Blog

Off-Season Workload Progression using Pulse

May 13, 2022May 17, 2022

By Stephen Hart, Pitching Coordinator Pitchers, especially high-level pitchers, are creatures of habit. Most pitchers have a specific warm-up routine, a ...read more

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Blog Article, Hitting

St. Louis Cardinals: How Lars Nootbaar added 8 mph of bat speed

April 1, 2022April 2, 2022

Written by John Soteropulos – Hitting Trainer Take a deep breath and let’s hit the rewind button all the way ...read more

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Blog Article, Hitting

Push Swing: Training Point of Contact Deeper in the Zone

March 21, 2022March 22, 2022

Written by JP Fasone – Hitting Trainer As hitters move up in level, they have to clear a significant skill ...read more

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Pitching

Dillon Tate: Utilizing Biomechanics for Player Development

March 16, 2022May 5, 2022

By Anthony Brady MS, CSCS, Director of Sports Science In 2019, Dillon Tate made his MLB debut. We’ve been fortunate ...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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Blog Article

Stuff to Read: 9/21/10

September 22, 2010

Here’s some links worth checking out – including some old content on this blog: When Did “Just Rest” Become a ...read more

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