10/15/2025
Coaches all too often encourage players to move their bodies into positions that their athletes are physically incapable of achieving. Often, the reason why players cannot achieve a certain exit velocity or pitch velocity is because they have limited mobility, poor stability, or even a prior injury that limits their range of motion. Yet, if coaches are unaware or untrained to assess such physical limitations, they will likely proceed with pulling out the video camera, drawing a few lines on a screen, and demonstrating that they don’t know what they don’t know.
Through our connection with Onbase University, Advanced Baseball coaches are educated and knowledgeable in the area of movement screening as it relates to baseball/softball. If the underlying cause of poor technique (bad mechanics) is poor movement quality, then a coach must be able to identify this and explain it to the player. The training recommendation could then include a combination of technical advice and exercises to improve the athlete’s level of fitness or even to develop a swing or throw style that accommodates the athlete’s physical limitations.
For more information on movement screening and how it is an essential part of our Athletic Signature Assessment as well as our technical training programs - www.advancedbaseball.net
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