Blog Article The Complete Guide to Driveline Bat Speed Trainers February 16, 2025February 16, 2025 The quest for offensive success in baseball ultimately comes down to consistently producing high-quality contact. At the heart of this ...read more 1 Like | 0 Comments
Blog Article Bat Tracking, Computer Vision, and the Next Frontier February 7, 2025February 13, 2025 The journey began with a spark of inspiration from Twitter. When I came across Dylan Drummey’s post about bat keypoint ...read more 5 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article Constraint Based Learning Heuristics for Throwers February 4, 2025February 6, 2025 “Athlete specialization is narrow in it’s goals, but not in its means” One of my favorite ways to conceptualize skill ...read more 2 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Research Impulse: The King of Performance Metrics February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 The world of player development is convoluted, with a litany of different systems and viewpoints biased from everything from biomechanics, ...read more 1 Like | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Coaches, Hitting, Miscellaneous / Historical, Pitching Comparing Coaching Philosophies July 17, 2018November 20, 2023 Our methods for teaching hitting and pitching differ from most. While there are many different styles of coaching, even those ...read more 0 Likes | 2 Comments
Blog Article, Coaches, Miscellaneous / Historical, Strength Training, Youth, Youth Baseball Two-Way Athletes and Considerations for Long-Term Health May 7, 2018August 14, 2022 According to the Paul Haggen at MLB.com, baseball and softball are the most participated in team sports for youth athletes, ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Miscellaneous / Historical, Strength Training, Youth Baseball A Closer Look at Sport Specialization May 6, 2018November 20, 2023 During the draft of every major sporting event, the topic of “sports specialization” is guaranteed to come up. You’ll probably ...read more 0 Likes | 2 Comments
Blog Article, Coaches, Miscellaneous / Historical, Offseason Training, Pitching Player Development: Integration and Communication for Better Results April 12, 2018June 9, 2022 Player development is the holy grail of baseball. Velocity, movement, command, injury prevention: the teams that can develop these traits ...read more 0 Likes | 4 Comments
Assessments, Blog Article, Miscellaneous / Historical, Strength Training Athlete Screening Part 2: Performance Screens May 15, 2017June 9, 2022 Last time, we discussed the importance of having a movement screen and a few of the options that are available ...read more 2 Likes | 2 Comments
Assessments, Blog Article, Miscellaneous / Historical, Strength Training Athlete Screening Part 1: Movement Screens May 9, 2017June 9, 2022 You can’t fix a problem if you don’t know it exists. If you’ve played the game of baseball before, chances ...read more 2 Likes | 4 Comments
Blog Article, Miscellaneous / Historical, Programming, Strength Training Velocity Based Training Part 2: Programming April 27, 2017June 9, 2022 In Part One, I explained velocity-based training (VBT) and why we’ve decided to implement it with our athletes. Today, in ...read more 0 Likes | 1 Comment
Blog Article, Miscellaneous / Historical, Programming, Strength Training Integration of Throwing and Strength April 24, 2017June 10, 2022 In recent years, baseball has undergone a pendulum shift. Big leaguers are posting offseason-workout videos of 500 lbs deadlifts or ...read more 0 Likes | 4 Comments
Blog Article, Miscellaneous / Historical, Strength Training The Most Important Year of Your Training Career December 5, 2016June 10, 2022 While every year, off-season, month, and week of training is vitally important to the development of the athlete, not all years ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Blog Article, Coaches, Miscellaneous / Historical, Strength Training, Velocity Training Why Developing a Training and Pitching Routine Matters October 3, 2016June 10, 2022 When you’re a rookie-ball strength and conditioning coach – as I was during my time in professional baseball – you ...read more 0 Likes | 1 Comment