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In the spring of 2013, former Washington Nationals hitting coordinator Rick Schu was collecting iconic swings from DVDs of Ken ...read more
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Introduction A few months ago bat tracking metrics were released on BaseballSavant.mlb.com. With these metrics being publicly available, individual swings ...read more
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How data gathered from motion capture assessments can be leveraged to identify potential swing changes for the athlete and target areas of improvement
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Over a decade ago, Driveline Founder Kyle Boddy proposed open-sourcing biomechanics data. Looking back, the premise was simple: Open-source pitch ...read more
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Barrel Direction At its core, hitting is a matter of hitting the ball hard at productive launch angles. In a ...read more
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Bat Speed, Point of Contact, and Rotational Velocities Since finalizing the hitting set-up in our motion capture lab (The Launchpad) ...read more
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Hitting approach and two-strike approach…two of the fascinating topics in the world of hitting! Having a good hitting approach system ...read more
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Much of hitting is focused on hitting mechanics and finding the ‘right’ baseball hitting drills for those mechanics. There is ...read more
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The best hitters in the world consistently hit the ball on the barrel of the bat. We orient our training ...read more
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Take a deep breath and let’s hit the rewind button all the way back to March of 2020. If you ...read more
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