Jessica Downs Talmage

The Midwest's best kept secret Unleash your potential @NorthernStateU! 🏗️Since '19: 3 Res Halls & Renovated Dining Hall Jewett Regional Science Center Business & Health Innovation Center Dacotah Bank Stadium Koehler Hall of Fame Softball Field Athletics Pavilion Sport Science Lab

🚨New Paper🚨 The most comprehensive paper on softball pitching mechanics out there! 🥎💪🏼With 3 heavy hitters from @Biomec_Baseball journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19…

🏆 𝐌𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩  • 𝐴𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 & 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝.  • 𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.

Each program features 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 💪 𝐌𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬  • 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ & 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔.  • 𝐵𝑖𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑠 & 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑃ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦.

Exciting changes are happening here at Northern! Now’s the perfect time to pursue your graduate studies with us.

🚨JOB POSTING🚨 @WolvesAthletics - Athletic Communications Graduate Assistantships …center.collegesportscommunicators.com/jobs/21126210

NSU Strength has two GA positions available. Email me if interested. @WolvesAthletics

Some members of the Softball Pitching Advisory Committee published this article (10.1055/a-2312-5051 - 1st author: @KailaHoltz). So much more evidence is needed for injury prevention programming to really take-off, but here are some main causal factors for overuse injury in SB.

Understanding workload implications in softball pitchers, an under-studied topic in #FastPitchSoftball, is needed to improve methods of training, injury prevention and sports performance. ow.ly/aPfL50UPTll @DrzSportsDoc @gretchenoliver @KailaHoltz @jesssdowns

🚨 PhD Assistantship Opportunity – Fall 2025 🚨 I’m recruiting a fully funded PhD student in Applied Biomechanics in the College of Health Sciences! Research focus will be on lower extremity injury risk mitigation and overall female athlete health. See below for more details!

Outstanding work by ⁦@KailaHoltz⁩ ⁦@SophiaUlman⁩ ⁦⁦@jesssdowns⁩ ⁦@gretchendoliver⁩ ⁦@Sports_Health⁩ 🥎 Pitchers #armcare #workload #windmillpitching search.app/Hs419GRf2MhUv5…

Research Highlight #1 from @NorthernStateU undergrad and softball player, @LoweAlysa Drop and Drive vs Tall and Fall: does stride type impact velocity and elbow torque? This group from @AuburnKINES used in-game @KinaTraxInc markerless data to investigate.

We are looking for players in the '25 class to join our program at Northeast Iowa CC. We are a new NJCAA D2 program located in Peosta, IA. This is a great opportunity to play at a high level of college baseball. If interested, contact Conner Klostermann at klostermannco@nicc.edu

Great work by @gretchendoliver @KailaHoltz @jesssdowns (& others but can’t find twitter handles) Youth 🥎 athletes w UE pain had ⬆️ throws w in-season games & ⬆️ hours/week off-season practice journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…

Looking for a post-doctoral research scholar to join our lab! Please share with anyone who may be interested! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/252…

Fun collaboration with @kww_DL @NicoleMBordelon & @gretchendoliver We performed a descriptive analysis of energy flow in the UE and LE during a baseball swing. We also compared EF between the front and back side extremities. Curious about the differences? Read to find out!🧐

@kww_DL Congratulations!! She’s beautiful🥳😊 future softball player for sure!!

Parker’s first softball game cheering on the @NSUWolves_SB !

2/2 We updated our HP lab last year and built a new biomechanics lab this year! We also revamped our masters degree curriculum. Our current website does not reflect the changes so please contact me directly to learn about all the exciting changes at @NorthernStateU

Graduating UG, I’m currently looking for a Graduate Research Assistant starting FA24! Will gain experience in the Human Performance and Sports Biomechanics lab. Includes a monthly stipend and reduced tuition. Please contact me for more information Jessica.Talmage@northern.edu 1/2