Category: 5 Tools
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“Good Mechanics” Checklist
In part 1, we explored the concept of what exactly are “good mechanics” according to some clinical experts. Check it out here. Their goal was to help create some standard guidelines and a common language that clinicians, the health care professionals that take care of our pitchers, can follow in hopes of reducing the number…
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What Are Good Pitching Mechanics?
What Are Good Pitching Mechanics? This question is one of the most crucial and frequently asked by players and parents alike. Ask 10 different baseball experts, and you’ll probably get 10 different answers—if not more. However, standardizing an answer was the goal of a 2023 journal article published in The Journal of Sports Health titled,…
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Does throwing with a radar gun help you throw harder? Short article with tons of great info
This article falls under “studies you should know about,” a cornerstone of this website. For example, check out how long-distance running inhibits power or the 3 mechanical factors that positively influence velocity. For many coaches, this might be in the “I Already Knew That” category. If so, here’s the scientific proof. If not, keep reading.…
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Kinogram #1 – Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes gets the honor of being my first Kinogram of the week. What’s a Kinogram you ask? Check out this article to learn more but here’s an example of Paul Skenes’ kinogram from his LSU days Here are the individual picture’s that make up the Kinogram #1 – Peak Leg Lift – lead leg…
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Shapes and Sizes of Cuban Pitchers
Last year I posted a bunch of articles examining the shapes and sizes of MLB pitchers. It was a fun project but all I can do is look at pitchers based on the avaible data that I have which is merely height, weight, and body mass index. This isn’t a lot to go off of.…
