I read a long thread at the Ohio Fastpitch Forum. I want to see what people think here.
I have to point out three things:
--I have not seen any NFHS movement where I live on restricting innings, so perhaps a local thing.
--Articles on so-called pitching injuries are from the 1990s, and that means, old, less acceptance of females as serious athletes, and also different pitching motions and practices than you see today. But the articles are still GOSPEL. The Dispatch article NEVER mentions the studies citied, most likely because they are embarrassingly old.
This caught my eye from the GOSPEL 1998 article: "The injury in windmill pitching is attributed to poor mechanics and occurs as the medial elbow contacts the hip just before ball release." Really?
Would you really NOT be able to play in college if you had limited innings in HS play?
Are there really overuse injuries attributable to high school? Or is it travel where the overuse occurs?
I have to point out three things:
--I have not seen any NFHS movement where I live on restricting innings, so perhaps a local thing.
--Articles on so-called pitching injuries are from the 1990s, and that means, old, less acceptance of females as serious athletes, and also different pitching motions and practices than you see today. But the articles are still GOSPEL. The Dispatch article NEVER mentions the studies citied, most likely because they are embarrassingly old.
This caught my eye from the GOSPEL 1998 article: "The injury in windmill pitching is attributed to poor mechanics and occurs as the medial elbow contacts the hip just before ball release." Really?
Would you really NOT be able to play in college if you had limited innings in HS play?
Are there really overuse injuries attributable to high school? Or is it travel where the overuse occurs?
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