weekend4trvl wrote:Your #1 should be able to go 25-30 innings in a weekend. Do you agree Artomatic
that translates to about 5-6 games right?
i think in a two day span, that is the absolute most you should push a 12 yr old, but you have to be really careful and she has to have the right conditioning and work ethic...the old "a softball pitcher can throw all day" mindset doesnt carry the same weight as years ago, with all the repetitive-motion injuries that seem to be way more prevailant these days...not only arms, but knees, backs, hips...
i am lucky i have 2 pitchers i can rotate in a tournament, and a third that is effective and can eat up innings also...
the two usually easily throw 2 games each in a day, and have thrown 3 in a tournament's loser's bracket, but i dont like to do that...they also ice after they are done for the day...
A couple of years ago when my kid was in 10's, we entered a one-day rec league tournament that garden grove ASA puts on....she threw all 4 games, and did great, in fact struck out 19 in the 4th game..about 3 or 4 days later, she complained about her shoulder blade/back hurting. this caused her to compensate and change her mechanics, and it took a good month before she was back to normal...that really got me thinking about being more careful...ask sam about overuse injuries and pitchers...
Deserve's got nothin' to do with it.
