Fantastic article. Dr. Marcus Elliott is an amazing guy and I've got to spend a lot of time with him. He revolutionized the NE Patriots training program and cut hamstring injuries 80-90%. He will have the same impact in baseball. Alan Jaeger has already made an impact at every level with his arm care and long toss program at the professional level down to the LL level. Spent a great deal of time with Knutson as well and talked about why Lincecum has slipped in the last couple years and felt that he had gone away from his off-season program that included long-toss, ballistic drills, over-under balls, etc.
There needs to be more down time from throwing off the mound. More flat ground and strength-body balance work. Regarding pitch counts, there's a multitude of variables including count, effort, condition, size, etc. the tendons and ligaments don't fully mature until about 25 and the body is in a constant state of flux. That's why you will see a pitcher 86 one day and 82 another day. Just as important as pitch count is recovery time and what you are doing in between.
This post was edited on 11/14 6:48 PM by NCSF
