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

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