How the Ignorance of Baseball is Abusing the Youth with Chad Hilsman on Baseball Opps with TopV

Listen to Chad Hilsman story at 17 years old when he had to go under the knife to replace his UCL. He lost over a 1 of his youth in baseball repairing his arm which has made it very difficult for him to live his dream in this game. Youth arm injuries are still on the rise (see chart below) and the problem is the game is still poorly informed or educated on how to develop young throwing athletes.

Ulnar collateral ligament reconstructions (Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center).

		Youth and High School
Year	Total (No.)	No.	%
1994	6	0	0
1995	21	2	10
1996	31	1	3
1997	23	1	4
1998	43	5	12
1999	65	12	18
2000	93	17	18
2001	93	17	18
2002	110	19	17
2003	172	45	26
2004	174	35	20
2005	153	42	27
2006	140	36	26
2007	125	38	30
2008	103	33	32
2009	121	34	28
2010	131	41	31
Total	1607	374	23