Ryan L. Crotin, Phd, Cscs, Rscc Email & Phone Number

Indialantic, Florida, United States

Directly report to the company president on matters related to the implementation and global adoption of the ArmCare Platform – a technology that offers data-led monitoring and individualized training for throwing athletes. Responsibilities include (1) Product Research and Development, (2) User Experience, Education and Certificate Programs, (3) Marketing Materials and Outreach, (4) Internal Research and Publication, (5) Conference Speaking Appearances, (6) Social Media and Website Content, (7) Evaluate growth opportunities for the company, (8) Strategic Partnerships and (9) Cultivate a specialized community called ArmCare Elite for dual certified individuals. ArmCare had less than 1000 registered athletes as of June 2021 to over 30,000 as of January 2024. The company has also produced roughly 60 hours of content across certification courses, mini-lectures, blogs, newsletters, programs, podcasts, and more. A recent published arm surgery rate in baseball indicated 5.4 in 100 athletes, whereas our data indicates 0.007 surgeries in 100 athletes using ArmCare.com which is a monumental improvement.

United States

A GOALD diamond consulting firm featuring MLB performance leaders who provide player, career, research, and business development services. RC13 Sports works with clients to create specific goals that award bonuses to advisors and clients for a job well done. We further goal achievement by reinvesting in continuation contracts for our clients to help them attain an even more impactful future. Services include the following:1. MLB-Guided Remote Player Development and Private Evaluations:Tailored for individuals, teams, and organizations, offering high coach-to-athlete ratios and expertise from MLB insiders, as well as small group Combine Development Programs, and hyper-personalized 720 Player Evaluations which is a full day of individualized focus on improving player performance and durability. 2. Tech Impact Research Development:Comprehensive services for tech companies aiming for scientific impact and enhanced market credibility, driving advancements in athletic performance and durability.3. Strategic Business Development:Elevating client reach through electronic education, organic social media, and brand ambassadorship. Focused on creating impactful, applicable, and technically sound solutions for products and services.4. Executive Searches in Sports Professions:Holistic recruitment services for mid-to-upper-level positions in sport performance, sports science, and sports medicine. Streamlined processes, including pre-screening and strategic interviewing.5. Career Development for Sports Leadership:Preparing individuals for leadership roles in professional and collegiate sports, as well as the sport performance and tech sectors. Offering experience-driven insights for improved negotiation, work-life balance, conflict management, competency tests, interviews, and overcoming barriers to showcase true talent.

Human Performance Laboratories

Advisor to graduate research in the realm of baseball health and performance. The Human Performance Laboratories at Lousiana Tech offers a comprehensive assessment platform for baseball studies that includes 3D biomechanics, applied physiology to evaluate metabolism and functional strength, as well as motor learning infrastructure to examine stability, reaction time and other forms of coordination and perceptual-motor testing. The lab is headed by Dr. David Szymanski, a decorated publication author in the field of baseball performance and current Department Chair and Professor of Kinesiology. At present, our research focus is on multiplanar, unilateral and bilateral jump qualities and their influence on pitching biomechanics.

Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand

Advisor to graduate students studying at AUT SPRINZ in the realm of baseball health and performance. Current research undertaking is identifying the role of weighted sleeves in improving shoulder specific strength and throwing velocity. The Department is headed by Dr. John Cronin, a well-established researcher in sports performance with over 450 articles and 18000 citations.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Organizational strategist applying both evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence to integrate into coaching, training, clinical care and talent identification. My key responsibilities were the following; (1) overseeing the strength and conditioning department, (2) ensuring that we had a strong educational stream organizationally (independently provided 77 lectures and invited in 81 speakers to comprise more than 150 hours worth of content), (3) overseeing a systematic way of monitoring and training athletes that was multidimensional, as well as developmentally and training-age appropriate, (4) integration of technology with analytics plan along with education on application of the data collected, (5) injury epidemiology to help improve preventative injury practices, (6) overseeing the scientific evaluation of transfer of training between athletic measurables and on-field process metrics and finally, (7) identifying biomechanical determinants separating minor league and major league pitching talent, injured versus uninjured athletes, movement impacts on key process metrics and how variability in movement affects health and performance.

Brought in to oversee Minor League Strength and Conditioning Programming and create an evidence-based process that formed a rubric for scouting amateur athletic talent and scaling talent in comparison to an existing professional population. As part of my role, I assisted the Major League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator in both coaching and performance science. I was integrated into the amateur draft procuring players and onboarding of new recruits. Key undertakings included contributing toward the development of Evidence-Based Training as method that involves the use of data to scale athletes and transition programming to improve speed, strength and relative power. I also worked closely with pitching coordinators to develop dynamic throwing programs that were scaled by age, level and citizenship and undulated workload by manipulating frequency, time, density of throwing, intensity and variation in task to reduce injuries among our minor league population.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Conducted human performance research to improve neuromuscular function, movement mechanics and overuse mechanisms of injury for athletes, patients, and clinical research populations at the new Penn Center for Human Performance. Initiated the Penn Throwing Clinic providing service to pitchers in assessing musculosketal deficiencies and flawed movement profiles through 3D motion capture for Penn Medicine.

Baltimore Orioles

Assisted Brady Anderson, VP of Baseball operations in adding scientific context to a revolutionary training method involving Olympic Lifting and iso-inertial training, providing both private and semi-private training by 4 Major League strength coaches. Career highlights included being part of a 2012 playoff team, working with a series of athletes who made All-Star appearances (Adam Jones, Chris Davis, Matt Wieters) and experiencing Chris Davis's record-breaking 53 homerun season. Significant research undertakings involved training epidemiology, calculation of relative and absolute strength metrics through developing a proprietary application to aggregrate key performance entries and was the roving coordinator when the Major League team went on the road to ensure training was consistent between the MLB level and minor league teams outside of the Florida complex.For more information, please see the following link: https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/new-workout-facility-has-baltimore-orioles-ahead-of-the-curve/c-42249936

Buffalo

Radar gun velocity in baseball is not an accurate way to assess pitching fatigue, as compensations can go unnoticed that drive up loading of the elbow and shoulder leading to injury. My particular focus was on movement compensation of the lower body (altered 3D kinematics, kinetics and joint powers) in the baseball pitching delivery and modeled mechanisms of fatigue and their impacts on arm health and competitive outcomes.

Jupiter And Batavia

I was hired to be the organization's short season strength coach, stationed in Batavia, NY. In 2008, we had won the New York Penn League Championship under legendary field coordinator, Mark DeJohn "DJ", and had 7 MLB players on our team. In 2009, I served a second short season at Batavia, but was also invited to Florida to serve as an Intermediary Rehabilitation Strength Coach focused on return to performance aspects for injured athletes. A key analysis involved the examination of short season pitching workload on fastball velocity performance demonstrating that velocities can actually accumulate with advancing throwing workload in a piggy-back system. As a result, radar gun readings at short-season levels may not be most accurate to determine functional fatigue.

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Orthopedic Biomechanics

Academic focus on pitching biomechanics was taken to a postdoctorate level of education where I was responsible in establishing the Penn.

Interdisciplinary Ph.D, Biomechanics And Exercise Physiology

Activities and Societies: Exercise Science Researcher Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach Assistant Varsity Strength and Conditioning CoachMy.