The Motus Show

Roy Firestone is a master interviewer, best known for his work on Up Close. In this episode, Will asks about his craft and his newest project, Becoming Kareem, an interview tour with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Will also looks back at the Super Bowl, ahead at the opening of spring training, and the stress levels of sports right now.

This bonus episode turns the tables. Pitching master Alan Jaeger had some questions about Motus, so he's the one that asks the questions, unedited. We thought many coaches out there, especially the ones that follow Alan's long toss and J-band programs, might have the same questions, so we recorded it!

Alan Jaeger checks in to talk the latest in long toss, the mental game for pitchers, and why the start of throwing season is the most dangerous time for pitchers. There's a lot to get into here, plus the debut of the Motus Minute on this week's Motus Show.

It's time to get your mind right. Matthew Repplinger of Pro Positive Yoga talks with Will about the mind-body connection for baseball and more. He's a consultant to several MLB teams and is behind many of the Yoga Days you see at ballparks around the country. Get his ideas on the use of yoga and meditation to complete the package for athletes.

Sick of gravity? AlterG has a treadmill that can help. Their groundbreaking tool will unload athletes to allow for things you simply can't do on Earth. Barry Heyden, their executive director of education and sports science, tells us what AlterG has coming, the top athletes that have used it, and how unloading can really affect workload. Also, Will discusses injuries to Shohei Ohtani, Andrew Luck, and more on this episode of The Motus Show.

Dr. Phil Wagner, CEO of Sparta Science, one of the top companies in sports performance and sports science, joins Will to talk about what his company is doing and where they're going. He also discusses the key measurements he feels teams are failing to make and the one thing every team at every level should be focused on. No lame 300 jokes, just another great conversation, plus discussion of a new Motus product, the emergence of Shohei Ohtani, and more on The Motus Show.

John Parsons from the NCAA Sports Science Institute joins Will to discuss his recent study on concussions and ways the NCAA is trying to improve outcomes. Their study on officials and concussions time outs shows that education is key to improvement in this area. Parsons also discusses the NCAA Sports Science Institute and what they aim to do.

Ben Hansen, the CTO of Motus Global, joins the show to talk about product development, including motusCONCUSSION, a new product that can help the management of concussion in sport. Ben and Will discuss their recent trip to London, how Motus sensors could help men heading to Mars, and much more on this episode.

Motus Director of Performance, Carlo Alvarez, joins the show to talk about how data can be integrated into any sport at any level, plus looks at what Motus is working on behind the scenes. Alvarez has a background in performance training with MLB teams and elite NCAA athletics. He brings that background to Motus, helping model and integrate technologies for clients.

Will closes the books on the 2017 baseball season after a great playoff run. He brings in the co-founders of Pocket Radar, a new tool being used around baseball to explain how and why so many people are adopting it in place of classic "guns."

Dr. Fergus Connelly (Director of Performance at the University of Michigan) returns to the show to talk in depth about his book, Game Changer. Will and Fergus take a deep dive into the foundations and philosophies in the book, talk about examples of analytics and action seen in sports, and make a fun announcement at the end of the show.

Data is not enough. Controlling your own data, understanding your data, and putting it into action is where there's still an advantage. Whoop is one of the top data wearable companies out there and Will speaks with their director of performance, Kristen Holmes-Winn, about what they do and where she feels sports are moving.

Phil White is one of the smartest writers in the business. His book Unplugged looks at the use of technology in sports and how it can be better and more appropriately used. We also discuss his other book, Game Changer, written with recent guest Fergus Connolly. Don't unplug yet - listen to this episode of The Motus Show first!

Will gives an update on Andrew Luck and also chats with Joe Lemire from Sports Techie.

Will discusses everything going on with Andrew Luck's injury. Dr. Michael Banffy also weighs in on Luck and other injuries in sports.