In Part I of this series we discussed the importance of in-season training for the starting pitcher in baseball, the differences between professional, collegiate, and high school demands on in-season training, and considerations for developing a week-long “rotation” or routine for high s...
This post was written by Jason Ochart, Driveline Baseball’s Lead Hitting Instructor. The goals of Driveline hitting are: 1) Create a data-driven program for developing hitters 2) Conduct research to help better understand hitting My background As a kinesiology student, I studied human movemen...
By now everyone – players, coaches, and even parents – knows the importance of off-season training for baseball. Strength, power, tissue tolerance, mobility and the likes are all factors vital for performance enhancement of the pitcher. Each, though, taking months of diligent work to est...
The majority of this article was written by Michael O’Connell, who is our first analyst in the Research and Development department of Driveline Baseball. He and Joseph Marsh (an intern in the R&D team) collected the data and designed the study. This article was edited and approved by Kyle Boddy,...
Technology promises to improve the baseball training landscape on many fronts – in scouting, player development, and even logistical/organizational ways, too. Many of the new products rely on cutting-edge technology, often untested in the field. In a former life, I served as a validation techn...
