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Baseball Essay Research Paper Baseball Central Michigan

Baseball Essay, Research Paper


Baseball


Central Michigan University baseball is one of the finest in the state


of Michigan. Baseball players at C.M.U. are dedicated to being the best on and


off the field. I had the privilege of working baseball for my first PES 283


rotation, and I think I will never forget it for the rest of my life. Coach


Kriener demands the athletes to be the best students-athletes that they can be.


I believe this is one reason no senior has graduated in twenty years without


winning a ring. He teaches them to be winners; he will not accept anything but


the best.


I believe that the best way to avoid injuries is to be in shape and use


common sense. There are many factors that could cause injury on a baseball


diamond. The best way to make our job as trainers easier is to prevent these


injuries. The best way to prevent injury is to make sure that all the equipment


is put on the side and not on the middle of the field, where someone going for a


foul does not trip over a baseball or a helmet. I do not think athletes really


think in such terms until someone actually gets hurt.


One thing that I always kept my eye on when I was working was to make


sure the catcher’s were wearing their face mask when they were warming the


pitchers in the bullpen. At first, the athletes thought I was telling them to


put their mask on as an authoritative figure; however, after I explained to them


it was for their own good, and I was only looking out for their safety, they


realized why I was doing it. I believe one way to get the respect of the


athletes and coaches on a team is to let them see you care about them, and you


as the trainer care about them winning.


Warming and cooling down before and after practice is another good way


to prevent injury. Warming up by running and then stretching will help prevent


injury. Light jogging gets the blood supply flowing and will enhance the


stretch. I believe it also gets the athlete ready to perform. Stretching will


also promote flexibility, a big factor with being “in shape.” The cool down


period is also important in making sure the athlete stays in shape aerobically.


This will maximize the practice. I always made sure the athletes did all the

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running before they received their ice.


I found out the N.C.A.A. really did not impose a lot of safety factors


for baseball. The only thing according to Kevin Smoot the only safety


prevention methods the N.C.A.A. mandates are the batter to wear a helmet and the


catcher wear a mask and the protective equipment. The big thing that suprized


me is the players are not mandated to wear a protective cup. Any player in


their right mind would wear one, but sometimes you get one or two athletes that


are not too bright.


One major thing that I saw and heard pitchers use to help prevent


shoulder injury is the offseason shoulder workout program. It has been over


twenty years since a pitcher with no previous injury and who has honestly done


the workout miss a start in the rotation to shoulder injury. The shoulder


program was one of the biggest things that impressed me. I will make sure


before I leave C.M.U. I have a copy of the program and make sure my athletes


use it. If we as trainers can prevent shoulder injuries we can go a long way as


baseball trainers. Shoulder injuries are the biggest problem for throwing


athletes. If the shoulder problem does not get taken care of the injury could


move down to the elbow and keep move on down and could possibly end a athletes


career.


I truly enjoyed working with baseball. Baseball was definitely a step


up from working with Women’s basketball. After leaving baseball I felt as if I


was associated with a group of winners that played to win sometimes I wondered


about that sometimes working basketball. I worked with fourgoodstudent trainers,


three fellow 283’s, and a ATC that I learned a lotform. I do not think I could


of been any luckier. It was truly a blast.


REFERENCES


1. Fleisig, Glen S., PhD “Kinetics of Baseball Pitching with Implications


About Injury Mechanisms.” The Journal of Sports Medicine. March-April 1995,


vol. 23, no.2, pp. 223-239.


2.Arnheim, Daniel., and William E. Prentice, Principles of Athletic


Training, 8th ed. Illinois: Chicago, 1993 723-727.


3. Kabban, Elias S. “PES 280 Notebook” Spring 1996.


4.Interview with Kevin Smoot


BASEBALL Fall 1996


Elias S. Kabban PES 283 10-17-96

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