Category
Sports Performance & Elite Sports
Document Type
Paper
Abstract
Our study aimed to determine if a baseball pitcher’s stride strategy impacts pitching performance. Two global strategies are used by pitchers when striding down the mound. One strategy consists of dropping their center of mass (COM) and propelling forward the other consists of maintaining a higher COM when striding out. The effects of the stride phase on pitching velocity are not firmly established. In contrast to prior work, vertical COM displacement during the stride phase was used as a continuous variable to determine if the stride strategy impacted pitching velocity. Pitch velocity prediction models were improved by max negative COM displacement (lowest position) and max positive COM displacement (highest position) and timing of max positive COM displacement. Regardless of strategy, increasing vertical COM displacement in either direction increased performance.
Recommended Citation
Oliver, Gretchen D.; Fava, Anthony W.; Nebel, Adam R.; and Giordano, Kevin
(2024)
"STRIDE STRATEGY ON FASTBALL PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL PITCHERS,"
ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 42:
Iss.
1, Article 134.
Available at:
https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol42/iss1/134
