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Grip Strength Endurance/Fatigue Using the Landmine Hold ‘Test’: An Interesting Pattern With UCL Pathology
Introduction If you have been staying up to date with baseball research, you probably read the 2019 article by Birfer, Sonne, and Holmes (found here) titled “Manifestations of muscle fatigue in baseball pitchers: a systematic review”. In short, they...
Youth Development: Gamifying Skill Work
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 athletes; namely, the concept of gamification and the unique benefits that stem from it. Gamifying skill work (ie. learning how to...
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...
Winter High Performance Recap 2019
Although it’s currently raining, just over 7 degrees Celsius, and with the sky completely devoid of any sign of sunshine, the Ontario high school baseball season is hours away from officially beginning. It’s hard to believe that just six months ago, BDG...
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