This does not mean you should not do ballistic just that you must be aware of the possibility of added risk. If you want to reach your potential you're probably going to take more risks than the average player. Just do it knowledgeably. Until next time when we get into specific exercise meant to prepare you for ballistic training. In order to be ready to do ballistic training your body must be accumstomed to the workload you will be under during this training.
Ballistic training is strenuous and requires a well-conditioned athelete.
It's probably a good idea to spend a couple of weeks conditioning your body before getting into ballistic training. There are several types of exercises recommended for conditioning. We will be getting into some of these exercises in depth in the next session but before we do I must inject a word of caution. Pitching is very stressful on the arm, both baseball and fastpitch softball. Ballistic training increases the load on the arm and may increase the risk of injury.