European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A your  r 11 Unini May be hazardous for teen agers by Ira Dreyfuss a a the associated press Floc talented Teon age Pitcher Cap ruin his career by pitching a the More you pitch the More Quot Quot Likely the difficulty Quot said Arthur a m. Pappas  and part _ owner of the Boston red sox a Pappas who also chairs the department of orthopaedics and physical rehabilitation a at the University of Massachusetts medical Center in Worcester discussed the Issue a in the Magazine physician and sport Medicine. A _ pitchers Ages 13_lo 17 fac athe greatest risk he said. The growth centers of the shoulder and Elbow Are going through a critical change _ from cartilage to Bone and repeatedly stressing Hose joints May damage or a deform them he said a Ltd in addition the Muscles May not have a balanced strength which can make the u shoulder unstable culling into perform inc amp and font nub ing to damage y he said a a. 1at worst a in engager May need 7 arthroscopic joint surgery just like big. L league St a t Quot we can easily return them to Short term activity 85 percent to 90 percent of the _ Lime but the clock is started too Early said or Lyle j. Micheli director of the _ division of sports Medicine at children s Hospital in Boston. The Arm May wind up of for other activities but not for a pitching career a he said a. A troubled Young Pitcher typically starts a to lose control As he Powers his Arm t Forward Micheli said. A Quot Quot a High school player will Start throwing More balls Quot Micheli said _ _ this gust feeds the problem because Mote balls mean More pitches to get outs readers action line _ 5 a amps gu5 Schue Tilor Jeremy Francisco pitched for the Kaiserslautern military Community team last summer. There is a danger that Young pitchers May place too much stress on shoulder and Elbow joints. 7. And part of the solution is to throw less. But More wisely experts say they Praise Little league for its strict control of innings pitched. J in Little league involving Ages 9-12, a Pitcher May Only take the Mound six _ innings a week. In senior league Ages 13-15, a Pitcher May work nine innings a  in big league Ages 16-18. A Pitcher May put in a full nine inning game but not extra innings in All leagues maximum Effort has to be followed by. A rest of up to three Days. A t Pappas is More concerned about pitchers who play games in various leagues including Scholastic ones. Quot that a one of the problems uncontrolled at this time Quot he said a a a rules on High school pitching vary from state to state said Brad rumble an official of the National federation of state High school associations in Kansas City. The National governing body Only requires that a each state set a Rule he said. Training systems Are up to coaches Quot we work sequentially Quot said Michael Sacharski of Honolulu who coaches 9 to 10-year-Olds in the Kalan anole athletic club league. In a typical practice the first 15 to 20 pitches Are slow Speed stretches he said. Many of the rest Are at three quarters Speed to work on form and mechanics he said the remaining 20 pitches of a typical 75 pitch practice will be full Speed a Quot How practice is structured is important to injury prevention Quot Sacharski said. Quot we be had no injuries Quot a Pappas recommends a full body training regimen almost literally from the ground up a the pitching motion starts with flexion of the big toe he said in he journal article. In addition tired legs in late innings will throw off the Pitcher s stance making i More upright which places the bail higher in the strike zone he said. Pappas recommends gentle stretching for Fieri Bibity a Jan Inge or Simitar activities for endurance and repetitions Quot of Light weight 1 training to strengthen shoulders and arms the baseball doctor does not believe weight training machines or heavy ire weights Are Good preparation for repeatedly accelerating a Small Light spherical object to a High velocity on a precise  an Survey i on sports Jon to y cd a ttys is in regard to the article Quot too much or too Little sports on an Quot i feel that an did not completely a answer the question. Exactly what general Public do you people talk to?1 a _ while references  made to viewer surveys with a three charts to prove the Point an failed to reveal where these surveys came from. For example were the surveys person to person made by phone or were they a old surveys7 who was questioned a Active duty servicemen Ribers dependents Dod civilians Etc an a a gave no specification As to what percentage were men women or children _ once again i seems an has danced around the heart of the question please give you Reading Public More credit we Are not so naive that we can t see through your bureaucratic smoke . 1 St class Michial a. Templeton _ Kafer Tal Germany in or. Paul Van Dyke an program director replies the arts audience Survey was conducted under department of defense contract by Market fact inc of a Washington do a a a question Aires were.  random  41,766 personnel worldwide including 9,000 military and 3.730   Germany. An Overall response a rate of 55 percent was achieved i Tiv. Results yielding a Al level of Confidence of plus or minus five percent respondent demographics were Pio Vidd i categories i employment status military civilian other a sex Manta status arid whether accompanied. Spouse s employment status pay Grade service association service association of spouse age race and hispanic ethnicity education and tenure at current location in. The Survey was. Scientific and. The most comprehensive Ever conducted for arts. Accordingly if a one of the a  we. Use to assist with program mag we do not use the data for pacification or smoke. Screen purposes a a to write us readers action line is the readers Quot court of last resort Quot striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or. 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