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Optimizing Breaking Ball Shape Through Data-Driven Pitch Design, Part One

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021

Written by Sam Bornstein With technologies like Rapsodo, TrackMan, and Yakkertech reaching the mainstream in recent years, designing a specific ...read more

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Blog Article, Youth Baseball

Youth Baseball Player Development — Velocity Aging Curves

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021

Written by David Besky, Data Scientist Preamble The operating principle behind the Driveline Academy is that the core concepts of ...read more

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Blog Article, Offseason Training

WCL Summer League and Driveline Training 2022

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021

Written by Alex Harter As player development is being revolutionized across baseball, one topic has dominated the conversation: how should ...read more

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Blog Article, Hitting

From a Miami Nightclub to an Offseason of Improvement – Luis Menendez spent a summer working and saving money to train at Driveline

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021

Written by Conner Watson Luis Menendez was the first hitter assigned to me as an intern. If there is one ...read more

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Blog Article, Hitting

Rolling Over: How Bottom Hand Supination Affects Bat Path

April 20, 2021July 28, 2021

By John Soteropulos

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Coaches, Hitting

An Introduction to K-Vest

November 21, 2018July 19, 2021

K-Vest by K-Motion was originally intended for golf instructors since it provides a quick look at a player’s biomechanics and ...read more

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Coaching Hitting Mechanics Part 2: Application

February 14, 2017July 19, 2021

In part one of this blog, we talked about the difference between internal and external cues when coaching hitters: Internal ...read more

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Introduction to Driveline Hitting

September 23, 2016July 19, 2021

The goals of Driveline hitting are: 1) Create a data-driven program for developing hitters2) Conduct research to help better understand ...read more

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Bad Swing Coaching – Pushing Hands to the Ball / Extension Through the Ball

February 6, 2012May 31, 2021

While perusing some YouTube videos of pro hitters to show my clients, I came across some more bad instruction (there’s ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics

The Marriage of Rotation and Linear Translation: The Lower Half (Part One)

July 20, 2011

It’s no stretch to say that hundreds of thousands of words have been written on the mechanics of the lower ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics

Video: Purpose of the Stride (Dr. Yeager)

October 10, 2010January 7, 2021

I love Dr. Yeager’s work – I own his DVDs and cannot recommend them highly enough to anyone out there ...read more

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