern are 16-year-old studs having UCL reconstructions now. They'll be throwing 100+mph in the big leagues with old ligaments 10 years from now. That's how this perpetuates. We HAVE to think upstream.

I’ve seen so many kids try and do crazy arm care and velo programs when they can’t stick to basic strengthening routines.

IP = easier to track for researchers. And, think about how hard it is for a 13-year-old to hit 100IP in a year. That's 14 seven-inning complete games (1/wk for ~4 months) , and we all know there are lots of ugly 40 pitch innings at that level b/c of errors/walks. Yet it happens.

The ego punch many coaches and parents are not ready for on a Monday.

In short, stop making kids chase $2 rings every weekend.

Winning trophies at 12 years old is more important to a lot of adults than winning trophies at 17-18 years old.

On pitching injuries, I'll say this: start with rigorous adherence to basic protective guidelines before tackling advanced physics/sports medicine challenges. >100 IP/yr is associated with a 350% increased risk of injury in youth arms. If you can count, you can prevent injuries.