Blog Article How power ages (It might surprise you) October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 Conventional wisdom posits that power improves with age. It suggests slugging prowess is a rare skill that ages well, becoming ...read more 4 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Pitching The search for missing pitches. Are we early or late in the evolution of pitch design? September 22, 2025September 24, 2025 In each recent season we have witnessed a trendy pitch proliferate pro baseball. We saw the sweeper spread across baseball ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article In Search of A Smarter Pitch Count September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 There have been only two instances of a major league pitcher reaching 120 pitches in a game since the start ...read more 3 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article Off-Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 4: Change of Direction September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 This is the final installment of our four-part series detailing the elements of the speed training program we implemented with ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Research, Strength Training How to Pitch Faster: Using Rotational Lateral Bounds to Improve Pelvic Loading February 2, 2015March 22, 2023 The lateral bound, also called the lateral skater jump or lateral heiden (named after former Olympic speed skater Eric Heiden) ...read more 0 Likes | 5 Comments
Blog Article, Miscellaneous / Historical, Strength Training Velocity Training: Perfecting the Overhead Medball Throw December 10, 2014June 10, 2022 Plyometric training is a key component to developing explosive power that can be applied to the throwing motion. This revelation ...read more 0 Likes | 4 Comments
Strength Training Demonizing Early Specialization – Flawed Research Interpretation November 18, 2014April 5, 2021 A generally-accepted tenet of youth sports training is to avoid early specialization – meaning that kids should have more unstructured play ...read more 0 Likes | 5 Comments
Blog Article Summer 2014 Training Period – News and Notes May 29, 2014May 17, 2022 The high school season is nearly complete, with Driveline athletes still looking to dominate at 2A (Elijah Hill – Tumwater ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Pitching Mechanics Joel Zumaya’s Tommy John: His Pitching Mechanics’ Fault? February 27, 2012April 5, 2021 What causes Tommy John surgery? Why did a certain pitcher get hurt–and another did not? The answers are often extremely ...read more 0 Likes | 3 Comments
Pitching Mechanics Pitching Mechanics Myths: Chin to Target, Release Ball Closer to the Plate January 31, 2012April 5, 2021 While I’m working on my book – Hacking The Kinetic Chain – there are a few blog posts I feel like ...read more 2 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article Book Review: Never Let Go (Dan John) April 19, 2011 I recently just finished up Dan John’s excellent book, Never Let Go. Never Let Go is a collection of articles ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Miscellaneous / Historical, Strength Training, Velocity Training Managing Volume and Intensity in Off-Season Workouts November 16, 2010June 13, 2022 A question I get fairly often involves managing the volume and intensity of off-season workouts. At our facility, we’re just ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Strength Training The Difference Between "Working Out" and Training September 14, 2010June 10, 2022 Athletes at Driveline Baseball don’t “work out.” Working out is something the casual gym goer does when he struts into ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article Soliciting Feedback from You! September 2, 2010 As my various partnerships and deals with facilities get wrapped up (I wish I could talk more about this, but ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments