Youth Baseball Pitching Mechanics Analysis Across Age Groups
Written by David Besky, Data Scientist II As referenced in our look at velocity measurements across the youth data we have from our Driveline Academy athletes, we're collecting data on...
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Ultimate Guide to Baseball Pitch Grips
By Chris Langin, Pitching Coordinator & edited by Michael O'Connell Director of Education, updated 4/22/2022 Baseball pitch grips spark a special interest among pitchers for a good reason. This has...
Youth Baseball Practice Plans: Introducing the Skills that Scale
Below is an excerpt from our book: Youth Baseball Games: Skills that Scale On its surface, creating a practice plan seems pretty basic. Pick out the things that you want...
Changes in Ball Weight: A Method for Athlete Individualization
By Stephen Hart, Pitching Coordinator Over the years, we’ve come to notice a trend among certain athletes, especially our amateur athletes: Many struggle to perform the pivot pickoff drill with...
Pitch Design: What is Stuff+? Quantifying Pitches with Pitch Models
By Chris Langin, Pitching Trainer The art of “pitching” has many variables associated with it, some easily quantifiable and others not so much. Every pitcher, coach, and organization is constantly...
Ways to Improve a Youth Long Toss Program
Let’s take a look into the purpose of a youth long toss program, how to make an effective long toss program for youth athletes, and long toss drills for youth...