The Lab at CBC
As we take a data-driven approach to offer our athletes objective feedback, our lab at CBC has many different types of technology that go in to how we get our guys better on a day to day basis. We are able to measure everything from how the body moves, to how fast you’re hitting/throwing the ball, the amount of stress put on your arm, and everything in between. These devices help keep us accountable as coaches and take a lot of the guessing out of what’s really going on with each individual athlete.
4-D Motion is a portable biomechanical software that allows us to get down to the real inner workings of each athlete. This technology allows us to capture information on joint loads, acceleration, rotational efficiency, and the kinematic sequence. This single piece of technology allows us to better address any movement type issues with all of our athletes. With this capability we can more quickly and efficiently diagnose problematic movement patterns and address them accordingly without any guesswork.
HitTrax data capture and simulation is a great tool that is very effective at gathering all hitting information. Batted ball metrics are massive for us to be able to gain some insight as to what the current capabilities are for each hitter. HitTrax provides metrics such as: exit velocity, launch angle, distance, strike zone coverage, and simulated game like outcomes. With these metrics we are better able to gather valuable information that helps us better connect the dots between training and game like situations.
Rapsodo Hitting is pivotal in helping us understand the collision dynamics between the bat and the ball with all of our hitters. With high-speed camera and radar monitor, and a state-of-the-artcomputing engine of its own, we can easily track ball flightand spin rates for each swing. This is a very important piece of technology that we’ve added as it allows us to see how and why a hitter is putting too much or too little spin on the baseball relative to pitch speed/location.
Speed 4 Lifts is a unit that quantifies bar velocity on lifts. This device allows us to better program for max effort vs dynamic effort while taking out all of the guesswork. We are working on velocity and awareness of depth showing in centimeters instead of using our naked eye. This technology we’ve added allows us to program our athletes weightlifting programs better and allows them to see on their work and progress on their own phone/app.Chapman Baseball Compound