We’re excited to welcome biomechanist and researcher Dr. Glenn Fleisig of the American Sports Medicine Institute to this week’s podcast. Glenn speaks to how baseball biomechanics research has evolved over the years, highlights key research, and talks about where the field is headed in the years ahead.

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Show Outline

• How Glenn become one of the first to integrate biomechanics into the game of baseball
• How his work as a biomechanist has brought him to be an influencer in the world of athletic performance
• How biomechanics has evolved since Glenn first began his work in the field in the early 1980s
• How technology has improved over Glenn’s career as a biomechanist and what up-and-coming advancements – like markerless motion capture – are transforming the field
• How does the advancement of technology impact the barrier of entry into the world of biomechanics ,and what this means for quality research and forward progress in the industry
• What research of his Glenn recommends listeners to read up on
• How players, parents, and coaches alike can best mitigate the risk of injury in throwers
• Why 100 innings pitched in a calendar year is the golden standard for limiting a pitcher’s risk for injury
• What research states about the impact of long toss and weighted balls on players’ arms, specifically the shoulder and elbow
• Where Glenn’s research has been misinterpreted in recent years and what clarity he hopes to bring to those searching for answers in scientific research
• How the access to biomechanical technology (such as wearable devices) impacts the growth of sports performance science
• What biomechanical systems and devices are best for collecting meaningful data on throwing athletes
• How in-game biomechanics tools are transforming the baseball landscape and how these systems can be used most effectively to develop better baseball players
• What the next frontier for biomechanics in baseball is
• Where the industry is falling short of serving athletes and why standardization is required to provide clarity and bring efficiency to the work of biomechanists in sport

You can follow Dr. Fleisig’s new endeavor, The American Baseball Biomechanics Society, on Twitter at @Biomec_Baseball and on Instagram at @Biomec_Baseball, or visit www.BaseballBiomechanics.org.

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