The young pitcher sounds like a teenage girl when it comes to their body weight. "How can I lose weight and throw harder?" "I don't want to strength train with weights because I will get big muscles." It is obvious these young pitchers have an elementary understanding...
Overuse has been considered the primary factor for most pitching injuries. Performing the same motion over and over again leads to what the strength and conditioning and medical science world calls Pattern Overload. This is when the body uses load sharing to reduce...