First it heals real fast because you’re not putting any weight on it like your knees. In fact don’t be surprised to see him dress for ASU… there’s no cast or anything… I was given a neoprene elbow brace and some painkillers… that’s it. Plus the amount of muscle attached to the joint relative to the amount of stress on it makes it an injury you can play with.

However, you cannot hold the ball hard to your body without it feeling weak. Mine made clicking noises whenever I would bend my arm, but that’s neither here nor there. Anyway, you cannot get full strength on the ball…. not b/c of your hand, your hand is fine… and not b/c of the pain…. but the joint just doesnt feel like it would support squeezing the ball to your body. It feels weak… I remember not being able to do a pull-up or a dip for some time. I think getting stripped will be a big issue especially since Zona will know this and try to strip it every chance they get.

Getting hit won’t be a problem because the pain goes away after a few days… he just needs to use the other arm to hold the ball. But he certainly won’t be able to stiff arm or land on the hurt arm… plus balls thrown above his head will not be caught b/c you can’t extend your arm fully without it hurting…. so on the passes, Kevin better hit him on the numbers.

The biggest downside is once you suffer this injury, it’s so easy for it to happen again… my initial injury happened very fast during a live practice match… I had to go to the hospital… the second time i hardly put any pressure on my arm and it buckled due to the angle…

As for jerking it… I was ok since I’m a righty…. if I was a lefty, that would’ve sucked.