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“”Until you have this data at your fingertips, you can\u2019t properly train these guys,” says Duggan Moran of ArmCare.com.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

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ArmCare’s strength sensor measures a pitcher’s arm strength and range of motion, and paired with pitchLogic’s velocity and key metrics, can track arm readiness and fatigue as well as offer pitch design recommendations and custom training plans. (Image courtesy of pitchLogic\/ArmCare.com)<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Tom Friend<\/h6>\n
One app quantifies the pitch, the other app quantifies the arm, and the two have come together for the greater good of elbows and shoulders.<\/h6>\n

On its own,\u00a0pitchLogic<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 a smart baseball embedded with a circuit board full of inertial sensors \u2014 can measure velocity, spin rate, backspin, sidespin, riflespin, spin axis, spin direction, horizontal and vertical movement, arm slots and 3D renderings of the ball\u2019s release from a pitcher\u2019s fingers. In real time.<\/p>\n

On its own,\u00a0ArmCare.com<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 by pairing a dynamometer with an inertial sensor\u2014 can calculate a pitcher\u2019s pinch grip, internal and external rotation, scapular strength, fatigue, recovery and an all-important metric known as Strength Velocity Ratio. In real time.<\/p>\n

But until their announced partnership in February, pitchLogic wasn\u2019t in the wellbeing business, and ArmCare.com wasn\u2019t in the release point business. Under this joint arrangement, pitchers now have intertwined tech-centric apps that work in concert to improve performance and arm health all at once.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re working together because we have the same customer,” says Jeff Ackerman, pitchLogic CEO. “What we\u2019re saying to each other\u2019s client base is, \u2018Look, this is something that we recommend. We think that you should not just have pitchLogic, you should also have ArmCare.\u2019 And then for ArmCare people, \u2018You shouldn\u2019t just have ArmCare, you should have pitchLogic so we can measure your progress.\u2019 And then everybody still uses their separate equipment and goes to the separate websites to buy each thing, but rely on both.”<\/p>\n

The gains and overlaps in baseball technology are beginning to accelerate these types of vital integrations. The pitchLogic app has already been\u00a0adopted<\/a>\u00a0by the pitch design platform Driveline Baseball, particularly for remote training purposes, and the partnership between pitchLogic and ArmCare is the next obvious progression.<\/p>\n

The goal of both companies is to be must-haves in the duffle bag of every pitcher. For instance, pitchLogic is a transient option to its competitors\u00a0Rapsodo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0TrackMan<\/a>, which aren\u2019t nearly as portable or affordable. As for ArmCare.com, the system was perfected in part by a former Angels pitching coach Jordan Oseguera and a former Angels director of performance integration Dr Ryan Crotin \u2014 both of whom believe their product can pinpoint whether a pitcher\u2019s injury risk is lack of strength or pitiable biomechanics.<\/p>\n

ArmCare.com, in particular, took a winding and scientific road to get here. A decade ago, a long-term Colorado Rockies arm study showed that spring training weaknesses in a pitcher\u2019s external rotators and supraspinatus were precursors to regular-season throwing injuries. Accompanying research also confirmed that imbalanced throwing shoulders \u2014 meaning an unproportional ratio between external rotation and internal rotation \u2014 also increased odds of a crippling arm injury.<\/p>\n

From a distance, the founder of a rotator cuff and scapular strengthening platform called Crossover Symmetry dug into the hypothesis. His name is Duggan Moran, and he enlisted his father Jim Moran, a physical therapist, to begin prohibitively testing throwing shoulders \u2014 just to confirm whether their exercises were targeting the right arm muscles.<\/p>\n

Using a basic dynamometer, or muscular strength tester, they found promising results before shifting their strength testing to teenage prodigies at Perfect Game baseball tournaments. Alarmed at how weak and predisposed to injury the young players were, Duggan Moran took the technological steps needed to develop what is now the ArmCare.com app.<\/p>\n

By using a new “research grade” digital dynamometer to measure pinch grip, combined with an Inertial Measurement Unit sensor chip to quantify range of motion, Moran\u2019s company built proprietary software that ultimately democratized strength testing.<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of pitchLogic\/ArmCare.com.<\/p><\/div>\n

Developed further by the pair of ex-Angels pitching specialists Crotin and Oseguera, the app began to pinpoint the most crucial metrics to empower pitching arms such as pinch grip and the ratio of strength to velocity (SRV), The platform ascended from there. They could state confidently that spin rate could only be improved through increased pinch grip strength, that simply altering a grip to create spin rate was fallacy. They could state confidently that talented and flexible teenage athletes could throw hard without proper strength, but those were also the very ones most likely to snap a ligament.<\/p>\n

“Until you have this data at your fingertips, you can\u2019t properly train these guys,” Moran says. “You can\u2019t know whether you\u2019re overtraining or undertraining unless you understand the fatigue and recovery of these athletes. And in less than five minutes, we can gather that data, and you don\u2019t need a clinician. You don\u2019t need expensive equipment to do it. You do it remotely. The app guides players through the exam with audio-visual graphics and then delivers customized exercises based on the results, as well as feedback.”<\/p>\n

As a result, there are now players from all 30 MLB teams and most every D1 baseball program using the app \u2014 purportedly 15,000 youth, high school, college and pro players total \u2014 and Crotin claims the total number of ArmCare clients who\u2019ve needed arm surgery is exactly\u2026one.<\/p>\n

Which is where pitchLogic comes in. Crotin and Co. know that an ever-changing arm slot can be a red flag for arm weakness, something their app does not ascertain. But pitchLogic\u2019s smart baseball \u2014 utilized by all MLB teams, including <\/span>Yankees<\/a>\u00a0closer Clay Holmes \u2014 contains the accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetic sensors and Bluetooth radio to produce a 3D clock that shows precise arm slot, not to mention any irregularities in velocity and spin. From there, ArmCare can determine whether any arm slot inconsistency is from weakness, fatigue or simply biomechanics.<\/p>\n

But if it is weakness \u2014 and a pitcher\u2019s about to blow out an elbow or shoulder \u2014 pitchLogic and ArmCare.com can together sound the siren.<\/p>\n

And go from one surgery\u2026 to none.<\/p>\n

This article was brought to you by SBJ Tech<\/strong>, a Leaders Group<\/strong> company. As a Leaders Performance Institute<\/strong> member, you are able to enjoy exclusive access to SBJ Tech<\/strong>\u00a0content in the field of athletic performance.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/div>\n

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