On the exact day of Thanksgiving last year, my baseball arm lost 20 mph of zip. What could've happened?

Question

It stayed extremely weak for months then came back a litte in January. When my little league started in April, it went back to full speed for a couple weeks, and then a bit later, I had the weakest arm on my team. I was barely thinking about the elbow pain from thanksgiving, since it was virtually gone. It felt like my arm could throw full power without pain, but I could barely hit the 2nd baseman from shallow left field. In the last game of the season in June, my arm sudennly made the jump from 45 mph to about 60-65 mph. It was weak the game before, and then in the last game, I had no problem getting it all the way home. Before my arm died on Thanksgiving I only threw breaking balls by using pressure points with my fingers. Does that still lead to extremely low arm endurane? I hadn't thrown at all from Thanksgiving to January, when my arm came back the first time, and from then I didn't throw until April, when my arm was strong for a couple weeks. Why would it gain 15-20 mph last day?

Answer 1

it's called overuse, you are too young to be able to develop the muscular endurance that little league seem to expect from kids these days. Your parents should talk to your coach, my son was over used by his coach and lost his arm entirely, he can't throw a ball worth beans anymore, and at one time he could throw 100 mph balls. But because his coaches pushed him, and I didn't know better at the time, his arm was permanently damaged. Be careful, if you have talent foster it, train carefully, but don't over use it, or at a young age, you can do permanent damage and lose it for good.