@MotusGlobal Application Thread

1) At @DrivelineBB, we are in the final stages of transitioning to utilize a Motus sensor with every single remote athlete and in-gym athlete. So I wanted to take a moment to provide some basic principles of how it's used for training management

2) Much in the way every athlete training with us will throw overload and underload balls to create physiological adaptations, tracking every throw seamlessly makes too much sense for us not to utilize

To quote John Doerr "Measure What Matters"

3) A real world application of this would be:

Hypothetically, say an average weekly workload for a pitcher is 100 workload units.

During a pitcher's On-Ramp Phase, it may be beneficial to build an athlete's weekly workload up to above what they would experience in-season

4) This would be done while throwing intensity is relatively submaximal. For this example, let's say an athlete progresses from 60 workload units per week as they begin from a shutdown to 120 workload units by the completion of the On Ramp

5) As intensity picks up into a Velocity Phase, where throws such as pulldowns may be slightly above peak in-game stress, weekly workload can be dropped to below in-season levels (say 90 weekly workload units in this instance)

6) As the athlete transitions to preparation for a season, then their workload may settle back into what they'd experience in-season (100 workload units), while also building up their daily workload to a tolerance that they'd see in a single start (let's say 40 workload units)

7) This is your traditional Accumulation --> Intensification --> Realization model taken from S&C practices.

What @MotusGlobal gives is the ability to track all throws, along with the relative intensity of each throw, giving a more accurate workload for each throw made

8) For college and HS coaches, this can be an insightful tool to monitor an athlete's preparedness for planned practice/game schedules, mitigating potential injury risk. Especially when they don't have eyes on their players during Winter Break, and especially applicable this year

9) Long term, this can be used to manage workloads not just from a preparedness standpoint, but giving you the confidence as a coach to know when you can push and when to pull back an athlete's training