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
Raise your analytics game with motusDASH March 8, 2018 Heather Article, Research WHAT’S NEW WITH motusDASH? For our clients who use motusDASH, you’ve seen a lot of updates over the winter. Here’s a brief summary of the current features of motusDASH, just in case you’ve missed it. First, the homepage of the dashboards quickly diagnose each player with their AC Ratio and Chronic Workload status. If someone is […] Continue reading
New season. New app. New arm. March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 Heather Article, Research We’ve made some amazing advancements to our motusTHROW app. As existing users, we’re providing you with an exclusive at-a-glace overview of the new features to get you up and monitoring “readiness” in time for the new season. READINESS: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER Since we first launched motusTHROW in 2014, we’ve collected millions of throws from users, […] Continue reading
How Does Monitoring Workload Help Arm Health? March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 Heather Article, Research Spring training is in full force, and with pitchers competing for starting roles and getting their arms in shape for the season, there isn’t a more crucial time to measure workload with Motus. Our dashboard is designed to provide pitchers with state-of-the-art workload measurements and workload simulation tools to help give them the safest and most […] Continue reading
Testing The Twist November 15, 2017November 16, 2017 Heather Article, Research, Will Carroll As velocity numbers and DL days have tracked up over the last few years, there’s been a lot of discussion about some of the more granular areas and changes. However, there’s been little publicly available data to test any of this. At Motus, our lab-accurate system to measure throwing mechanics of the pitcher’s elbow gives […] Continue reading
The Origins of Velocity, Part I October 18, 2017 Heather Article, Will Carroll There’s no question that velocity has increased in Major League Baseball and at the levels leading up to it. However, there’s really been no explanation of how this happened. Using the data we have at Motus and with some key assistance from Motus’ Mike Lambiaso, I’ve tried to figure out if there’s any clear answer […] Continue reading