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Major League Baseball pitchers like Justin Verlander or Clayton Kershaw often make getting a strikeout look simple and effortless. However, most pitchers, especially younger ones, struggle to let go of the bad body mechanics\u2014especially throwing motions and grips\u2014that became habits when they first started playing the game as children.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian Linton can relate. A third-year student in the\u00a0Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a>\u00a0and a pitcher for the\u00a0Johns Hopkins Blue\u00a0Jays<\/a>, Linton has struggled <\/span>at times to make adjustments that will help make the ball do exactly what he wants it to do. So when he was offered a chance to use his engineering knowledge and experience as a pitcher to help other athletes improve their performances through an internship last summer, he jumped at the chance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Linton worked for\u00a0Baseball PDS, a Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania-based business co-founded by former Johns Hopkins pitcher Chez Angeloni, who graduated with an economics degree in 2009. The organization provides high-end baseball training and player development for clients playing in every level: from Little League to the pros.<\/span><\/p>\n

Linton\u2019s focus was on enhancing pitcher development\u2014specifically, using his electrical <\/span>and computer engineering background to work with technologies aimed at helping pitchers make the most of their abilities. One such technology tool uses Doppler radar to track a baseball\u2019s flight, providing metrics on which way it\u2019s spinning, how fast it\u2019s traveling, and the number of rotations it makes before reaching home plate. These metrics help pitchers adjust their body movements to make the ball go faster or to hit the catcher\u2019s mitt more accurately.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEach day, I studied theories and methodologies related to the art of pitching, with subjects ranging from the physics of the flight of the baseball to breathing strategies for better mental performance,\u201d Linton says. \u201cI would then test and implement my findings on both myself and other pitchers as we strove to become the best we could be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Linton came away from the internship with a greater appreciation for the intricacies <\/span>of the sport, saying he learned that baseball \u201cis far more complex than simply home runs and strikeouts.\u201d He became a better pitcher too. He is excited to unveil his new change-up <\/span>this spring.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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