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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You mentioned pitch count above—is it appropriate for pitchers to pitch a whole game?  Games on consecutive days with no rest days?  It’s so different than baseball in that way, but it seems to be the norm that they pitch their best pitcher day after day.[/quote]

Not OP, but as a baseball parent, I had no idea softball pitchers are able to pitch without rest days. Interesting.  What is that rationale for that?[/quote]

OP: The justification (because it's not really a rationale) is the underarm motion is more natural and puts less stress on the elbow. But that's not necessarily true -- there are definitely softball players having Tommy John surgery. The other problem is with a lot of inexperienced coaches don't teach proper pitching mechanics, which causes damage to girls who are overpitched. I've seen softball careers ruined by this.

Good mechanics -- girl can pitch a long time with less rest. But I still do pitch counts and rest for my girls. That's because I want them to still be able to play when they are 18-19-20.[/quote]

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