Stephen Hart
@StephenHart17
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Pitching Development | High Performance | Formerly @DrivelineBB , @lakeeriestorm | BS, MBA, CSCS
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I've decided to create an account on medium. It will be a place to compile a variety of my thoughts about pitching development, high performance, leadership, management, books I've read, etc.
Check it out if you're interested
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This past fall, freshman Anthony Berrios was 78-80 on the bump in intersquads. Today, he hit 90 for the first time. The whole staff went nuts. It was pretty tight. Check out thread below for a quick summary of how we attacked his development
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My freshman year of college I topped at 74. Since then my only goal was to throw 90+. 6 years later, I finally did it. I owe it all to
@drivelinebases
and the entire
@DrivelineBB
staff. Looking back on it, becoming a remote client was the best decision I've ever made
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If you want to “train command”, start by putting a target on your plyo wall.
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Training tip: Learn to be okay with your velocity not increasing every week. Or sometimes even every month
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Come for the environment. Stay for the development.
@likemopresti
with a nice 4oz PR here at 97.5!
S/o to
@seancoyne14
for the 80 grade velo slap
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In my first appearance in beer league I gave up a dinger. Fuck baseball
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If there was one pitcher (current or former) you would want to see throw in our lab
@DrivelineBB
, who would it be?
No doubt, I want to see
@DTrainMLB
!
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Huge s/o to remote trainee
@Jacksonkvaughan
for hitting a
#QuarantinePR
of 90 today (yes with a baseball)!! He's been working his tail off the past month and it's paying off big time! That lead leg tho 👀
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THREAD: Player development should involve tracking everything. Cues used for specific movement deficiencies, whether or not the cues worked, recording all measurables (velo, feet thrown, RPE, m/s, etc), type of program used, program modifications (if any, and the why behind it),
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“We don’t throw them colored balls here”
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After a series sweep this weekend, our pitching staff ended the regular season with a school record of 400 K’s, good for a 9.52 K/9! Shattering our record set last yr of 342 K’s (8.75 K/9). Unbelievably proud of our guys and what they have been able to accomplish thus far!! 🤘🤘
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Weird flex but ok
No more telling hitters to spit on bad pitches. Let's start instructing to blink on 'em - way cooler.
@damselndadugout
noticed one of our hitters consistently blinking halfway through ball flight on his takes!! Not fooled by
@StephenHart17
up there on the mound
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Recently, a good portion of my spare time has been devoted to reviewing notes from grad school and reading on investment strategies. In doing so, I came across this visual regarding the essence of long term investing.
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I’ve been working with
@Jacksonkvaughan
for a few months now through our remote training program. Today, I had the pleasure of working with him in person! It’s been fun as hell being a small part of his development 🤘🤘
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You want to “get into your glute”? Start feeling your right arch and big toe.
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Focusing on sub max effort movement quality will only get you so far. At some point, you’re gonna have to send it
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“Wear your pulse”
Pope Francis reveals 3 key words for every successful marriage
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Ever wonder what optimal pitching development looks like from a macro perspective?
Are you covering all your bases?
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Fast forward to today, he punched a 9. Anthony was very involved with his development plan. He understood the process, and attacked it. The future looks bright 🔥
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Yesterday one of my former fellow assistants from Lake Erie,
@VincentLicursi
, now HC at
@BSCBobcatsOH
, asked me a great Q: What would be your TOP 10 musts for a development focused program?
After taking some time to think, I've compiled a short list. THREAD📈📈⬇️⬇️
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Idk why collegiate coaches put an emphasis on P's shagging during pre game BP. Shouldn't they actually prep to, idk, throw and pitch?
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Today in live ABs, Junior RHP
@chris_mutter
set a new PR of 92.4 and soph OF
@petersont30
hit a 453 ft dinger with an EV of 113. It was tight
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If you're in season, the time for 'training' is largely over. It's time to compete. Don't be that guy on the bus with the terrible stat line, yet exclaiming "yeah yeah but I PR'd though"
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Train is leaving the station. Better get on board
BIG day in the office here as our
@DrivelineBB
shipment has arrived. Still have more on the way, but this is a pretty good start. MANY thanks to
@drivelinebases
&
@AxeBat
for supporting our players training here
@CharlotteBSB
.
#GoldStandard
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Athletes, “paralysis by analysis” is a real thing. Is it good to ask questions and learn about the throw sometimes? Of course. But sometimes you just need to shut up and try to break a PR. Stop trying to be cute all the time.
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The days of using pitch counts are over.
The age of workload management has begun
Introducing Pulse.
Build a throwing program tailored to your biomechanics.
Know your optimal training range every day. Then let it eat.
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Typically, Saturdays are one of our higher intensity days for our HS athletes. This morning I noticed one of my athletes absolutely crushing all of his PRs. So I made him a bet. If he threw a grey plyo 85.5+ (previous PR was 82.6) I would be his chauffeur to the prom.
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Huge s/o to remote trainee
@Jacksonkvaughan
for hitting a
#QuarantinePR
of 90 today (yes with a baseball)!! He's been working his tail off the past month and it's paying off big time! That lead leg tho 👀
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I’m excited for this! Looks like we have a nice little Friday planned. Will we discuss mechanics? Programming? Drill modifications? Are the Star Wars prequels are good? I don’t know. I don’t know if we’ll have enough time
We had a great response to our first AMA, so our pitching trainers
@billhezel
and
@StephenHart17
will be holding another this Friday at 1PM Pacific Time!
Submit your questions and you'll receive a Zoom link later this week 📩
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Elite content here
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Anecdotally, I think people vastly underestimate how long it takes to put on actual muscle mass
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Here is one of my favorite, and one of the first,
@DrivelineBB
blogs I ever read. It's an oldie but a goodie.
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As a redshirt guy, myself and (former) HC
@Castro_Turf
knew we had a full year to develop Anthony. So we got to work. The low hanging fruit was improving his BW and strength numbers. First weigh in on 8/24-167.6. Our goal was to add weight .5-1lb/week. I’d say he nailed it
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The rebirth of Steve "the motus man". Each of our pitchers has their own unit! Data collection with motus and rapsodo begins next week
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I think we’ll look back and realize the average coach/player overvalued mechanics and undervalued the raw physical qualities the majority of elite throwers exhibit.
Hopefully it doesn’t take us 10 years.
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Ever wanted a quick reference guide for all our plyocare balls? I got you ⬇️⬇️
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That's an A1 gif right there
Why do I pound on Driveline? Because of videos like this. This is every trick/shortcut in the book...
- Flying Open
- FAS
- Timing
I get teaching this to college pitchers who topped out, but not to kids.
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Pitchers should swing bats of various weights in both directions. Train rotation.
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That arm action difference is bananas! The athletes at Inspiration Academy are in good hands! No doubt 🤘
Our athlete here struggled with clean arm action while performing roll-ins, so I decided to try
@StephenHart17
idea of a catch/throw variation. Catching the ball in motion helped the athlete speed up the arm, create a clean elbow spiral, prevent a high elbow climb&create more HSS
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It’s common for in gym trainees to be surprised at how much goes into training with us (ie. Velocity training and throwing plyos is just scratching the surface).
Great thread and insights into the meticulous process of pitch design
THREAD:
Skye "Supination" Selinsky's SL development
Given Skye's Baseline Bullpen Metrics from his first week:
FF: ~75% efficiency
CB: - ~12.5 ticks off the heater, -11" VB, 16" Sweep
We strongly inferred that he was a natural candidate for a Sweeping Slider.
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Looks like
@conhinch
is slowly coming for the blue WW record with a hawt 76 🔥 hey
@BrianMarconi4
we’ll be waiting for your rebuttal
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Excited to get back into the trenches and continue to push the field of player development!
#drivelinefamily
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When
@kylelindley_
asks for arms for Live ABs for gaze tracking data, you gotta answer the call! Back at it Saturday
Practice what you preach! Throwing trainer
@StephenHart17
with the dirrrrrrty change. Sorry
@cdavis8hits
🤣
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Being so far away from any competition date, pulldowns were the ex of choice for his velo phase. And saw some decent gradual progress. “Get violent” was a big cue to unlock the needed intent to throw hard.
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There are many factors that can help drive program design. Here are some of the (more broad) factors that I now consider when writing programs.
What are some of the key components you consider?
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Today feels like Christmas Eve! Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things tomorrow 🙌
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Congratulations to pitchers Evan Layne, David LeMasters, and Ryan Middendorf for earning honorable mention, 1st team, and 2nd team all conference honors, respectively. They combined for an ERA of 3.50, while striking out 209 in 187.2 IP!
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Presenting shouldn't be about talking at your audience and reading off your (probably too cluttered) slides. But more about understanding your audiences' needs and being able to tell a story. Connecting with them and communicating your message in a clear and concise manner.
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On the strength side, the focus was hypertrophy and later strength. Squat, bench or deads were prioritized each day followed by an assistance lift meant to directly improve the main lift that day (think BB bench w/ BB pin press). Followed by supplemental GPP exercises.
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Nothing fancy, just a well executed and socially distant drop step from gap year trainee
@Benjaminmoor3
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Marketing 101: People buy from people who they like, know, and trust.
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Reasons why I probably don't throw hard:
1) I throw at 8am
2) I don't consume caffeine
3) I can't do a between the legs dunk
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On the throwing side, the Fall was about getting strong and developing a base fitness level for throwing. Maintaining a proper balance in training economy is huge. Therefore, no “velo days” were performed. Instead, we focused on LT with 7/6/5oz balls and some plyos.
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Pretty tight right here
Driveline Baseball extended shoutout (or commerical 😀) during the Indians game.
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Super excited to learn more about workload management and the application of
@MotusGlobal
on player development from one of the brightest minds in the industry
@Kinetic_Pro
!
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Ever want direct access to a trainer in the palm of your hand?
If you have a PLUS membership and aren’t in our slack channel, you’re missing out!
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One of the more under appreciated aspects of
@MotusGlobal
is ATH accountability and program adherence, especially for remote athletes.
Below is a chart showing an ATH's ACW and 1DW over the course of a 3 wk period.
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The importance of quantifying workload using
@MotusGlobal
⬇️⬇️
When programming ATH for a velo phase, we must do our due diligence to make sure they are prepared to throw max effort for their high intent days. For in gym athletes, this is commonly done on Monday and Friday.
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Bit of a crude way to think of it, but developing athletes is largely a guess and check process. Collecting and utilizing data just makes it a more educated guess.
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Excited for this blog series to finally be released! 🙌
Have you ever worked with an athlete who struggled to see long term progress in developing velocity? Try this programming solution outlined in the first part of a new blog series from
@StephenHart17
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How has the way you trained athletes evolved over the last 1-2 years? Be it methods used, frameworks, etc. Even if the change is very subtle, I think this introspective exercise is useful. Drop a comment⬇️from your own reflection
🧵on how my methods have changed...
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As I learn more and more about how to read and interpret motion capture reports, I think it's pretty incredible how we can quantify an athletes' deficiencies. But I find it even more interesting seeing how an athlete can overcome those deficiencies by displaying
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Steve's Life Hacks
#1
: Flex in front of a car window. It won't help your velo. But at least you'll look jacked and feel good about yourself
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Andy Reid? More like Andy can barely Reid (with that mask)
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This athlete assessed just over a month ago. After looking at his motion capture report, we can see several arm action inefficiencies accompanied with some poor upper/lower body positions. In order to not overwhelm the athlete, the primary focus for pivot picks and scap
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Still one of my favorite videos
DRIVELINE LABS PRESENTS: Impulse training | APRIL FOOLS EDITION 🔥🔥🐰🐰💯💯
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This whole “quad vs glute” dominant lower half idea is silly IMO. Especially arguing that one is absolutely better than the other
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One of the best books we had to read in grad school, Chess not checkers, reads, “Most employers are trying to extract value from their people. If you foster dreams, you’ll be adding value to their lives.” Well said here.
Managers check “on” employees and concern themselves with meticulously tracking output.
Leaders check “in on” employees and concern themselves with over-delivering on support in order to facilitate increased output.
Your people crave leadership more than management.
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May not be Saturday, but I still want to
#showsomelove
to one of our HS athletes. This athlete came to us in late August averaging 70mph. On the throwing side, one of his lowest hanging fruits was utilizing his lead leg more effectively.
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And this is just the beginning! Let’s go
@Castro_Turf
Lorain native, former Lake Erie College coach Cameron Castro making his mark as minor-league pitching coach
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It’s inspiring to see athletes finding ways to get in their work during this time. If you’re training at home and hit a PR, I want to see it! Reply to this thread or use the hashtag
#QuarantinePR
🔥 💯
Looks like
@conhinch
is slowly coming for the blue WW record with a hawt 76 🔥 hey
@BrianMarconi4
we’ll be waiting for your rebuttal
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from his 4FB. In the second clip, we made a slight adjustment moving his fingers off the seam and cued throwing this next one "side arm". This cue caused his middle finger to alter the spin direction to something much more desirable.
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A fan at the tribe game sitting near me:
“Do something fucking majestic!”
**hitter whiffs**
“Not that!”
Good ol’ Cleveland
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Officially interning as a strength coach for the Trenton Thunder, minor league affiliate team of the Yankees!!
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