The Limits of Motion Capture: Understanding Arm Pain
Introduction Pitchers all over the world experience arm pain. As a pitching trainer, I’m often asked, “I have pain at X spot or place, is this normal?” While arm pain...
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How in the heck has Fernando Tatis Jr. not homered yet? A forensic swing investigation
We are a quarter of the way through the major league season, and Fernando Tatis Jr. is yet to hit a home run.It's the greatest mystery, the biggest head scratcher...
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Welcome to the first installment of our four-part series on off-season speed training for Minor League Baseball (MiLB) position players. In this series, we’ll detail the speed training system we...
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The quest for offensive success in baseball ultimately comes down to consistently producing high-quality contact. At the heart of this lies bat speed - the fundamental driver of exit velocity...
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The journey began with a spark of inspiration from Twitter. When I came across Dylan Drummey’s post about bat keypoint tracking with MLB video, I immediately recognized its potential application...
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“Athlete specialization is narrow in it’s goals, but not in its means”One of my favorite ways to conceptualize skill acquisition is in the form of a funnel. When looking to...