Martijn Nijhoff

Anatomy Of Hip-To-Shoulder Separation

2021-11-03T05:32:04-04:00

Unless you’ve been living in the baseball equivalent of a Himalayan monastery, you’ve heard pitching and hitting coaches avowing the importance of “hip-to-shoulder separation.” I’m not exactly sure when it began, but sometime in the last several years, someone coined the term, and it spread like wildfire. According to advocates of this tenet, pitchers and hitters should rotate the pelvis while the torso remains closed for as long as possible. The resultant diagonal stretch through the trunk allows the athlete to take advantage of the elastic properties of the abdominals, and chest muscles to store and then unload energy to be transferred from the lower half to the arm or bat.

Anatomy Of Hip-To-Shoulder Separation2021-11-03T05:32:04-04:00

Impulse And The Little Glutes: The Most Important Contributors To Pitching Velocity

2022-03-08T22:26:14-05:00

To change a movement, you have to change the mover. To stabilize the back leg (thereby increasing impulse) the athlete must have enough mobility to get into a position that optimizes the length-tension relationships in all of the muscles surrounding the hip.

Impulse And The Little Glutes: The Most Important Contributors To Pitching Velocity2022-03-08T22:26:14-05:00

It’s Time For A Revolution in Throwing Rehab

2024-03-15T21:46:56-04:00

The UCL, Labrum, and rotator cuff aren’t the most highly vascularized tissues, they do receive some blood flow, and therefore under the right conditions, they are capable of remodeling themselves to resist the stresses under which they are placed.

It’s Time For A Revolution in Throwing Rehab2024-03-15T21:46:56-04:00

ARMory Guy Gained 24 mph in 3 Years and Got a D1 Power 5 Scholarship

2021-04-16T18:05:36-04:00

24 mph in just over three years? For some, that may seem unrealistic, but gains like that are not uncommon here at The Florida Baseball ARMory. They happen so frequently that we’re no longer surprised. We’re always thrilled, but never surprised. And with the right individualized training plan, they can happen for anyone, including you.

ARMory Guy Gained 24 mph in 3 Years and Got a D1 Power 5 Scholarship2021-04-16T18:05:36-04:00

Is How You Learn A Skill More Important Than What You Learn?

2022-03-30T15:13:39-04:00

It turns out that HOW you learn or refine a skill like hitting, throwing, or pitching is more important than WHAT you actually learn. We have emerged as an industry leader in applying this leading-edge motor learning science to baseball training.

Is How You Learn A Skill More Important Than What You Learn?2022-03-30T15:13:39-04:00

Eccentric Biceps Is The Devil For A Throwing Athlete

2023-10-09T18:05:40-04:00

Elimination or at least suppression of eccentric biceps activity is essential for protecting the labrum and the UCL. For this reason, safely and efficiently dissipating the energy of throwing through a rotational deceleration pattern is one of the seven attractors in pitching.

Eccentric Biceps Is The Devil For A Throwing Athlete2023-10-09T18:05:40-04:00

The External vs. Internal Focus Debate In Baseball Skill Acquisition

2021-04-16T18:22:50-04:00

This generation baseball players big advantage is the explosion in technology we’ve seen lately, which allows us to know what a player should work on. How to get gains in the quickest manner possible is where our motor skill acquisition science approach comes into play.

The External vs. Internal Focus Debate In Baseball Skill Acquisition2021-04-16T18:22:50-04:00

Got Cut? Good.

2021-04-16T18:25:50-04:00

A professional baseball player who was cut from his high school team? We see that all the time. Here is a story on one of players who made the transformation from left out to a pro closer.

Got Cut? Good.2021-04-16T18:25:50-04:00

Sullivan! Get Off The Field!

2021-04-16T18:36:01-04:00

History is replete with examples of uncommon men who have found the courage to scorn their critics and their own demons of self-doubt to produce uncommon achievements. Orval and Wilbur Wright, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, and too many more to name have all faced their critics and doubters. I’m certain that at some point each of these iconic heroes was met with the same kind of pivotal moment when self-doubt threatened to dash their dreams and disrupt the trajectory of their lives, when they said ....“I can do it.”.

Sullivan! Get Off The Field!2021-04-16T18:36:01-04:00

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