, or soccer. 3 , 4 , 10 – 13 One explanation for the diverse presentation may be that primary lumbar extension exists in a variety of athletic movements but is not recognized, as the necessarily complex spine motion of sport masks lumbar extension. Baseball pitching is an extremely intricate motion
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Lumbar Hyperextension in Baseball Pitching: A Potential Cause of Spondylolysis
Hardeep Singh, Mark Lee, Matthew J. Solomito, Christian Merrill, and Carl Nissen
Hip Injury Profile and Time Missed From Participation in Male National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Baseball Athletes
Ioanna K. Bolia, Jennifer A. Bell, Hyunwoo P. Kang, Aryan Haratian, Laith K. Hasan, Michael B. Eppler, Russ Romano, James E. Tibone, Seth C. Gamradt, and Alexander E. Weber
Key Points ▸ Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) and adductor muscle strain were the predominant diagnoses in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I baseball players with hip–groin injury ▸ Acute hip groin injuries resulted in ∼5 days missed from baseball participation
Zainichi Koreans Invited to Home Base: Building Ethnic Identity and Its Impact on the Development of Korean Baseball (1956–70)
Seungho Woo, Hwan Son, and Karam Lee
On August 7, 1956, a special invitational baseball game took place at Seoul Stadium. The Korean baseball community and fans could not hide their enthusiasm; Zainichi Korean 1 children were set to play against a Korean high school baseball team in their motherland. 2 This game was the beginning of
On the Road With Minor League Baseball Externalities
Scott Tainsky, Brian M. Mills, Zainab Hans, and Kyunghee Lee
in advance for visitors to play nonconference road games in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football and NCAA Basketball (men’s and women’s), among others ( Rovell, 2014 ). Minor League Baseball (MiLB), however, differs from major professional and revenue-generating intercollegiate
Functional Hip Characteristics and Their Relationship With Ball Velocity in College Baseball Pitchers
Osamu Yanagisawa, Kenta Wakamatsu, and Hidenori Taniguchi
The importance of lower-extremity function in baseball pitching is well recognized. In particular, the concern with hip function of baseball pitchers has been growing recently. The hip function is involved in the motion and stability of the pelvis, weight shift from a pivot leg (leg on the same
Wrestling With Jello: “Good Dads” and the Reproduction of Male Dominance in Children’s Baseball
Travers and Jennifer Berdahl
When Travers told their daughter—who was 11 at the time and had switched out of baseball to softball the prior year—that they were planning to conduct research to understand why girls were dropping out of children’s baseball, “K” impatiently asked, “Why are you researching something when you
Enhancing the Mental Performance of Head Coaches in Professional Sports: A Case Study of Collaboration With the Head Coach of a Professional Basketball Team
Charles A. Maher
psychology and related services for a major league baseball organization. Concerning this present case, however, the services that I provided the head basketball coach were part of my independent practice in sport and performance psychology. This practice was separate from my employment with the major league
Use of Pitcher Game Footage to Measure Visual Anticipation and Its Relationship to Baseball Batting Statistics
Khaya Morris-Binelli, Sean Müller, and Peter Fadde
Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the United States of America and around the world ( Beneventano, Berger, & Weinberg, 2012 ). It is, therefore, no surprise that professional teams strive for any competitive advantage over their opponents. Consequently, there has been an influx in the
Shoulder External Over Internal Rotation Ratio Is Related to Biomechanics in Collegiate Baseball Pitching
Hannah L. Stokes, Koco Eaton, and Naiquan Zheng
Proper throwing mechanics in baseball pitching are important to improve performance and reduce injuries. Baseball pitching is very demanding on the shoulder; the shoulder internally rotates at about 7000° per second and the force applied is greater than 800 N. 1 Throwing arm injuries are prevalent
The Relationships Between Neural Activity and In-Game Hitting Performance in Baseball
Jason R. Themanson, Grace Norton, Evan Daly, Leah Thoma, and Brad E. Sheese
Baseball has seen tremendous advancements in the application of technology and information processing in recent years. From high-speed cameras, LiDAR, force plates, and motion capture to a myriad of advanced statistical models, baseball is working to gather more objective and exacting information
