Category: Throwing

Playing Catch

Playing Catch

Playing Catch: Warm-up or Fundamental of the Game? Who doesn’t have fond memories of playing catch with parents, friends, and teammates? It is a great way to spend time on a summer day. In saying that, you can tell a lot by watching a player warm up and how he/she is moving as they play […]

Sports Medicine, Throwing
High Tech Baseball

High Tech Baseball

Occurrence of injuries in sports Here in Wisconsin, spring sports are getting to the start of their season for 2023. Players from 10U-18U are getting into the swing of the season with games being played throughout the week as well as on weekends. With this increase in in-game activities, it is natural, though unfortunate, to […]

Throwing
Running Save Your Pitching

Running Saves Your Pitching

Running Saves Your Pitching Over the past 5-10 years, in baseball, there have been many debates regarding the best way to recover after a pitching outing both in and out of the season. The argument is typically between performing long-distance running from the left field foul pole to the right field foul pole repetitively or […]

Throwing
Maintain Arm Health for Baseball

Maintain Arm Health for Baseball

How to Maintain Arm Health for Baseball/Softball Players During the Season Any throwing athlete should strive to maintain arm health and longevity throughout their season.  As a Physical Therapist, I am not a huge proponent of using every little gadget and accessory available in the baseball community for arm care and improving performance. However, one […]

Injury Prevention, Throwing
Three Keys To Minimize Risk for Throwers

Three Keys To Minimize Risk for Throwers

3 Keys to Injury Prevention in Throwers According to studies, more than a quarter-million baseball and softball players are hurt every year from throwing injuries. Throwing a baseball or softball is a highly complex movement pattern. Many tasks and movement patterns go into throwing and releasing the ball. Throwing injuries are becoming more common, especially […]

Injury Prevention, Sports Medicine, Throwing, Uncategorized
Three Keys to Throwing Success

Three Keys to Throwing Success

Three Tips to Successful Throwing Success is defined as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. In the game of baseball/softball, specifically pitching, the aim is to throw a strike and get the hitter to record an out. As a defender on the diamond, we aim to throw the ball to a target to record […]

Throwing