Rounders In Baseball

In New York City, a group of young men decided to make the game of rounders more suitable for adults. There have been records that indicate the game called "base ball" was played in what is now considered to be lower midtown Manhattan in 1842. On September 23, 1845, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club- baseball's first "team"- was formed in New York City. There was no other baseball club that was more influential than the Knickerbockers. Its founder was a bank clerk named Alexander J. Cartwright, and the co-founder, Dr. Daniel Adams. The Knickerbockers adopted baseball's first uniform, which consisted of blue pants, white shirts and straw hats. Cartwright and Adams were responsible for coming up with some of the rules of baseball, although they have been changed. November 18, 1853 there was a meeting held to decide who should be on the committee to make all the rules. Dr. Adams, Abraham Tucker, and Duncan Curry were among the ones that were chosen (Stewart, 6-7). They made up 17 rules, which were: the bases should be home, to second base, 42 paces; and from first to third base, 42 paces, halfway; and from home to pitcher not less than 15 paces. The game is to consist of 21 counts or aces, but at the end an equal number of hands must be played. The ball must be pitched to the bat. A ball knocked outside the range of the first or third base is foul. Three balls being struck at and missed, and the last one caught, is a hand out; if not caught considered fair and

Baseball is known for being Americas Pastime, because of how great the history this sport carries behind it and how it was created almost a two-hundred years ago. Abner Doubleday invented baseball, though they claim, in 1839 and was also a Civil War hero. This is not true, and many people believe that he was the inventor. “There really is not a true inventor of the sport, it really came from two English sports, which are rounders and cricket that originated in the eighteen-hundreds. When the American Revolution happened different variations of the English games rounders and cricket were being played all over America and those games made a new one, baseball.”

It is extremely difficult to maintain arm health for a full season. Because of the increased average velocity and innings thrown throughout pitchers in the major leagues, a higher percentage of pitchers have encountered injuries in the elbow and UCL reconstruction is necessary to continue their baseball career. Tearing of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) is a very severe injury and requires surgery or reconstruction of the ligament in order to throw again.The recovery process is long and grueling and can have an effect on the mental aspect of throwing a baseball with intent or maximum effort. In “ Biomechanical Performance of Baseball Pitchers with a History of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction” Fleisig, Laughlin, Aune, and colleagues claim that this tentative attribute inhibits biomechanics of throwing the baseball such as stride length, tilt of pitch, velocity, and noticeably different shoulder and elbow mechanics (Fleisig, Laughlin, Aune, et. al., 2015, page 1045). However, these Orthopedic Surgeons and Baseball Medical Officials performed a study that demonstrated that there was no significant difference in the biomechanics of pitchers with reconstructive surgery and those without it. Being able to return to an equal or higher level of play after surgery and rehabilitation is possible and players are not at a

Before assigning a program regime it is important to analyze both the needs of the individual and the biomechanics of their required movements. When looking at athletes specifically, a coach should analyze not only the biomechanical and physiological requirements of the athletes but also how to improve transfer of training. Goals of hockey players often include improving power and speed of skating stride or increasing accuracy of the wrist shot. The training plan the athlete should be given to achieve these goals should involve exercises that mimic contraction types, rate of force production and biomechanics of these movements. Experience of the athlete and the combination of general and specific training are crucial factors that determine how training will transfer to performance. Although weight training will increase the amount of force an athlete can provide, this does not necessarily guarantee an increased performance within their sport. For this reason, coaches should apply research that is specific to their athletes sport to increase mechanical specificity, while applying principles of overload and variation. Overload is when a stimulus of sufficient strength, duration and frequency is applied to an

Coaches are more than just experts at game-day strategy. They’re also highly knowledgeable in the techniques pitchers can use to maximize their potential on the field. At the middle and high school level, many coaches and P.E. teachers are people with advanced degrees in education and exercise science. At the college and professional levels, coaches tend to be even more highly educated and experienced. Pitchers can take advantage of this wealth of knowledge to reach their peak playing ability. Not to mention, pro-level pitchers often work with personal trainers, physical therapists, and other professionals to bulk up and protect their

Along with the throwing arm, one of the largest areas where injuries occur happens to be one of the largest parts of the body, the trunk. Trunk injuries have one of the highest percentages of any injuries in major league baseball. With the help of measurements that can be taken between the pelvis and upper trunk, Exercise Scientists are able to calculate measurements including the maximum trunk rotation and angular acceleration of the trunk. Front foot contact for pitching, and after ball contact for batters is the most demanding instance for the trunk and spine, thus placing more stress on those areas during that time. Although it is impossible to calculate the amount of stress the abdominal muscles repetitively go through during pitching

As all baseball fans know, a recent episode of the HBO series Real Sports featured Seattle Mariners pitcher Steve Delabar whose professional baseball career was unexpectedly revived by a revolutionary new pitching training technique he had experimented with only for the purpose and in the context of his high school baseball coaching duties, long after he had resigned himself to the fact that his major league pitching career had been ended prematurely by a major elbow injury caused by the physiological stress of pitching. This was the inspiration for my new sports product invention: the revolutionary Pitching Velocity Training Strap.

However, many doctors including Dr. Jobee believe that any post- surgical increases in performance are mostlikely due to the increased stablity of the elbow joint and pitches’ increased attention to their fitness and condition. Doctor Jobe believed that, rather than allowing pitchers to gain velocity, the surgery and rehab protocols merely allow pitchers to return to their pre-injury levels of performance. (WebMD editors ,

Baseball was originally invented by one mister Henry Base in 1986. The sport involved two teams of men walking in circles for several hours until one side gave up.

When athletes play baseball their body needs to be in top physical condition. According to the article on bleacher report.com, “Last offseason, Bryce Harper would wake up at 4:50 a.m. four times a week and would be lifting weights by 5:30 a.m., according to James Wagner of The Washington Post. The left fielder 's workouts would run between 90 minutes and two hours, and there was no time to rest in between sets” (Buscheck n.p.) This article shows just how much strength matters. If Bryce Harper, a major league player thinks that he should be working out and getting stronger, then someone who has not made it to the highest level yet should be working just as hard or harder to become stronger. Players also need to be fast if they want to play in the major leagues. Speed is extremely important when it comes to running the bases or going for a ball in the field. The average times for players in the major leagues, according to this article, for the sixty yard run are: “6.89 seconds for outfielders, 6.97 seconds for infield, and 7.09 seconds for catchers. Pitchers were not tested.” (Coleman 1). So if a player wanted to make it far, their goal according to their position should be faster than these numbers, because these numbers are averages, and a player should always want to be above average. Even though the pitchers were not tested for their speed, as a pitcher players should try and be at least faster than their catcher. So when players go to work out they should

In 1869 Cincinnati formed the first paid baseball team in American history. First played professionally in 1876, the National League, the name for the league at the time, made Baseball the first professional sport ever to be played in America. During this time players would generally jump around from team to team and even league to league. In 1903 Major League Baseball was founded. America’s game had a new home. A home for whites that is. Blacks were excluded from professional sports.

Studies show that the magnitude of GIRD and TROM deficits can change acutely following repetitive throwing exposure, such as after a baseball game(19, 30). Not only does this implicate soft tissue involvement in allowing for shifts of arcs of motion, it also indicates that dynamic stabilizers of the shoulder play an important role in prevention of injury as they safeguard the GIRD-affected shoulder from extremes of motion. Fatigue can thus predispose significantly to soft tissue injuries such as thrower’s SLAP tears and impingement(31). A reasonable assertion would be that shoulder overuse likely confounds any study in GIRD as a primary source of tissue injury. As such, training programs should not neglect rest and strengthening as part of the therapy regimen(20).

Rounders (Irish: cluiche corr) is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a rounded end wooden, plastic or metal bat. The players score by running around the four bases on the field.[1][2]

Previous investigations have shown relationships between external workload and injury, this study however takes into consideration the acute and chronic workloads. When acute workloads outweighed chronic workloads a higher incidence of injury was observed, challenging coaches to monitor and alter training loads. In contrast, high chronic external workloads were seen to lower injury risk reiterating the positive physical adaptations of training. Finally, the need to assess recovery strategies is fundamental due to the high rate of injuries in weeks following assessment.

Often during sport activity, injuries can occur in the muscles due to a variety of reasons such as; poor motor function, lack of recovery, or inflammation (Curran). A common objective for athletes and coaches alike is to eliminate the chance of developing injuries and maintain the ability to continuously perform at a high level throughout the season which can last up to 10 months. Otherwise the athletes’ physical and technical performance can suffer.