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[quote=Anonymous]Rest alone is pretty universally not the recommended path for high school players and especially pitchers. Whether in the weighted ball driveline camp or not, coaches should be pushing some kind of arm care plan.

My position player follows a specific strength and flexibility throwing plan in the offseason, which includes a planned ramp up of long toss when appropriate (he is currently on rest but will start 8 weeks before baseball practice begins).

It sounds like conflicting advice to rest and throw during the offseason, but they do need to go on rest AND then ramp up to throwing again. The idea that they rest until February and show up throwing full speed at HS tryouts is not what anyone decent should be recommending.

There is an easy to follow book by Jaeger that position players can do with the bands. (Pitchers too, but I would think a hs pitcher is doing something individual from one of the local pitching factories) It takes like 10 minutes a day and builds the arm up over time after the rest period.

Again, this is for high school players which is what OP asked about. Youth players shouldn’t be throwing at such an effort and volume that they’re inviting injury. And arm care is not just for professional pitchers. [/quote]

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