The only way a curve could cause more issues than any other pitch is if some Jack Leg teaches the kid to throw it wrong. Its pretty much impossible to actually see the ball and make a determination of speed, location and spin. Hitters are able to tell these things based off the actual arm and body action of the pitcher. If the arm did anything different than the fastball for a curve or any other pitch...it would be be pretty ineffective against decent hitters.

Kids develop arm problems from amount of total stress to the arm. You cant have a kid pitch long games, then immediately go play catcher or shortstop for long before he’ll start developing problems.

Some kids have more lax joints and are more resistant to arm trouble than other kids. Often times your more athletic kids who are more tightly wound and more springy/explosive have more arm problems.

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Posted by starsandstripes

Georgia

Member since Nov 2017

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Posted on 4/17/18 at 6:31 am to bamafan1001

quote:
Its pretty much impossible to actually see the ball and make a determination of speed, location and spin.

quote:
Hitters are able to tell these things based off the actual arm and body action of the pitcher.

these are wrong

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Posted by baldona

Florida

Member since Feb 2016

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Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:23 am to bamafan1001

I would agree there is nothing wrong with throwing some curves, its the amount and the amount of pitches. In my experience also, its not just number of pitches but those kids often times love to throw almost nothing but curveballs. I've seen kids throw 5 of 6 pitches as curves, just absurd.

Just tell the kid he gets something like 3 curves per inning. Be conservative, and make him really want to use them effectively.

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Posted by Rou Leed

Member since Jun 2015

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Posted on 4/18/18 at 11:58 am to bamafan1001

Im not wasting a second of my life reading a single post in this thread. Its typical garbage half truth nonsense. I want to make 2 points and let you mouth breathing degenerates continue to felate each other on this board as usual.

1. Nobody is throwing their arm out. Like nobody ever. This is just not happening anywhere. There is no self help facebook group of 14 year olds with ruined arms. Fake news. Throw a curve ball whenever the hell you want to.

2. If you are sitting around hoping some kid is throwing his arm out because he consistently strikes your kid out, you are a piece of garbage and your kid is too mentally weak to participate in sports from the limited amount of time he has been exposed to your toxic personality. Sorry no arms thrown out. Your kid just sucks and you are terrible at life. You need Tommy John surgery on your filthy soul but its probably not fixable.

This post was edited on 4/18/18 at 11:59 am

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