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Blog Article, Pitch Design, Pitching

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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kinematics

Velocity Training

Overuse is Not the Problem: Undertraining is the Devil

November 8, 2012April 5, 2021

I’ve been trying to put this article into words for the better part of a year and debated completely shelving ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics, Youth Baseball

Young Arms and Curveballs: The Real Story Behind it All

March 22, 2012July 2, 2021

Two weeks ago, the NY Times published an article titled Young Arms and Curveballs: A Scientific Twist. In the article, ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics

Biomechanics Explained: The Difficulty of Measurement

January 6, 2012April 5, 2021

I wrote this for some friends of mine who had questions about biomechanics, and figured I’d share it here. ——- ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics

Reviewing ASMI’s Biomechanical Analysis of Dr. Marshall’s Pitchers (Focus: Performance/Velocity)

October 10, 2011April 5, 2021

I’ve been meaning to write on this subject for quite some time, and if it’s received well, I’ll write more ...read more

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Science of Scouting: A Look at Gerrit Cole

August 11, 2011

My newest article can be found on The Hardball Times – The Science of Scouting: A Biomechanical Look at Gerrit ...read more

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Pitching Mechanics

The Limitations of Two-Dimensional Kinematic Analysis

June 15, 2011

A clip on YouTube that has gotten a fair amount of press is this SOMAX Sports clip of Tim Lincecum. ...read more

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Stuff to Read: 9/21/10

September 22, 2010

Here’s some links worth checking out – including some old content on this blog: When Did “Just Rest” Become a ...read more

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