Driveline R&D Podcast
105 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -Driveline Research & Drinks. A round table discussion about research and development at Driveline Baseball hosted by Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley. Insights to navigating this new technology-rich baseball world and how we think about things within R&D at Driveline, while also throwing back a few of our favorite brews.
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Jeremy Tecktiel on How Driveline Revolutionizing Youth Academy Baseball Training | R&D Pod #99
June 02, 2023 16:29 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBFun 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 multipl...
Tanner Stokey, Andrew Aydt, Josh Herzenberg: Driveline MLB Hitting Success & Inventing Smash Factor Balls! #98
May 28, 2023 21:13 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBBanger 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 s...
Chris Langin on Driveline Training 50 MLB Pitchers, Rule Changes & Sweepers! Driveline R&D Pod #97
May 20, 2023 01:34 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBHad 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 I...
Mitch Viydo | Driveline, Mariners, Seattle Studs | Are MLB Rule Changes Good For Fan Interest? | #96
March 26, 2023 03:01 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBHad 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...
Maxx Garrett - Modern Catcher Training | Framing Research | OG CR Stories | DL Research & Drinks #95
March 14, 2023 02:02 - 1 hour - 61 MBHad 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...
Jason Leib (MMAI Analytics) -- UFC Fighter Pay, Jon Jones Career Deep Dive, UFC 285 | DL R&D Pod #94
March 03, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBA 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 loo...
Josh Hejka | AAA NYM Sidearmer, Rehabbing TJer, DL R&D Employee -- DL Research & Drinks Episode 93
February 24, 2023 23:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBHad the homie Josh Hejka on, victim of a Franchy Cordero 116+ EV batted ball, along with all the other current titles he holds in the title of this episode. Hejka's one of the smartest, most self-aware players I know, chill af to sit down with him and hear him riff bluntly on the state of analytics in minor league baseball, his experience going through rehab, and adding to his always evolving arsenal. Enjoy and let me know if you enjoy the player episodes, will try to have a bunch more here ...
Wass & Cara Talk Upcoming SABR Presentation, Recent Sports Sci Models | R&D Podcast Episode 92
February 18, 2023 01:30 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBHad Kyle Wasserberg (Driveline Principal Sports Scientist) on -- talked new direction of sports science, the new intern class, Driveline markerless biomechanics sabermetric models, and the upcoming SABR presentation (March 11; Phoenix, AZ) as well as a recent conference presentation Wass hit last week! (Also ya boi's gonna try to snag a bunch of in-person pods at SABR so if you want to be on or link up drop me a line on Twitter!) Also...cat fans may want to tune in for this one is all I'll s...
Return of the Driveline Research & Drinks Pod????
February 10, 2023 22:26 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBWell...changing of the guard :cry-emjo:. Ya boi is manning this pod w/o his past vaunted co-hosts, let's see how this ish goes! First episode back had the new heads of Driveline R&D: Kyle Boddy, Max Engelbrekt, and Garrett York. Talked shift in vision and focus of both the pod and Driveline Research and Development, TRAQ in Australia, OpenBiomechanics, plus some department hiring updates. Link to the OpenBiomechanics Repo: https://github.com/drivelineresearch/openbiomechanics Timestamp...
Weighted Ball Variation Training | Bill Hezel and David Besky | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 90
August 01, 2022 13:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBEpisode 90 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 we have Director of Pitching Bill Hezel and Coordinator of Player Development Analytics David Besky on the podcast to talk new Plyoballs that are being released, how they can be used to better individualize training and achieve b...
Latin America Player Dev'l | Armando Benavides, Max Dutto, Juan Rodriguez | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 89
July 25, 2022 13:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBWith 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 bring...
MEET THE INTERNS SUMMER 2022 | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 88
July 18, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBEpisode 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...
Vicram Kotecha | Sports Data Engineering | Stanley Cup Avs | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 87
July 11, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBEpisode 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 c...
Kyle Boddy and Marek Ramilo | Evolution of Sabermetrics | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 86
June 20, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBEpisode 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 devel...
Alex Harter | How Middlebury Broke all the DIII Baseball Records | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 85
June 13, 2022 13:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBEpisode 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 bang...
Tanner Stokey and Andrew Aydt | Progressions to Improve Bat Path | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 84
May 30, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBEpisode 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! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ 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-sea...
Balancing Weight Room and Skills Training | Individualizing Athlete Needs | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 83
May 23, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBEpisode 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 ...
Alyson 'Infield Fly Girl' Mitchell | CPBL Funnest ⚾ League In the World? | Driveline R&D Pod Epi 82
May 16, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBEpisode 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...
What is Ben Joyce's Wins Above Replacement?? | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 81
May 09, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBEpisode 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 tha...
Bill Hezel | Driveline Pitching: MLB, Command+, In-Season Monitoring | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 80
May 02, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBEpisode 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 ...
The Ben (Jones) & (Jared) Jerry (Skolnicki) Epi | Sports Sci Research | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 79
April 25, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBEpisode 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 Intro...
Joe 'Yabin' Marsh | The Beginning of Driveline R&D | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 78
April 18, 2022 06:48 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBEpisode 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: ...
John Soteropulos | Applying Hitting Sabermetrics, Motion Capture, Tech | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 77
April 11, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBEpisode 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 xwOB...
Connor White | The Future of Data Driven High Performance | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 76
April 04, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBEpisode 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 sprink...
Just The Boyz | Energy Flow + Broad Jump, Lateral Bound Performance | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 75
March 28, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBEpisode 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...
Chris Langin | When to Add a Sweeper to Your Pitch Arsenal | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 74
March 21, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBEpisode 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 ou...
Brandon Mann | 18 Year Pro: MLB, NPB, CPBL | OG DL Trainee to DL Trainer | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 73
March 14, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBEpisode 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 o...
David Besky & Kyle Wasserberger | Applied v Academic Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 72
March 07, 2022 07:10 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBEpisode 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 valuabl...
Eric Jagers 2 | New Age Player Dev'l | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 71
February 28, 2022 17:51 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBEpisode 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 o...
Nick Martinez | Tracking Workload in the Big Leagues with PULSE | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 70
February 21, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBEpisode 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...
Can Brady throw 94 this year? | Plyo Velo tips | The Latest PULSE Research | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 69
February 14, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBEpisode 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 Anth...
Eno Sarris - The New Frontier of Biomechanics | Barry Bonds HOF Voting | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 68
February 08, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBEpisode 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 ...
Jason Ochart - MLB Hitting Adjustability | Aspects of Elite Coaching | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 67
February 03, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBEpisode 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), ...
Max Dutto - Driveline Director of Hitting | Future of Hitting Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 66
January 28, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBEpisode 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. A few audio hiccups along the way but we get them dialed pretty quickly this tim...
Max Dutto - Driveline Director of Player Development | Future of Hitting Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 66
January 28, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBEpisode 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. A few audio hiccups along the way but we get them dialed pretty quickly this tim...
Chris Langin - Driveline Analytics Course | Taking Risks for Big League Potential | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 65
January 21, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBEpisode 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 di...
WE'RE BACK BABY | ABCA 2022 Thoughts | Rachel Balkovec MILB Manager | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 64
January 14, 2022 16:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBEpisode 64 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. It's been a minute since we had the whole gang back together. Finally got around to recording a podcast for you all. Looking to get these out more regularly as we find time in our hectic schedules, make sure to keep touch with us on ...
MEET THE INTERNS ROUND 2 | Driveline R&D Pod Ep. 63
August 30, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 77.5 MBEpisode 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 h...
MEET THE INTERNS | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 62
August 10, 2021 00:19 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBEpisode 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 (i...
Driveline PULSE - Throwing Workload Management | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 61
July 20, 2021 16:15 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBLive 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 ab...
How to Get a Job in Baseball | Predicting Fastball Velocity and Bat Speed | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 60
April 13, 2021 00:51 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBEpisode 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...
Noah Thurm - 2021 Sabermetrics | Learning Analytics | Pitching w/ Pine Tar | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 59
April 06, 2021 01:42 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBEpisode 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 pub...
SABR Recap | Analytics Bad for Baseball? | Hitting Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 58
March 30, 2021 00:58 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBEpisode 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...
Vanderbilt Baseball AA Team? | Shortened Arm Actions | Youth Coachisms | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 57
March 23, 2021 02:05 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBEpisode 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 coa...
Rachel Luba - Using Data in Free Agency | How to Grow Your Social Media | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 56
March 16, 2021 15:59 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBEpisode 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 yo...
Michael Ressler - Comparing Baseball Techs | Biomechanics Resources | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 55
March 09, 2021 02:12 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBEpisode 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 ...
Athlete Biomechanics Meeting | How to Interpret Driveline Biomechanics Reports | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 54
March 02, 2021 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBEpisode 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 li...
EDGE Reports in 2021 | Biomechanics Data Nuances | Weighted Ball Study | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 53
February 23, 2021 02:28 - 1 hour - 59 MBEpisode 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 vi...
Last Year in Review | 1-Year Anniversary | What's in Store for 2021 | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 52
February 16, 2021 04:06 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBEpisode 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 hel...
Dean Jackson - How the Throw Works | Improving Sleep | Baseball Training | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 51
February 09, 2021 02:56 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBLive 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 p...