Biomechanical Considerations for the Qualitative Evaluation of Pitches in Women's Baseball

Abstract

The current development of the athlete's different forms of preparation is largely due to the successful advances in science and technology; therefore, Biomechanics is one of those ensuring the bases for a true technical training. The objective of this research was to solve the problems related to the improvement of the technique through the work of experts, supported by the observation of the execution of the pitches and the qualimetric analysis, which made controlling the technical performance of the pitchers in feminine baseball possible, with a view to pinpointing errors and proposing correction suggestions in the training process. It was based on the implementation of the methodology for the control of the technique through the work of experts (CTE Methodology). Along the research, theoretical and empirical methods were used, with the appropriate biomechanical and metrological techniques, which were in correspondence with the purpose set. Among the conclusions, it was emphasized that the technical behavior of the motor action studied, estimated from the instrumentation of the CTE Methodology, was evaluated high in one pitcher, medium in two, and low in the remaining two. In addition, the qualitative assessment of the physical-sports action by the experts detected the main technical deficiencies in each of the phases, which put their mechanical purposes and the speed of pitches at risk.