{"product_id":"old-school-vs-new-school-book","title":"Old School vs. New School: The Application of Data and Technology into Baseball","description":"\u003cul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword by Alan Jaeger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, I sat in a convention hall in Dallas and had everything I\u003cbr\u003ethought I knew about coaching taken apart. I'd learned the game from\u003cbr\u003eNew York legends. I was as old school as old school gets. Then I\u003cbr\u003estarted measuring things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat I found is that the old school guys with feel and experience knew\u003cbr\u003ethings — they just couldn't explain why those things worked. And the\u003cbr\u003enew school, armed with more data than anyone can process, often can't\u003cbr\u003eexplain what to do with it. This book is nine years of standing in\u003cbr\u003ebetween those two camps, in the cage and in the lab, trying to find\u003cbr\u003ewhat's actually true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWHAT'S IN THE 17 CHAPTERS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Spinal Engine and Reciprocal Movement (Ch. 5) — the mechanism\u003cbr\u003ebehind how the best players in the game actually move, and why it's\u003cbr\u003ealmost never coached.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiomechanics and Fascia (Ch. 6) — why a 165-pound kid out-drives a\u003cbr\u003e220-pound one. It isn't that he's a freak. He's tapping a power source\u003cbr\u003emost programs don't know exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMobility and Hip-Shoulder Separation (Ch. 4) — two of the most\u003cbr\u003erepeated cues in baseball, examined against what's actually happening\u003cbr\u003eto hamstring and arm injury rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Arm (Ch. 9) — arm injuries are up over 250% in ten years while\u003cbr\u003eparticipation dropped 27%. UCL injuries up 193% (Hodgins, Ahmad et\u003cbr\u003eal., Columbia). What we're doing isn't working, and I'll tell you what\u003cbr\u003eI believe is causing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Recoil (Ch. 11) — every coach has been told that recoiling the arm\u003cbr\u003emeans weak decelerators and leads to injury. Nobody had ever tested it\u003cbr\u003ein a lab. We did, with Dr. Emily Ferree at Movement First. Average\u003cbr\u003eelbow torque dropped 38% with a single cue. One athlete went from 134\u003cbr\u003enewton-meters to 45. For reference, above 115 is not if a player gets\u003cbr\u003ehurt, but when.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMotor Learning and Self-Organization (Ch. 7) — why the kid who mashes\u003cbr\u003ein the cage disappears under the lights, and a framework for building\u003cbr\u003epractice that actually transfers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArm Mapping and Weighted Balls (Ch. 10) — why some throwers gain,\u003cbr\u003esome feel better, and some get hurt on the same protocol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBat Speed (Ch. 12) — everyone wants more of it. Very few people can\u003cbr\u003etell you what it costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE CASE STUDIES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 13 reproduces a complete 108 evaluation of a professional\u003cbr\u003epitcher — the actual report, not a summary of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Jake Marisnick. He'd hit 17 home runs across five seasons\u003cbr\u003eand 1,300 career at-bats. After an offseason rebuilding his posture,\u003cbr\u003ehip timing, and barrel path, he hit 16 in 200 at-bats. What we\u003cbr\u003echanged, why, and what went wrong the following spring when his\u003cbr\u003eseparation crept back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Brandon Dixon. Came in off a .261 season with a bad\u003cbr\u003estrikeout-to-walk ratio. Roughly 250 hours together that offseason on\u003cbr\u003eposture, tighter turns, and deceleration. He hit .347 in Triple-A with\u003cbr\u003eOPS and slugging both up more than 150 points, and finished the year\u003cbr\u003ein the big leagues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWHO THIS IS FOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh school and travel coaches building a program without a budget.\u003cbr\u003eCollege staffs who bought the tech and need to make it mean something.\u003cbr\u003ePrivate instructors who want the why underneath the drill. Parents who\u003cbr\u003ewould rather understand the process than buy the next gadget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou should be prepared to question most of what you've been told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003eChapters: 17, plus foreword, preface, and full citations\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2019 · ISBN 978-1076892928\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Eugene Bleecker, Founder \u0026amp; CEO, 108 Performance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44969952608450,"sku":"108-OLD-SCHOOL-BOOK","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/2788\/9602\/files\/0810634C-7E8A-4820-A53C-AEB8669551F4.png?v=1766377740","url":"https:\/\/shop.108performance.com\/products\/old-school-vs-new-school-book","provider":"108 Merch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}