ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAM

• US 20130210558A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 08/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tom House
• Original Assignee: Tom House
• Inventors: HOUSE, Tom
• Application Number:
  US13/840,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20130210558A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/451
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 for baseball
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

A method of training a baseball pitcher includes instructing the pitcher to perform a group of throws in a kneeling position, instructing the pitcher to repeat the group of throws in a rocker position, and instructing the pitcher to repeat the group of throws in a run-and-gun position. Performing a group of throws includes performing a set of throws for each of a plurality of balls with different weights, wherein performing a set of throws includes throwing a first throw modality and throwing a second throw modality, and wherein the first throw modality includes holding the ball during the throw and the second throwing modality includes releasing the ball throughout the throw.

Claims

1. A method of training a baseball pitcher, the method comprising:

instructing the pitcher to perform a group of throws in a kneeling position, wherein performing a group of throws comprises performing a set of throws for each of a plurality of balls with different weights, wherein performing a set of throws comprises throwing a first throw modality and throwing a second throw modality, and wherein the first throw modality comprises holding the ball throughout the throw and the second throwing modality comprising releasing the ball during the throw;

instructing the pitcher to repeat the group of throws in a rocker position; and

instructing the pitcher to repeat the group of throws in a run-and-gun position.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising measuring the difference in speed for pairs of balls and altering the ratio of first modality and second modality in a set of throws.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first modality and second modality are performed in a ratio of three to two.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of instructing the pitcher to repeat the group of throws in the rocker position only occurs when the pitcher successfully performs the group of exercises in the kneeling position.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of instructing the pitcher to repeat the group of throws in the run and gun position only occurs when the pitcher is able to hold each ball at full capacity in the rocker position.

6. A method for adapting a training program for baseball pitching, the method comprising:

measuring velocities of a plurality of throws for a respective plurality of balls, wherein each of the plurality of balls has a weight different from the remainder of the plurality;

determining a plurality of velocity differentials for a respective plurality of ball pairs; and

adapting the training program based on the determined plurality of velocity differentials.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of baseballs comprises a 2 lb ball, a 1 lb ball, a 6 oz ball, a 5 oz ball, a 4 oz ball, and a 2 oz ball.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of baseball pairs comprises the 2 lb and the 1 lb, the 1 lb and the 6 oz, the 6 oz and the 5 oz, the 5 oz and the 4 oz, and the 4 oz and the 2 oz.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein adapting the training program further comprises increasing strength training when at least one of the following velocity differentials is determined to be below an associated threshold:

the velocity differential of the 2 lb and the 1 lb is less than 10 miles per hour and the velocity differential of the 1 lb and the 6 oz is less than 15 miles per hour.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein increasing strength training comprises increasing a percentage of eccentric exercises in a training program comprising concentric and eccentric exercises.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the percentage of eccentric exercises are increased for each ball weight of a ball pair determined to have a velocity differential less than the associated threshold.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein adapting the program further comprises increasing speed training when the velocity differential between either of the 6 oz and the 5 oz, and the 5 oz and the 4 oz is outside a range comprising 4 miles per hour.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein increasing speed training comprises increasing a percentage of concentric exercises in a training program comprising concentric and eccentric exercises.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the percentage of concentric exercises are increased for each of the ball weights from a ball pair where the velocity differential is determined to be outside the range comprising 4 miles per hour.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein a velocity is outside a range comprising 4 miles per hour when the velocity differential is below 3.5 miles per hour or above 4.5 miles per hour.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein adapting the program further comprises increasing speed training when the velocity differential between the 2 oz and the 4 oz is outside a range comprising 8 miles per hour.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein increasing speed training comprises increasing a percentage of concentric exercises in a training program comprising concentric and eccentric exercises.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the percentage of concentric exercises are increased for each of the 4 oz and 2 oz ball where the velocity differential is determined to be outside the range comprising 8 miles per hour.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein a velocity is outside a range comprising 8 miles per hour when the velocity differential is below 7.5 miles per hour or above 8.5 miles per hour.