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How power ages (It might surprise you)

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

Conventional wisdom posits that power improves with age. It suggests slugging prowess is a rare skill that ages well, becoming ...read more

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Blog Article, Pitching

The search for missing pitches. Are we early or late in the evolution of pitch design?

September 22, 2025September 24, 2025

In each recent season we have witnessed a trendy pitch proliferate pro baseball. We saw the sweeper spread across baseball ...read more

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Blog Article

In Search of A Smarter Pitch Count

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025

There have been only two instances of a major league pitcher reaching 120 pitches in a game since the start ...read more

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Blog Article

Off-Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 4: Change of Direction

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025

This is the final installment of our four-part series detailing the elements of the speed training program we implemented with ...read more

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kinematics

Velocity Training

Overuse is Not the Problem: Undertraining is the Devil

November 8, 2012April 5, 2021

I’ve been trying to put this article into words for the better part of a year and debated completely shelving ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics, Youth Baseball

Young Arms and Curveballs: The Real Story Behind it All

March 22, 2012July 2, 2021

Two weeks ago, the NY Times published an article titled Young Arms and Curveballs: A Scientific Twist. In the article, ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics

Biomechanics Explained: The Difficulty of Measurement

January 6, 2012April 5, 2021

I wrote this for some friends of mine who had questions about biomechanics, and figured I’d share it here. ——- ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics

Reviewing ASMI’s Biomechanical Analysis of Dr. Marshall’s Pitchers (Focus: Performance/Velocity)

October 10, 2011April 5, 2021

I’ve been meaning to write on this subject for quite some time, and if it’s received well, I’ll write more ...read more

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Recruiting

Science of Scouting: A Look at Gerrit Cole

August 11, 2011

My newest article can be found on The Hardball Times – The Science of Scouting: A Biomechanical Look at Gerrit ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics

The Limitations of Two-Dimensional Kinematic Analysis

June 15, 2011

A clip on YouTube that has gotten a fair amount of press is this SOMAX Sports clip of Tim Lincecum. ...read more

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