State of the Society
September 2025
Dear ABBS members,
I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits. After a full year serving as your president, I’m excited to provide you with an update regarding the current state of our society. Here are a few notable highlights:
- Sponsors
- Thank you to our 2025 Silver sponsors: AMTI, Bertec, Motion Analysis, Kinetic Arm, Qualisys, Simi Motion, Theia Markerless, and HAS-Motion.
- Elections
- Newly-elected officers:
- President-Elect: Jon Slowik, PhD
- Secretary General: Michael Haischer, PhD
- Newly-elected directors:
- Newly-elected officers:
- ABBS Presentations and Sessions
- MLB Winter Meetings (Dallas, TX, December 2024)
- ASMI Injuries in Baseball Course (January 2025)
- Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Analytics meeting (Phoenix, AZ, March 2025)
- ABBS x SABR MLB Report on Pitching Injuries Webinar (March 2025)
- International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) Mid-Year Symposium (April 2025)
- American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2025)
- Upcoming ABBS Meetings:
- 2025 MLB Winter Meetings: Orlando, FL
- 2026 ASMI Injuries in Baseball Course: Birmingham, AL
- 2026 SABR Analytics Conference: Phoenix, AZ
- 2026 ISBS: Mid-Year Symposium
- 2026 World Congress of Biomechanics: Vancouver, BC
- Journal Club
- Monthly online meetings (except during the summer)
- 50-75 ABBS members in attendance
- Format includes an ABBS Sponsor presentation, two paper presentations by students, and respective discussions
- Recorded journal club meetings can be viewed here
- Travel Grant
- Aims to offset travel expenses for ABBS members interested in attending the ABBS thematic poster session at the MLB Winter Meeting on December 7-10, 2025 in Orlando, FL
- $500 grant is open to any current ABBS members in good standing
- Apply for the travel grant here
- Standards
- Committee Chair: Will Vandenburg, PhD
- Aims to establish the first ever set of recommendations, guidelines, and standards for research and analysis of baseball biomechanics data
- Nearing completion of first manuscript covering Research Question and Data Collection Decisions
- Research Interest Groups (RIGs)
- Committee Chair: Arnel Aguinaldo, PhD
- Now migrated to LinkedIn as private groups:
It has been an active and exciting year, and I am inspired by the society’s progress. I encourage you to connect with fellow members through our journal clubs, RIGs, meetings, and events. Best wishes to all for continued success in 2025 and the years ahead.
With sincere gratitude-
Arnel Aguinaldo, PhD
President, American Baseball Biomechanics Society