[baseball1974]

Shepherd should have been at the varsity level, but there is no sensible human being that would agree that a 14 year old kid should be throwing once a week at over 100+ pitches a game. I would love to educate you, but it's pretty obvious to everyone that your level of comprehension isn't quite there yet. You didn't quite understand what I said about Shepherd. I tried to explain to you that whatever the act was when the arm was hurt has nothing to do with why it was injured. That's medical accuracy and facts. I realize that never plays into decision making with you all, but when I have an opinion about something I educate myself on every angle of it, most logical people do. I do not know the weight program and I don't need to know it. I know enough about this issue to tell you and anyone else from Louisa the pattern in which your baseball players are experiencing arm injuries are at an alarming rate. That can only be attributed to a few reasons and in most cases it is improper weight training and general overuse. There are cases where it has been more mechanical but the majority of statistics point towards the weights and in particular how pitchers are lifting that weight. I could care less about the name of the school where it's happening. I would have the same opinion regardless. I think you have a great plan to get on with the thread because it's not productive for me to keep repeating myself and you not understand what I'm saying. Maybe when the next kid has arm surgery you or a parent will step-in and start asking questions on those kid's behalf instead of continuing to be misguided and defensive over someone bringing it to your attention. If not, it won't be long before the KHSAA begins regulating the issue like other states have started to do and it'll get addressed that way. Either way, I wish you luck.