Baseball Biomechanical Analysis

This new regulation in the game of baseball will minimize injuries and maximize skill levels.

All baseball players, regardless of position, need to focus on the core muscles of the abdomens, hips and legs. Swinging a bat requires a lot of strength and rotation of your abdomens. If you have a weak abdomen, not only can it affect your performance. Also it can lead to potential muscle pulls and strains that could lead to recovery. Even pitchers have strong cores.This is because your core is a big part in throwing a pitch with good velocity. To develop a good core you can do various workouts.

After discussing the proper ways to hold a baseball I will now discuss the proper steps in order to do all of this such as the proper mechanics. (Discuss PowerPoint Picture)

For Newton's first law of motion which states that "every object remains at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change its state by the action of an external force" is seen in both pitching and hitting. When the game is on going pitchers wait for a signal from the catcher before throwing. While they are waiting they hold the baseball in their glove or hand before throwing. Once they receive the signal they windup their arm and send the ball into motion down to home base. Pitchers uses Newton's first law of motion in order to throw fastballs, sliders, and curve balls. When you are up at bat you wait until the pitcher sets the ball in motion. Once the ball is in motion the hitter sets the bat in motion by swinging at the

In sport, an understanding of biomechanical principles allows athletes and coaches to breakdown movement and learn the correct way to execute a skill (Singh Yadav, 2016, P 669-670).

Sutton in an article for Explicator explained this significance of the swing moving faster and faster (Sutton).

Do you want to be able to beat everyone at the next home run derby? Ok you may not go to any home run derbies or be in softball, but learning to swing a bat correctly can give you an upper hand and give you something to teach other people. When you are a parent and your kid wants to learn the sport of softball or baseball you will be able to teach them the perfect fundamentals in swinging a bat. There is a lot more to swinging a bat than what most people think. When you think about swinging a bat do you think about your feet, your head, your hands, or your hips? I don’t think most people do. Well these hitting fundamentals will teach you how to have the perfect swing and these four easy stages will help you to teach others and if you want to hit the farthest.

Bocce ball is a great way to demonstrate the complex wonders of Newton’s three laws in a simple and understandable way. Bocce ball, which was first documented in the year 5200 B.C., is a sport that was first popularized during the roman empire. It wasn’t more than just a leisurely activity until the game found its way back into Italy, once the Roman empire collapsed. Bocce ball was steadily rising and falling in popularity, until a major resurgence in 1896, when it was admitted an olympic sport, and has been part of the summer olympics ever since. Bocce has really become such a widespread sport because you can participate no matter how old, what your race is, or what gender you are. All you need to do is roll a ball. America seemed very separated from the game until a sweep of popularity in California in 1989. Today there is said to be 25,000,000 bocce ball players in the United States. Many aspects of the game of Bocce ball can be relatable to the simple concepts of Newton’s original three laws, from the balls hitting each other (Newton’s third law), to throwing balls harder to increase the force and then slowing down (Newton’s first and second laws). Throughout this essay, I will not only explain what each of Newton’s three laws mean, but provide a real life example of how it could relate to the game of bocce ball.

However, in the same paragraph, he goes on to counter with the statement that “an orthopedist, an anatomist, and coach of a women’s softball team” declare there is no structural difference in the shoulders. By mentioning that three knowledgeable people agree that there is no difference, Fallows adequately shuts down the opposing argument. At the end of paragraph 14, tennis instructor, Vic Braden, is introduced. According to Fallows, Vic Braden details the most useful description of throwing a ball. Fallows goes on to summarize the “kinetic chain theory” created by Braden. Proposing Vic Braden’s throwing mechanics is an exceptional form of support for Fallows’ own

Anthony Blondell Baseball Biomechanics 12/27/17 I enjoy playing baseball, I played 2 seasons of baseball so far. I played multiple positions while I was playing including short stop, second base, outfield, and pitcher. Before every practice and every game we would warm up by stretching running and throwing. We would do toe touches, jumping jacks, push ups, leg stretches and lunges to warm up all our muscles and to keep from getting muscle cramps.

According to the article, “Why Aluminum Bats Can Perform Better?”, there was a study done to test what bat hit the ball at faster speeds. “ The study was conducted with six skilled college players during more than a dozen batting practice sessions over a five ­day period. Each player would take several swings with either a wood or aluminum bat (randomly chosen), rest for 10 minutes, then take several swings with the other bat. Balls were pitched from both pitching machines and regular batting practice pitchers, but pitchers were found to be more consistent. During the testing, the average pitched ball speed was 56.6 mph. Batted ball speeds were measured using a radar gun. Data was collected for each player until 30 line drives were produced within a certain range of locations in the outfield. The results were an average batted ball speed (for line drives) of 88.6 mph for the wood bat and 92.5 mph for the aluminum bat,” (Russell). With these results, I concluded that the metal bat can cause a more serious safety concern because if the ball is traveling at faster speeds off a metal bat, it forces players to react to the ball quicker. If players do not react quickly enough, they can be struck and seriously hurt or die. According to the article “Safety Squeeze: Banning Non-Wood Bats Is Not The Answer To Amateur Baseball’s Bat Problem,” this has happened to players like “eighteen-year-old Brandon

Moving along, to the second experiment, “How does force affect your game?” concludes that using a 10 pound ball applying strong force provides a velocity (m/s) of 3.2, a result of 25 (J) for the kinetic energy, and 5 bowling points

In the preparatory phase motions that will be analyzed are the grip of the bat and the batting stance. In the action phase the stride, arm motion, wrist action, hip action, and leg action will be analyzed. The final stage of the swing is the follow through phase and during this phase the proper follow through techniques will be analyzed to help prevent injury.

In 1926 the game of softball began in Chicago; therefore, the game has been wildly popular with women for a long time. Softball consists of two teams made of nine players working together to score runs. When your player is batting, you use the other teams errors to score points for your own team. Meanwhile, the other team is on the field avoiding errors, trying to get you out so that it can be their turn to score runs. I have been playing softball since I was in kindergarten and my father is the one who taught me how to be an asset to the team.

The players were tested using a ten-camera motion analysis system. Markers were placed on various spots on the body to assess movements at the pelvis, thorax, shoulder, arm, and hand. The markers measure flexion, extension, lateral flexion, and rotation of the trunk. For the upper limb, it measured internal and external rotation. The players performed ten spike trials to various spots on the court. For these trials, were then analyzed and Mitchinson concluded that there were no differences in the range of motion (ROM) of the injured and uninjured athletes. This article is important for analyzing the biomechanics of a volleyball serve because the motion of the shoulder during a spike and a serve and almost identical. The article also gave useful information on the sport of volleyball and the importance of having proper shoulder movement to successfully swing (Mitchinson, 2013).