Using the PMT as a Predictive Model for Tommy John Surgery
Using the PMT Model for Tommy John SurgeryRichard BirferThis is a post written by Richard Birfer, Pitch Design Engineer at Baseball Development Group. Tommy John Surgery is one of the more invasive procedures in all of sports with the recovery and rehabilitation...
Gamifying Skill Work
Gamifying Skill WorkLennon RichardsThis is a post written by Lennon Richards, Lead Pitching Instructor at Baseball Development Group. With our Youth Fall Clinic ending a week ago I thought it would be a good time to talk about our philosophy for developing youth...
Grunting In Baseball
Grunting in Pitching: Research ReviewGuest post Dr. Tyler DobosThis is a guest post written by Dr. Tyler Dobos, S&C coach and performance therapist at Baseball Development Group. Recently, I read a post by a colleague who wrote about “grunting”. More specifically,...
Podcast: Baseball Development on the Ground
Well, I've officially jumped into the podcast realm. I've ditched the journal and decided to record audio of my thoughts and reflections of the week - starting every Friday. The idea is two fold. First, I want to easily capture my thoughts, without a filter and in a...
Influence of Pitcher Fielding Plays and Pick off Attempts on Overall In-Game Workload during an NCAA Division 1 Season
Mike Sonne1, Jason Castleman Williams2, Joseph Marsh3, Stephen Osterer1 1Baseball Development Group, Toronto, ON 2Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 3Driveline Baseball, Kent Washington During the course of a game or practice, pitchers...
Taking Time Off Before Fall Ball: A Good Idea?
At least in Ontario, the summer baseball season for a lot of players is winding down. For some of these players, their season will be over and there will be a short gap between that time and when Fall Ball starts back up again. Now is the time where we get flooded...
Michigan Brewers Partnership
Michigan Brewers Elite Partnership – Press Release July 17th, 2019 (Toronto, ON) – In an effort to effectively provide US exposure for Canadian players – at an affordable rate – we are proud to announce the BDG x Michigan Brewers Elite Player Partnership. This...
Scarborough Stingers Off-Season Training
With the announcement of our partnership with the Scarborough Stingers to run their off-season training, we got an influx of inquiries from parents, players and coaches asking us things like “what does the development program look like and what...