Common Injuries in Baseball and How to Treat Them
By Chris Sloan, 0 CommentsArm Injury Causes
Occasionally, a player knows the exact throw their arm was injured. The pain shoots through the arm or shoulder area and there is no denying an arm injury occurred. Even then, it was probably an injury in the making and not the result of just one throw. Over use is a common cause of most arm injuries and ones that are not always apparent they are happening.
Another likelihood for throwing arm injuries is throwing hard without either enough warm-up time, or throwing hard to soon in the season. These latter injury-causing problems are much easier to control, but often are not, because coaches and/or parents do not enforce them at the beginning of the season practices.
Use of a lighter weight ball allows more throwing, and faster throwing, without the strain of a regulation ball, so coaches may want to use the lightweight balls for some fundamental throwing drills. Additionally, coaches should continually remind players to scale back with throwing intensity, as it is easy for players to start firing the ball around, without thinking.
Players should:
After playing major league baseball, Jack Perconte has taught baseball and softball since 1988 and offered valuable coaching training too. He has helped numerous youth players reach their potential, as well as having helped parents and coaches navigate their way through the challenging world of youth sports. Jack is one of the leading authorities in the areas of youth baseball training and coaching training advice.
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