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Joined January 2012
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🥎 No batting cage? You can STILL improve your softball swing. 5 ways to work on your hitting mechanics without expensive equipment. Start with your stance, load, and controlled dry swings. Here's how to make your practice count. 🧵 #SoftballHitting #FastpitchSoftball
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Your stride matters. So does seeing what your swing is actually doing. 🥎 📱 Record it. 🔍 Compare your mechanics. 🎯 Identify what to improve. SportsTrace turns phone video into personalized hitting feedback. Start free – download SportsTrace now. #SportsTrace
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735 pitches, 49 adolescent softball pitchers: a 2026 study found 5.3 cm RMS wrist-path deviation from a fitted 3D plane near release. Not a cue to force a flat circle. Phone video can compare visible arm paths—not measure 3D planarity. Start free — download SportsTrace now.
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Posting/source note: 2026 Softball Pitching Plane study⁠ mdpi.com/2076-3417/16/2/574

The Softball Pitching Plane (SPP): A Reliable Geometric Descriptor of Arm Trajectory and Its...

This study introduced Softball Pitching Plane (SPP), a best-fit geometric plane designed to characterize the throwing arm spatial trajectory during the windmill softball pitch. The purpose was to...

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⚾ 5 ways to become a better baseball hitter WITHOUT swinging harder. Better timing, balance, contact. Sometimes the biggest improvements come from fixing the fundamentals—not adding power. Here are 5 things every young hitter should know. 🧵 #BaseballHitting #YouthBaseball
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⚾ The last 2 tips could change how you practice. Your swing doesn't always look the way it feels. 📱 Record it. Compare it. Improve it. SportsTrace turns phone video into personalized mechanical feedback. Start free – download SportsTrace now. #SportsTrace #BaseballTraining
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6 collegiate hitters faced ~71 and ~90 mph fastballs. A study found head-turning speed increased late in ball flight; eye-turning speed didn't show the same increase. Phone video can't track gaze, but it can compare visible head motion. Start free — download SportsTrace now.
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Source note: Posting/source note for all platforms: Higuchi et al., PLOS ONE, 2018⁠ journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…

Head-eye movement of collegiate baseball batters during fastball hitting

Successful baseball hitting involves a combination of highly trained perceptual skills and forceful bat swing motions. The purpose of the present study was to quantify the horizontal movement of the...

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16 amateur golfers, 4 clubs: an open vs straight foot position reduced lead-knee rotation 28%, compressive force 5%, and rotational torque 9% in a lab study. Not an injury-prevention guarantee. Compare your full swings. Start free — download SportsTrace now.
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Source note: Stokes et al. — Open Foot Stance Reduces Lead Knee Joint Loading During Golf Swing pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3758…
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200 D1 softball slap attempts: the preparatory step lasted 0.06–0.40 sec. Longer preparation correlated with hip speed (r=.44) and bat speed (r=.35)—but also longer total time. Compare the first step, not just contact. Start free — download SportsTrace now.
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Source note: Lund et al. — Kinematic Analysis of the Slap Hitting Technique in Division I Softball Players⁠ thesportjournal.org/article/…

Kinematic Analysis of the Slap Hitting Technique in Division I Softball Players

Submitted by Robin Lund1, Ph.D.*, Travis Ficklin2, Ph.D.* Mr. Johnathan Faga3*, Ms. Cassie Reilly-Boccia4* 1* Assistant Professor of Physical Education at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, …

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927 MLB pitchers: sidearm <33.5°, three-quarter 33.5–44.4°, overhand >44.4°. A 2026 study found different performance and injury patterns—not proof that changing a youth pitcher's slot prevents injury. Compare their own deliveries. Start free — download SportsTrace now.
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Source: Dillon et al., 2026 — Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

Sidearm Deliveries Are Associated With Lower Shoulder and Elbow Injury Burden and a Favorable...

Background: Pitching-related shoulder and elbow injuries continue to rise in baseball despite workload restrictions and biomechanics-informed coaching. Purpose...

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Flat vs 5° uphill/downhill. In 12 mid-handicap golfers, slope changed center-of-pressure movement during the backswing. Players adjusted their setup but didn’t maintain that adaptation through the swing. Compare your movement across lies. Start free — download SportsTrace now.
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Uphill/downhill slope golf biomechanics — PubMed⁠ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3107…
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53 youth softball pitchers averaged ~55.9 mph. Peak vertical force under the stride foot averaged 139% of body weight; medial force averaged 42%. Phone video can’t measure force—but it can compare the landing around it. Start free — download SportsTrace now. #Fastpitch
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Lower-extremity ground reaction forces in youth windmill softball pitchers — PubMed⁠ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1967…

Lower-extremity ground reaction forces in youth windmill softball pitchers - PubMed

Ground reaction forces are important in pitching given that the only external contact a pitcher has is between the foot and the ground. Windmill softball pitchers are routinely seen clinically for...

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170 hitters: pros vs youth at contact showed 35° vs 27° back-shoulder abduction, 78° vs 89° back-elbow flexion, and 1,539°/s vs 1,174°/s elbow extension. Don’t copy a pose. Compare how the back arm gets there. Start free — download SportsTrace now.
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Source: Kinematic comparison of baseball batting across competition levels — PubMed⁠ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2727…
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