In the game of baseball, most of the attention is focused on the pitcher. We are always continuing to research multiple avenues on how to enhance performance for the baseball pitcher. But what about the guy behind the dish?
Catchers … Read more >
Hitting success in the game of baseball can be classified with three distinct factors: decision time, swing velocity, and exit velocity.
Since exit velocity can be influenced by the first two factors, is there a way we can enhance swing … Read more >
There is no surprise that baseball is a very one-sided sport. Due to this one-sidedness, baseball athletes present an adaptive muscular tightness and weakness in their throwing shoulder from repetition after repetition.
There is also no surprise that one of … Read more >
Many pitching coaches teach young players to either stay “tall and fall” or push as hard off the mound as they can when delivering a pitch to home plate. Is one method more optimal than the other?
If you want … Read more >
A recent study out of Wake Forest in the Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine looked at the perceived definition of a long toss program by pitchers, pitching coaches and athletic trainers associated with Major League Baseball. The ultimate goal was … Read more >
One of the keys to pitching effectively is the ability to reproduce consistent mechanics and maintain your release point while on the mound.
In the past, we have found that baseball pitchers tend to become more upright as the … Read more >
I like simple studies that answer complex answers. A recent report in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy has shown the baseball pitchers with Tommy John injuries have weaker rotator cuff strength than healthy players.
This has long been … Read more >
A recent research report investigated the effect of travel on Major League Baseball teams and performance. The authors found the MLB teams traveling eastward, such as those ending a series in Seattle and starting traveling to their next one in … Read more >
Heart rate variability (HRV) can be an important metric for athletes to measure recovery and response to stress. A recent research report was published looked at HRV between starts in professional baseball pitchers.
The results indicate that changes to the … Read more >
A recent research report out of Japan continues to add to the body of evidence regarding humeral retroversion in the dominant shoulder in baseball players. Essentially, the upper arm in baseball players has boney adaptations that occur while throwing as … Read more >
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