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Why You Weren’t Drafted or Recruited
On Twitter yesterday, I said: Article tomorrow on why you don't get drafted or recruited. Sick of hearing nonsense by jabronis comparing themselves to drafted players. — Kyle @ Driveline...
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Is Forearm Pronation the Key to Avoiding Tommy John Surgery?
If you spend enough time in the world of baseball pitching, you will probably hear from someone that actively pronating the forearm is imperative to protecting the pitching elbow. A reason often given...
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Lower Half Pitching Mechanics: Data-Driven Analysis
The role of the lower half when it comes to the pitching delivery is open to interpretation by many coaches out there, which often serves to confuse the individual athlete. We’ve recently started a...
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How to Make a Baseball Recruiting Video Coaches Will Actually Watch
There is only one way to make a recruiting video for baseball pitchers: give recruiters and pitching coaches all the information they need to make a decision in that video. Josh Fitch Recruiting Video...
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Uncommitted to Drafted: Christian Meister’s Year at Driveline
Summary In the 2015 MLB Draft, Christian Meister was drafted in the 29th round out of “No School.” He was signed because he showcased good velocity with command despite graduating from a junior college...
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Weighted Baseballs vs. PlyoCare Balls – What’s the Difference?
We get this question a lot – what the heck is the difference between PlyoCare Balls and Elite Weighted Baseballs? Is there a difference? In fact, they are pretty substantially different. PlyoCare Balls...
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Free Interval Throwing Program / Return to Throwing Program for Pitchers
Most interval throwing programs out there are very conservative and don’t have enough intensity in them at the end periods to adequately build up to throwing flat grounds and bullpens with all your...
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The Reinvention of Casey Weathers Part 2 – The Importance of Arm Health
“It’s no joke to try to get yourself from 95 mph to 100 mph in one offseason.” Casey Pitching for Hi-A Lynchberg, courtesy of Scout.com The Bump in the Road When we wrote, previously, about Casey...
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Defining Long-Toss
Recently, a third study was published on long-toss which brought to light some interesting data. Pitchers, PCs, and ATCs with five MLB teams completed an anonymous survey on personal use of long-toss...
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Basics of Pitch Design Using Rapsodo
By this point, you’ve probably heard a lot about about pitch design. But how exactly do we go about designing pitches? What are we looking for when working on a pitch? What tools do we use? How do we...
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Integration of Throwing and Strength
In recent years, baseball has undergone a pendulum shift. Big leaguers are posting offseason-workout videos of 500 lbs deadlifts or 400 lbs squats. Colleges all around the country are throwing their...
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Velocity Based Training Part 2: Programming
In Part One, I explained velocity-based training (VBT) and why we’ve decided to implement it with our athletes. Today, in Part 2 I will explore how to program VBT individual athletes to best improve...
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Athlete Screening Part 1: Movement Screens
You can’t fix a problem if you don’t know it exists. If you’ve played the game of baseball before, chances are someone has told you to fix your mechanics. Mechanics are an ingrained part of this game...
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Mobility & Pitching Mechanics
Pitching mechanics are one of the most misunderstood things in baseball. In fact, there’s likely more that we don’t know than what we actually do know. One thing we do know is how stress affects the...
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Athlete Screening Part 2: Performance Screens
Last time, we discussed the importance of having a movement screen and a few of the options that are available to coaches. If you missed that article, check it out here, as a few of the concepts we...
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Data-Driven Rehabilitation from Tommy John Surgery: Troy Rallings Case Study
Troy Rallings was on top of the world in 2016. He had returned for his senior season at the University of Washington, forgoing the offer the Oakland Athletics made to him after drafting him in the 36th...
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Stability & Pitching Mechanics
In Part 1 of this series, we talked about the importance of mobility in the pitching delivery. While mobility is crucial, stability is equally as important since it plays a critical role in injury...
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A Different Model for Cueing Pitching Mechanics
Today, we are going to focus on the communication side of teaching mechanics. More specifically, we’re going to look at why we don’t agree with how most coaches believe in teaching mechanics and...
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Rethinking the Way a Hitter’s Brain Works: An EEG Case Study
Subtitle: Efficient Brain Activity with Practice and Enhanced Perception-Action Coupling What’s Going on in a Hitter’s Brain? When it comes to the brain and hitting, we don’t really know much about...
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Front Side Glute Data in Pitching – An EMG Pilot Study
Let us start by recalling an earlier blog post about efficient front leg mechanics and what they do for the throwing motion, and velocity. In this post, we talk about how the front leg has the job of...
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