Welcome to Part 6 of our “How to Throw” series! In our final segment, we will conclude with a discussion and analysis of cutters. Overview of a Cutter A cutter—also known as a “cut-fastball”—is a pitch that is thrown at a high velocity and moves with sharp, horizontal movement, or cutting action. T...
Welcome to Part 5 of our “How to Throw” series: How to Throw a Slider. In this segment, we are going to cover sliders, the breaking ball best known as one of the nastiest (and most valuable) pitches in baseball. We’ll analyze why sliders move so effectively and detail different grips that you can ex...
Welcome to Part 4 of our “How to Throw” series. In this post, we’ll be discussing curveballs, one of the most popular breaking pitches. The following information will serve as a guide and provide details helping you to create a quality curveball of your own. Overview of a Curveball A curveball is a...
Welcome to Part 3 of our “How to Throw” series! If you’ve read the previous blogs, we bet you’re excited to begin learning about off-speed and breaking pitches. This post teaches how to throw the changeup—most pitchers’ go-to off-speed pitch. We’ll provide you with the core information on what a cha...
Welcome to Part 2 of our “How to Throw” blog series! In this piece we’ll dissect the differences among two pitches that commonly overlap with one another and detail how to craft each depending on the type of movement you may be trying to create. Sinker / Two-Seam FB Overview Along with four-seamers,...
At Driveline, we have been fortunate to collect a large database of grip options, classified by pitch type, to help us identify potential adjustments and find the grip that “feels right” to our athletes. While the ideal grip varies from person to person, it is often the case that athletes are genera...
When we observe the trajectory of an incoming pitch as it is released from a pitcher’s hand, we inevitably witness the interaction of a pitch’s total spin, release angle, initial velocity, and axis of rotation within the environment. We perceive all of this information simultaneously, and make a det...
As player development in baseball continues to rapidly evolve, the demand from coaches and facility owners to integrate sophisticated, reliable, and affordable technology into their players’ training plans has never been higher. In recent years, many products have entered the marketplace attempting...
The Analytics Age has come to baseball and it is not going away. While the price of very accurate tracking technology has come down and the ease of use has increased, coaches outside of the professional level still struggle with both the learning curve for new technology and the constraints placed u...
Individualization is seen as a must have with training programs. While this is good, it doesn’t come without some misunderstandings. We’ve touched on some of those issues before, but it sometimes seems like people get confused by what individualization means in relation to sports. At times, individu...
