The Best Podcast We've Ever Done | Season 4 Recap

Deven & Jeremy discusses the growth and evolution of the Driveline Academy baseball teams, along with reflections on both the successes and challenges in developing young baseball players. The hosts emphasize the importance of long-term development over immediate results, explaining how they focus on building athletes who can compete at a high level in the long run, rather than short-term wins. A major theme is the integration of training and competition, as well as the value of implicit learning environments over traditional, direct instruction.

They highlight stories of individual players who have stuck with the program, noting the payoff in their development, both in terms of athletic output and competitive success. Throughout, they also discuss how technology, biomechanics, and data-driven insights help shape training and improve athletes' long-term performance.

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Throwing Injuries (and Bunting) in the Little League World Series

In this conversation, Deven and Jeremy discuss their recent experiences in international baseball and the Little League World Series. Deven shares his observations from a tournament in Parma, Italy, where his son played on an 18U team. The hosts then discuss a notable incident in the Little League World Series where a young player was pitching with a shoulder injury, raising questions about player safety and decision-making in youth sports.

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The Future of Youth Training: Driveline Academy Flex

Deven and Jeremy are joined by Zac Morain to talk Driveline Academy Flex - making Driveline's system of data driven training acessible to every kid in the country.

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SPECIAL ACADEMY STAFF EPISODE!

We're joined by Connor Stratton, Erik Kozak and Conner Reynolds to talk all things FieldLevel recruiting and the ASH test for shoulder health.

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Solving Youth Arm Injuries in Just 2 Steps

Fixing the systems that got us to this place - with an unprecendented amount of youth throwing injuries happening - at scale is pretty simple actually:

#1 - Universal rule set

#2 - Universale reporting

Just becaues it's simple doesn't mean that it'll be easy, so let's talk about it!

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How To Help Struggling Hitters

How to think about helping struggling hitters, starting with understanding what the problem actually is, then how to best address it.

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Digging Into The Details of Youth Arm Injuries

Lance Lynn letting it rip, "Artificial" velocity development and issues / considerations and best practices that you should think about if you want your youth player to stay healthy.

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Mailbag Episode! Answering Listener Questions

You guys gave us great questions. We tackled them. Let's do this again!

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What Is The Point of Little League?

(hint: it's development and engagement)

The central topic of the episode, inspired by a listener's question, revolves around the purpose of Little League baseball. The question poses a dilemma between focusing on success, particularly in Little League All-Stars, and ensuring a fun experience for all players. The hosts delve into this discussion by arguing that Little League should serve all players but in ways that cater to their different needs. They advocate for engaging kids in the sport to encourage their continued participation and suggest that retention rates can be a measure of success. Furthermore, they emphasize the importance of skill development and providing equal opportunities for all players to learn and grow, rather than focusing solely on the few who might excel early on.

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Giving Love to HS Coaches / Fundamentally Wrong Hitting Fundamentals

The boys are back in town © Thin Lizzy!

Deven and Jeremy are reunited, talking about the love that HS baseball coaches have for teaching the game, HS tryouts, the start of the LL and HS seasons and then a fun segment tearing apart the "fundamental" hitting advice given by a guy who should probably pay as much attention to the competition level of children as he does his keeping his spray tan dialed.

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Building Better Bat Speed With Our New Youth Power Trainer

In this episode you guys get an exclusive in-depth preview of our new Youth Power Bat, the research and process of getting it built, along with why swing weight - aka moment of inertia - is the defining characteristic of any bat.

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Whiplash, Weighted Balls and Filling Emotional Gas Tanks

A return of the solo podcast! Deven does this show all on his own, and goes fairly unhinged about some of the misniformation surrounding the safety of weighted ball training, the movie Whiplash and the benefits of teaching and coaching with love to fill our player's emotional gas tanks instead of the constant negativity loop that is unfortunately all too common in youth baseball.

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Joey Votto & Being Present For Your Child's Journey

How to we help kids to have this kind of perspective about their time playing baseball, no matter what level they end up at?

"You energized me with your cheers, I loved the boos, the trash talk, the moments where I broke a road cities moment, or was humbled on stage. I’ll never forget, early in my career, my first time at Wrigley Field and the crowd standing and cheering toward my failure. I remember standing at the plate, smiling and thinking, this is my home. I belong here.
I was myself in this sport. I was able to be my best self. I played this sport with every last ounce of my body, heart, and mind."

- Joey Votto (from Instagram)

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The Difference Between Learning & Losing Is Context

In this episode we talk about the positive culture of our program down in our Arizona, the developmental possibilities when athletes are given the freedom to learn how to move in a way that works for them instead of being forced to arbitrarily move the "right" way, and then spend a whole bunch of time on the need for coaches and parents to provide context to all of the experiences kids will have when learning how to play the game of baseball.

That context is necessary for kids to continue to love the game of baseball while they're learning it, and at the end of it, love themselves.

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Getting Ready For The Season The Right & The Wrong Way

In this episode we spend a good amount of time talking about how to get ready for the season - things that you can do that will help kids go into their first games feeling strong and healthy...as well as the things you can do that ain't that. On top of that we talk a lot about the myth of sport specific training for kids who's ages start with a single digit number...the Youth Baseball Bummer Power Hour is back!

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Economics of Youth Baseball, LaVar Ball, Context and Pitching To Contact

R-Rated Episode!

We cover a whole lot of ground in this episode, talking about the Academy's mission to help kids play and train for low or no cost, LaVar Ball and aggressively promoting your kids, providing context for when kid's struggle and the idea of whether pitching to contact has a role in keeping kids healthy.

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Struggle, Character Building and Choosing To Do Hard Things

Whether it's doing drill work off of a roof, biased takes by large MLB content accounts or the heartwarming moments that come from applauding a kid's hard work even if they aren't seeing the results they want, it's another wonderful week in youth baseball!

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Prove Me Wrong! Debate on Training Topics w/ Eric Kozak

Deven is joined by Driveline Triple OG Eric Kozak for a healthy - and friendly - debate about a variety of training topics in youth baseball. We get into the weeds of what we do, why we do it, and how convinced we are that our way is the right way.

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Youth Bat Speed Training | Grades Matter for Recruiting

We're back, the mic's work, and we're talking about bat speed training - pairing movement speed with movement accuracy using our new Youth Underload Smash Bat - as well as the importance of grades when it comes to opening up doors in recruiting.

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Feeling Thankful / Turning Lemons into Lemonade Development Stories

With sales of the Skills That Scale book taking off, and our Youth Underload Smash Bats nearly selling out in 1 day, Deven does a solo pod where he feels very thankful for being a part of this community - the good and the bad - that is youth baseball.

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ABCA Recap & Being "Crazy" About Youth Player Development

After many long hours on the convention floor, and just as many hours on planes and in airports, the boys are back from ABCA. We recap the show, and talk in depth about how it feels to be seen as "crazy" when you're doing something different in youth baseball.

Let's get nuts.

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Development Requires Different Choices

You can't make the same choices as everyone else, hope that you'll get a different developmental result, and then be surprised when you end up in the same place.

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Part 2 of 2 - going through the entire contents of our upcoming book:

Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual

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Listener Q&A Part Two Electric Boogaloo

Once again it's on. Deven is locked in the podcast room talking to himself like a crazy person and answering your questions about pre-game warm up and drills, youth catchers, MLB Pitch Smart, pitching games and more!

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Part 1 of 2 - going through the entire contents of our upcoming book:

Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual

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Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan

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Participation numbers in youth baseball are going down. That isn't good. Let's talk about how to fix it.

Emphasis on Youth Baseball Education: The conversation highlights the significance of not just instructing what to do in youth baseball but also explaining the reasons behind these practices. This reflects a commitment to deeper understanding and education in youth sports.

Participation in the ABC Youth Summit: The hosts discuss their participation in the second annual ABC (American Baseball Coaches Association) Youth Summit held in Kansas City. They share insights from being in a room with key stakeholders in youth baseball, discussing both the challenges and common paths forward in the sport.

Focus on Systemic Issues in Baseball: A key topic of discussion is the systemic issues facing baseball, particularly concerning umpiring. The hosts address the aging demographic of current umpires and the lack of a younger generation to follow, highlighting this as a significant challenge for the future of the sport.

Commonality in Path Forward: The episode also touches on the common goals and perspectives shared among stakeholders in youth baseball. The hosts reflect on the first ABC Youth Summit, noting that it was more about gaining perspective on the issues in youth baseball, such as umpire shortages, and how these systemic challenges are being addressed collectively.

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It's not surprising that kids don't want to watch MLB games when the broadcasters reject simple data that kids find engaging.

Our discussion begins with a critical look at the economic aspects of baseball showcases and tournaments. We explore how these events, often seen as gateways to greater opportunities, can impose significant financial burdens on families. The conversation then shifts to the broader implications of these costs, questioning the fairness and accessibility of the sport in its current state.

Further, we delve into the intriguing dichotomy within Major League Baseball (MLB) itself. A key point of discussion is the apparent disconnect between the modern analytical approaches to the game, which are increasingly embraced at the grassroots level, and the traditionalist views often perpetuated by MLB broadcasters. This part of the episode critically examines how these conflicting perspectives can influence young players and their parents, potentially creating a rift in the perception and understanding of the sport.

We also address how MLB's stance impacts the wider baseball community, including youth players who are the future of the sport. The episode brings to light the challenges of engaging with a sport that seems to be at a crossroads, struggling to balance tradition and innovation. By highlighting these issues, we aim to foster a more inclusive and progressive environment for all baseball enthusiasts, particularly the younger generation.

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The old "a walk is as good as a hit" saying is absolutely not true at 8U and younger. We need more 2nd-grade Vladimir Guerreros Sr than we do Joe Sewells.

Deven sits down to talk about the insanity of giving take signs and conditioning kids to not swing at the 7/8U level and younger, as well as laying out the steps he would take to progressively take a kid from a tee hitting environment into hitting a moving ball.

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Progress isn't linear. So don't expect it to be!

Deven and Jeremy discuss the ups and downs of skill development over a long time (for the Academy player discussed on this episode - three years) and how coaches, players and parents can use data, perspective and other tools to guide them through it.

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Parents are often the biggest problem in youth baseball. Not all of them - but some. It doesn't have to be that way!

In this episode we talk about a couple of horrible recent examples of coach and parents behavior, as well as how to address some of the root causes of the innapropriate emotions we see by parents in youth baseball.

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Player development starts with athletic development.

Deven and Jeremy sit down to talk with Driveline Academy HP Coordinator Connor Stratton to discuss long term athletic development, movement literacy and getting kids better.

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If you're looking for some slightly unhinged rants you've come to the right place!

With Jeremy not feeling well Deven records a solo podcast talking to himself like a crazy person for 50 minutes about the reasons why our National Governing Bodies (NGB's) don't have any authority to enforce the developmental standards and approaches to youth baseball: the lack of a National Ministry of Youth Sport.

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Deven & Jeremy sit down to talk about "professional" at bats at the MLB level (shout out to Kolten Wong), an Australian study about devleoping Olympic swimmers and what it can tell us about the necessary funnel of getting and keeping kids playing sports, along with the problems presented by not having a unified system of youth coach training.

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In this episode Deven and Jeremy break down some of the misinformation out there about what does - and doesn't - improve player performance. From Ken Griffey Jr. allegedly not benching, to A-Rod benching 300lbs for reps in High School, and the "Master Formula" that defines the bat to ball collision, we dig deep into what actually matters for player deveopment.

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End of Summer Listener Q&A Episode

We're back! You've got questions, we've got answers, so Deven did a whole episode doing nothing but tacking great user submitted questions on off-season training, youth field dimensions, throwing programs, -5 bats and more!

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Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual is out now!

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Train bat speed and barrel accuracy with our Youth Underload Smash bat - just $79!

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Staying Positive During Social Media Beef! - “A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.” - Jay-Z

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End of Season Recap & USSSA Hot Bat Talk - We sit down to review how the 3rd season of the Driveline Academy has gone, then get into the USA Baseball 12U team in the World Baseball Classic and the world of extra "hot" USSSA Bats

Listen To The Kids! - We bring on a selection of Academy players to talk about their experience in the program, what they like, what they don't like, and how focusing on development has improved their competitive ability. Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy Tecktiel https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel 🚨 Follow Driveline Academy on Social Media 🚨 https://twitter.com/DrivelineYouth https://www.instagram.com/drivelineyouth 🔽 Follow Driveline Baseball on Social Media 🔽 https://twitter.com/DrivelineBB https://www.instagram.com/drivelineba... https://www.facebook.com/drivelinebas... https://www.tiktok.com/@drivelinebase... 🔽 For training equipment, apparel, technology and more visit our shop 🔽 https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/shop

Tournament Championship Weekend Review - Deven & Jeremy sit down to discuss the long path of two Academy teams winning gold bracket championships on the same weekend.

Winning isn't everything, but it sure is something!

Building Great Youth Hitters with Conner Reynolds - We sit down with Driveline Hitting Intern Conner Reynolds @Fast_RBI to discuss his journey in baseball, solutions to common youth hitting problems as well as the systems and approaches he uses to develop highly competitive youth hitters.

Serving Both Competitive & Developmental Kids on Select Teams - Almost every kid needs skill development, but some of them need it more than others. We talk about the pros and cons of splitting teams by talent, and what it takes to help your players who need development get it.

Sportsmanship & Celebrations - Good sportsmanship, bad sportsmanship, celebrations & how kids you can celebrate their achievements without it coming at the expense of another player.

Fundamentals of Good Team Management - We get into the nitty gritty parts of how to manage a team. Roster construction, distributing playtime, balancing pitching & catching workloads - the whole soup!

DISCLAIMER: Audio this episode wasn't great. We'll be back to our stellar audio quality next episode!

Strategies for Positive In-Game Coaching - We talk through how to coach youth baseball in-game in an intentionally positive fashion.

Long Term Development vs Tournaments - We get into the weeds of the choice between focusing on long term development instead of playing tournaments every weekend, and what the consequences of a tournament only approach can be.

But Wait It Gets Worse! Summer Pitching Abuse

Not to turn the pod into your local evening news, where if it bleeds, it leads, but man do we have some terrible stuff to cover today!

• Willie Mays, Rickwood Field, Reggie Jackson & Racism
• 10 year old teams who have played more than 90 games on the year
• Pitch counts approaching 200 over the course of a tournament weekend
• Big leaguers who can't throw strikes

And who can change the majority of the above issues - at least the ones that are specific to youth baseball? It's the people who are responsible for decisions in youth baseball - parents and coaches.

Yes there are some video glitches in this episode. Yes I'm annoyed about it. Yes we appreciate you all for watching and listening!

Bunt-A-Pallooza! We sit down to have a comprehensive conversation about all of the aspects and implications of bunting in youth baseball, and why it makes more sense to focus on developing the Skills That Scale with youth players. RIP our mentions.

Youth Online Training Done Right. Academy Operations & Academy Online Coordinator Dylan Hawley joins the show to talk about our Academy Online program and how we can help kids make the most out of every day, month and year's worth of developmental opportunities.

Issues With Year Round Youth Baseball - We talk about some of the issues that come with putting kids in year round compeititve baseball, and the costs that typically can come with it in terms of both skill deveopment and injuries.

Pitch Counts & Player Safety in Youth Baseball. We discuss the #ArmCare movement and it's application in youth baseball.