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In part two we covered the role that anthropometrics can play in creating customized mechanics.  The next logical piece is to look at mobility because having long bones is great but if we don’t have enough mobility we lose out on any leverage that the skeletal system can generate. Mobility/flexibility/range of motion should be measured…

Ironically a couple of days after I published my latest article about building customized mechanics and the vitally important role that antropometrics play I came across a video that I wanted to share. The video is an interview with Chris Sale who I used as an example in my last article due to his unique…

This article is going to start exploring the idea of getting to know your athletes physically by building profiles that I introduced in part one, which you can check out here.  To be a successful coach you also have also take into consideration the mental and emotional side of each athlete so that you can…

For the last month I’ve been hard at work putting together the next part of my Customized Mechanics Series and it is taking on a life of it own.  It will be at least be a 3 part series and I can see it becoming part of my e-book that I mentioned here about testing…

The ability to decelerate is vital to the success of any throw when the goal is to maximize velocity.  We always like to focus on how our muscles can produce force with concentric movements while little attention is paid to the eccentric portion of the movements we use when throwing. Here are two easy drills…