In this episode, Ryker Chason and Ashley Sunshine discuss the different “buckets” of pitchers that college coaches should look for when building their staff. Traditionally, we’ve created a single mold when it comes to identifying successful pitching approaches. In this episode Ryker and Ashley identify the variety of molds that exist and should be utilized to build an effective college pitching staff. 

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In this episode Ryker Chason and Ashley Sunshine discuss the difference between pitcher development, which is typically emphasized during the off-season, and in-season pitcher management concepts. They specifically discuss how both pieces are critical in the college game but also identify the hurdles that college coaches usually face throughout the year. Ryker reflects on his own evolution in player development during his three years at Ole Miss, and identifies the information he has recently gained at OGX that would have greatly impacted his past experiences and approaches with his former pitching staff. Lastly, Ryker and Ashley wrap up the episode by describing the platform OGX has built to help reach and support a variety of college programs during the 2024-2025 season. 

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In this episode Ashley Sunshine and Dr. Laura McDonald talk in detail about their partnership with the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Biomechanics Lab. They discuss the type of data they’re collecting, and how the data analysis they’ve been doing over the last 5 years is allowing them to target research questions that directly translate to coaches and athletes.

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In this episode Ashley Sunshine and Dr. Laura McDonald discuss OGX’s journey in pitching biomechanics, including how and why they began collecting data, what they’ve learned along the way, and how they’ve utilized the information to impact their athletes in training. They talk about the importance of understanding the motion in order to influence it, and how critical it is to know the impact on health and performance when assessing whether or not pattern changes are beneficial to a pitcher. 

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In this episode Ashley Sunshine and OGX pitching coach, Josh Hays, talk about some of the challenges that exist within the 10U-12U pitching culture. They identify the need for better training approaches, more education and clear communication regarding how to set goals at young ages without compromising growth potential in the future. At the end of the episode Ashley and Josh talk specifically about a program OGX is launching to guide athletes, parents and their coaches through a developmentally appropriate training platform and education system.

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In this episode Ashley Sunshine and Ryker Chason sit down together to discuss the current recruiting system from both the athlete and college coach perspectives. They detail how and why the process is often disconnected from data and player development concepts, and talk about how closing this gap would make the system more efficient and transparent.

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In this final episode of the series we sit down with Dr. Chelsea Martin, a physical therapist and board certified sports specialist. Dr. Martin discusses her research in pitching injuries and weighs in on topics such as injury prevention and recovery. She also discusses ways to help close the knowledge gap between coaches and health professionals when it comes to workload and pitching injury management.

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In episode 4 we talk about the many issues with current “Return to Pitching” protocols. They are outdated and are typically centered around overhand throwing. Within this episode, we dive into an example ramp up program we designed for our pitchers, and talk about all of the details, including volume, intensity, arm variability, etc., that are accounted for and closely monitored by our team. 

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In this episode we dive into two athlete case studies and walk through the specific information we used to find the root of their pain. We also talk in detail about the changes we made to their training programs and the overall approaches we took to workload management to help minimize and ultimately break their pain cycles. 

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In this episode we talk about the approaches we use to help our athletes navigate the existing pain culture in pitching. We’ll discuss how we establish an environment where athletes feel safe reporting how they feel, and how we use submaximal pitching as a critical strategy to break pain cycles without pitching “shut-downs”. 

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