by Admin BDG | Oct 11, 2016 | Athletes, Coaches, Performance Team
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,...
by Admin BDG | Aug 19, 2016 | Athletes, Coaches
What is Choking and Why Does it Happen? “90 percent of the game is mental. The other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra Nearly every baseball coach, parent, and player is aware of this famous Yogi Berra quote. And, despite how mathematically incorrect it may be, it...
by Admin BDG | Jun 12, 2016 | Athletes, Coaches
When analyzing lower body mechanics, pitching coaches (and hitting coaches, for that matter) tend to pay a lot of attention to the hips. (Note: If we’re being picky, what they are actually referring to is the pelvis. I’ll explain this subtle, but important difference...
by Admin BDG | May 5, 2016 | Athletes, Coaches
A few days ago, I posted on our Facebook group describing two very different scenarios that a couple of our clients went through this season. Both were college pitchers with a history of elbow pain that had restricted their innings and performance in the season prior....
by The BDG Team | Apr 13, 2016 | Athletes, Coaches
The fact that injury rates are highest in the first couple months of the Major League Baseball season (e.g., Posner et al., 2011) is just one of several indications that many professional baseball players are going into Spring Training unprepared. Poorly-designed...
by Admin BDG | Nov 8, 2015 | Athletes, Performance Team
I’m not sure why, but I’ve recently received a rapid influx of questions regarding optimal “recovery”. Concerns over recovery at this time of the year are a little confusing, considering we’re in the middle of the off-season. (I’ll explain why...
