OnBaseU
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OnBaseU is dedicated to studying how baseball/softball athletes move. Our online courses teach professionals how to assess a player's movement capabilities.
Oceanside, CA
Joined December 2017
💻 Upcoming Chapter Spotlight Webinars. 🗓 Hitting Physical Screen: Tuesday, June 27th. 🗓️ Pitching Physical Screen: Thursday, June 29th. 🆓 FREE for active Certifieds to join!.
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As coaches, we are the driver and our athletes are the car. We should determine what information we need on our dashboard and what technology or assessments can help us achieve it. After all, a car won’t drive itself to the pit crew. It needs a driver to recognize the problem
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The MRI (data) is for the Doctor (coach), not for the patient (athlete). As coaches, it’s our responsibility to be able to interpret the data and translate it for our athletes. We don’t need hitters and pitchers to try to read the graphs!
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Thoracic extension mobility tends to be a hallmark of elite throwers. Layback isn’t just the product of shoulder ER. 🎥: 2024 Paris Olympian (javelin) Toni Keranen
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Thoracic spine mobility is one of the most important physical traits for a rotational athlete to develop. Restrictions in thoracic spine mobility not only can negatively affect mechanics, but increase an athlete’s risk of injury. Takes ~10 seconds to check your athletes’ ROM
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Why wait to assess? . The earlier coaches, trainers and rehab professionals understand how a young athlete moves, the better prepared they are to guide development and identify potential injury risks. Assess, don’t guess.
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Don’t “Lose Space.” . Watch how the pelvis stays against the line through contact. This helps create/maintain room for the hitter’s arms to swing down the line of the pitch. If the hitter stands up and the pelvis moves towards the plate, it reduces room for the back elbow.
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Watch the belt buckle. Pelvis rotates independently of torso (disassociation) as he initiates his swing then posteriorly tilts. This is a characteristic of elite rotational athletes and the reason why we evaluate core control in all of our mvmt screens.
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We use video and 3D to tell us WHAT an athlete is doing, we use physical assessments to help explain WHY they might do it that way, and we use force plate data (👆) to understand HOW they’re doing it. Knowing an athlete’s WHAT, WHY and HOW is our goal with every athlete we see.
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“If a pitcher can't extend from their hip or spine (assessed in our Lunge with Extension Test), they can compensate by seeking more external rotation in the shoulder.”. More:
The ability to extend through the thoracic spine is one of the most important physical characteristics for a pitcher to develop. Without thoracic and hip extension, they often rely too much on shoulder and elbow to achieve layback.
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The ability to extend through the thoracic spine is one of the most important physical characteristics for a pitcher to develop. Without thoracic and hip extension, they often rely too much on shoulder and elbow to achieve layback.
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RT @MyTPI: Two key emphases of the med ball variations that @justinjamesgolf demonstrates in our Power courses and exercise library are 1)….
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A med ball variation we like to prescribe for pitchers with a Collapsing Lead Knee ⬇️.
Two key emphases of the med ball variations that @justinjamesgolf demonstrates in our Power courses and exercise library are 1) throwing with maximum intent and 2) creating a feeling of the “legs driving the arms.”. The most powerful rotational athletes don’t swing or throw with
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If it’s flexing more (more bend), the pitcher will not be able to use their lower body effectively to generate power. On 2D video, we look at the angle of the front knee. We aren’t concerned about the angle at foot plant, just that it doesn’t become more acute after foot plant.
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Collapsing Lead Knee is one of the most common - and significant - velocity killers for pitchers. When a pitcher’s front foot plants, we shouldn’t see an increase in knee flexion.
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Understanding how an athlete moves highlights opportunities for improvement. We’re not just in search of more velocity, but more efficiency. We want to improve repeatability, command and help them generate more power with less effort. ⚾️: @HunterDietz18
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The ground is where the gas is 🦶.
The biggest hitters in the world create “divots” with their feet. Look at the ground after a driver session of a high-clubhead speed player and you’ll often see that the turf is worn out. It’s not from their club, it’s from their ground reaction forces.
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Maintaining dynamic posture. . This not only helps a hitter to transfer energy up the chain efficiently, but creates space with the lower body, allowing them to swing down the line of the pitch and maximize adjustability. @baseballanalist.
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