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Trevor Rogers’ comeback is a classic Driveline success story – with some new wrinkles

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025

Trevor Rogers heard the noise. Just weeks after last summer’s trade deadline deal to acquire the lefty from the Marlins, ...read more

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The Many Swings of Bryce Harper — And The One Swing of Nick Kurtz. How many clubs should hitters have in the bag?

August 3, 2025August 7, 2025

In the spring of 2013, former Washington Nationals hitting coordinator Rick Schu was collecting iconic swings from DVDs of Ken ...read more

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Lets Not Kid Ourselves, Greg Maddux Was A Unicorn.

July 19, 2025July 22, 2025

Many have heard the message shouted through the chain-link fence of a local amateur field or read the comments in ...read more

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Off‑Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 3: Non‑Linear Running

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

Welcome to the third installment of our four‑part series on off‑season speed training for Minor League Baseball (MiLB) position players. ...read more

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Blog Article, Youth Baseball

Youth Baseball Practice Plans: Introducing the Skills that Scale

January 6, 2022August 14, 2022

Below is an excerpt from our book: Youth Baseball Games: Skills that ScaleOn its surface, creating a practice plan seems ...read more

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Youth Baseball Player Development — Velocity Aging Curves

September 15, 2021July 13, 2022

Written by David Besky, Data ScientistPreambleThe operating principle behind the Driveline Academy is that the core concepts of player development ...read more

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Blog Article, Hitting, Youth Baseball

Be Patient: What You Think Are Swing Flaws May Be Youth Hitters’ Way of Learning to Use Their Bodies

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

Written by Chase GlaumI remember when I was coaching high school freshman football. There was a kid that grew so ...read more

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