EP HUMAN BIOLOGY-MODIFIED MASTERING
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Author: Johnson
Publisher: PEARSON CO
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The reason for not recommending the children to learn to throw curveballs at too young age.
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Baseball is a popular sport nowadays. This includes activities of various muscles and joints of the body. Curveball is a technique, in which the ball is thrown in such a way that the ball spins forward and dives in a downward direction before reaching the plate. The hand movement requires for the curveball may cause injury.
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