Biomechanical Analysis

 Biomechanical analysis


Analysis of technique 1

In technique 1 of the 10m baseball pitch I used minimal leg movement as well as minimal rotational velocity. When throwing the ball, you can see that I am very restricted in my throw, making it harder to throw fast and making it very restrictive in regard to aiming. As you can see from the data on the right, the spread of where the ball hit was focused on the left side except for the last throw as I was trying to get speed on the ball without being able to rotate. The last throw was in the in the target circle as I tried to balance the speed and aim of which the ball was coming out of my hand.


Analysis of technique 2

In technique 2 of the 10m baseball pitch I used my average rotational velocity and leg movement that I would usually use when throwing a baseball pitch. The results showed that the accuracy was still pretty bad with most throws ending up on the left side of the circle. However, the speed did increase and comfortability of throwing the ball was better


Analysis of technique 3

In technique 3 of the 10m baseball pitch, I tried to throw the ball as hard as I could, while using the maximum amount of rotational velocity and leg movement, putting in the maximal amount of force in as possible. The speed did increase but surprisingly, all three throws were close or medium to target. This was due to my better foot positioning and rotational velocity



Analysis of technique 4

In technique 4 of the 10m baseball pitch, I focused on planting and stepping my front foot forwards in order to generate momentum and accuracy at the target. This worked well as the last 2 throws were close to the target, however the throws weren’t as quick as I was focusing on that front foot placement and accuracy

Comparison to professional athlete – 250 words

In comparison to the professional athlete (Jacob deGrom), I had a very similar starting and wind up except for the fact that he is leant more forward on the drawback. By leaning forward and creating that momentum initially instead of using the wind up leg and the balance leg allows the pitcher to start and create that momentum without affecting balance, while allowing for more momentum and power to be created from that wind up leg and balance leg. This is relating particularly to newtons second law of motion in which “a greater force will cause a greater acceleration”. Therefore, if you are creating that initial momentum from leaning, the ball requires less acceleration to reach the same force and therefore means that you can increase the acceleration of the baseball through increasing momentum. Another major difference in deGrom’s technique compared to mine is where he places his foot and the angle at which his legs are spread to get as much drive and length towards the batter as well as the most amount of momentum before releasing the ball. After reviewing Jacob deGrom’s technique and comparing to mine, there are a lot of key differences including leaning forward while winding up, increased angle between the two legs as well as front foot landing position, displaying how important biomechanics are behind pitching a baseball at a high velocity and high accuracy.

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