Strength in Numbers #47
For the first time in my life, I visited the Pacific Northwest and traveled to Seattle for ArmCare's first-ever ArmCare Performance Clinic.
This offering is private and provided at colleges across the country to give theory and application of our product, how to truly utilize the data for onsite help with…
Ryan Crotin, PhD CSCS RSCC, Executive Vice President
Strength in Numbers #46
Last week we talked about the issue of pain and getting athletes out of pain when they throw. In this newsletter, we will talk more about throwing programming considerations that can help reduce pain and how to break the pain cycle.
A LITTLE MORE ON KINESIOPHOBIA
I continued some discussion with…
If your lower body power suffers, you lose ground reaction force, you may be exposing yourself to risk of Tommy John Surgery.
In this ArmCare FX video, we're cover the research on strengthen your lower body in order to take the pressure off of your arms.
This is an important step in injury…
Strength in Numbers #45
I will introduce you to a person in the baseball industry that you have likely never heard of, but you'll get tons of insight from him in this week's newsletter and podcast.
In my career, I have always been interested in those in the industry that work with injured athletes and rebuild deliveries to create resilient throwing arms. But, even…
Everyone is talking about velocity, but the change-up is one of baseball’s best kept secrets. This pitch can save your arm and help you dominate on the mound.
Strength in Numbers #44
For 20 years, I have been reading research to advance throwing and hitting performance and to be honest...
I've had been wasting my time!
Like most people communicating findings from studies, I put a lot of stock in "statistically significant" data, thinking it was "practically significant" data.
About five years ago,…
We cannot accept a statistically significant finding in research to be gospel. Instead, focus on the Effect Size Calculation. Effect size stats are important for coaching as it shows how big an effect of intervention was for a particular sample population.
Consider a group improving their mean velocity from 94mph to 94.2mph with an…
Strength in Numbers #43
I am not writing this newsletter to scare you. I am writing this newsletter to deliver facts as amateur baseball has kicked off across the country.
What I am about to write about can save your season, your athletes' sanity, and your parent's enjoyment, as they are the primary caretaker for…
Strength in Numbers #42
Along my career path, I have always wondered about the key ingredients for success at the highest level of play. What is interesting is that my findings are consistent throughout all of baseball.
Everything points to:
Throwing arm strength, Biomechanics, Motor learning, and Psychology.
In this week's newsletter, I want to…
Strength in Numbers #41
You have all seen it on social media. Baseball industry leader X puts something out into the digital world, and baseball contrarian Y disagrees.
From there, baseball industry leader X rebuttals baseball contrarian Y, then baseball contrarian Y goes on the defense and attacks baseball industry leader X. Finally, the conversation…