Research

Research: Strength and Conditioning Programs to Increase Bat Swing Velocity for Collegiate Baseball Players Haruna, R., Doi, T., Habu, D., Yasumoto, S., & Hongu, N. (2023). Strength and Conditioning Programs to Increase Bat Swing Velocity for Collegiate Baseball Players. Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 11(10), 202. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports11100202 Breakdown: The article on "Strength and Conditioning Programs to Increase [...]

Research: Hitting a Baseball: A Biomechanical Description https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.1995.22.5.193 Breakdown: This article focuses on biomechanics in the baseball swing, highlighting that there is much less research done on hitting compared to pitchers and throwing mechanics. It uses three-dimensional kinematic and kinetic data to analyze the baseball swing, detailing the process from weight shift and trunk coil [...]

Research: Combined Countermovement Jump Testing and Motion Analysis as the Future of Performance Assessment for Baseball Pitchers: A Narrative Review Sakurai, M., Szymanski, D. J., Qiao, M., & Crotin, R. L. (2023). Combined CountermovementJump Testing and Motion Analysis as the Future of Performance Assessment for BaseballPitchers: A Narrative Review. Journal of strength and conditioning research, [...]