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 The BDG Team | Feb 1, 2016 | Coaches, Performance Team
Let’s face it: Throwing a baseball at near-maximal velocities is inherently stressful. As such, pitching is not exactly an activity that lends itself well to being repeated hundreds of times each week over the course of a long competitive baseball season. Yet, that is...
by The BDG Team | Oct 27, 2015 | Coaches
It’s the middle of August and for some of us, the summer season is coming to a close. As such, high school and collegiate players are beginning to face some tough questions. What am I going to do for off-season training? Where am I going to accomplish this? What...
by Admin BDG | Jul 20, 2015 | Coaches, Performance Team
“Coach, my arm reallllly hurts” When a player comes to you talking about being in pain, as a coach, you are immediately thrust into a position of responsibility and confronted with some difficult decisions. Do you pull the player out of the game? Switch...
by Admin BDG | Jun 21, 2015 | Athletes, Coaches, Performance Team
As seen on Pitch Mechanics 101. How Most View Pitching Injury Ask most pitching coaches at the amateur or even collegiate and professional levels about injury prevention and you’ll find the conversation defaults to mechanics. Where the elbow needs to be, how...
by Admin BDG | May 20, 2015 | Athletes, Coaches, Performance Team
Now that the baseball season is in full swing, we must turn our attention towards keeping our athletes healthy and on the field. Preventing the overuse and abuse of our youths’ throwing arms is a major topic of conversation in the sports medicine community. Workload...
