Strength in Numbers - 36

From: Jan-31-2022 09:47:am

Breaking Into Softball

Baseball and softball are similar in some ways but very different in others.

Nothing is more evident than the pitching delivery between overhand and underhand. When you look at the movements between both deliveries, softball deliveries start with the toes pointed toward home plate, opposed to baseball pitchers who have their toes oriented at 90 degrees in home plate’s direction.

You need to look no further from the drive foot to see how the kinetic chain differs between two deliveries; however, they both end up in the same position with the pelvis, trunk, and shoulders facing forward.

In softball, one impressive thing is that the pitchers are airborne for a brief instant in their deliveries, which is a prime feature of the direction of triple extension at the ankle, knee, and hip directed right in line with the target.

In baseball pitching, triple extension occurs in the frontal plane (plane of movement we see from the inside of the delivery that splits the body in front and back halves). The energy produced into foot contact is, in a sense, laterally directed.

I have studied momentum profiles in pitchers, but my gut is that softball pitching momentum linearly is much higher than baseball (along the sagittal plane), but rotational momentum (along the transverse plane) is likely higher in baseball pitchers.

One clear difference that is quite alarming between the two sports is that softball pitchers DO NOT HAVE PITCH COUNTS, and they CAN PITCH THREE DAYS IN A ROW!

I capitalized on these features because our orthopedic surgeons would be billionaires if this were the case in baseball. Given unrestricted game appearances and throwing workloads, you may be led to believe that softball pitchers do not experience throwing arm injuries, but this cannot be further from the truth.

This week’s podcast features Toni Paisley, pro pitcher, and owner of Paisleys Pitching. Toni tells how she is integrating a sports science approach in training her pitchers and how ArmCare has emerged as an essential tool to individualize arm care programming for her pitchers’ arms.

Toni has broken ground with our product and is connecting the dots between softball pitching mechanics, strength and conditioning, and monitoring to advance athletic performance and health.

We are excited to break into softball and provide an analytical tool that every coach and athlete can utilize to individualize.

Just as in baseball, no two athletes are the same, which means their training must be customized to achieve the greatest benefits.

If you or someone you know is interested in integrating our product with softball players, please make sure to send them my email. We are excited for our company and what this can bring to athletes who throw hard and throw often.

Strength Matters Most,

Ryan

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Strength in Numbers - 36

Breaking Into Softball

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