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The Unsurprising Transformation of James Mienkowski
After establishing Baseball Development Group in the spring of 2016, John and I knew that our inaugural winter development program would be a process of trial and error. Although we were on the same page philosophically and had successfully worked together in the...
Baseball Research Review #6 – What Predicts UCL Injury?
In this edition of the Baseball Research Review we review a 2016 study that looked at predictors of Ulnar Collateral Ligament reconstruction in MLB pitchers. Whiteside et al. scoured the available PITCH/fx data from 2010-2015 in an attempt to identify risk factors...
Movement: Patterns versus Programs
The proponents of Dynamic Systems Theory advocate that there is no central governor pressing an 'pitch the baseball' button in the brain. The believe that movements self-organize as a result of the boundaries or constraints placed on the system; the task, environment,...
Baseball Research Review #5 – Injuries and Attentional Focus
In this week's edition of the Baseball Research Review we take a look at a recent study by Dr. Rob Gray on post-injury attentional focus. This is -- as far as we are aware -- the first study to look at where athletes focus their attention following an injury: Is...
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