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Focus on learning baseball rules, general techniques, and teamwork. Do not exceed 80 combined innings pitched in any 12 month period. Take at least 4 months off from throwing every year, with at least 2-3 of those months being continuous. Make sure to properly warm up before pitching. Set and follow pitch-count limits and required rest periods.
• Pitchers once removed from the mound may not return as pitchers • No pitcher should appear in a game as a pitcher for three consecutive days, regardless of pitch counts AGE DAILY MAX (PITCHES IN GAME) REQUIRED REST (PITCHES) 0 Days 1 Days 2 Days 3 Days 4 Days 9-10 75 1-20 21-35 36 -50 51 -65 66+
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- Pitching distance: USSSA
- Pitching distance: Little League
- Pitching distance: MLB Pitch Smart
The baseball division of USSSA, the United States Specialty Sports Association, has some complex but interesting guidelinesfor how far the pitcher's mound should be from home plate. Up until the age of 13, it's pretty straightforward: 8U teams pitch from 40 feet, 10U teams pitch from 46 feet, and 12U teams pitch from 50 feet. It gets more complicat...
Things are a little different with Little League pitching distance. First, the organization is organized into five divisionsbased on a combination of age and skill level: Minor, Major, Intermediate (also called 50/70), Junior, and Senior. Second, the organization gives local leagues some leeway in deciding when players can "play up" or "play down" ...
Back in 2014, Major League Baseball and USA Baseball teamed up to create "a comprehensive resource for safe pitching practices" called Pitch Smart. In it, they broke down the proper pitching distance by age as follows: 1. Ages 7-8:46 feet 2. Ages 9-12: 46-50 feet 3. Ages 13-18:60 feet 6 inches Pitch Smart goes much further than just recommending pi...
Here is what they believe: 9-10 year old pitchers should max out at 60 pitches per game/ 1000 pitches per season. 11-12 year olds, 75 pitches per game max, 100 per week/ 1000 per season. 13-14 year olds ; 90 per game max, 1000 per season. 15-18 105 pitches max, 1250 pitches per season. 18-24 120 pitches per game max; 1800 per season.
Do not exceed 100 combined innings pitched in any 12 month period. Take at least 4 months off from competitive pitching every year, including at least 2-3 continuous months off from all overhead throwing. Make sure to properly warm up before pitching. Set and follow pitch-count limits and required rest periods.
Ages 6-9 should stick with just throwing 1 or possibly 2 innings at a time when the gain experience. Ages 10-12 should gradually move up to 3 innings at a time. Ages 13-14 should build up to throw up to 4 innings at a time and pitchers at age 15 players should train to be able to comfortably handle 5 innings.
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MLB’s Pitch Count Rules. MLB Pitchers Must Pitch to a Minimum of Three Batters (or Until the Inning Ends) MLB Spring Training Games Have a 20 Pitch Rule. MLB Pitchers Do Not Have a Set Limit of Pitches Per Game. MLB Pitchers Can Pitch An Unlimited Amount of Innings Per Game.
