by Mike Lotief | Sep 6, 2022
When we broke every team huddle after practice or before a game or between innings going from offense to defense, we would say, ”US”. “1 – 2 – 3, US” “US” not only meant the players and coaches – it represented the WHOLE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY –...
by Mike Lotief | Aug 29, 2022
The PARABLE OF TALENTS, Mathew 25: 14-30, tells of a master who was leaving his house to travel, and, before leaving, he entrusted his property to his servants. According to the abilities of each man, one servant received five talents, (think of one TALENT...
by Mike Lotief | Aug 23, 2022
What do you do with all this data – mostly from high speed video and optical data from marker-less tracking systems (KINATRAX for example)? Can you input ”motion” from joints by using inverse dynamics to calculate the force and torque within the body? Can you...
by Mike Lotief | Aug 15, 2022
This week’s Swing Attractors article is written by Chris Malveaux, Assistant Softball Coach/Hitting at the University of Tennessee. Coach Chris has been apart of multiple different college softball teams, from McNeese in the early 2000s, to Louisiana-Lafayette &...
by Mike Lotief | Aug 9, 2022
The hitting challenge is essentially a ”timing challenge” that involves the skills of PITCH RECOGNITION, IMPULSE CONTROL & MOTOR PROGRAMMING in order to be successful. The genius of human adaption to hitting 100 m.p.h. 4 seam fastballs followed by a nasty 85...
