Explore every episode of the podcast Driveline R&D Podcast
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| Jeremy Tecktiel on How Driveline Revolutionizing Youth Academy Baseball Training | R&D Pod #99 | 02 Jun 2023 | 01:26:04 | |
Fun episode this week that gets into the nitty gritty of one of Driveline's fastest growing products - Driveline Academy! Had Jeremy Tecktiel, Asst Dir of Dirveline Academy (past TRAQ Project Manager for the software heads in audience!), come on and talk the tradeoff of teaching kids to throw and hit harder versus prioritizing winning as many games as possible at the youth level as well as the trials and tribulations of getting such a large and complex product off the ground...now in multiple locations! (WA & AZ) Also swapped loose stories of both of our mascot backgrounds and trivia triumps (or lack thereof!). Timestamps: 0:00 Intros & Light Degen Talk 3:03 Jeremy's Background & Academy Product 6:05 On Field Challenges for Driveline's Academy Team...Sure we're hitting/throwing harder but how do we handle bunts?? 10:20 Balance Value of Future Player Dev'l vs Winning Games Right Now 12:20 Communications & Expectations with Parents 17:45 Current Academy Team and Tryouts Construction 30:58 Driveline Academy's Unique Warmups (Which Plyos Do We Use?) 33:53 Value of Massive High Fidelity Youth Datasets (MoCap, Pulse, Blast, etc) 38:51 Jeremy's Background As A Mascot!! 41:45 Cara's Background As A Mascot!!! 46:15 Jeremy the TriviaMaster 53:10 Harry Potter Trivia Story + Extended HP Rambling 1:05:44 Driveline Academy in AZ 1:13:45 Training the Youth on Defense 1:17:05 Training Youth Command + Youth Umpire Stoies (Including Jeremy being tossed!!) 1:22:00 Academy Strategy on Breaking Balls Twitterz: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Jeremy Tecktiel: https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel | |||
| Tanner Stokey, Andrew Aydt, Josh Herzenberg: Driveline MLB Hitting Success & Inventing Smash Factor Balls! #98 | 28 May 2023 | 01:01:48 | |
Banger quad epi when ya boi wasn't on the edge of his seat trying to get into frame (made a snap decision on not messing around with the camera and was running low on time, plus figured Aydt, Stokey and Herzie were good looking enough to man the stage) -- we talked about a loooot of goodies from Herzie's experiences overseas, DL first impressions and running pro sales, along with the Hitting Dept MLB Hitting Product evolution and why smash factor balls are selling like hot cakes! And in a segment that'll fire up Kyle Boddy, Cara shares some inside Driveline Winter Meeting story memes... :shushing-finger-emoji: Timestamps 0:00 Intros + Wine/Napa talk 5:20 Herz's background + KBO talk 8:00 Herz's Initial Exp/Impression with DL 9:40 Past Biz DL deals with KBO + Herz's Time W/ Dodgers 13:55 ChatGPT answers 15:25 Hitting Dept Evolution over last year 21:00 Driveline's MLB Product on Hitting Side 24:25 Hi-Speed Machines More Common Now? 30:15 Cara Tells Boddy's fave Winter Meetings Stories/Memes 33:55 Driveline's Advantage Plan Offering + Lars Nootbaar Success Story 39:16 Recovery/Health Based Approach to Coaching MLB Hitters 42:45 History and Success of Smash Factor Balls 52:45 Herz's Impression of Seattle Twitterz: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Tanner Stokey: https://twitter.com/Tstokey Andrew Aydt: https://twitter.com/AndrewAydt Josh Herzenberg: https://twitter.com/joshherzenberg | |||
| Latin America Player Dev'l | Armando Benavides, Max Dutto, Juan Rodriguez | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 89 | 25 Jul 2022 | 00:53:12 | |
With a couple guests/host replacements: Armando Benavides, Max Dutto and Juan Rodriguez! Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... Caravan and Juan got invited by Armando on a Latin Baseball podcast a couple months ago so we had to return the favor when Armando was in town! (Said podcast link is here with the Driveline section timestamped -- https://youtu.be/mEEibo2hVag?t=1829) This episode we talked big picture approach to bringing modern player development research to international markets and delved into Armando's real, raw experiences growing up playing baseball in Cuba; Juan's efforts to spread Driveline ESPAÑOL (https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/es-blog/), and Dutto's view on pushing education in expanding markets! A lot to chew on, scope the timestamps. Timestamps 0:00 Intros 1:45 SwingCompleto Podcast & Reaction 6:50 Juan Exp w/ Latin Baseball Community 9:15 Introducing New Athletes to Driveline 12:20 What Color Plyo Did Armando Throw? 14:00 Player Devl When Growing Up W/o Tech or Coaching 16:00 HP/S&C in Latin America 22:40 Biggest Current Blockers in Latin American Player Dev'l 30:05 Blockers Consulting In International Landscapes 32:45 Best Way To Reach International Markets (Right Now) 38:00 Rachel Balkovec Running S&C In DR 40:50 MLB Teams Optimizing International Scouting 48:55 Armando's Early Seattle Impression!! Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ Max Dutto: https://twitter.com/MaxDutto_ Juan Rodriguez: https://twitter.com/jcrod22 Armando Benavides: https://twitter.com/ElMoroSince99 | |||
| MEET THE INTERNS SUMMER 2022 | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 88 | 18 Jul 2022 | 01:01:44 | |
Episode 88 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With a couple guests: Meet the Interns Summer 2022 Interns!! Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... Got a bunch of the Driveline R&D Summer Interns -- Ethan Siegel, Alfredo Suarez and Jean An from Data Science + Baylor Fish from Sports Science. Hit a curveball q for each intern...scope the timestamps below! Timestamps 0:00 Intros 1:38 Ethan Siegel 2:30 Pitching for MIT 4:40 Gamifying Command + IZ Data 10:40 Pulse In-Season 12:45 Seattle Studs Championship W 15:10 Brady's Trick to Avoid Walking 18:35 Siegel's Pool Rankings 20:30 Baylor Fish + ECU Super Regional Talk 22:25 Baylor's Fave State To Live In 23:50 ECU Lab vs Driveline Lab 30:10 Baylor Hearing of Driveline 31:30 Alfredo Suarez 33:07 NCAA Transfer Portal 38:10 Alfredo's Experience Working w/ Penn State 40:30 Job App for Penn State Analytics 41:10 College Analysts' Community 42:20 Alfredo's Surprise from being at Driveline 46:20 Jean An 48:35 SABR Diamond Dollars 56:05 Jean Commentating CPBL Games 58:20 Discourse of Modern Analytics in Sports Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ Ethan Siegel: https://twitter.com/ethansiegel22 Baylor Fish: https://twitter.com/BayFish03 Alfredo Suarez: https://twitter.com/aesuare Jean An: https://twitter.com/anchengyoung42 | |||
| Vicram Kotecha | Sports Data Engineering | Stanley Cup Avs | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 87 | 11 Jul 2022 | 00:50:11 | |
Episode 87 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Vicram Kotecha! Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ Timestamps 0:00 Intros 1:04 Vic's background and UK v US 7:00 How Vic found Driveline 11:00 Vic shoots his shot for the Islanders 14:50 Vic's experience with advanced stats 17:30 Differences working in sports start-up vs large finance companies 21:00 Software Engineering practices 23:00 Vic sdding Driveline slang to lexicon 27:20 Hockey (v baseball) stats/tech advancements 35:50 S/o Colorado Avs 2022 Champs!!! 42:55 Vic in Seattle 45:15 Value of bringing in outside POV to Driveline Link to the hosts' Twitters: (twitter-less) Vicram Kotecha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicramkotecha/ | |||
| Kyle Boddy and Marek Ramilo | Evolution of Sabermetrics | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 86 | 20 Jun 2022 | 01:24:43 | |
Episode 86 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Kyle Boddy and Marek Ramilo! Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ Banger episode as Caravan, Boddy and Marek riff about the current state of sabermetrics in baseball, where certain teams are gaining edges and how to tell from a 3rd party point of view and broad thoughts on the future of the player development industry as a whole. Boddy also namedrops dozens of people, Caravan tells 1 or 2 unsolicited stories and Marek brings that quant trading background to give us some validity ;) - enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 1:50 Marek background 5:30 Current State of Sabermetrics in Baseball 8:05 Next Steps in Sabermetrics 10:30 Misinformation in Current Sabermetrics? 17:25 Catcher Value 19:20 Organization Value by MiLB success? 25:50 CopyCat SSW value & Stuff+ Distributions 30:15 Baseline Models & DL Growth Mentality 34:50 Position Players 2 Pitchers + Undrafted FA's 44:05 Value of Utility Players 46:35 Walking Trea on 1-2 Count 48:15 How Old School Baseball Still Is 56:00 PULSE & Workload Mgmt in The Bigs 1:05:03 Moneyball Ubiquity 1:09:05 Casino Night 1:11:30 Boddy's Perspective on DL Automation 1:16:45 Marek's DL First Impression 1:18:05 MLB Future Rule Adjustments Link to the hosts' Twitters: | |||
| Alex Harter | How Middlebury Broke all the DIII Baseball Records | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 85 | 13 Jun 2022 | 00:52:18 | |
Episode 85 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Alex Harter and Max Engelbrekt! Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ Today Middlebury pitching coach Alex Harter joined us as a guest as well as Max Engelbrekt as a fill-in co-host for the pod! Anthony and Alex had some travel conflicts that we couldn't end up working around, but we are back with a banger. Alex talks about how he got into Driveline, some things he learned throughout his time here, how he translated those things to his work coaching at Middlebury, and how they put together a historical season out there in Vermont. Harter is an awesome guy and has some really good insight into how he was able to workaround quite the set of constraints going into a season with very little lead time. Max is just a homie and former podcast guest AND a college baseball fanatic who we were fired up to have join us this episode. Enjoy! Timestamps Link to the hosts' Twitters: | |||
| Tanner Stokey and Andrew Aydt | Progressions to Improve Bat Path | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 84 | 30 May 2022 | 01:16:44 | |
Episode 84 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Andrew Aydt and Tanner Stokey! Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! Director of Hitting Tanner Stokey and Hitting Coordinator Andrew Aydt joined us on the podcast to talk hitting. We spent a lot of time on this episode talking about the growth of Driveline training that now includes advanced in-season support, and we also talked about how to improve hitting training environments, how training changes based on time of year, and how we approach training bat to ball skills and bat path. Enjoy! Timestamps Link to the hosts' Twitters: | |||
| Balancing Weight Room and Skills Training | Individualizing Athlete Needs | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 83 | 23 May 2022 | 01:15:37 | |
Episode 83 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Brice Crider and Juan Rodriguez! Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... High performance trainer Brice Crider and throwing trainer Juan Rodriguez came on the pod today and chatted all things integrated baseball development! We talked about the keys to balancing strength and conditioning needs with the athlete's needs on the throwing/hitting/skills side of things, what we use to determine where the focus is for each athlete coming in, what it means to be a high performance trainer as opposed to just a strength and conditioning coach, etc. Electric show today, enjoy! Timestamps 0:00 Intros 6:26 Brice and Juan's first introductions to Driveline 8:52 Juan's hitting lessons pre-Driveline 10:52 Throwing trainers Brady and Lindley 11:45 Brady's arm slot switch 17:20 Training economy between S&C and Throwing 18:38 Focusing on what will have the highest ROI 19:10 High Performance training model 23:04 The difference between a strength trainer and a high performance trainer 25:57 Bench press for pitch design 32:51 What makes a great strength coach 36:18 Considerations for the focus of an athlete's program 42:50 The importance of knowing an athlete's throwing history 45:35 Training duration considerations 48:10 Things that would've been better, looking back 52:23 Data and education tools for developing coaches 1:00:53 Learning to think critically vs. memorizing and re-distributing info 1:05:13 The value of "I Don't Know" 1:07:12 It depends 1:11:05 summer training environment Link to the hosts'/guests' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ Brice Crider: https://twitter.com/BriceCrider Juan Rodriguez: https://twitter.com/jcrod22 | |||
| Alyson 'Infield Fly Girl' Mitchell | CPBL Funnest ⚾ League In the World? | Driveline R&D Pod Epi 82 | 16 May 2022 | 01:05:29 | |
Episode 82 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest: Alyson Mitchell! Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... We got InfieldFlyGrl aka the Commissioner of the Aggressively Online Baseball League on this one soooo the boys sit back and learn about the Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL League complexities, supernerd'ing out on early 2000s Cubs, and the top agressively online independent baseball teams on Twitter! Timestamps 0:00 Intros 3:47 Alyson's CPBL fandom 6:47 3:30 AM Game Watching 7:25 CPBL Details 11:25 No trading in CPBL?? 15:44 Cubs Fandom Stories 20:43 Cara Dodgers Fanhood Origin Story 22:07 Thailand Monkeys/Failed Shanghai Trip Tangent Stories 26:11 Alyson's Life Goal 26:45 NPB Talk + Brady/Lindley's Japan Trip 30:37 Origin of InfieldFlyGrl 34:24 Is BaseballFreak A Good Handle? 35:40 Change in Fandom While Working in Baseball? 41:29 Baseball Twitter Shoutouts/Aggressively Online Rankings 45:08 Brady Laying The League Smackdown + Seattle Studs Crack Aggressively Online Rankings 51:06 2008 & 2016 Cubs Nostalgia 53:01 CR Stories From the Desk 57:18 Driveline Softball Intramural League?? 59:15 Driveline Advantage Plan Link to the hosts'/guest's Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ Alyson Mitchell: https://twitter.com/infieldflygrl | |||
| What is Ben Joyce's Wins Above Replacement?? | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 81 | 09 May 2022 | 01:05:08 | |
Episode 81 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ The boys wil' out in this one! We talk about the big R&D ambitions and behind the scene work on a lot of PULSE/tracking tech paired data and how they want to leverage it to make PULSE a permanent part of all around player development, then touch on the grip strength paper that just came out (https://osf.io/hwcpx/) and our free cWAR dashboard (https://edu.drivelinebaseball.com/courses/free-dashboards)...and try our hand at leveraging it for a clickbait-y ass title above ^^. Enjoy ;) Timestamps 0:00 Intros 1:35 S/o Luisa For Trial'ing @ Baseball Australia 3:32 Brady Bragging About His Nasty Live AB's 8:00 Sleeve vs Strap PULSE Discussion + Customer Feedback 12:56 Pulse/Tracking Tech Paired Pipeline + Analysis 15:50 Applying Paired Data Insights To Training, Pitch Design, Performance 21:33 Applying In-Gym Grips Data 26:05 PULSE for Pitch Design? 30:50 Grip Strength Paper 33:07 Rant About Research Costs 38:00 Grip Strength Spin Rate Findings 42:54 Finding OG Nugs of Biomech Data/State of v6 Processing 50:09 OG Road MoCap Tales 52:20 Run Through of New Look Driveline PLUS/cWAR Dash 55:30 2022's Highest cWAR Players 58:09 Ben Joyce's cWAR Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Bill Hezel | Driveline Pitching: MLB, Command+, In-Season Monitoring | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 80 | 02 May 2022 | 01:17:25 | |
Episode 80 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Bill Hezel Our Director of Pitching, Bill Hezel, joins us and we talk what put Driveline on the map originally -- some daggum excellent athlete results. Bill talks navigating the complexities of broadening the department into one also oriented about in-season, on-the-field results as well while dealing with increased MLB attention on poaching pitching trainers. Bill also talks about some exciting new stuff we've got to offer our athletes now like our intended zones command training, biometric tracking, workload tracking integration and gives out some hard-nosed truths on developing and improving MLB-caliber pitchers. Timestamps 0:00 Intros 4:10 Bill's Background 12:50 Driveline's Pitching Department: 2018-2022 14:47 The Need for Data Driven Pitching Systems/Buckets 18:07 Pitching Dept Dealing With Poaching 21:20 The Educational Support of Driveline's Internal Systems 23:50 Delivering In-Season, Year-Round Value/Results 33:40 Driveline's Advantage Plan Broadening Company Mission 40:04 Dillon Tate's Longitudinal Results w/ DL 42:50 Command Training Strategy 53:00 Median Miss Distance on Intended Zones; Command Assessment 57:15 Tracking Sleep, Biometrics 1:00:15 Harnessing Intensity (Kershaw Ex) 1:02:50 MLB Teams Wasting Spring Training? 1:05:45 Brady Losing His Mind Over ST PFP's 1:11:05 MLB Front Office Bias Re: Tradition Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ Bill Hezel: https://twitter.com/billhezel | |||
| Chris Langin on Driveline Training 50 MLB Pitchers, Rule Changes & Sweepers! Driveline R&D Pod #97 | 20 May 2023 | 01:15:52 | |
Had Driveline's new Director of Pitching, Chris Langin, on to talk how much the MLB Product has exploded, the overall department growth and responsibilities that come with being a Director, what pitchers are saying about the pitch clock and its effects + just how popular the Sweeper is going to get! Also check out the video version for Langin's beer bottle opening skills...we also made up for the podcast break with some very quality rural/urban parallel degen drink talk! Timestamps: 0:00 Intros + Langin almost opens a beer bottle with his teeth!! 3:03 Kershaw Curve still dicing? 7:57 Degen drink talk throwback 13:25 Langin on animals + Growing up in Nebraska 19:00 Langin as Dir of Pitching 31:35 DL Pitching Dept Growth 39:45 How Langin and DL Pitching approaches MLB Advance Scouting 45:25 Insider View on MLB Pitchers reacting to rule changes? 48:30 BABIP Victims: Jansen, Brash??? 53:30 Common Fan SSS reactions + NBA playoffs talk 1:00:00 Sweepers and Slurves as new PT's -> effect across the league? 1:11:00 Going out (not) in AZ...Angels GM sighting out in the wild? Twitters:
Alex Caravan -- https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Chris Langin -- https://twitter.com/LanginTots13 | |||
| The Ben (Jones) & (Jared) Jerry (Skolnicki) Epi | Sports Sci Research | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 79 | 25 Apr 2022 | 01:18:52 | |
Episode 79 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With (double) guests: Ben Jones & Jared Skolnicki Sports Science heavy one -- Cara's out of the picture so the gluttonous co-hosts got down with a Ben&Jerry's pint race, while talking Ben and Jerry's background, the newest out of the sports science lab specifically jump and hitting motion capture research and applying pitch design at the high school level in real time. Timestamps 0:00 Intros/Ben&Jerry flavors 4:00 Ben's Background 12:18 Jerry's Background 20:37 Value of Working in CR First 22:30 Maxx Garrett Legendary Sales Story 26:30 Narrative Around Weighted Balls Now 29:50 Perspective/Uniqueness on Working in Driveline Research 38:04 Ben's Current Research on Jump Performance 48:40 Jerry Setting PRs During Ben's study 50:30 Ben&Jerry's Pint Update 51:50 Jerry's Coaching Career: Applying Pitch Design At High School Level 1:06:38 State of Hitting Biomechanics 1:14:10 Future Q's to Ask + Allusions to our Elite Athlete Dataset Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ Jared Skolnicki: https://twitter.com/sayhomies Ben Jones: [twitterless] :cry-emoji: | |||
| Joe 'Yabin' Marsh | The Beginning of Driveline R&D | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 78 | 18 Apr 2022 | 01:18:52 | |
Episode 78 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest: Joe Marsh This one is a loooose one -- we got one of the Driveline OG Legends and our ex boss on, Joe Marsh. Yabin talks about meeting Boddy a decade ago, going from 77 to 90 mph*, building the first Driveline R&D Lab, buying Motus/PULSE and a looooot other stories. *https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/2012/06/going-from-77-mph-to-90-mph-in-five-months-the-joe-marsh-story/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 2:14 Linking up with Boddy 6:20 The Joe Marsh Story 15:05 Joe Training with the DL Legends 18:30 Joe The Throwing Trainer 20:55 The Start of the DL R&D Lab 29:55 Original 6 Week Study 33:55 Cara Joining Driveline R&D Dept 38:15 Biomech Lab Hitting The Road 49:22 Joe's Crazy Tour of America Story in Denver 55:10 Computed Muscle Control 1:05:00 Motus Acquisition 1:08:00 R&D Early Dept Structure 1:12:00 Kinatrax/Hawkeye Processing Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ Joe Marsh: https://twitter.com/TheJoeMarsh | |||
| John Soteropulos | Applying Hitting Sabermetrics, Motion Capture, Tech | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 77 | 11 Apr 2022 | 01:05:57 | |
Episode 77 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest: John Soteropulos A long-overdue Hitting Training episode! John Soteropulos, Hitting Trainer at Driveline who masquerades as a **filthy** pick-up b-ball player, talks about his own playing career, the beefed up Hitting Assessment at Driveline, the future of hitting motion capture, and gets into the nitty gritty of manipulating constraints in the gym to get what we all want...more xwOBACON! (Only way this episode could have been more gas was if the last story didn't get cut out of the final episode...scope Joney's reaction in the last frame) Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 3:04 Soter's background 7:47 Hitting Assessment Changes from 2018-2022 12:40 Value Add from Hitting MoCaps 18:25 Head Start with Applied Hitting (vs Pitching) Biomechanics 20:14 Big 3 at DL Hitting 23:10 DB Viewer, Democratizing Insights Internally at DL 26:02 Value of Assessing/Retesting 27:30 Training: Getting Machines Dialed + Correct Positive/Negative Feedback 32:46 Manipulating Environment and Bat/Ball Implements 35:13 In-Season v Offseason Hitting v Throwing Programming 38:22 How to Increase Bat Speed 41:55 Weighted Bats/Balls used at Driveline; Utilizing Their Feedback 46:20 Learning and Applying Sabermetrics in Training 53:30 Cara/Soter Huge 1/1 Basketball Bet 54:42 Seeing Your Impact on The Field 59:10 Soter's Approach to Content Game + Censored Story
Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ John Soteropulos: https://twitter.com/Joney93 | |||
| Connor White | The Future of Data Driven High Performance | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 76 | 04 Apr 2022 | 01:24:02 | |
Episode 76 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest: Connor White A long-overdue HP episode! Connor White, HP Trainer at Driveline that also masquerades as an active flamethrowing indy baller, gets DEEP into the nuances of our force plate driven assessment, how HP programming at Driveline integrates with the skill floors, PT, and R&D, and what we're most excited to dive in for the future! A couple fuego playing + lifting stories sprinkled in throughout this episode too. Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 5:40 C White Current Playing Career + Brady Bat Boy Stories 10:27 Seattle Studs Legends/Stories 15:27 Brady's chance at Breaking PIL K's 18:12 DL HP Assessment 22:50 Biggest Signal/Shift from Assessment 31:05 Strength Phases 33:49 Tech Stack for HP Assesment 39:16 Forcehooks Validation 40:20 MyJumpLab Model/Validation 44:00 Workload in the Weight Room 48:53 Nutrition and Recovery 53:27 HP Integration with Rest of Depts 57:50 Common weaknesses for athletes coming in 1:01:50 Gaining strength v losing mobility? 1:08:05 Impressive Gym Lifts 1:11:25 Future things for HP 1:15:20 Cara/Lindley BenchOff 1:19:10 Weight room upgrade 1:21:05 Blowing out your spine DL'ing w/ Ian Walsh Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ Connor White: https://twitter.com/@cwhite23_ | |||
| Just The Boyz | Energy Flow + Broad Jump, Lateral Bound Performance | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 75 | 28 Mar 2022 | 01:02:50 | |
Episode 75 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! No guests, kept this one preeeeeetty loose ;) More focused on internal updates this episode, we ended up talking recent research coming from the sports science department, from energy flow calculations to relationship of lateral bound/broad jump performance with throwing velocity. Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 3:22 MoCap Launchpad Intensity 6:57 Mic'd up Pitch Design + TM/Raps missing pitches 14:51 MoCap'ing Intended Zones 16:40 Brady's 3-sport peformance 18:45 Ryan Budnick S/o 21:21 Dobby The House Elf S/o 21:51 Spring Training Early Performances 25:14 Hitting MoCap slated research/event definitions 34:23 Performance Jumps Relation w/ Velo 40:44 Driveline Plus plug + Giveaway ideas 45:38 Energy Flow Research 49:32 Dillon Tate Blog + More Sports Science Content Coming out 52:45 Softball Workload Discussion 58:10 Leveraging HP weighlifting workloads
Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Chris Langin | When to Add a Sweeper to Your Pitch Arsenal | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 74 | 21 Mar 2022 | 01:14:37 | |
Episode 74 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest: Chris Langin This one's jam packed and Langin's sports comm'n degree shines through again in his smooth, sanguine spiels ;) We talk the science of pitch design, training big leaguers, pitch calling in college and just how much of a sports gambling degen Langin is. Oh and if you're an athlete that trained with Langin you might get lucky and make it in the 10 shoutouts he gives out in this episode! Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 5:54 La(o)st Langin Episodes Recap 8:15 Langin's Improvement as Pitch Design Specialist 11:50 Being able to throw sweeper without losing too much velo 15:38 Thoughts on gyro slider 18:45 Platoon splits in PD 19:50 Different amount of data prep per player 21:38 Sequencing during PD 23:38 Coaches v player calling pitches in college 29:55 Langin's 2nd beer 31:00 College Catchers and Pitch Calling 33:50 Advanced Reports in College 37:28 Driveline's Last Pro Offseason 41:06 Langin's focus pre College Summer 44:10 Importance of Data Viz + Athlete Meetings 52:00 Langin's shoutouts 58:00 Langin's approach on command work 1:02:15 Easy ways to incorporate command work 1:07:30 Sports Gambling degen talk Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ Chris Langin: https://twitter.com/LanginTots13 | |||
| Brandon Mann | 18 Year Pro: MLB, NPB, CPBL | OG DL Trainee to DL Trainer | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 73 | 14 Mar 2022 | 01:12:10 | |
Episode 73 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With guest: Brandon Mann
Had new Driveline Pitching Trainer Brandon Mann on the pod today to talk about a 15 year pro career culminating in his MLB debut with the Rangers in 2018. Brandon talks about the OG Driveline Training Environment, how he managed to add a couple ticks of velo in his 30's, pitching in Japan and China, coaching in Korea, and applying what he's learned from the last few decades of a crazy career to the current Driveline crop of trainees.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intros
5:45 B Mann Background + OG Driveline Training Intensity
12:40 Backing off Intensity on Recovery Days + PULSE Use cases for intensity
18:01 B Mann's Scoreless Inning Streak
19:50 B Mann Plunking Ichiro, Nelson Cruz
26:12 B Mann's start in the KBO
30:55 B Mann Return to DL as Pitching Trainer
35:33 Nostalgia of OG Driveline Environment + Dialing in Programming
42:10 Crazy Training Volume in Japan
44:33 Survivorship Bias of Pros with Great Durability
46:20 Meeting HUGE pro athletes in person
49:34 B Mann's specific interest/passion as a trainer
53:25 Pitch Design Importance
57:27 Mental health of athletes
1:02:50 Making Live AB's in-gym as game like as possible
1:06:56 Driveline Casino Night + Last Reflections
Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters:
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
Brandon Mann: https://twitter.com/brandonmmann
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| David Besky & Kyle Wasserberger | Applied v Academic Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 72 | 07 Mar 2022 | 01:04:06 | |
Episode 72 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With two guests: David Besky & Kyle Wasserberger!
Today we had both Besky and Wass on the show (Lindley got cold feet aka was in NorCal for his b-day). Possibly our most research-y pod yet we did not hold back -- we talked about struggles we've experienced leveraging our ever growing database of marker-based motion capture, how some things out there in academia straight up don't make sense, how valuable our access to elite athletes in the lab is and what we're most looking forward to crunching. Start sipping on a coffee cuz you're gonna need to be on one to absorb everything in this episode!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intros
3:59 Some Degen drinking backgrounds for the str8-edge boyz
5:50 Guests' Background
11:26 Main Sources of Internal Biomech Data Sources
14:20 Brady's UPS Guest Lecture
18:05 Concerns/Thoughts about lack of industry-centralized motion capture model
22:57 6dof vs IK models
26:50 Importance of domain knowledge
30:05 Past studies based off gait analysis/non-elite athlete populations
32:53 Rec's for First Time Data Dives Into Biomech Data
38:25 Reflecting on previous research driving definitions, methods
39:58 Event definitions and impact of precise definitions
44:45 Squashing the 9000 deg/s myth
47:08 Energy flow calculations
52:34 Futue Investigations we're pumped on
57:49 #1 Rec for Starting Biomech Lab
Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters:
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Kyle Wasserberger: https://twitter.com/kww_DL
David Besky: https://twitter.com/David_Besky
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| Eric Jagers 2 | New Age Player Dev'l | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 71 | 28 Feb 2022 | 01:13:19 | |
Episode 71 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With guest, Eric Jagers!
Today we had Eric Jagers on the show, in a return appearance to the pod (first time in studio though!). The boyzzzz discuss a wide range of topics from old training stories to gaining kiensthetic awareness from gymastics as a young 'un to gaming the existing edges in the today's data-driven player development landscap at the highest margins of the game.
0:00 Intros
4:05 PR's on Low Sleep
9:40 Jags still throwing + Matching intensity for athletes
14:05 Evolution of Dynamic Warmups
19:45 Jags Gymnastics Background/Proprioception Feel
24:30 Jags/Cara Workout Throwbacks
26:05 What has changed for Jags in the last year of training athletes?
41:10 When did you shift from playing career?
47:20 Biggest diff in training minors vs MLB'ers
54:50 What Jags has improved at the most in the last year?
1:01:02 How has Jag's opinion on tech changd at all?
1:04:20 The New Meta
1:08:50 'Not a lot of bio in biomechanics'
Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters:
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
Eric Jagers: https://twitter.com/ericjagers
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| Nick Martinez | Tracking Workload in the Big Leagues with PULSE | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 70 | 21 Feb 2022 | 00:56:28 | |
Episode 70 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With guest, Nick Martinez!
Today we had special guest Nick Martinez on the show, professional pitcher in the MLB and NPB (Texas Rangers, Nippon Ham Fighters, and Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
We talked about how Nick started using PULSE to monitor his workload on a daily basis and some of his playing experiences in the MLB and NPB
Link to the hosts' Twitters:
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
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| Mitch Viydo | Driveline, Mariners, Seattle Studs | Are MLB Rule Changes Good For Fan Interest? | #96 | 26 Mar 2023 | 01:03:12 | |
Had Mitch Viydo, past Driveline trainee and Player Development Coordinator and Chief of Immaculate Training Floor Vibes. Shot the shit talking about his cup with the MS, winning the NBC World Series with the Seattle Studs, the upcoming rule changes (chatter puts the D more than the R in Research & Drinks, be warned), and some good ol' Driveline nostalgia reminiscing. May or may have had to make a couple of cuts in there! *insert that one emoji withe the monkey covering its mouth* Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 3:00 Mitch Playing Background 5:37 Mitch with the Ms Organization 12:09 Mitch's career with the Seattle Studs 16:40 2109 NBC World Series Win + Brady broken rib 22:28 Hunting down the right location for the AZ facility 26:10 Pitching In Crocs 27:40 What Can Mitch Throw Right Now? 29:15 Hot Takes on 2023 MLB Rule Changes 36:15 Impact On Fan Interest 40:15 Shift Ban Impact On Strategy 45:35 How Cara Started At DL 54:30 Mitch Starting In Gym Ops + Driveline Nostalgia Talk 57:30 Mitch Contractor Stories (Behind The Scenes On The TF Product) Twitters: Alex Caravan -- https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Mitch Viydo -- https://twitter.com/mviydo | |||
| Can Brady throw 94 this year? | Plyo Velo tips | The Latest PULSE Research | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 69 | 14 Feb 2022 | 01:32:36 | |
Episode 69 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
No guest today, just the squad. 2 years of the podcast, crack one open for the 69th episode with the boys. Here's to 69 more!
Today we talked about:
- Brady's offseason training (aka Cliff Holmes
- tips on PRing with plyo velos
- Taking a look at a few PULSE research papers with an impromptu research review and much more.
Link to the hosts' Twitters:
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
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| Eno Sarris - The New Frontier of Biomechanics | Barry Bonds HOF Voting | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 68 | 08 Feb 2022 | 01:15:40 | |
Episode 68 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Eno Sarris! https://twitter.com/enosarris on Twitter Today we had special guest Eno Sarris on the show, baseball sports writer for the athletic. Now it's been back to back returning guest episodes, electric as always. Today we talked about: - The new frontier of biomechanics: relating biomechanics to performance - MLB lockout details - How the HOF is keeping Bonds out of the hall and much more. As always, if you're interested in becoming Driveline certified, you can get a 10% discount by using the code podcast at checkout by visiting edu.drivelinebaseball.com. Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Jason Ochart - MLB Hitting Adjustability | Aspects of Elite Coaching | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 67 | 03 Feb 2022 | 01:32:36 | |
Episode 67 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Jason Ochart! https://twitter.com/JasonOchart on Twitter Today we had special guest Jason Ochart on the show, Minor League Hitting Coordinator for the Philadelphia Phillies. Another longer episode with the legend, talking about how things have improved with Driveline hitting, some of the things that we might be able to learn with our hitting biomechanics (including adjustability), what it takes to be an elite coach, and more. As always, if you're interested in becoming Driveline certified, you can get a 10% discount by using the code podcast at checkout by visiting edu.drivelinebaseball.com. Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Max Dutto - Driveline Director of Player Development | Future of Hitting Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 66 | 28 Jan 2022 | 01:35:27 | |
Episode 66 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Max Dutto! https://twitter.com/MaxDutto_ on Twitter Today we had special guest Max Dutto on the show, Director of Hitting at Driveline Baseball. We talked a lot about some of the differences/similarities between hitting and pitching development and how the context of the movements affects those approaches. As always, if you're interested in becoming Driveline certified, you can get a 10% discount by using the code podcast at checkout by visiting edu.drivelinebaseball.com. Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Chris Langin - Driveline Analytics Course | Taking Risks for Big League Potential | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 65 | 21 Jan 2022 | 01:22:06 | |
Episode 65 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Chris Langin! @LanginTots13 on Twitter Today we had special guest Chris Langin on the show, one of the most analytical coaches we've had in the pitching department. So much so that he created an Analytics Course (nicely priced at $69.99) or free if you have Driveline Plus. After we recorded a whole episode without actually pressing record, we ran it back and ripped a hour and a half discussion about: - What learning more about baseball analytics can help a coach at all levels - The risk associated with reaching the highest levels of the game as an athlete - The best way to approach developing one of your athletes (in the context of mechanics and pitch design) As always, if you're interested in becoming Driveline certified, you can get a 10% discount by using the code podcast at checkout by visiting edu.drivelinebaseball.com. Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| WE'RE BACK BABY | ABCA 2022 Thoughts | Rachel Balkovec MILB Manager | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 64 | 14 Jan 2022 | 00:51:42 | |
Episode 64 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! | |||
| MEET THE INTERNS ROUND 2 | Driveline R&D Pod Ep. 63 | 30 Aug 2021 | 01:24:36 | |
Episode 63 of the Driveline R&D Podcast, round two of the intern series. This week we chatted with the rest of the 2021 summer interns that were not able to make it to the first intern series episode. Don't need much of an intro for these folks, and the episode starts with a bit of a cold open so strap in and enjoy! Interns (in order): Kyle Wasserberger (@kww_AU) Micah Jona (@MJ99_1) Robert Frey (@RobertFrey40) Sam Bornstein (@Sam__Bornstein) Michael Capobianco Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| MEET THE INTERNS | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 62 | 10 Aug 2021 | 01:18:06 | |
Episode 62 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Episode 62 of the Driveline R&D Podcast, Caravan and Lindley bring you a special episode. This week we sat down with all of our on-site R&D interns to hear a little about their backgrounds and hear about their time at Driveline so far. They don't need much of an intro so I'll keep this short, but I think this was a really fun episode. Remote interns coming up in the next episode, enjoy! Interns (in order): John Asel (@JohnnyAsel) Ethan Seigel (@ethansiegel22) Lauren Netzel Jack Rummells Jake Spirer Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Driveline PULSE - Throwing Workload Management | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 61 | 20 Jul 2021 | 00:44:29 | |
Live Episode 61 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Episode 61 of the Driveline R&D Podcast coming back from the dead talking about our latest product launch, Driveline PULSE. Lindley and Caravan get deep into weeds on what PULSE is. For those who don't know, the workload management tool previously known as Motus is now Driveline PULSE and it's easier than ever to measure and manage your own or your team's workload. In this episode we talked about some of the first things we tackled after we acquired Motus in early 2020, what has changed with the launch of PULSE, and where we see PULSE going long term. It was our first episode back on the podcast so we were a bit scattered and we didn't have our producer Anthony with us so we had some technical difficulties but it was awesome to be back. Don't be afraid to hit us on twitter if you have any questions or thoughts about PULSE! Cheers Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| How to Get a Job in Baseball | Predicting Fastball Velocity and Bat Speed | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 60 | 13 Apr 2021 | 00:59:10 | |
Episode 60 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! As always, if you're interested in becoming Driveline certified, you can get a 10% discount by using the code podcast at checkout by visiting edu.drivelinebaseball.com. Today we talk about completing this year's spring and summer hiring and what things we look for in potential candidates. We also dive in to our predicted fastball velocity and bat speed models, and address the rumors of a new MLB baseball in 2021. We also have some big news, we are going to take a short break from recording episodes for just a few weeks but hope to back sometime before the beginning of June. Unless we get 10 uses of our discount code, podcast all under case, for Driveline coaches certifications at edu.drivelinebaseball.com and we will be back next week with more nonsense We talk about why we are taking a break in the beginning of the episode and are really excited to get things back up and running during the summer.. we even have a fun series planned out to start recording then. Hope you enjoy! Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Maxx Garrett - Modern Catcher Training | Framing Research | OG CR Stories | DL Research & Drinks #95 | 14 Mar 2023 | 01:06:38 | |
Had the legend Gary on -- will fill out this description more and drop timestamps when I'm not running late to a rendezvous (aka Tuesday morning). But v fun one talking about the research we've done on catcher framing, how Driveline trains catchers, the changing perception on catchers, Driveline's current Hitting Assessments and some throwback CR story classics from the Massage Ball to the Cod ;) Timestamps 0:00 Intros 2:30 Gary's Intro to DL 4:25 Driveline's OG Hitting Environment 8:07 Driveline 2023 Hitting Training Approaches and Drills 13:08 The State of Catching Research and Training 16:13 Exchange vs Ball Flight Time 20:57 Low Hanging Fruit on Position Player Throwing and Workload 22:55 Do Catchers get the yips?? 25:25 What's Hard To Catch? 28:28 Driveline's Behind The Scenes Framing Research 34:24 One Knee Getting More Popular? 38:00 Statcast Catching Metrics & Mainstream Framing WAR 41:22 Favorite Catchers + Brad Penny callback 45:10 Driveline Customer Relations Legendary Stories 57:50 Force Plates re: DL Hitting Twitters: Alex Caravan -- https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Maxx Garrett -- https://twitter.com/XX_Garrett | |||
| Noah Thurm - 2021 Sabermetrics | Learning Analytics | Pitching w/ Pine Tar | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 59 | 06 Apr 2021 | 01:02:42 | |
Episode 59 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guest, Noah Thurm! @thurminator13 on twitter Today we had special guest Noah Thurm on the show, a young baseball operations phenom. We talked about why Barry Bonds deserves to be in the hall of fame, what metrics to look at when trying to evaluate a change in performance in the beginning of the year, what we are most excited about with hawkeye data, best places to stay up to date with public research, and much much much more. Great episode today with a very talented analyst. Enjoy As always, if you're interested in becoming Driveline certified, you can get a 10% discount by using the code podcast at checkout by visiting edu.drivelinebaseball.com. Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| SABR Recap | Analytics Bad for Baseball? | Hitting Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 58 | 30 Mar 2021 | 01:01:39 | |
Episode 58 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Driveline Baseball Certification Discount Code: podcast - visit edu.drivelinebaseball.com and use ode at checkout As always, if you're interested in becoming Driveline certified, you can get a 10% discount by using the code podcast at checkout by visiting edu.drivelinebaseball.com. Today we did a long recap of the 2021 SABR seminar, talked about a commentary piece on how analytics are good for surgery but apparently bad for baseball, new lab upgrades and going back on some nuances about hitting biomechanics that we are excited to try and standardize across the baseball biomechanics industry. In true Caravan fashion, he recorded from a Vegas Starbucks and still crushed his SABR recap. Enjoy! Glenn Healey & Lequan Wang public paper: https://vixra.org/pdf/2101.0046v1.pdf Alan Nathan's paper: http://baseball.physics.illinois.edu/HawkeyeSpinAnalysis-MLB-Part II-v1-public.pdf Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Vanderbilt Baseball AA Team? | Shortened Arm Actions | Youth Coachisms | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 57 | 23 Mar 2021 | 01:16:03 | |
Episode 57 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Driveline Baseball Certification Discount Code: podcast - visit edu.drivelinebaseball.com and use ode at checkout D1Baseball Podcast with Alex and his college baseball snake draft: https://d1baseball.com/podcasts/d1baseball-driveline-podcast-the-cwar-draft/ Today we talked about whether the Vandyboys or any powerhouse college baseball team could be a A minor league team, youth baseball coachisms, short arm actions, what they are, what we think about them, and all the hype around them, and finally a discussion about biomechanical differences between the drop step drill and a regular pitch. As always, if you're interested in becoming Driveline certified, you can get a 10% discount by using the code podcast at checkout by visiting edu.drivelinebaseball.com. Enjoy! Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Rachel Luba - Using Data in Free Agency | How to Grow Your Social Media | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 56 | 16 Mar 2021 | 00:53:08 | |
Episode 56 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Today we talked about how players and agents can use data to illustrate their value, how Trevor investing in R&D has helped him in his negotiations and how teams have responded to it, the importance of social media and how to get yourself as an athlete set up for success in the future, and much more. Very interesting episode with an expert on the side of baseball that we don't often touch on. If you're itching to learn a bit more about baseball and coaching, make sure to visit edu.drivelinebaseball.com and get started on a coaches certification at 10% off using the code podcast all under case at checkout. Enjoy! Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Michael Ressler - Comparing Baseball Techs | Biomechanics Resources | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 55 | 09 Mar 2021 | 01:18:01 | |
Episode 55 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Driveline Baseball Certification Discount Code: podcast - visit edu.drivelinebaseball.com and use code at checkout Today we talked about the baseball technology environment, important considerations for comparing measurements between different products and different labs, what Mike is most excited about between the Diamond Kinetics Swingtracker and Pitchtracker, potential open source datasets in the future, and good resources for becoming more of an expert in biomechanics This episode was heavy on the technical side but Mike does an awesome job of explaining things in very digestible terms. Enjoy! Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Athlete Biomechanics Meeting | How to Interpret Driveline Biomechanics Reports | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 54 | 02 Mar 2021 | 00:38:22 | |
Episode 54 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! This week on Episode 54 of the Driveline R&D podcast we have something a little different for you guys. We have a recording of a biomechanics meeting from an athlete who recently assessed in our biomechanics lab. This episode will be more valuable to watch on YouTube since you will be able to look at the visuals we are presenting, but you'll still be able to hear our discussion if you prefer to listen. Don't forget about our 10% discount on all Driveline Certification courses using code podcast all under case at checkout. Just visit edu.drivelinebaseball.com to get started Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| EDGE Reports in 2021 | Biomechanics Data Nuances | Weighted Ball Study | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 53 | 23 Feb 2021 | 01:04:24 | |
Episode 53 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! From Driveline HQ This week the hosts talk about updates to EDGE reports coming in the first quarter of 2021, the recently published weighted ball study and where you can find that if you are interested, and some of the things you should consider when comparing different sources of biomechanics data. Just a quick reminder, you can get a 10% discount on Driveline Baseball Certification courses by visiting edu.drivelinebaseball.com, selecting the certification you are interested in, and entering podcast (all under case) to the promo code box at checkout. Second episode in a row with the boys live and in person, and Caravan even avoided gouging his eye with a bottle cap. Enjoy! Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Last Year in Review | 1-Year Anniversary | What's in Store for 2021 | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 52 | 16 Feb 2021 | 01:10:07 | |
Episode 52 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! From Driveline HQ Driveline Baseball Certification Discount Code: podcast - use code at checkout On this week's episode of the Driveline R&D podcast episode, the boys talk about the year in review, what we are excited about for the coming year and what being back in the facility means for Driveline R&D, some future directions of MotusTHROW, how implementing technology pairing systems now can help us in the future, and we even see Caravan get a fresh new haircut without him even knowing! Last year was tough, we made the most of it, and we are extremely excited for the coming year and what it has in store for Driveline and the baseball industry as a whole. Enjoy! Aiden McIntyre's Vlog on Watch Momentum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v4di6T5pFk&t=345s Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Dean Jackson - How the Throw Works | Improving Sleep | Baseball Training | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 51 | 09 Feb 2021 | 01:12:15 | |
Live Episode 51 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With Guest, Dean Jackson @doublexcanflex on twitter Today we talked about how having experience as a competitive pitcher helps and hurts a coach's ability to train an athlete, how important sleep is and why, non-conventional baseball training, where Dean comes up with it and why he implements it into his programs, what he uses to look at biomechanical data, and much more. This was a jam packed episode with a lot of good information for trainers and sports scientists from one of the most passionate coaches in the industry. Enjoy Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Taiki Green - Driveline Roots | Watch Momentum | Trevor Bauer | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 50 | 02 Feb 2021 | 00:54:25 | |
Episode 50 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With Guest, Taiki Green @itstaiki on twitter Today we talked about how Taiki got introduced to Driveline and a lot about how Driveline has changed over the years, how Taiki's role changed not only during his time at Driveline but how that compares to his role now as co-founder and Chief Content Officer of Watch Momentum, how Momentum approaches identifying contributing factors to their media engagement, and more. Taiki is one of the original Driveline few, all the way back to the SeaTac days, and also just an incredibly fun and funny guy. Enjoy Link to the Momentum website: https://watch-momentum.com/ Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_CaravanAnthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Jason Leib (MMAI Analytics) -- UFC Fighter Pay, Jon Jones Career Deep Dive, UFC 285 | DL R&D Pod #94 | 03 Mar 2023 | 01:10:02 | |
A bit of a different pod this week -- had my friend and colleague-in-data Jason Lieb of MMAI Fight Analytics, or the early Driveline (data-driven disruptor) of MMA on. Jason's been leading the drive on investigative journaling in the seedy world of the fight business as well as deep data dives in strike by strike analysis -> we've collaborated in the past on some MMA data analysis, but we spent a good chunk of this wide ranging podcast talking about the UFC's gambling problem, modern day loopholes in MMA regulation, an in depth look at Jon Jones's career and this weekend's return against past UFC Heavyweight Interim Champ Cyril Gane, as well as a lightning fast breakdown of the rest of UFC 285. Meant to talk more baseball but had too much fun chopping it up on the UFC side and ran out of time -- let me know what you guys think of this episode and if you're interested in more cross-sports pods! Timestamps: 0:00 Intros 1:27 Jason starting MMAI + MVP Machine Inspiration 4:00 The UFC's Gambling Problem 14:00 UFC Wild West 20:13 UFC Turning 30 + Back to Gambling Problem and USADA Legitimacy 26:50 Conor McGregor Transformation + Chandler Fight Prediction 36:05 Jiri record breaking USADA tests 37:32 Jon Jones's Return 41:35 Jason's breakdown of Jones's style and progression 57:53 Jones/Gane Prediction 1:01:20 Future of UFC Heavyweight Division 1:04:20 UFC 285 Picks Twitters: Alex Caravan -- https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Jason Leib -- https://twitter.com/mmai_analytics | |||
| Ethan Moore - How to Get a Job in a MLB Front Office | Baseball Analytics | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep. 49 | 26 Jan 2021 | 01:04:35 | |
Episode 49 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With Guest, Ethan Moore @Moore_Stats on twitter Today we talked about how Ethan approached getting his new role in the front office with the Minnesota Twins, how statistics education has helped his baseball analytics projects, his progression of work as a student manager with the baseball team in college, his methods for disseminating information to an audience, and much more. Ethan is a very smart guy, has contributed immensely to public baseball research, and is going to do great things in the baseball analytics world, you'll definitely enjoy this one. Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Deven Morgan - How to Approach Youth Baseball | Driveline Academy | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep. 48 | 19 Jan 2021 | 01:07:14 | |
Episode 48 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With Guest, Deven Morgan @devenmorgan on twitter This week we talked about the current state of youth baseball, what should be different about training youth athletes vs. trained adult athletes, why the current youth baseball industry is flawed in how they approach winning vs. development, how bio-banding can help solve the problem about differences in physical development rate at the youth level, and much more passionate discussion about helping young athletes get better. Deven is one of the most passionate people at Driveline about making the game of baseball better, and this episode does a good job capturing what he thinks is a good direction for the industry to go in. Enjoy! Link to Deven's favorite rap song of all time (on Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/track/3modItPxv7WPVIuSMLW496?si=e3C0dYZTQzmvZaItPU81lw Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Barton Smith - Measuring & Explaining Seam Shifted Wake Pitches | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 47 | 12 Jan 2021 | 01:11:35 | |
Episode 47 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With Guest, Barton Smith @NotRealCertain on twitter Today we talked about how Barton got interested in the idea of Seam Shifted Wake, the best pitches to take advantage of Seam Shifted Wake, how to measure it without having Hawkeye at your disposal, examples of pitchers who take advantage of the it, determining who should attempt to use it, and much much more about a very interesting topic at the forefront of the Pitch Physics and Pitch Design discussion in baseball right now. Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||
| Count Induced Pitch Type Differences | How Crop Hopping Affects Elbow Load | New Lead Leg Block Metrics | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 46 | 05 Jan 2021 | 01:07:24 | |
Episode 46 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! Today we had (probably) too long of an intro again like the old days, recapped the Christmas open-source twitter account under five thousand followers tournament, talked about count-induced pitch type differences using Yu Darvish as Exhibit A, mentioned a sweet R&D Podcast exclusive deal for training at Driveline TX and Arizona, that's right, we are coming south baby, described some new ways we are looking at the lead leg block before we get force plates installed in the mound, and then finished up with a research article about the effects of crow hopping on arm stress. It was nice to be back choppin' it up with the co-hosts and talking a little bit about what WE have been up to. Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ | |||