The relationship between variability in baseball pitching kinematics and consistency in pitch location

JA Glanzer, AZ Diffendaffer, JS Slowik… - … Biomechanics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… Reducing variability at the shoulder during the early portions … a pitcher’s ability to produce
consistent pitching mechanics … successful MLB pitchers exhibit more consistent ball velocity

Determinants of biomechanical efficiency in collegiate and professional baseball pitchers

RL Crotin, JS Slowik, G Brewer… - … American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
… pace, during which fastball velocity, pitch location, and pitcherrelationship between throwing
arm abduction at BR and … the true cause for a change in biomechanical efficiency. Despite …

Individual factors associated with baseball pitching performance: scoping review

MA Mercier, M Tremblay, C Daneau… - BMJ open sport & …, 2020 - bmjopensem.bmj.com
… . Correlation of throwing velocity to the results of lower-body field tests in male College … .
Relationship of biomechanical factors to baseball pitching velocity: within pitcher variation. J …

Relationships among shoulder rotational strength, range of motion, pitching kinetics, and pitch velocity in collegiate baseball pitchers

JA Cross, AW Higgins, CC Dziuk… - The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
pitching velocity of 34.5 ± 1.8 m·s −1 . Group means and standard deviations of the clinical
and biomechanical … Although pitcher height was similar (current: 185 ± 8 cm vs. Hurd et al. …

Differences in rotational kinetics and kinematics for professional baseball pitchers with higher versus lower pitch velocities

MJ Luera, B Dowling… - … biomechanics, 2020 - journals.humankinetics.com
… where a pitcher intends, the ability to optimize velocity is … examined their relationship to
performance in baseball pitching. … needed to assess how variations in mechanics that influence …

A Systematic Review of Lower-Body Kinematic and Strength Factors Associated With Pitch Velocity in Adult Baseball Pitchers

JE Manzi, SY Jonathan, SY Sudah… - Journal of Sport …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
pitching biomechanics can assist pitchers in optimizing pitch … of the individual pitcher, had
no correlation with pitch velocity. … increase in ball velocity associated with this change. These …

Influence of stride length on upper extremity joint moments and ball velocity in collegiate baseball pitchers

MJ Solomito, AD Cohen, EJ Garibay - Sports Biomechanics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… between 131%–137% of a pitcher’s leg length may be beneficial. … to understand how
variations in pitching mechanics affect … in timing is relatively small it is unclear if the relationship

Role of pelvis and trunk biomechanics in generating ball velocity in baseball pitching

KF Orishimo, IJ Kremenic, MJ Mullaney… - The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
relationship between pitching biomechanics and ball velocity… of the variance in ball velocity
in collegiate pitchers. However, … for the pitcher to increase ball velocity and decrease training …

Intra-versus inter-pitcher comparisons: Associations of ball velocity with throwing-arm kinetics in professional baseball pitchers

JE Manzi, JA Estrada, B Dowling, JJ Ruzbarsky… - Journal of Shoulder and …, 2021 - Elsevier
… inter-pitcher relationships between ball velocity and all major kinetics at … Data collection
included biomechanical data and … pitch velocity of 2.2 m/s was used, representing the variation

Collegiate baseball pitchers demonstrate a relationship between ball velocity and elbow varus torque, both within and across pitchers

M Sakurai, AJ Barrack, NJ Lobb, CP Wee… - … Biomechanics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
variability in the within-pitcher TV relationship helps explain why ball velocity only explains
5% of the variance … to identify factors mediating TV relationships, such as pitching mechanics, …