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Off-Season Speed Training for Position Players – Part 1

February 26, 2025February 27, 2025

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

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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

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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

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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

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A Deeper Dive into Offspeed Pitches: Types of Baseball Pitches

March 5, 2019May 9, 2022

After looking further into fastballs, now is a good time to look deeper at offspeed pitches—particularly curveballs and sliders. Answering ...read more

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Scaling Velocity & Useful Spin in Offspeed Pitches

November 16, 2017November 20, 2023

We still don’t know a whole lot about spin rate. While we certainly know more about how to use it ...read more

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Pitch Design, Pitching Mechanics

Reviewing Offspeed Pitches and Elbow Torque

November 2, 2017November 20, 2023

With new research developments in other labs and our own facilities, we felt it was a good time to update ...read more

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