Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Pitching Mechanics,"”.
-
The Development of a Novel Pitching Assessment Tool
… assess the posture of a pitcher during baseball pitching. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop an inexpensive tool which can allow for the rapid assessment of a pitcher’s posture at lead foot strike, and establish the inter- and intra- rater reliability of the tool. For this study, …
-
Ankle Mobility and Lower Extremity Functional Stability Assessment and Intervention for Collegiate Baseball Pitchers
… ankle range of motion, Y Balance testing, and pitching stride measurements. Results: Significant improvements were observed in drive leg dorsiflexion and posterior medial reach distance, with corresponding increases in composite Y Balance scores. Stride length demonstrated a non significant …
-
A Framework for Analysis of Softball Pitching, as Applied to Legal and Illegal Pitches
… the legal drag, legal leap, and illegal replant pitching techniques. By developing a pose estimation algorithm and Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) for use on videos of real collegiate pitchers, we aim to distinguish physiological differences between these types of pitches and use our RNN to …
-
Youth Pitching Kinematics: Associations with Body Overweight Parameters
… from three separate collection sites examined pitching mechanics of 18 10- to 11-year-old pitchers, 11 14- to 16-year-old pitchers, and 104 16- to 18-year-old pitchers Linear regression analyses were performed to determine significant correlations between kinematic parameters and body mass …
-
A Kinematic Comparison Of Shoulder And Elbow Dynamics Influenced By The Shoe-Surface Interface In Youth And Adolescent Baseball Pitchers
… been determined that pitch count, pitch type and pitching mechanics are the main contributors to upper extremity pain in baseball pitchers, footwear has not been considered a potential factor. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine how baseball-specific footwear [turf shoes (ts) and …