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1) There are still pitchers in MLB who are very successful throwing in the neighborhood of 90mph for their fastball. But if you really want to take the analogy there, I'll play ball (haha).

Yes, the average fastball has spiked in velo over the last several years. And you know what else has happened? Tommy John and thoracic outlet surgeries have gone through the roof.

Because parents are sending their kids to enrichment opportunities at an earlier and earlier age to get their kids throwing harder while they chase scholarships and MLB draft positions. [b]Dr. James Andrews (the earliest leading expert in ligament surgeries for sports) has acknowledged that the overwhelming majority of kids shouldn't be throwing harder than 80mph before they're 16 because the ligament that is stressed doesn't fully mature until age 26.
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[i]There is a direct analogy between this phenomenon and the fad of hyper-acceleration in math as parents chase TJ admissions and elite college outcomes for their kids[/i]. And you know what happens? They get burned out and resentful.
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Cool.  So there's actual [b]evidence [/b]coming from an expert in the field that it's inappropriate for kids to throw at greater than 90 mph.  Do you have similar evidence that it's inappropriate or harmful for kids to take Algebra before 7th grade?  Your argument seems to be based on your feelings that kids' brains aren't ready.  Your feelings are worthless without supporting evidence.[/quote]

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