“How Many Pitches Should I Allow My Child to Throw?”
James R. Andrews, M.D. and Glenn Fleisig, Ph.D.
American Sports Medicine Institute
February 12, 1996
http://www.asmi.org/SportsMed/youth/PITCHCNT.PDF
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