When to worry about arm soreness in young kid?
Hey everyone,
Like many of you I have a son whose life revolves around baseball. He's 8 and almost every day we're playing catch in the yard or I'm hitting him grounders or doing side toss. Not really any kind of specific training just playing and tossing the ball around. He has only played coach pitch so far and we've messed around with pitching at home but he has thrown maybe 25 "pitches" in his entire life.
Lately hes been complaining that his elbow and/or shoulder are sore after throwing in the yard. My first thought was growth spirt or something but he has mentioned it a few times. He still wants to play every day but I don't want him to damage anything.
This ended up being long winded but I'm going someone with more knowledge than me can give me some things to look for to know when I should be not lettinghim throw or if I should ice his arm or what.