UCLA Coach Shares the Problem with Arm Care in Youth Baseball

In this week’s blog, we are joined by former UCLA Coach and current Minnesota Twins Area Scout Seth Moir.  Seth talks to us today about a popular topic among pitchers: arm health.

During Moir’s days at UCLA, they would simply promote a lot of throwing.  They would make sure their pitchers were throwing plenty of long toss while mixing in flat grounds.

Moir thinks a common problem in youth baseball today is that kids are competing too much year-round which is not giving them enough time to get their arms in shape.

According to Moir, taking time off the mound and setting aside time to establish a proper throwing program is key to maintaining arm health for a pitcher.