Baseball Science

Accessing Rotational Power When studying movement, we can classify three different movement planes: sagittal (front and back), frontal (side to side), and transverse (rotational). Our training should be emphasized on all three planes of movement to optimize overall athletic performance. However, there’s no surprise that baseball is a very rotational (transverse) sport, with side-to-side (frontal) movement being a close second since the frontal plane precedes rotational movement. Whether it’s throwing or hitting, an athlete must be able to rotate well to be successful in the game of baseball. We can assume that being strong is the “end-all-be all”, but an athlete needs to be able to express this maximal force in the shortest time possible (increase rate of force development). For something ...