NCAA & PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
Healthy Athletes.
Better Performance.
Individualized development designed to support athlete health, availability, and long-term performance.
Who We Work With
NCAA PROGRAMS
Individualized development solutions for collegiate athletes, coaching staffs, and performance departments.
PROFESSIONAL PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Helping organizations improve athlete availability, development consistency, and long-term performance.
MAJOR LEAGUE ORGANIZATIONS
Customized Motor Preferences® integration for player development, sports medicine, strength & conditioning, and performance operations.
Mordern Player Development
One System. Many Different Athletes.
Every organization invests heavily in coaching, sports science, strength & conditioning, sports medicine, biomechanics, analytics, and player development.
Yet athletes continue to respond differently to the same training methods, coaching cues, and development plans.
Understanding those differences may be one of the greatest opportunities in modern baseball.
Performance & ROI
Performance Starts With Availability.
The greatest return on player development occurs when athletes remain healthy, available, and able to progress consistently throughout the season.
Organizations benefit from:
More athlete availability
More training opportunities
Greater developmental consistency
Reduced injury-related disruption
Better return on development investments
NCAA teams leading the way with Motor Preferences® (2022–Today)
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Trusted by Coaches Across Major League Baseball
Coaches from the following MLB organizations have been trained in the Motor Preferences™ approach:
Baltimore Orioles · Boston Red Sox · Chicago Cubs · Chicago White Sox · Cleveland Guardians · Kansas City Royals · Miami Marlins · Minnesota Twins · New York Mets · Oakland Athletics · Philadelphia Phillies · Pittsburgh Pirates · St. Louis Cardinals · Toronto Blue Jays · Washington Nationals
The Motor Preferences Experts Approach
Individualization Begins With Understanding.
Motor Preferences® help organizations better understand how athletes naturally organize movement.
The objective is not to change what works.
The objective is to help coaches and performance professionals make more individualized decisions when applying what they already do.
Designed To Work With Your Existing System
Complement Existing Expertise.
Motor Preferences® are designed to integrate into existing coaching, performance, and medical environments. They do not replace:
Coaching expertise
Biomechanical analysis
Strength & Conditioning
Sports Medicine
Performance Analytics
Player Development Systems
Instead, they provide additional information that may help organizations better understand athlete variability and response.
Organizational Benefits
Better Understanding Across Departments.
When coaches, sports medicine professionals, strength coaches, and performance staff share a common understanding of athlete individuality, communication becomes easier and decision-making becomes more consistent.
Motor Preferences® help create greater alignment across departments while keeping the athlete at the center of the process.
We Provide Flexible Implementation Options
Staff Education
Train coaches and performance staff to better understand athlete individuality.
Team Assessments
Profile athletes and identify key movement tendencies.
Organizational Integration
Improve communication and alignment across departments.
Player Development Consulting
Help create more individualized development strategies.
Support
Ongoing consultation and implementation support.
Research & Application
More Than 20 Years of Research.
Developed through the Volodalen® Laboratory, Motor Preferences™ combine movement science, field observation, biomechanics, and athlete-centered research.
The result is a practical framework designed to help organizations better understand how athletes naturally move, perform, and adapt.
READY TO LEARN MORE?
Better Understanding.
Better Decisions.
Discover how Motor Preferences™ can help your organization support athlete availability, improve communication across departments, and create a more individualized development environment.
What Sports Professionals Are Saying
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Scott Emerson
MLB Pitching Coach
"The next frontier is understanding a pitcher's motor preferences. Biomechanics is becoming a cookie-cutter term. We have had all the biomechanics data for years and more injuries are happening. Why? Because so many are teaching a number and not the preferences."
Matt Shaw
Chicago Cubs - 3rd Baseman
Motor preferences has been a game-changer for me, not just on the baseball field but in life itself. From hitting to throwing, defense, and everything in between, MP sharpens every movement and mechanic while addressing the mental side of the game. It doesn't miss a single detail.