This past summer I attended the NATA conference in New Orleans. While I was there I went to seminars, met professionals in the field, watched the NATA Hall Of Fame inductee ceremony, and experienced the spectacular New Orleans culture.
One seminar I found to be very interesting was the PBAT's lecture on how to deal with baseball players and mid-season injuries. I found this to be the most useful seminar because during this past summer I was interning with the Brockton Rox and athletic trainer Lauren Eck. During this seminar I heard from athletic trainers who had worked with professional baseball teams. They talked primarily about shoulder evaluation on pitchers, since they agreed that pitchers were highly susceptible to mid-season injuries. After that they gave a take home note regarding all professional baseball players. One athletic trainer who had worked with professional teams like the Houston Astros, said to not be worried if your athletes are not the most well conditioned. The quote I remember him ending with was, "What's the farthest distance a baseball player has to run?... 360 feet, and if they make it that far, they get a well deserved rest." He was of course referring to an inside-the-park home run which seldom happens in baseball. That put things in perspective for me. Hearing that made me realize that baseball players do not necessarily need to have great cardiovascular endurance.Just something to keep in mind if I ever work with baseball players again.
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| Running on the anti-gravity treadmill literally feels like you're running on a cloud. |
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| Ring Toss with the ankle braces, I went a whopping 0 for 3. |
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| Hilary and I playing catch on the balancing boards, a lot harder than you think it would be. |
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