TRAQ Series: Division II Athlete
Jeremy Tecktiel, TRAQ Project Manager, interviewed a Division II college pitcher who has been using a free athlete account for TRAQ. We won’t be using his name or the name of his school in this blog in...
View ArticleTRAQ Series: High School Coach
Wyatt Shackleford is the first-year head coach at Mira Mesa High School. Before he started, he said the program really wasn’t measuring things. “Realistically, it was pretty much just by the eye. There...
View ArticleTRAQ Series: Division I Program, Indiana Univerisity
Jeremy Tecktiel, TRAQ Project Manager, caught up with Denton Sagerman, Director of Baseball Operations and Pitching Development at Indiana University, to discuss how they have been able to implement...
View ArticleTRAQ Series: Division I Program, Northwestern University
For this week’s TRAQ Series blog, Jeremy Tecktiel, TRAQ Project Manager, talked to a couple of members of the baseball coaching staff at Northwestern University: Associate Head Coach Josh Reynolds and...
View ArticleMotus Global Acquisition: Vision and Strategic Roadmap
We Acquired Motus Global! As announced Monday, Driveline Baseball has acquired the sport sensor assets of Motus Global–specifically all sensor code and inventory, all trademarks and patents, all...
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The Hitting Intern Blog | Driveline Baseball Week 1
For the next 12 weeks, I will be posting a weekly update of what I am learning here at Driveline Baseball. I will be talking about my thoughts going in, and at the end of each week, I will focus on the...
View ArticleTRAQ Series: Division I Program, College of Central Florida
Jeremy Tecktiel, TRAQ Project Manager, caught up with the Assistant Coach and Pitching Coach at the College of Central Florida, Brett Merritt, to talk about how they are using TRAQ at one of the top...
View ArticleSeqnzr: Simulation Modeling for Lineup Optimization
“Sees spin well and has decent power—let’s see how he does in the 3-hole.” “We need speed in the leadoff spot to take the extra base and put pressure on the defense.” There is value in having a good...
View ArticleTRAQ Series: Junior College, Parkland Community College
For this week’s TRAQ Series blog, Jeremy Tecktiel, TRAQ Project Manager, talked to Jon Goebel, Head Coach at Parkland Community College, about how he has been able to implement TRAQ into their program....
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The Hitting Intern Blog | Driveline Week 2
Stopped In My TRAQ I had a different approach as I entered Week Two of my internship here at Driveline. I’m not feeling like a deer in headlights on a freeway. I now have to navigate my own progression...
View ArticleTRAQ Series: Training Academy, Force Baseball
In our first non-school-related blog in the TRAQ series, we wanted to highlight Force Baseball. Force Baseball is a training academy for youth teams located in Ohio. They have done some awesome things...
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The Hitting Intern Blog | Driveline Week Three
Sunday Morning, Rain is Falling Sundays are for rest and “family time”, which consists of me Facetiming with my wife and three boys. Throughout the week I am lucky enough to receive Marco Polos from...
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The MotusThrow Sleeve: Measuring What Matters
Word that Boston Red Sox pitcher, Chris Sale, is using a motusTHROW sleeve this spring training has sparked a few articles. One of these articles mentions a quote from New York Yankees pitcher, Adam...
View ArticleTRAQ Series: NAIA Program, Doane University
Jeremy Tecktiel spoke with Josh Oltmans and Elliott Engle, the Head Coach and Assistant Coach, respectively, at Doane University. The NAIA program from Crete, Nebraska, started implementing TRAQ in...
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The Impact of the Autonomic Nervous System on Baseball Players
At some point in their careers, many baseball players have to spend time under the care of a medical provider. What we tell athletes under that care can have long term psychological effects that...
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The Hitting Intern Blog | Driveline Week Four
Entering into week four, it’s hard to believe that I have been here for nearly a full month. I feel as though I have finally gotten myself into a groove, where that overwhelming feeling isn’t happening...
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Hitter Spotlight: Collin Bishop
There are hot starts, and then there’s this Collin Bishop’s 2020 season. Coming off of a 2019 campaign which ended with a medical redshirt, the junior shortstop and NJ native was absolutely unconscious...
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Coronavirus: Training During Times of Uncertainty
These are unprecedented times we’re living in right now. There’s a possibility there will be no American sports played during April for the first time in over 100 years. The Summer Olympics in Tokyo...
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Hand Positions and Hitting: A Grip Study
It’s the bottom of the ninth inning, bases loaded with two outs, tie game. Aroldis Chapman is on the bump and he’s feeling himself. He just blew three straight fastballs by the previous hitter. You’re...
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Hitter Spotlight: Cody Gracco
He runs out to his position, takes off his hat, and puts it atop his glove before gently placing them in front of his feet a few steps behind the back cut of the infield. Hand over his heart, he...
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