The New Jersey Pitching Association was formed to safely help pitchers of all ages and ability levels develop to their potential. Today, amateur baseball programs (rec, Little League, Ripken, high school, college, etc.) are witnessing a frightening amount of injuries to their pitchers. It is quite obvious that the importance placed on winning has surpassed and taken precedence over the development, health, and safety of our young pitchers.
The goal of the New Jersey Pitching Association is to provide scientifically based training protocols in an effort to educate pitchers, coaches, and parents alike, so that they may pitch more effectively while decreasing their risk of injury. We have assembled a team of professionals whose desire is to help spread this information to your sons so that they may continue playing the game that we all love so much.
Up until recently, the world of pitching relied heavily on conventional wisdoms. Unfortunately these so-called "wisdoms" have been leading us down the path to ineffectiveness, inconsistency, and increased probability of injury. Include in these philosophies are: tall and fall, stay back, stop at the top, replace shoulders, righties throw from the right side of the rubber and lefties from the left side, stop at your balance point, snap or twist the curveball, pull your glove to your hip or armpit, and the list goes on. However, thanks to the use of modern technology and endless hours of scientific research and clinical studies by the American Sports Medicine Institute in conjunction with the National Pitching Association and BioKinetics of N.J.'s 3D Motion Capture, we can definitively prove that the theories previously mentioned are not based on science, nor do they add to a pitcher's ability to throw a baseball efficiently. Conversely, these teaching methods or "wisdoms" will increase the risk of injury. Isn't that what we all want to avoid? Shouldn't injury prevention be paramount to wins and strikeouts?
The findings of the aforementioned people and organizations have provided us with a set of guidelines on how to train the human body to throw a baseball most effectively and efficiently without "cookie-cutting." Baseball is no longer just a spring/summer sport. Our children are playing on multiple teams for a duration of nearly 9 months out of the year. Proper year long training is mandatory in order to ensure our children to be pro-active in the prevention of injury while competing at their highest levels.
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