Tanner Stokey and Andrew Aydt | Progressions to Improve Bat Path | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 84

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!

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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

0:00 Intros

6:40 Aydt's road to Driveline

13:43 Stokey's road to Driveline

24:20 What is Driveline?

27:56 In-season training  

30:36 "Driveline guys" back then

31:15 Progression of Driveline hitting since 2017

32:25 Using the Big 3 to individualize training

40:00 Biggest unlock for Driveline hitting

45:40 Data making you better at not needing data

50:39 Coaching characteristics that we hire for

55:31 Where Ecological Dynamics could go wrong in hitting

58:12 The value of year-round training (Advantage Plan)

1:00:27 Mastering the correct training environment

1:02:18 Chasing bat path instead over attack angle

1:06:12 Smash Factor Balls & Training bat to ball skills  

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_

Tanner Stokey: https://twitter.com/Tstokey

Andrew Aydt: https://twitter.com/AndrewAydt