I’ve been trying to put this article into words for the better part of a year and debated completely shelving it, because frankly, it’s extremely controversial and not accepted by most of the people who train baseball players. However, I am not going to stay silent on the issue any longe...
Two weeks ago, the NY Times published an article titled Young Arms and Curveballs: A Scientific Twist. In the article, Bill Pennington interviewed various experts in the field of youth baseball pitching and got mixed answers. Dr. Fleisig of ASMI said his research can’t prove that curveballs ar...
I wrote this for some friends of mine who had questions about biomechanics, and figured I’d share it here. ——- I’ll start with an introduction to what it is I’m studying. Biomechanics is nothing more than the description of mechanics (using the physics definition) as ap...
I’ve been meaning to write on this subject for quite some time, and if it’s received well, I’ll write more about ASMI’s report. A fair warning: This post will be very long and will likely contain a lot of scientific jargon that might be tough to understand. Feel free to conta...
My newest article can be found on The Hardball Times – The Science of Scouting: A Biomechanical Look at Gerrit Cole. Take a look and enjoy!
A clip on YouTube that has gotten a fair amount of press is this SOMAX Sports clip of Tim Lincecum. There are a lot of assumptions that are made in this video with regard to training and flexibility that I’m not going to get into at this time, but I would like to address this very obviously wr...
Here’s some links worth checking out – including some old content on this blog: When Did “Just Rest” Become a Viable Recommendation? – A great short read about how simply resting is terrible advice given to either overtrained or injured athletes. Elbow Injuries and What...
