In episode 1 of the More Than Velocity Podcast, Ryan Crotin and Jordan Oseguera discuss what the research and their time in Pro baseball suggest is the main cause of injuries—and how this data should change your Arm Care and workload management.
Strength in Numbers #3
There's plenty of research to show that increased velocity adds torque to the throwing elbow. But is there a way for an athlete to light up a radar gun safely?
This week's Strength in Numbers will cover a few of the more popular ways to maximize velo and also explore the risks involved. We'll highlight…
Strength in Numbers #2
Do you want to set yourself apart? Be part of the 10% of coaches that read peer-reviewed research articles.
Unfortunately, in a world where social media posts are most accessible, very few coaches spend time digging into facts. For that reason, many hold strong beliefs in the information not scientifically vetted or…
Strength in Numbers #1
We know there is a lot of information out there, but there's not a true, mainstream understanding of how strength benefits throwing performance and recovery.
Strength in Numbers adds a group of professionals to your training team that uses strength as the most critical measurement for optimizing performance. Whether you are…
Snap! Another pitcher goes down with Tommy John Surgery. It's a common occurrence in baseball and presents an interesting paradox. Medical procedures are advancing to repair the UCL, but our ability to prevent injuries is not keeping up. As part of this, motion capture tech companies are capitalizing on baseball’s throwing injury epidemic, but is…
You may have heard that “Eccentric exercise makes you sore, causes tightness post-training, and should be avoided during the competitive season.” But this is poor advice that may be leaving athletes undertrained. In this article, we'll cover some unique information about eccentric exercises for baseball training that's not well-known in the baseball performance community.
What's…
Strength and length are critical ingredients to accelerating and decelerating the throwing arm. Firstly, appropriate muscle length provides the range of motion to load the arm like a catapult, and secondly strength maintains the position of the arm in the shoulder socket from layback to ball release.
To ensure arm health and the highest level of…
Baseball players represent an interesting population in how they treat their throwing arms. It's often ritualistic in how they handle their throwing arm as their prized possession. Players are constantly conscious of their arms, ensuring they don’t sleep on them wrong, avoid overuse, and sometimes avoid lifting heavy weights altogether. Or in other cases, some…
"You can't speed it up if you can't slow it down." This adage means that you can only move with the speed your body can decelerate. For that reason, deceleration strength is a crucial component for the health and performance of baseball players, and it involves a balance of strength on either side of the…
In 1978, Dr. Gabe Mirkin pushed the term RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, & Elevation.) He has since changed his point of view on the use of ice and compression as it relates to healing and says that it may actually have the reverse effect and inhibit healing.
This is largely unknown by the baseball…