Driveline Baseball Podcast

Driveline Baseball’s data driven baseball training is changing and challenging the old school culture of baseball. Every week Driveline Baseball Founder and CTO Kyle Boddy and CEO Mike Rathwell share the latest biomechanics research, training breakthroughs and Kyle’s occasional Twitter rants. If you are a dedicated coach or player that is always looking for an edge then this podcast is for you.

EP42: MLB bat tracking data, Our new insane pitching machine, The role of starting pitchers

 The podcast is back! Driveline Founder Kyle Boddy, CEO Mike Rathwell, and Director of Hitting Tanner Stokey discuss bat tracking and the future of hitting, our new Trajekt pitching machine, the changing role of starting pitchers in today's game, and more.  

06-11
54:33

Bat Speed Vs. Power

Max and Max are back for the third week in a row discussing bat speed and power. How much does power directly translate into your swing.    

10-11
26:39

Youth Specialization Pt. 2

Deven Morgan and Michael O'Connell are back to talk about youth specialization!   Also Max and Max Continue there discussion on Driveline Hitting! 

10-04
23:04

Making the Right Choices for Youth Athletes

This week Michael O'Connell and Deven Morgan return to continue their discussion on developing youth athletes and managing workload. Also Part 2 with Max and Max on Driveline Hitting   

09-27
50:06

Multi Sport Athletes and the Evolving training Programs of Driveline Hitting

Mike, Deven Morgan and Michael O'Connell break down the tough decision of letting youth athletes play multiple sports. How do you as a parent approach this complicated issue?    How has Driveline evolved its hitting program over the last few months. Mike sits down with hitting coordinators Max Dutto and Max Gordon to break down the changes 

09-20
01:04:54

The Future of Scouting

What does a scout look like in the future? Mike and Kyle breakdown the future of scouting at the professional level and what scouts need to focus on to better themselves.   What is DrivelineEDGE? We explain the reasoning behind building our brand new DrivelineEDGE webtool and how it helps coaches and athletes better understand pitching metrics. 

09-13
43:10

Coaching Turnover

Kyle and Mike discuss the impending changes coming to the 2020 off-season across the professional level.    How Valuable is it to have a player adopting and embracing the changes to the game? 

09-06
50:50

Driveline Certifications

Part 2 of our interview with former MLB reliever Daniel Moskos.   Mike and Kyle Breakdown our first and upcoming coaches certifications

08-30
53:16

Former MLB Reliever Daniel Moskos

It's part one of an interview with former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Daniel Moskos. From High school to Clemson to being drafted in the first round, this current Driveline throwing trainer shares his fascinating baseball journey

08-23
45:21

Pitch Design

Rapsodo 2.0 validation with Kyle and Mike plus pitch design with Bill Hezel and Rob Hill

08-16
51:04

Programming and Selecting Drills

Kyle and Mike talk about the blockbuster Zach Greinke trade, and Mike talks new pitching programming and drills with pitching coordinators Bill Hezel and Rob Hill. Plus part 2 of Driveline’s youth development programs with Brian Leslie and James Kimerer

08-09
01:08:32

Developing Youth Athletes

Data driven hitting Part Two- The conversation continues with Max Gordon, Max Dutto and Mike Rathwell. We let the kids play!  Driveline Youth Development coaches James Kimerer and Brian Leslie discuss in depth, the importance of youth physical fitness, training, hitting and throwing while also having fun!

08-02
51:56

Players Declining With Age

The real value of The MLB Thirtysomething players and the ongoing data driven hitting training breakthroughs and new tools from Max Gordon and Max Dutto!

07-26
57:06

Developing Hitters With Data

It’s the Triple Crown! Mike Rathwell Talks hitting assessment changes and Block vs Randomized training with the M and M’s! Max Gordon and Max Dutto.  

07-19
48:30

How to Approach Assessing Athletes

Former Driveline Head of Player Development and now New York Yankees director of pitching  Sam Briend takes a deep dive into the constant and complex evolution of pitching assessments.

07-12
48:18

Let The Kids Play! A Closer Look at Youth Development

Let the kids play! It’s all about youth baseball with Mike Rathwell and Deven Morgan, coach and youth baseball expert at Driveline Baseball.

07-05
57:29

A Financial Look At Player Development, Developing Coaches and Pitch Sequencing

  MLB farm system values from the millions to the billions.  The failure of MLB coaching development and hiring the baseball Twittersphere. 

06-28
01:01:53

Eric O'Flaherty (Former MLB Reliever)

A wild fun and revealing look at former Braves, Mariners and A’s MLB pitcher Eric O’ Flaherty The high “T” nature of Madison Bumgarner The love of beanball wars

06-21
01:30:35

Driveline Baseball Podcast EP. 24

Everything you always wanted to know about spin rate including hair product and pine tar Driveline’s new technology tools that will catapult player development The unexpected and inadvertent social media success of Driveline’s pitch overlay videos

04-19
41:27

Driveline Baseball Podcast EP. 23

So... who was first to use the Edgertronic camera for training?  Kyle? Trevor? Or the Houston Astro’s? Listen to part two of Kyle’s interview with Trevor Bauer and his Dad Warren!  Mike and Driveline’s Head Swiss Army knife Michael O’Connell discuss fastball velocity and the elbow torque! Plus learn the easier yet most taxing data you can do to understand arm fatigue. 

04-12
01:08:45

Francisco Benavides Jr.

Great episode, hope we see more youth videos.

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