The other day I saw this news story about how kids in little league are prone to many different kinds of injuries. Yes, I’m aware it’s not a new thing, kids have always been getting hurt playing sports. But it seems that the dangers are greater than ever. Many people blame the parents and yes, some parents push there kids way too hard. Good job, you want your son to be the best pitcher out there, so you get him a radar gun for his 10th birthday. What are you going to get him for his 11th,Tommy John surgery. Youth sports have always been overrated to me. I never played any as a kid, mainly because I had (and still have) all the grace of a dyspraxia patient and the motor skills of Morrie Schwartz.
A lot of the parents blame the coaches of these pee wee teams, which I think is totally ridiculous. There was this one lady who said that the main problem was that the coaches have no knowledge of exercise science and bio mechanics, really? You mean to tell me that the guy, who coaches the team sponsored by Artie's Hardware and Locksmith, doesn't have a sports medicine degree from Tufts? Lombardi’s Pizzeria doesn't check for their coaches background in ACL repair? No little league coach is going to show a bunch of 8 year olds how to throw curve balls. If they do, the kids arms are going to look like Jim Abbot’s. Their muscle tissue is going to look like overcooked rigatoni.