College Pitching Development
WHERE YOU ARE ISN'T WHERE YOU'RE GOING
YOU ARE SHOPPING AROUND. GOOD.
HERE IS WHAT SEPARATES DRIVELINE FROM EVERYONE ELSE ON YOUR LIST
If you're here, you're probably looking at other private facilities who have had success developing pitchers, and you should be. This is a critical time and decision to make in your career. Here's how Driveline compares in the core areas that separate you and where you want to be.
BIOMECHANICS
We have been measuring and applying pitching biomechanics longer than any private facility. That head start is in every read we give you.
Research grade motion capture in Kent, Scottsdale, and Tampa, plus mound force plates in Kent, all scored against the largest dataset of competitive throws anywhere.
WORKLOAD
PULSE is the workload technology we own and develop. Measuring workload is simply required to give yourself the best chance to make gains safely and stay on the mound during the season.
A sensor in the sleeve reads elbow stress on every throw. The data is monitored daily by your trainer. It drives every programming decision and is completely unique to you.
COMMAND
Our patented Intended Zones system is the only one in baseball that allows you to deliberately practice hitting your intended target.
With command, arsenal, and biomechanics data, our coaches have everything we need to determine what aim strategy or mechanical adjustments improve your command.
PITCH DESIGN
The pitch design process the whole sport now uses was built in our gym in 2015. We are still the ones pushing it forward.
In-house Stuff and intrinsic pitch value models tell us the story of your arsenal and what moves the needle the most to get real hitters out.
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HOW TRAINING WORKS
TEST. TRAIN. RE-TEST.
That is the whole method.
FIND WHAT IS ACTUALLY HOLDING YOU BACK
Where you stand: your percentile at your level and at the next one up. Stuff, Command, and Physicality, each scored zero to a hundred against what it takes to pitch in pro ball.
DO THE WORK. IT ALL GETS LOGGED
Daily is every bullpen, by pitch: velo, zone rate, where each one crossed the plate, command by pitch, and your acute to chronic workload. Your plan is built around the score holding you back.
WATCH THE TREND MOVE, THEN MOVE THE TARGET
Day to day it bounces. See how you're improving in the metrics that matter to your on field performance.
HOW TO START
START REMOTE NOW. COME IN FOR THE FULL LAB.
Every college pitching program we run is hybrid or 100% remote. You keep your school, your season, and your summer. We keep you on the plan.
Start Online, Right Away
Get a trainer who evaluates your video and your numbers, writes your plan, and gets you on the right track from day one. No travel, and no waiting for a break in your schedule to start getting where you want to be.
Start in Kent, Scottsdale, or Tampa
Come in gym for a full biomechanics assessment, arsenal and command evaluation. Meet your coach, do focused work, and face live hitters before the season starts.
HOW WE THINK ABOUT COLLEGE PITCHING
FOUR THINGS DECIDE WHERE YOU PITCH NEXT
Arsenal. Command. Workload. The body underneath all three. Every pitcher who walks in gets all of it measured against the level he is trying to reach, and every day of the plan goes after the one holding him back.
1. ARSENAL
Throw harder. Then build pitches that get college hitters out, not pitches that look good on a tablet.
What Most Guys Do:
Buy a throwing program and chase the gun. Add a new pitch by feel off a TrackMan in January and hope it is still there in March.
What We Do:
Motion capture and force plates show us which mechanical and physical constraints are capping your velocity. We train those. Then we design pitches on purpose: grip, seam orientation, release, each one built with specific demands in mind so your pitches play in game, not just on paper.
The Tool That Make It Work
Biomechanics Lab
Motion capture and force plates in every gym, scored against the largest dataset of competitive throws anywhere.
Pitch Design Lab
High speed video paired with ball tracking, plus our own pitch models and computer vision.
Roadmap
Your Stuff grade per pitch, benchmarked to the level you are chasing, updated every time you re-test.
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2. COMMAND
Walk fewer hitters by fixing why you miss, not just counting how often.
What Most Guys Do:
Look at results like walk rates and strike % and guess what your solution is. Then only track improvement after the next season.
What We Do:
Look at process. Every pitch gets a target before you throw it, and Intended Zones measures the miss by pitch type and count. We evaluate the underlying skill and your strategy to find out why you miss, then drill it and re-test it.
The Tool That Make It Work
Intended Zones
The radar gun for command. It tracks the target and the miss on every pitch, paired with the ball tracking data, so you and your trainer are looking at the same number.
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3. WORKLOAD
Managing your workload earns you more reps: more throws to push your velo, build your arsenal, and sharpen your command, without sacrificing your arm.
What Most Guys Do:
Pitch counts. A throwing program on paper that nobody touches once the season starts. Capacity built for January, spent by conference play.
What We Do:
Count every throw: gym, practice, bullpen, game. Build up to the work your goals take, then push it when you are ready, with the plan reflecting what your arm did this week instead of what the calendar says.
The Tool That Make It Work
Pulse
The workload sensor we built. Worn by Major League and college arms, and by every pitcher who trains with us.
Smart Reports
Your daily and weekly load, trended, in your trainer’s hands before your next session is written.
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4. STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
Included, and built off the same assessment as your throwing.
What Most Guys Do:
Treat lifting, pitching, and mechanical changes like they are separate plans.
What We Do:
Test you with a full force plate assessment battery. Understand what we would expect your velocity to be through your physical and mechanical profile, write a plan that moves the needle for you the most.
The Tool That Make It Work
Force Plates And Jump Testing
Your Physicality score in Roadmap comes from measured force and power, not a body weight guess.
Armcare And Flexprogrip
Shoulder and grip strength testing, so the arm keeps up with the engine.
Assessment-Driven Lifting
The program changes when your mocap changes. Re-test, re-prioritize, re-write.
Our Research
Published 2023 in Sports Biomechanics: how ground reaction force and its timing relate to velocity in high velocity pitchers. That is why your lift looks the way it does.
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Common questions
WHAT COLLEGE PITCHERS ASK US BEFORE THEY COME
How is this different from my school’s facility?
Most college facilities do not have a biomechanics lab, motion capture, or force plates. None of them have a system that connects your assessment to an individual plan and updates it every time you re-test. Your school’s weight room is a tool. This is the system that tells you how to use every tool you have.
How is this different from an online program?
An online program sends you a plan. We measure you first, build the plan from your numbers, and measure again to prove it worked. Command and workload get trained with tools that only exist here. If you go remote with us, you still get all of that. You just do the throwing at home.
Do I need to be at a certain level?
You need to be a college pitcher who is serious about getting better. We train D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and JUCO arms. Your scores get benchmarked to your level and your plan is built from your data, not a template.
I have a summer ball commitment. Can I do both?
Usually, yes. Talk to us. We will help you figure out which path gives you the biggest return for where you are right now, and we will tell you if summer ball is the better use of your time.
Where do I train, and do you help with housing?
Kent, WA. Scottsdale, AZ. Tampa, FL. We have housing connections at every location and will help you find something that works for the block you are coming for.
FIND OUT WHAT YOUR ARM NEEDS BEFORE NEXT SEASON DOES
Tell us where you want to pitch and what has kept you from getting there. Or run your numbers through the benchmark first. Two minutes, free, no account
