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How high school pitcher Noah Coury added 20 mph, and used PULSE to build his workload

January 28, 2026January 28, 2026

Noah Coury represents both a classic Driveline success story, while also being an example of what is next in data-driven development. Now a senior at Hazen High (Wa.), the right-hander pitcher began training at Driveline’s Seattle-based ...read more

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Optimizing Bat Paths

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

Every year new metrics are being made available to the public through Statcast. In the latest drop batting metrics were ...read more

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An examination of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s World Series Usage: Risky or perfectly safe and rational?

January 10, 2026January 10, 2026

As FOX returned to its World Series Game 7 coverage of the bottom of the ninth inning back in November, ...read more

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Is It Possible To Build Another Nolan Ryan? We Give It A Try.

December 18, 2025December 19, 2025

Leigh Montville was one of the few writers to get an up-close look at Nolan Ryan’s offseason routine. Prior to ...read more

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How Does Driveline Academy Start “Doing Driveline”?

December 7, 2020May 11, 2022

It seems that there are often misconceptions about the totality of what “doing Driveline” means, and even more so about ...read more

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Caught Looking: Change of Direction Ability, Warm-up Effects and Dry Cupping

December 4, 2020January 8, 2021

Here are three studies the R&D department at Driveline read this week: Association of the Vertical and Horizontal ForceVelocity Profile ...read more

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Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull (IMTP) Strength Testing

December 2, 2020July 14, 2022

If you haven’t read our High Performance assessment summary blog, it is a good place to start. The Isometric Mid-Thigh ...read more

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What is the 10 to 5 Repeated Hop Test?

December 2, 2020July 14, 2022

If you haven’t read our High Performance assessment summary blog, it is a good place to start. The repeated hop ...read more

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What is the Squat Jump Test and why use it?

December 1, 2020July 14, 2022

If you haven’t read our High Performance assessment summary blog, it is a good place to start. The Squat Jump ...read more

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What is the Countermovement Jump (CMJ) Test?

November 25, 2020August 30, 2022

If you haven’t read our High Performance assessment summary blog, it is a good place to start. The Countermovement Jump ...read more

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High Performance Assessment: Strength Testing Using Force Plates

November 24, 2020June 9, 2022

In a Driveline strength assessment, we test a range of general strength properties using a dual force plate system from ...read more

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Caught Looking: Articles of the Week — November 19

November 19, 2020January 8, 2021

Here are two studies the R&D department at Driveline read this week: Optimisation of the upper body motion for production ...read more

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Caught Looking: Articles of the Week — November 5

November 6, 2020January 8, 2021

Here are three studies the R&D department at Driveline read this week: Cross-sectional comparison of the probabilistic structure in the ...read more

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An Introduction to Seam-Shifted Wakes and their Effect on Sinkers

November 2, 2020August 18, 2022

Chances are that if you’re reading this blog post, you’ve had the fortune of watching a Mariano Rivera cutter, a ...read more

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