The Revolutionary Pitching Velocity Training Strap

Thesis: The Fundamentals of baseball can result in a successful pitcher is proper mechanics, good arm motion to hit your target and lots of flexibility/mobility that can result in high velocity meaning speed.

My breakfast started to creep back up my throat as game time got closer and closer. I walked across the patch of grass behind home plate and was towered over by the 30 foot backstop with a huge net suspended from it. My bulging bag of equipment was beginning to make my shoulder hang. I walked down the steps into the cement dugout and placed my bag under the bench that spanned the entire length of the dugout. I sat down, laced up my cleats, and put my warm-up jacket on in preparation for batting practice. I stepped onto the grass surrounding the dugout to get the feeling of how wet the grass was. I dug my cleats into the grass and began my usual routine of taking certain practice swings as I gazed upon the press box in the wake of the backstop. Preceding the burn in my forearms, caused from the practice swings, I marched behind the dugout to the rows of batting cages to wait my turn in line. Pacing back and forth I knew I had to keep my nervousness to a minimum. I popped in a wad of Big League Chew and continued to

When it comes down to an overall dominant major league pitcher, Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander are amongst the most popular names in major league baseball. In sports, to become an iconic figure is a difficult task; however, both Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander has earned their rights to claim their superstar images as the world vision’s them. Both of these pitchers have displayed great acts of character and leadership to their teams and many other people outside of baseball. Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander are both starting pitchers in the major league, share similar training methods, but differ in skills and style, and their achievements.

Dr. Frank Jobe developed a procedure for pitcher Tommy John (who the surgery was named after). With vivid research of the ligaments inside the medial elbow he developed a way to make the elbow back to normal strength or in some cases much more stronger. This surgery consisted of the new tendon being implanted and woven in a figure-eight pattern through holes

Journalist James Fallows explores the art of throwing a baseball in his text “Throwing Like a Girl.” The article was published in a commentary magazine called the Atlantic in August of 1996. Fallows clearly introduces the common misconception of “throwing like a girl” and effectively debates the many different reasons for the throwing difference.

We practiced proper biomechanics to help me pitch better. Not only throwing properly is important but icing our arms after is important for relieving the pain after a game. The purpose of the bio mechanical pitching evaluation is to reduce the risk of injury or re-injury by addressing the efficiency of a pitcher's mechanics. The pitching computer program is then used to calculate the kinematics (body angles, joint velocities, and timing mechanisms) and kinetics (joint forces and torques). ( www.asmi.org/bioeval.php?page=bio_eval ).

“These things, in my judgment, work better than most scientists believe,” says Gary Wadler of the New York University School of Medicine, “the athletes figured out how well these work long before scientists.” (pg. 13)

This will benefit baseball players because of a couple reasons. One, many players are getting hurt because they are over exerting themselves when they swing. “Shoulder instability may result in shoulder pain, arm or shoulder weakness, a feeling of looseness in your shoulder, abnormal movement of your shoulder or numbness in your arm.”(Shoulder Discomfort When Swinging a Baseball Bat Hard) They are doing this because they are swinging too hard. It can also benefit baseball players because it will help them know which weight to use when batting to make it easier to hit the ball

Introduction: What would happen if one of your family member got hurt from playing baseball and there not himself anymore? Sports im talking about is baseball because there are many painful injuries for example broken bones, cleated in the leg and brushed also dislocated bone and arms. Some Safety reason that i would like to put is a safty count for how many pitches the pitcher throws so that he does not mess up his arm and put a lot of stress on the person. My issue is important because if a family has a member playing baseball until he gets hurt from a broken spine and was paralyzed forever and could not play baseball anymore. My thesis is that baseball player should have more coaches that care about their players health and get to know there player max strength. The baseball organization should have a medicare just in case a player gets hurt there medicare can just pay for it and have the best result for the player.

As in most racquet/bat/stick dons, a baseball player's goal is to convey the greatest measure of energy conceivable at effect. This energy is then exchanged to the ball, quickening it to a high velocity (Adair, 2002). The direction and speed of the batted ball are the essential contributing components to the consequence of the hit. A batted ball with high speed can bring about one of at least two successful results, depending upon the ball's direction. In the event that the direction of the ball is higher, the ball can arrive somewhere down in the outfield for an additional fair hit or perhaps go over the wall for a home run. These outcomes are very great for the batter.

Biomechanics is the sport science field that relates the laws of mechanics and physics to human performance. It can be used to increase the understanding of performance in athletic events through modeling, simulation and measurement. (Wood, 2007) The objective of a softball throw is to throw the ball with the greatest possible amount of momentum to gain speed, while maintaining accuracy. In this analysis I’m going to focus on improving the way in which I generate momentum in my softball throw. The fault I have chosen to correct is the angle of my arm in the cocking phase where the muscles lengthen and prepare to contract powerfully for the acceleration phase. (Schirm, 2013)

Baseball and softball pitchers are probably some of the best athletes in the world. Major League pitchers can throw a baseball up to 100 mph! Unfortunately, speed isn't the case when it comes to striking out batters...it's the pitcher's aim. Nick Anglin, 14, invented a device that can help pitchers practice their aim. Nick calls this device Strikey Sensor. He originally created Strikey Sensor to help improve his own pitching.

Sweat rolls down my face in endless rivulets and my shoulders ache. Encouragements filter in from the crowd and my teammates. I can detect the distinct smell of leather and dirt creating an intoxicating mix that will forever remind me of the long spring months spent on a diamond, playing my heart out. The catcher gives me a signal, and I nod, communicating that I like the pitch. I size up the batter with what I hope is an intimidating look on my face. I manipulate the ball in my worn Rawlings glove and step onto the mound. I take a deep breath and pray to God that I use the correct form and timing that will give me the perfect change up. My heart starts to pulsate erratically as I rear back and throw, swinging my arm three hundred

this injury is typically caused by the substantial stress that they put on their bodies starting at an early age. Many studies have been done showing the increased risk on injury at an early age in directly related to early specialization. Brad Ferguson, early specialization specialist discusses a case study done on a young baseball player. He showed success at a young age in pitching and quickly became a top pitcher in his league. In response to this early success he joined a year round travel team and made an immediate impact as a star pitcher. After 10 month of this intense travel training he reported experiencing pain in his right arm but it was low level and he was allowed to continue to play. He played on this pain and threw out his shoulder. Finally, he sought a diagnosis and it was concluded he had “type 2 superior labrum anterior-posterior lesion in his right shoulder.” This injury was career altering in that the subject could never return to pitching and only returned to batting positions on his future baseball team. Specializing early in sports put s children at an extremely high risk of injuries just like the one discovered in the study described above. These injuries impact children in the moment and long term; they can potentially restrict kids form participating in their respective sport and also depending on how severe the injury develop a handicap and restrict them

Shoulder injuries from excessive, repetitive, overhead motion like the motions swimmers, weightlifters, baseball pitchers and tennis players use include dislocation of the shoulder joint, shoulder inflammation and rotator cuff damage.