How Pitchers Train Inside Motus Global’s Advanced Biomechanics Lab

Pitcher Matt Soren pitches under 16 motion-capture cameras at the Motus Global biomechanics lab in Garden City, N.Y. (Photo by Joe Lemire)GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Sharing space with a physical therapy center is an open-plan fitness center as big as an airplane hangar and brimming with activity. While a rehabbing NFL player did deadlifts in the center of the facility, off to the corner stood a former minor league pitcher toeing the rubber of a high-density foam, turf-covered mound as part of Motus Global’s advanced biomechanics lab.

Affixed to Matt Soren’s 6-foot-5 frame are 54 motion-capture markers and six Motus sensors tracking his movement under 16 Raptor-E cameras. Soren, a righty who pitched…