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As I said before, I believe we're past the point of no return. Kids/parents just want to throw gas tomorrow and the next day and the next day until the arm blows then they'll just get the surgery and move on.

Agreed, what’s funny though is most come back throwing harder…why? Because they have time to focus on increasing strength in bodyweight.

When I tell parents that their hs kid needs to get their bodyweight to min 2.5xheight in inches and really to 2.75 to really be able to throw with high intent safely…I get looks like wtf. It’s the same look I get when they ask me for strength metrics and I give them the reverse lunge and box Squat velocities

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Posted by Basura Blanco

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Posted on 5/4/23 at 1:07 am to lsu777

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hs kid needs to get their bodyweight to min 2.5xheight in inches and really to 2.75 to really be able to throw with high intent safely

That is interesting. So, a HS kid with an atypical height of 6'2" (74 inchs) would need to weigh ~200 lbs. I could see that being a problem as the kid likely only got to 6'2" with an abnormal growth spurt in height leaving him rather thin.

I don't disagree at all with the theory, but that it would be tough to attain for your average HS baseball player. And I do agree with you strongly that any kid going into HS planning to play any sport should be doing significant resistance training and moderate weight training before 9th grade and ramp up from there.

I also have a family member involved with Driveline so I'm probably a little biased, but what they are doing is extremely impressive.

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