The Pitching Ninja on Arm Care, Pitch Counts & Youth Baseball | Youth Inc.

The Pitching Ninja joins Greg Olsen for a deep dive into everything youth baseball parents and coaches need to hear — from managing pitch counts on tournament weekends to why he thinks baseball has become too expensive and too specialized. Rob Friedman breaks down how he'd build a young pitcher from scratch, why multi-sport athletes make better pitchers, and the aerospace discovery that changed how we understand pitch movement forever. 🔗 RESOURCES 📖 Rob Friedman's book "Unhittable" — https://pitchingninja.com/pages/book 🥷 Follow Pitching Ninja — https://x.com/PitchingNinja 📩 Youth Inc. Newsletter — https://www.youth.inc/newsletter 🌐 youth.inchttps://www.youth.inc

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