Baseball is a team sport played between two opposing teams, that take turns batting and fielding. The sport evolved from older bat-and-ball games played in England by the mid-1800s. The modern version of baseball was developed in North-America and by the late 19th century the sport was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States.
Baseball unofficially debuted at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, then became an official Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In modern times, baseball is played around the world, though it is more popular in certain countries such as the United States, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. According to the statistics, almost 10 billion people worldwide like play baseball.
Research around baseball has only grown, with a significantly high number of articles and citations in the sports science field being centered on the sport. However, despite this, further research is still needed to better understand the factors underpinning performance, as well as the mechanisms of injury and nutritional support that should be considered by athletes and coaches.
The aim of this Research Topic is to build on the existing literature on baseball and further explore training, testing, and performance at the amateur and elite levels. Specifically, we welcome papers that address:
• Factors determining performance, including technical, physiological, biomechanical, psychological, and nutritional factors
• Training interventions and testing in baseball
• Injury prevention and rehabilitation in baseball
• Acute and chronic effects of baseball
• Development pathways for baseball
• Recent developments within baseball research
Baseball is a team sport played between two opposing teams, that take turns batting and fielding. The sport evolved from older bat-and-ball games played in England by the mid-1800s. The modern version of baseball was developed in North-America and by the late 19th century the sport was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States.
Baseball unofficially debuted at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, then became an official Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In modern times, baseball is played around the world, though it is more popular in certain countries such as the United States, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. According to the statistics, almost 10 billion people worldwide like play baseball.
Research around baseball has only grown, with a significantly high number of articles and citations in the sports science field being centered on the sport. However, despite this, further research is still needed to better understand the factors underpinning performance, as well as the mechanisms of injury and nutritional support that should be considered by athletes and coaches.
The aim of this Research Topic is to build on the existing literature on baseball and further explore training, testing, and performance at the amateur and elite levels. Specifically, we welcome papers that address:
• Factors determining performance, including technical, physiological, biomechanical, psychological, and nutritional factors
• Training interventions and testing in baseball
• Injury prevention and rehabilitation in baseball
• Acute and chronic effects of baseball
• Development pathways for baseball
• Recent developments within baseball research