Exercise Science In Sports

Baseball has long been known as America’s Pastime. From the days of Babe Ruth to Nolan Ryan and other veterans succeeding, to rookies taking the game by storm recently, baseball is the true definition of a children’s game. Anybody, regardless of age, height, or weight, can play this beautiful game. Baseball is a sport that involves many instances of injury, especially the infamous Tommy John surgery that a large population of pitchers are getting done, as well as players wanting to better themselves and get an edge on their competition. Baseball recently has looked into the many areas of Exercise Science with new measurements and technology to reduce the amount and risk of injuries in today’s game, and increase the potential of the athletes. …show more content…
The world is constantly changing, and the same can be said for technology. The many fields of Exercise Science have taken advantage of the new forms of technology that have become present. With the new technology, Exercise Scientists can look more into common factors in sports, especially baseball, and ensure that they can help prepare athletes to reduce the risk of injury, and progress themselves to become better than they previously were. They can also track new things, and new measurements that can be beneficial to athletes, especially in …show more content…
Just like in baseball, Exercise Science is expanding in more than one aspect. While baseball is expanding in technology with instant replay, higher quality cameras, and advanced radar guns, Exercise Science is expanding their use of technology with the use of force plates, high speed cameras, reflective markers, and motion analysis to analyze movements of baseball players. Baseball has increased the amount of aspects that can be measured of the game, like batted ball velocity, the value of a player, movement of a pitch and its spin rate, and velocity of any ball thrown on the field. Exercise Science has increased the amount of measurements that can be taken in a wide range of areas, like the mobility of the shoulder, force and momentum produced from the lower body during the pitching motion, angular acceleration and torque of the trunk during the motions of pitching and batting, and even the measurements of muscles, especially those of the rotator cuff, responsible for stability of the shoulder joint. As years go on, technology becomes more advanced, including in baseball and Exercise Science, and the use of that technology becomes more practical, which can then be used to calculate more measurements. As long as baseball is still around, along with Exercise Science, baseball players will find ways to advance as athletes and stay healthy with the use of the current technology and the measurements that can be