The video features interviews with both John Smoltz and Tom Glavine about their successes in baseball and their views on youth baseball today.  

Highlights from Interview with Tom Glavine:

• Was 7 years old when he started playing baseball.
• Was 8 years old when he first pitched.
• Was 16/17 years old when he first threw a breaking ball.
• Started throwing a Change-Up when he was 10/11 years old.
• Was 16/17 years old when he first threw 100 or more pitches in a game.
• Was 22 years old and in the Major Leagues when he first threw 150 innings or more in a year.
• Has had 22 seasons in the Major leagues; was never on the DL in the first 21 seasons.
• Never received private pitching lessons in youth baseball; received lessons when he was in the Minor Leagues
• Has never played year-round baseball.
• As a youth, played hockey about 6 months out of the year; baseball about 3 months out of the year.
• His parents taught him to "enjoy what you do"
• Remembers his high school coach during his Senior year of play; during the playoffs, his coach would not put Tom in the game after 2 days of rest because he did not want to injure his arm.
• Can just 1 game harm the arm?    Yes, it only takes one game or 1 pitch to injure the arm.
• When a pitcher can throw his fastball for a strike 70% of the time, then it's time to learn a new pitch, preferably a change-up in the younger years.
• Is the "cut fast ball" a dangerous pitch?   Yes, anytime you try to manipulate movement on the ball, it's dangerous.
• Children need to play multiple sports, experience more things.

Highlights from interview with John Smoltz:

• Has had 21 seasons in the Major Leagues
• Was drafted in the 22nd round
• Too many kids are having surgeries at young ages
• After surgery, you will return to the level of play you were at when you had the surgery; you will not exceed that level
• Year-round baseball is "horribile"
• Kids are throwing too much
• Teach mechanics, limit pitches
• Repetition of good mechanics will improve the player
• Parents need to see their child through the eye's of others
• Allow children the freedom to play in the sports they feel comfortable in
• The drive to succeed comes from the individual, cannot be instilled by others

Also featured in the video are off-season excercises and conditioning drills.  

Visit the Resurgens Charitable Foundation web site to download Baseball Exercises and Long Toss Protocols.  

If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the video Striking out Injuries in Youth Baseball, contact Kathy Scott at ScottKM@resurgens.com.