by The BDG Team | Aug 15, 2017 | Athletes, Coaches
ARTICULAR HEALTH: WHAT IT MEANS FOR MOVEMENT, INJURY AND HOW TO TRACK IT Why do I care so much about individual joint health? For the developing high school, college and young pro baseball player the primary focus is trending towards getting bigger, stronger, and...
by The BDG Team | Jun 7, 2017 | Athletes, Coaches
Players, coaches, and parents are exposed to hundreds of new ideas each day. The explosion of information online is incredible for the eager learner, but should come with a word of caution – sometimes more isn’t always better. It can lead to confusion, tire...
by The BDG Team | May 7, 2017 | Athletes, Coaches
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...
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...
