Tournament weekends are here. Before you load the car, three things are worth saying to your son in the driveway:
I love watching you play, no matter the result.
The coaches are watching how you compete, not your stat line. Most of all have fun.
The student-athletes who play loose this weekend will outperform the ones who play tight. Every time.
CROSS-TOWN RECAP
Runs were low, but the quality was high.
3rd year in a row that the Abes and @ECNBaseball split the series. EC can be proud of both teams & games played this week!
Quality Starts for all starters:
Alex Johnson & Ethan Palecek
Mason Bruesewitz & Cameron Buchman
Arm speed is arm stress. The velocity that continues to trend upward is a massive reason the injuries continue to grow, but with any stressful action, there are ways you can shield & disperse stress away from stabilizing tissues.
Itβs hard to change the tire on a moving vehicle though, so often times managing throwing workloads to coincide with proper training techniques in the weight room are whatβs necessary to build up the arm strength necessary to stress shield.
Asking an athlete to go through countless rotator cuff, posterior shoulder, serratus anterior, flexor pronator work, etc as part of a solid βarm careβ routine, yet not considering the accumulative stress done by throwing workloads is asking the athlete to train WITH fatigue rather than away from it. This will only lead to further injury. The guys at ArmCare have this absolutely right. I donβt see how anyone programs without the information they can provide.
#OneArmOneCareer #StrengthMattersMost
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100 mph is no longer rare. Unfortunately, arm injuries arenβt either.
After watching this outstanding video by Joon Lee and Adam Ottavino on the rise of 100 mph pitchers, the message felt clear: velocity keeps climbing, injuries keep climbing...and there may be no real solution to the arm injury epidemic.
I disagree. The solution is here. The challenge is having the discipline to listen.
Hereβs what makes this so difficult...ArmCare tests a pitcherβs arm before they throw and compares that data to their normal baseline.
If arm strength is down 8+ lbs, if fatigue is showing up, if imbalances show up, if recovery is off...the app doesnβt just show the data. It flags it and may tell that pitcher: do not pitch today.
And I get it...itβs a big game. Your ace is on the mound. You run the test, see the alert, question it, test again...same result. The arm is fatigued.
Now the coach has a decision to make. Listen to the arm...or roll the dice.
Research has shown pitching while fatigued is the #1 risk factor for injury, making a pitcher 36x more likely to get hurt...not 36%, 36 times.
Thatβs the uncomfortable truth. Most major arm injuries arenβt coming out of nowhere. The warning signs were there. The data was there. The arm was talking.
And hereβs whatβs often missed...fatigued arms usually donβt perform their best anyway. Command is often the first thing to go. More missed spots. More stressful pitches. More fatigue. More risk.
The hardest part in baseball isnβt collecting the data. Itβs having the courage to trust it when the game is on the line.
Great to see Carter attacking hitters again. Continues to impress with how heβs approaching his rehab & I couldnβt be more proud of this young man.
Uncommitted 2027
OF/RHP Josh Wright.
6β1 165lbs | AVG .491. | OBP .630 |
For Fall Creek High School through 19 games | Bat/Throw: L/R | Pitching : 3 GS | 2-0 | .9 ERA | 2 No Hitters |
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