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Motor Preferences Experts, LLC MPE leads athlete development with science-backed methods, combining Volodalen’s expert team, including 4 PhDs, with cutting-edge movement research

10/12/2026

Are your pitchers sitters or drifters?

Both can be effective ways to move down the mound. But how do we know which approach works best for each pitcher?

Take Luke Weaver (top) and Nick Martinez (bottom).

What if Nick Martinez tried to move like Luke Weaver? Or vice versa?

When we work with pitchers who move more like Weaver, asking them to sit back on their rear leg can leave them feeling stuck or slow.

On the other hand, pitchers who use their back leg more like Martinez may feel rushed or out of control when asked to drift down the mound too quickly.

Neither approach is necessarily right or wrong. The important part is understanding how the individual pitcher organizes their movement and how they respond to different adjustments.

Sometimes the cue that helps one pitcher can make things more difficult for another.

That's why individualization matters.

10/12/2026

Walking and jogging are movements we perform every day, but how often do we pay attention to what they can tell us about an athlete?

How do they interact with the ground?

Is their torso more upright or forward?

How much head movement do we see?

Now think about how that same athlete moves when they swing, pitch, throw or field.

Do we see some of those same movement qualities showing up?

And as coaches, are we recognizing and working with those individual qualities, or are we sometimes coaching athletes away from them?

These are some of the things we're looking for when observing athletes walk and jog. It's not about judging their movement as right or wrong. It's about learning more about the individual before making coaching decisions.

The more we understand about how an athlete moves, the better we can individualize our approach.

Learn how to identify and assess these differences through our Level 1 Motor Preferences Course.

10/09/2026

Watching Bobby Witt Jr. across different stages of his career, there are movement qualities that continue to show up, even as his swing and approach evolve.

That's something we pay attention to when observing athletes.

What movement characteristics keep showing up over time? How might those qualities influence the cues or adjustments we introduce?

For athletes who show movement themes similar to Bobby, we tend to use cues like "create speed," "load light" and "use rhythm" throughout the swing.

We'd be more cautious about cues that encourage them to slow everything down, get heavy into the ground or hold positions that might disrupt their rhythm.

Understanding these differences can help us recognize what to encourage and what we might want to avoid changing.

Learn more about these concepts through our Level 1 Motor Preferences education, available through in-person clinics and online courses: https://shorturl.at/89NWm

We're heading to Centreville, VA for our Level 1 Motor Preferences Clinic!This two-day clinic introduces coaches to the ...
10/09/2026

We're heading to Centreville, VA for our Level 1 Motor Preferences Clinic!

This two-day clinic introduces coaches to the foundational concepts of Motor Preferences, including how to identify individual movement differences and better understand the athletes they're working with.

And it's more than just a two-day learning experience.

Following the clinic, coaches join our MPE community, where they can continue their education, participate in monthly community calls and connect with coaches applying these concepts across different sports and environments.

If you're in the Northern Virginia area and interested in learning more about Motor Preferences, we'd love to have you join us.

View clinic details and register here: https://shorturl.at/SHMfk

Great spending the last few days back with Oregon Softball!We continued building on last year's work, recapping Level 1 ...
10/08/2026

Great spending the last few days back with Oregon Softball!

We continued building on last year's work, recapping Level 1 concepts and diving deeper into coaching cues, implementation and an introduction to Primitive Reflexes.

We also had the opportunity to assess players, observe practice and work alongside the staff to discuss what we were seeing and how that information could be applied on the field.

A big part of these visits is combining the knowledge and experience of an elite coaching staff with Motor Preferences concepts to better understand and develop each athlete.

Always appreciate the conversations and opportunity to keep learning alongside the coaches and athletes we work with.

Thanks to everyone at Oregon for having us!

10/08/2026

What are these programs doing differently?

There’s never one reason for team or individual success. But one thing we’ve seen across the programs we work with is a willingness to better understand the individual athlete.

When coaches have more information about how an athlete prefers to move, the conversation can change. The questions become more specific. Cues and drills can have more context. And instead of only reacting to what they see, coaches have another tool to help understand why it may be happening.

That’s where understanding Motor Preferences can impact how you coach the individual.

**Want to bring this approach into your own coaching? Join us at an upcoming Level 1 clinic to learn how to identify Motor Preferences and begin applying them with your athletes.**

View upcoming clinic dates and register through the link in our bio.

10/07/2026

Two pitchers who fill up the zone at the highest level.
The key here is that they don’t move exactly the same way.

Subtle differences in posture, center of mass and coordination allow them to create movement differently, yet get to similar spots.
By understanding how players prefer to move, we can better identify cues and drills that target the why behind individual movement.

Want to learn how to identify these differences with your own athletes?
Learn more about Motor Preferences: https://shorturl.at/6sjRb

10/07/2026

As time has gone on, it’s been fun to see athletes transition into coaching and have conversations about their experiences, what worked for them and even some of the things that didn’t.

With Jordy, we got to revisit the early days of the tape on the chest protector, something that drew plenty of eyes when she was at Oklahoma.

Those experiences are a big part of the conversation around individual movement and balance. What worked for one athlete might not look like what works for the next.

Want to learn more about how we identify these differences? Check out the link in our bio.

10/06/2026

Understanding their Motor Preferences gives us more context around how each athlete organizes movement and helps guide how we train them individually.

Balance and coordination don’t have to look the same for every athlete. What works well for one player may not be the best fit for another.

The more we understand the individual, the better we can build training around the athlete instead of asking the athlete to fit the training.

Want to learn how to identify these differences with your own athletes? Learn more about getting educated in Motor Preferences through the link in our bio.

10/06/2026

Have a player who struggles to keep their butt down when fielding?

Try adjusting how close their knees are together in their setup.

In this example, Tommy Gardiner (Maryland Defensive Coordinator) shows how changing the setup can change the amount of hinge needed to get the hands, arms and eyes working on the same line.

It won’t feel the same for every athlete, and that’s the point.

Want to see the full breakdown and how Tommy applies Motor Preferences to infield routines?
Watch the full video here: https://shorturl.at/w53RN

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