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In this 51-minute episode, you'll learn:
- why rules that state "in the same game, catchers can later pitch but pitchers can't later catch" are not sensible
- why rest days between pitching is one thing Pitch Smart got right
- why kids should throw more, not less, and two criteria for throwing more
- how kids should throw more
- one significant problem in pitcher mechanics that leads to stress on the arm
- the number of mechanical inefficiencies that exist
- two ways to limit or eliminate mechanical inefficiencies, including a sample drill
- why flexibility & mobility is important to youth players
- how to personalize team practices
- how to help kids who pitch slower than they throw, including a practical drill
- Four types of mechanical inefficiencies
- Pitch Smart guidelines
- Part 1 of my interview with Ron Wolforth
- Podcast interview with John T. Reed in Session #8
![Duffy forearm flyout](https://i2.wp.com/www.youthbaseballedge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/duffey-layback.jpg?w=330&ssl=1)
![Crossing acromial line](https://i2.wp.com/www.youthbaseballedge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ACL11.jpg?w=330&ssl=1)
![Elevated distal humerus](https://i2.wp.com/www.youthbaseballedge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/avery.jpg?w=330&ssl=1)
![Zumaya inverted W](https://i0.wp.com/www.youthbaseballedge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/joel-zumaya-015820094.jpg?w=330&ssl=1)
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