ArmCare Pacific Northwest Tour – Part 1

Inside the stadium was the Omaha Room.  

A lounge and meeting room that showcases the accomplishments had by the school with notable drafted players and ones that have played in Major League Baseball, such as Tim Lincecum.  

There were a few interesting people in attendance.  

First, Dr. Cristine Agresta was in the audience.  She is an astute biomechanist who has plenty of baseball experience and has done some amazing work at the University of Michigan and is now heading up sports science for the University of Washington baseball team.

Next was Forrest Snow, a former Angels player I worked with in 2019.  He is a former UW standout pitcher and now the Director of Pitching for EL1, a huge baseball company that the Los Angeles Dodgers partly own. 

Thirdly, we had James Clifford in attendance, the Director of Strength and Conditioning for the Seattle Mariners and one of the longest-tenured human performance specialists in MLB.  

The dialogue and conversations were high level and we learned as much from these individuals as they did from us. 

At night, we attended the Mariners game and then met with Brad Ausmus, bench coach for the Oakland A's, and Scott Emerson, Pitching Coach Emeritus for the Oakland Athletics, after the game.  

Our conversation lasted for 2 hours, and we talked about everything related to throwing arm injuries, pitcher motor preferences (not trying to take a player who is a square peg and push him into a round hole,) pitching strategy, catching approaches, and educational offerings.  

It was a fantastic experience to learn from two tremendous people in the sport.  Brad was a catcher who played for 18 years straight in MLB.  

He is the only catcher, I believe in history to never miss time due to an injury, and retired at 41 years old.  He spoke about his approach to keeping his body and mind sharp and how he approached receiving to accommodate pitchers in the corners of the strike zone.  

He's been a manager multiple times as well, highly analytical, and personable (office door always open to everyone,) which is an incredible combination.  I loved working with him when I was with the Angels.  

This week, we wrap up our three-part series with Mike Killian, which will give you even more perspective on working with athletes who are in pain and need to re-educate the throwing motion.  

We also have a great ArmCare FX for you that gets deep into the research undertaken at the Human Performance Laboratories at Louisiana Tech University. This research has not been published yet, so it's great to give everyone a sneak peek at how jump performance, pitching momentum, and ball velocity interrelate.  

If you are interested in hosting an ArmCare Performance Clinic at your university or facility, please contact me at [email protected] for more details.  

Jordan and I can guarantee that you and the attendees will experience a phenomenal educational and networking experience. Not only will we give you cutting-edge insights into how to incorporate force and range of motion testing with your athletes, but you will also learn training techniques and decision-making approaches associated with our comprehensive monitoring platform.  

I hope you are having a great weekend, and I am ready for my next adventure!

Ryan

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