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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.

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💻 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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An above-average rotational athlete.

He’s not throwing in this video, but it’s a pretty fascinating (90 min!) breakdown of his physical, 3D and force data

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Welcome NFL MVP @JoshAllenQB to the TPI lab!

A certified golf fanatic, Josh recently came to TPI to evaluate how his body moves and learn how that translates to his swing.

Whether on the gridiron or the golf course, when elite athletes like Josh look to improve, they start with an assessment. No guessing.

See how the same movement patterns, athleticism, and data-driven approach that fuel his success on Sundays also show up in his golf game.

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If you expect all of your pitchers to throw the same way, you better hope they all can move the same way

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.@JeffPassan’s story for ESPN about how Rob Hill and Ian Walsh of the @Dodgers helped Roki Sasaki re-tool his mechanics is a testament to the importance of building technique around what the body can do.

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A look at some of the work Tarik Skubal did this offseason with his S&C coach Justin Wakefield and his sports performance chiropractor @DrSeanDrake.

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Bat speed isn’t just the product of strength, but of sequence.

Elite movement skills (core control) on display here

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If a player has been struggling with their mechanics, identifying a physical restriction that could be the potential underlying cause can be immensely motivating.

After all, there’s nothing more frustrating than being asked to do something that your body can’t do

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In our experience, the best way to learn is to surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

It’s safe to say we accomplished that today.

Thanks to Tom and Nolan for coming by TPI. Always an honor to learn from the best.

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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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“The one common denominator I’ve seen with successful athletes is they find joy in what they do everyday.”

Wise words from the legendary, @tomhouse.

Help us wish a Happy 78th Birthday to one of our favorites

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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: https://t.co/BruJTougRD

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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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We assess this with our Lunge with Extension test.

More here: https://t.co/BruJTougRD

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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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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 a soft front side.

This is critical for being able to convert linear momentum into rotational velocity.

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