Hot Stove: Biomechanics and Workload Scouting December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 Heather Jennifer Wolf, Player Development, Scouting With the Winter Meetings having just wrapped up, the Hot Stove has heated up with huge trades and signings. Already big names are changing cities and signing their names to multi-year deals. Two of the biggest signings so far have been pitchers; Patrick Corbin signed a six-year, $140 million contract with the Washington Nationals and […] Continue reading
Biomechanical Equivalence: Projecting batting statistics using biomechanics data November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 Heather Ben Hansen, Research At Motus, we specialize in biomechanical analysis and data science. Over the last decade, we have contracted our gold-standard motion capture lab services to capture swings and mobility exams on thousands of baseball players. While we use this data to help inform training decisions, we have stealthily contracted more prestigious services to professional organizations: player […] Continue reading
Tau and Omega: what the biomechanics industry has wrong September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 Heather Ben Hansen, Research Since our inception in 2010, Motus has been on the forefront of the biomechanics of human movement. Even though we were the first commercial company to offer assessments with our biomechanics lab, the practice of biomechanics assessments has been around for decades. One of our board members, Dr. Glenn Fleisig, has operated his biomechanics lab […] Continue reading
Biomechanics of Yoga and Baseball, Part One March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 Heather By Steph Armijo & Ben Hansen “Yoga and baseball? Today, it’s a more common combination than you might think. Teams across the MLB have come to embrace this ancient practice. But it isn’t just the meditation and peaceful clubhouses they’re after. Yoga has become the go-to recovery strategy to help players safely make mobility gains in areas that become fatigued. What […] Continue reading