A “laminar express” pitch is a two-seam fastball whose term was coined by Trevor Bauer years ago when he developed a pitch that had dramatically more movement to the arm side than he previously would have had. It was the opinion of coaches at Driveline Baseball that this was happening du...
What We Currently Know About the Lower Half Essentially, nothing. There are studies which have linked lower half force production to ball velocity, and other studies which show very little correlation between the two. One study noted particularly strong correlations between force production and wris...
With the recent release of ASMI’s Biomechanical Analysis of Weighted-Ball Exercises for Baseball Pitchers we decided that it was appropriate to discuss its findings in a more in depth review. The first part of this article is going to look at the details of the ASMI study itself. Our commentar...
Technology promises to improve the baseball training landscape on many fronts – in scouting, player development, and even logistical/organizational ways, too. Many of the new products rely on cutting-edge technology, often untested in the field. In a former life, I served as a validation techn...
We get this question a lot – what the heck is the difference between PlyoCare Balls and Elite Weighted Baseballs? Is there a difference? In fact, they are pretty substantially different. PlyoCare Balls The soft-covered PlyoCare balls are primarily meant for submaximal throwing and for constrai...
In Hacking the Kinetic Chain, we’ve developed a system that has evolved over six years of research and development and took over two years to fully write. Unlike other products, we do not shy away from the reality that all other “gurus” ignore – developing elite-level velocit...
Here’s a few videos worth checking out on pitch design by Trevor Bauer, as well as really delving deep into understanding what pronation is, by yours truly:
Recently someone asked me a question that I get fairly frequently: I see a lot of strength, conditioning, and training videos and articles on your site, but not a lot about mechanics. Do you teach mechanics in your MaxVelo program? I have mixed reactions to questions along these lines – one be...
There are a lot of over-simplified cues when it comes to pitching mechanics in the hopes of making the frustrating art of throwing 90+ MPH with precision a simple task. Obviously this isn’t the case, considering how few people can actually do this, despite a massively growing industry of pitch...
Last week we had a handful of our pro clients in the facility to learn about how we’re using high-speed video, two types of weighted ball training, and a new mechanical model on pitching. It was a huge success and a ton of fun, and our high school clients got to work out alongside of guys like...
