Driveline Academy Youth Baseball Podcast

End of Summer Listener Q&A Episode We're back! You've got questions, we've got answers, so Deven did a whole episode doing nothing but tacking great user submitted questions on off-season training, youth field dimensions, throwing programs, -5 bats and more! Learn more about Driveline Academy Flex here: https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/academy-flex/ Develop bat speed with our Yout...

But Wait It Gets Worse! Summer Pitching Abuse Not to turn the pod into your local evening news, where if it bleeds, it leads, but man do we have some terrible stuff to cover today! Willie Mays, Rickwood Field, Reggie Jackson & Racism 10 year old teams who have played more than 90 games on the year Pitch counts approaching 200 over the course of a tournament weekend Big leaguers who can't t...

Navigating Tournament Baseball Safely In this episode Deven and Jeremy talk about the value that's included in the Skills That Scale training manual, games you can play in catch play to make it engaging, how to navigate tournament baseball safely and the need for love and support from coaches and parents. Learn more about Driveline Academy Flex here: https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/academy-f...

The Intersection of Kendrick Lamar, Youth Baseball & Learning Through Loss You mean to tell me that the Kendrick v Drake rap battle intersects with some of the core concepts that we want all players in youth baseball to understand? You bet your behind it does. Learn more about Driveline Academy Flex here: https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/academy-flex/ Develop bat speed with our Youth Power Ba...

How To Make Sense of Pre-Teen Baseball Results When kids at the pre-teen level of baseball can look like they're either underdeveloped children of full blown adults due to the non-linear nature of biological growth, it takes a lot to unpack the results of competitition. So let's talk about how to make sense of the "test" when it comes to evaluating youth baseball competence in a...

The Future of Youth Training: Driveline Academy Flex In this episode, Deven Morgan and Jeremy discuss the developmental journey of Jack Butler, a young baseball player who overcame early physical limitations through consistent training and perseverance, ultimately achieving impressive performance statistics. They also delve into the broader debate on youth baseball training, particularly the role...

The Future of Youth Training: Driveline Academy Flex Deven and Jeremy are joined by Zac Morain to talk Driveline Academy Flex - making Driveline's system of data driven training acessible to every kid in the country. Learn more about Driveline Academy Flex here: https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/academy-flex/ Develop bat speed with our Youth Power Bat for just $99! https://www.drivelinebasebal...

SPECIAL ACADEMY STAFF EPISODE! We're joined by Connor Stratton, Erik Kozak and Conner Reynolds to talk all things FieldLevel recruiting and the ASH test for shoulder health. You can find the Youth Power Bat on our website here for just $99! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/youth-power-trainer/ Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual is shipping now! https://www....

Solving Youth Arm Injuries in Just 2 Steps Fixing the systems that got us to this place - with an unprecendented amount of youth throwing injuries happening - at scale is pretty simple actually: #1 - Universal rule set #2 - Universale reporting Just becaues it's simple doesn't mean that it'll be easy, so let's talk about it! You can find the Youth Power Bat on our website here for...

How To Help Struggling Hitters How to think about helping struggling hitters, starting with understanding what the problem actually is, then how to best address it. You can find the Youth Power Bat on our website here for just $99! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/youth-power-trainer/ Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual is shipping now! https://www.drivelinebase...

Digging Into The Details of Youth Arm Injuries Lance Lynn letting it rip, "Artificial" velocity development and issues / considerations and best practices that you should think about if you want your youth player to stay healthy. You can find the Youth Power Bat on our website here for just $99! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/youth-power-trainer/ Skills That Scale: The Complet...

Mailbag Episode! Answering Listener Questions You guys gave us great questions. We tackled them. Let's do this again! You can find the Youth Power Bat on our website here for just $99! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/youth-power-trainer/ Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual is shipping now! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/skills-that-scale-training...

What Is The Point of Little League? (hint: it's development and engagement) The central topic of the episode, inspired by a listener's question, revolves around the purpose of Little League baseball. The question poses a dilemma between focusing on success, particularly in Little League All-Stars, and ensuring a fun experience for all players. The hosts delve into this discussion by arguin...

Giving Love to HS Coaches / Fundamentally Wrong Hitting Fundamentals The boys are back in town © Thin Lizzy! Deven and Jeremy are reunited, talking about the love that HS baseball coaches have for teaching the game, HS tryouts, the start of the LL and HS seasons and then a fun segment tearing apart the "fundamental" hitting advice given by a guy who should probably pay as much attention...

Building Better Bat Speed With Our New Youth Power Trainer In this episode you guys get an exclusive in-depth preview of our new Youth Power Bat, the research and process of getting it built, along with why swing weight - aka moment of inertia - is the defining characteristic of any bat. You can find the Youth Power Bat on our website here for just $99! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/yo...

Whiplash, Weighted Balls and Filling Emotional Gas Tanks A return of the solo podcast! Deven does this show all on his own, and goes fairly unhinged about some of the misniformation surrounding the safety of weighted ball training, the movie Whiplash and the benefits of teaching and coaching with love to fill our player's emotional gas tanks instead of the constant negativity loop that is unfo...

The Difference Between Learning & Losing Is Context In this episode we talk about the positive culture of our program down in our Arizona, the developmental possibilities when athletes are given the freedom to learn how to move in a way that works for them instead of being forced to arbitrarily move the "right" way, and then spend a whole bunch of time on the need for coaches and par...

Getting Ready For The Season The Right & The Wrong Way In this episode we spend a good amount of time talking about how to get ready for the season - things that you can do that will help kids go into their first games feeling strong and healthy...as well as the things you can do that ain't that. On top of that we talk a lot about the myth of sport specific training for kids who's ages...

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

Struggle, Character Building and Choosing To Do Hard Things Whether it's doing drill work off of a roof, biased takes by large MLB content accounts or the heartwarming moments that come from applauding a kid's hard work even if they aren't seeing the results they want, it's another wonderful week in youth baseball! Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual is s...

Prove Me Wrong! Debate on Training Topics w/ Eric Kozak Deven is joined by Driveline Triple OG Eric Kozak for a healthy - and friendly - debate about a variety of training topics in youth baseball. We get into the weeds of what we do, why we do it, and how convinced we are that our way is the right way. Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual is shipping now! https://www.dri...

Youth Bat Speed Training | Grades Matter for Recruiting We're back, the mic's work, and we're talking about bat speed training - pairing movement speed with movement accuracy using our new Youth Underload Smash Bat - as well as the importance of grades when it comes to opening up doors in recruiting. Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual is shipping now! https:...

Feeling Thankful / Turning Lemons into Lemonade Development Stories With sales of the Skills That Scale book taking off, and our Youth Underload Smash Bats nearly selling out in 1 day, Deven does a solo pod where he feels very thankful for being a part of this community - the good and the bad - that is youth baseball. Pre-order for the Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual...

ABCA Recap & Being "Crazy" About Youth Player Development After many long hours on the convention floor, and just as many hours on planes and in airports, the boys are back from ABCA. We recap the show, and talk in depth about how it feels to be seen as "crazy" when you're doing something different in youth baseball. Let's get nuts. Pre-order for the Skills That Sca...

Development Requires Different Choices You can't make the same choices as everyone else, hope that you'll get a different developmental result, and then be surprised when you end up in the same place. Pre-order for the Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual is now live! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/skills-that-scale-training-manual/ ⬇️ Hosts ⬇️ Deven Mo...