The device can also ensure a structured warmup routine, such as how Los Angeles pitcher Shohei Ohtani uses the device during every warmup to ensure he is hitting the correct level of exertion. It can help in injury prevention, such as when a pitcher sees velocity drop without pain, alerting coaches to a potential fatigue issue. That baseline of data stretches beyond just rehab. Now our program is really based on the effort from the Pocket Radar, which I use with every throw with every pitcher all year long.” I have taken them out of the equation because the Pocket Radar lets me know exactly what type of effort by velocity they are putting into it.
“A lot of times it is difficult for the pitchers to judge their effort. “We really work on effort level and getting our pitchers back, they have to start slow and build into the process,” he says.
“Velocity in the gun is used for so many other things,” says Steve Goody, Pocket Radar owner.Ĭraig Lefferts, the Oakland A’s’ rehab coordinator, says that Pocket Radar has been invaluable. The handheld radar gun popular in baseball at a range of levels is now playing a key role in injury recovery and prevention and training.
The days of Pocket Radar serving as a portable radar gun to simply measure velocity has evolved well beyond tracking the fastball.
0 kommentar(er)
