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The Many Swings of Bryce Harper — And The One Swing of Nick Kurtz. How many clubs should hitters have in the bag?

August 3, 2025August 7, 2025

In the spring of 2013, former Washington Nationals hitting coordinator Rick Schu was collecting iconic swings from DVDs of Ken ...read more

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Lets Not Kid Ourselves, Greg Maddux Was A Unicorn.

July 19, 2025July 22, 2025

Many have heard the message shouted through the chain-link fence of a local amateur field or read the comments in ...read more

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Off‑Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 3: Non‑Linear Running

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

Welcome to the third installment of our four‑part series on off‑season speed training for Minor League Baseball (MiLB) position players. ...read more

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Tendon Adaptations in Throwers: Mechanisms and Applications

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025

Introduction It’s hard to find a more dynamic and physically demanding task in sports than throwing. Whether it be a ...read more

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Ultimate Guide to Baseball Pitch Grips

January 10, 2022August 25, 2023

By Chris Langin, Pitching Coordinator & edited by Michael O’Connell Director of Education, updated 4/22/2022Baseball pitch grips spark a special ...read more

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How to Throw a Cutter

July 3, 2020August 30, 2022

Welcome to Part 6 of our “How to Throw” series! In our final segment, we will conclude with a discussion ...read more

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Pitch Grips and Changing Fastball Spin Rate

November 8, 2017November 20, 2023

We still don’t know much about why pitchers can spin the same pitches differently, and we don’t know that much ...read more

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