Blog Article, Research Caught Looking: Jaw Clenching, Predicting Elbow Varus Torque, UCL Surgery and Command January 14, 2021January 18, 2021 Here are three studies the R&D department at Driveline read this week: The Effects of Concurrent Activation Potentiation on Bat ...read more 1 Like | 0 Comments
Offseason Training POP-UP ARIZONA TRAINING January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Arizona, we’re back! Driveline is excited to announce the opening of a temporary pop-up shop at Yakkertech in Phoenix at 2910 ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Research CAUGHT LOOKING: ROSIN, PORTABLE JUMP TESTS AND PERCEPTION TRAINING December 31, 2020January 13, 2021 Here are three studies the R&D department at Driveline read this week: EFFECTS OF ROSIN POWDER APPLICATION ON THE FRICTIONAL ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Hitting, Youth Baseball YOUTH HITTING, “CORRECT” HITTING MECHANICS AND HITTING PLYOS December 28, 2020January 13, 2021 Everybody wants good hitting mechanics. You want them, I want them, your athletes want them. Heck, even the folks that ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Pitch Design How to Throw a Four-Seam Fastball June 2, 2020January 8, 2021 At Driveline, we have been fortunate to collect a large database of grip options, classified by pitch type, to help ...read more 0 Likes | 2 Comments
Pitch Design, Pitching Mechanics, Research A Deeper Dive into Fastball Spin Rate January 31, 2019January 8, 2021 In a previous article, we discussed the difference between cues and measurements as well as how technology is changing baseball. ...read more 0 Likes | 7 Comments
Pitch Design, Pitching Mechanics How Do We Generate Spin? January 23, 2019January 8, 2021 With increasing accessibility to tools such as Rapsodo, Trackman, and Flightscope at all levels of the game, spin rate and ...read more 0 Likes | 2 Comments
Pitch Design, Research Laminar Express: Using Baseball Science to Enhance Two-Seam Fastballs January 20, 2019 A “laminar express” pitch is a two-seam fastball whose term was coined by Trevor Bauer years ago when he developed ...read more 0 Likes | 2 Comments
Pitch Design Pitch Grips and Changing Fastball Spin Rate November 8, 2017January 6, 2021 We still don’t know much about why pitchers can spin the same pitches differently, and we don’t know that much ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Pitch Design, Pitching Mechanics Reviewing Offspeed Pitches and Elbow Torque November 2, 2017 With new research developments in other labs and our own facilities, we felt it was a good time to update ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Pitch Design Spin Rate Part II: Spin Axis & Useful Spin November 28, 2016January 7, 2021 Building on Part One of this series we’ll be looking at how spin rate actually causes pitches to move, and ...read more 0 Likes | 13 Comments
Pitch Design Spin Rate: What We Know Now November 17, 2016January 7, 2021 This article is intended to build a basis of knowledge of what we, at Driveline Baseball, understand about spin rate ...read more 0 Likes | 14 Comments
Pitching Mechanics, Research Why Sir Isaac Newton is Still the Foremost Expert in Pitching Biomechanics April 29, 2015January 7, 2021 This post was written by Dr. James Buffi. Most people have heard of Sir Isaac Newton and his famous laws ...read more 0 Likes | 0 Comments
Pitch Design How to Protect Your Curveball March 14, 2014 I was recently in Spring Training with the MLB team I consult with, watching a few pitchers throw, when a ...read more 0 Likes | 3 Comments