Last year was a Sophomore
North Penn HS PA
I miss PA, born and raised in the Lehigh Valley.
Last year was a Sophomore
North Penn HS PA
I recently watched a presentation from a D1 college head coach and she touched on the large percentage of freshmen pitchers starting their college experience having pitched too much in high school & travel ball. Interestingly, she did not offer up any potential remedies.
So, what is the extent of the problem?
I don't know how that can be measured, but anecdotally I saw talented freshmen pitchers rack up 150+ inning totals before the travel season even started.
In running, if you have a freshman and a senior that can run similar times, more often than not the frosh does not run the same amount of volume as the senior. Seems obvious as to why.
But I don't see that same type of thing in progressing pitching volume.
More is not always better, but I guess I'm in the minority with that opinion.
Off the soapbox.
I recently watched a presentation from a D1 college head coach and she touched on the large percentage of freshmen pitchers starting their college experience having pitched too much in high school & travel ball. Interestingly, she did not offer up any potential remedies.
So, what is the extent of the problem?
I don't know how that can be measured, but anecdotally I saw talented freshmen pitchers rack up 150+ inning totals before the travel season even started.
In running, if you have a freshman and a senior that can run similar times, more often than not the frosh does not run the same amount of volume as the senior. Seems obvious as to why.
But I don't see that same type of thing in progressing pitching volume.
More is not always better, but I guess I'm in the minority with that opinion.
Off the soapbox.
Were playing Parkland on 4-18I miss PA, born and raised in the Lehigh Valley.
Getting a little off topic, but don't let the AD or coach schedule a Monday game after prom weekend. Too many zombies wandering the field and making the opposing pitcher look like Monica Abbott.Obviously scheduling has a lot to do with who you play and when. So don’t schedule too many tough teams the same week.
Wait, you have had this conversation with the coach and they have agreed to it? You set out guidelines to the HS coach?In HS the most I will let her throw is 3 games in a week but no back to backs. Ideally two games a week is what I would like to see with at least a day off in between.
There's a pitch count for high school baseball, at least NFHS and legion play,
Why not softball? There's a percentage of coaches that over-pitch players, and high school coaches and travel coaches tend not to communicate about total annual pitching volume.
Absence of injury, in any sport, seems like a weak metric to use for gauging the efficacy of training volume and its progression.
Wait, you have had this conversation with the coach and they have agreed to it? You set out guidelines to the HS coach?
Wait, you have had this conversation with the coach and they have agreed to it? You set out guidelines to the HS coach?
Oh, I read that as you had already established this rule. You stated it as fact so I assumed you had conversed with the coach and came to an agreement. Nothing against it as I also believe there should be pitch count considerations but most HS coaches are clueless to them. Was just curious as to the approach you used and how that conversation went.
Not sure how HS works up there but here, it's pretty difficult to get overused since other than a few pre-season tournaments they only play one game a day and 2 games a week.