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Respect The ProcessCommercial Filmmaking Insights from Advertising Veteran Anthony Vagnoni.Advertising industry veteran Anthony Vagnoni and I had an insightful discussion on the evolving landscape of commercial filmmaking and marketing. With decades of experience spanning roles in publishing, PR, and production, Vagnoni provides a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing up-and-coming directors. From the importance of self-promotion to the shifting dynamics between agencies, brands, and vendors, this conversation offers valuable guidance for filmmakers navigating the complexities of the modern advertising world. A great chat and thank you Anthony! Here's a sweet piece Anthony and Simian's Chandler Atton did on yours truly. NEXT BOOTCAMP I...
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Beyond PodcastBeyond Podcast featuring Arlington Super Sophomore Brady BekkenhuisBrady is a super dominate and super focused sophomore who excels in all sports. Standing at 6'6 295 during football season, Brady is one of the biggest and top O lineman Prospects in the state. His size and frame alone will be attracting a lot of coaches. On top of that Brady is currently also 23-0 wrestler for the Spy Ponders as well as being a captain of the team. Brady is something special and take the time to hear the story. 3.5 Current GPA sky is the limit for Brady.
2024-01-2236 min
Driveline R&D PodcastMitch Viydo | Driveline, Mariners, Seattle Studs | Are MLB Rule Changes Good For Fan Interest? | #96Had 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:
0:00 Intros
3:00 Mitch Playing Background
5:37 Mitch with the Ms Organization
2023-03-261h 03Driveline R&D PodcastWeighted Ball Variation Training | Bill Hezel and David Besky | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 90Episode 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 better results, the tools we've created to determine which weights each player should throw, and some general updates on i...
2022-08-0146 minDriveline R&D PodcastLatin America Player Dev'l | Armando Benavides, Max Dutto, Juan Rodriguez | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 89With 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 bringing modern player development research to international markets and delved into Armando's r...
2022-07-2553 minDriveline R&D PodcastMEET THE INTERNS SUMMER 2022 | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 88Episode 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
1:38 Ethan Siegel
2:30 Pitching for MIT
4:40 Gamifyin...
2022-07-181h 01Driveline R&D PodcastVicram Kotecha | Sports Data Engineering | Stanley Cup Avs | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 87Episode 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 companies
21:00 Software Engineering practices
23:00 Vic sdding Driveline slang to lexicon
2022-07-1150 min
Driveline R&D PodcastKyle Boddy and Marek Ramilo | Evolution of Sabermetrics | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 86Episode 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 development industry as a whole. Boddy also namedrops dozens of people, Caravan tells 1 or 2 unsolicited s...
2022-06-201h 24Driveline R&D PodcastAlex Harter | How Middlebury Broke all the DIII Baseball Records | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 85Episode 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 banger. Alex talks about how he got into Driveline, some things he learned throughout h...
2022-06-1352 minDriveline R&D PodcastTanner Stokey and Andrew Aydt | Progressions to Improve Bat Path | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 84Episode 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-season support, and we also talked about how to improve hitting training environments, how training changes based on tim...
2022-05-301h 16Driveline R&D PodcastBalancing Weight Room and Skills Training | Individualizing Athlete Needs | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 83Episode 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...
2022-05-231h 15Driveline R&D PodcastAlyson 'Infield Fly Girl' Mitchell | CPBL Funnest ⚾ League In the World? | Driveline R&D Pod Epi 82Episode 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 baseball teams on Twitter!
Timestamps
0:00 Intros
3:47 Alyson's CPBL fandom
6:47 3:30 AM Game Wa...
2022-05-161h 05Driveline R&D PodcastWhat is Ben Joyce's Wins Above Replacement?? | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 81Episode 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 that just came out (https://osf.io/hwcpx/) and...
2022-05-091h 05Driveline R&D PodcastBill Hezel | Driveline Pitching: MLB, Command+, In-Season Monitoring | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 80Episode 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 some exciting new stuff we've got to offer our athletes now like our intended zones command training, biometric tracking, wo...
2022-05-021h 17Driveline R&D PodcastThe Ben (Jones) & (Jared) Jerry (Skolnicki) Epi | Sports Sci Research | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 79Episode 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 Intros/Ben&Jerry flavors
4:00 Ben's Background
12:18 Jerry's Background
20:37...
2022-04-251h 18
Driveline R&D PodcastJoe 'Yabin' Marsh | The Beginning of Driveline R&D | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 78Episode 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:
0:00 Intros
2:14 Linking up with Boddy
6:20 The Joe...
2022-04-181h 18Driveline R&D PodcastJohn Soteropulos | Applying Hitting Sabermetrics, Motion Capture, Tech | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 77Episode 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 xwOBACON!
(Only way this episode could have been more gas was if the last story didn't get cut...
2022-04-111h 05
WISEUPBRADY on the TOPICThe slap heard around the world is the second most talked about Topic in 2022. Brady Corporation is a global leader in safety, identification,
and compliance solutions. Dustin Stumpf Senior Product Manager at Brady Corporation stopped by WiseUP from Wise Components to let us know Brady in once again innovative and brings to the table user friendly products. Listen up as we go into what Brady Corporation has in store for 2022. Trusted for over century and with 70 locations in over 30 countries Brady can help you identify and properly label everything.
For reliable solutions check out BradyID.com...
2022-04-0630 minDriveline R&D PodcastConnor White | The Future of Data Driven High Performance | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 76Episode 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 sprinkled in throughout this episode too.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intros
5:40 C White...
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TownrootzRocky's Market - Brady Bellis#019 - Today we talked to Brady Bellis from Oakland’s Rocky’s Market. The original store is located in the Oakmore neighborhood (440 Leimert Blvd, Oakland). Rocky’s is more than a local independent grocery store, it is a community fixture. "we know so many people on a first name basis”.AND“we provide a lot of local food and we've worked with farmers to bring produce in and try to maintain that feel of being a neighborhood place and we generally get that feedback from our customers that that's why they shop there because th...
2022-03-3128 minDriveline R&D PodcastJust The Boyz | Energy Flow + Broad Jump, Lateral Bound Performance | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 75Episode 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 MoCap'ing Intended Zones
16:40 Brady's 3-sport peformance
18:45 Ryan Budnick S/o
2...
2022-03-281h 02Driveline R&D PodcastChris Langin | When to Add a Sweeper to Your Pitch Arsenal | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 74Episode 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 out in this episode!
Timestamps: 0:00 Intros...
2022-03-211h 14Driveline R&D PodcastBrandon Mann | 18 Year Pro: MLB, NPB, CPBL | OG DL Trainee to DL Trainer | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 73Episode 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 of a crazy career to the current Driveline crop of trainees.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intros
5:45 B Mann...
2022-03-141h 12
The Off Duty Podcast - Law EnforcementBooks Behind The Badge - Brady Tucker - EP 82Brady Tucker is a new deputy (1 year on the job) from Nebraska.Brady is doing some really cool things to help the men and women of the profession, grow personally through books.His love for books and reading has allowed him to come up with a really creative program that he's started at his department.ABOUT BRADY TUCKER9 years in law enforcement (6 military, 2 contract from fed, 1 deputy)Host of "Books Behind The Badge" PodcastLives in NebraskaFOLLOW BRADY TUCKER:InstagramLinkedInWebsitePodcastSHOW SEGMENTS[01:38] Lead Off Question – “Why La...
2022-03-1246 minDriveline R&D PodcastDavid Besky & Kyle Wasserberger | Applied v Academic Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 72Episode 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 valuable our access to elite athletes in the lab is and what we're most looking forward to...
2022-03-071h 04Driveline R&D PodcastEric Jagers 2 | New Age Player Dev'l | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 71Episode 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 on Low Sleep
9:40 Jags still throwing + Matching intensity for athletes
14:05 Evolution of Dynamic Warmups
19:45 Jags Gymnastics Background/Proprioception F...
2022-02-281h 13Driveline R&D PodcastNick Martinez | Tracking Workload in the Big Leagues with PULSE | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 70Episode 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
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
2022-02-2156 minDriveline R&D PodcastCan Brady throw 94 this year? | Plyo Velo tips | The Latest PULSE Research | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 69Episode 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
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
2022-02-141h 32Driveline R&D PodcastEno Sarris - The New Frontier of Biomechanics | Barry Bonds HOF Voting | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 68Episode 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...
2022-02-081h 15Driveline R&D PodcastJason Ochart - MLB Hitting Adjustability | Aspects of Elite Coaching | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 67Episode 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), what it takes to be an elite coach, and more.
As always, if you're interested in beco...
2022-02-031h 32Driveline R&D PodcastMax Dutto - Driveline Director of Player Development | Future of Hitting Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 66Episode 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 time around.
As always, if you're interested in...
2022-01-281h 35Driveline R&D PodcastChris Langin - Driveline Analytics Course | Taking Risks for Big League Potential | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 65Episode 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 discussion about:
- What learning...
2022-01-211h 22Driveline R&D PodcastWE'RE BACK BABY | ABCA 2022 Thoughts | Rachel Balkovec MILB Manager | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 64Episode 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 Twitter for updates on future episodes.
Today...
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2021-10-0133 minDriveline R&D PodcastMEET THE INTERNS ROUND 2 | Driveline R&D Pod Ep. 63Episode 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
Li...
2021-08-311h 24Driveline R&D PodcastMEET THE INTERNS | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 62Episode 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!
I...
2021-08-101h 18Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline PULSE - Throwing Workload Management | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 61Live 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 about some of the first things we tackled after we acquired Motus in e...
2021-07-2044 min
The S. Anthony Thomas ShowS. Anthony With... J.M. Brady #93In this episode:
S. Anthony talks with podcaster/filmmaker J.M. Brady about independent music (He hosts a popular show where he showcases indie artists), the perils of social media and meeting listeners in real life.
Check out this episode, tell a friend, rate, and review. It would be much appreciated!
"The S. Anthony Thomas Show"
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/s-anthony-thomas
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4dd78p9ywd2rkMjz0oMJee
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesanthonythomasshow/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSAnthonyTho1
Fa...
2021-06-101h 11Driveline R&D PodcastHow to Get a Job in Baseball | Predicting Fastball Velocity and Bat Speed | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 60Episode 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 baseball in 2021. We also have some big news, we are going to take a...
2021-04-1359 minDriveline R&D PodcastNoah Thurm - 2021 Sabermetrics | Learning Analytics | Pitching w/ Pine Tar | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 59Episode 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...
2021-04-061h 02Driveline R&D PodcastSABR Recap | Analytics Bad for Baseball? | Hitting Biomechanics | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 58Episode 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 surgery but apparently bad for baseball, new lab upgrades and going back on some nuances about hitting biom...
2021-03-301h 01Driveline R&D PodcastVanderbilt Baseball AA Team? | Shortened Arm Actions | Youth Coachisms | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 57Episode 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 coachisms, short arm actions, what they are, what we think about them, and all th...
2021-03-231h 16Driveline R&D PodcastRachel Luba - Using Data in Free Agency | How to Grow Your Social Media | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 56Episode 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 you're itching to learn a b...
2021-03-1653 minDriveline R&D PodcastMichael Ressler - Comparing Baseball Techs | Biomechanics Resources | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 55Episode 55 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
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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 the future, and good resources for becoming more of an expert in biomechanics
This episode was heavy on the technical side but Mike...
2021-03-091h 18Driveline R&D PodcastAthlete Biomechanics Meeting | How to Interpret Driveline Biomechanics Reports | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 54Episode 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 listen.
Don't forget about our 10% dis...
2021-03-0238 minDriveline R&D PodcastEDGE Reports in 2021 | Biomechanics Data Nuances | Weighted Ball Study | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 53Episode 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 visiting edu.drivelinebaseball.com, selecting the certification you are interested in, and entering podcast (all u...
2021-02-231h 04Driveline R&D PodcastLast Year in Review | 1-Year Anniversary | What's in Store for 2021 | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 52Episode 52 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! From Driveline HQ
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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 help us in the future, and we even see Caravan get a...
2021-02-161h 10Driveline R&D PodcastDean Jackson - How the Throw Works | Improving Sleep | Baseball Training | Driveline R&D Pod Ep 51Live 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 packed episode with a lot of...
2021-02-091h 12Driveline R&D PodcastTaiki Green - Driveline Roots | Watch Momentum | Trevor Bauer | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 50Episode 50 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest, Taiki Green @itstaiki on twitter
Today we talked about how Taiki got introduced to Driveline and a lot about how Driveline has changed over the years, how Taiki's role changed not only during his time at Driveline but how that compares to his role now as co-founder and Chief Content Officer of Watch Momentum, how Momentum approaches identifying contributing factors to their media engagement, and more.
Taiki is one of the original Driveline few, all the wa...
2021-02-0254 minDriveline R&D PodcastEthan Moore - How to Get a Job in a MLB Front Office | Baseball Analytics | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep. 49Episode 49 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest, Ethan Moore @Moore_Stats on twitter
Today we talked about how Ethan approached getting his new role in the front office with the Minnesota Twins, how statistics education has helped his baseball analytics projects, his progression of work as a student manager with the baseball team in college, his methods for disseminating information to an audience, and much more.
Ethan is a very smart guy, has contributed immensely to public baseball research, and is going to d...
2021-01-261h 04Driveline R&D PodcastDeven Morgan - How to Approach Youth Baseball | Driveline Academy | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep. 48Episode 48 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest, Deven Morgan @devenmorgan on twitter
This week we talked about the current state of youth baseball, what should be different about training youth athletes vs. trained adult athletes, why the current youth baseball industry is flawed in how they approach winning vs. development, how bio-banding can help solve the problem about differences in physical development rate at the youth level, and much more passionate discussion about helping young athletes get better. Deven is one of the most passionate...
2021-01-191h 07Driveline R&D PodcastBarton Smith - Measuring & Explaining Seam Shifted Wake Pitches | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 47Episode 47 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest, Barton Smith @NotRealCertain on twitter
Today we talked about how Barton got interested in the idea of Seam Shifted Wake, the best pitches to take advantage of Seam Shifted Wake, how to measure it without having Hawkeye at your disposal, examples of pitchers who take advantage of the it, determining who should attempt to use it, and much much more about a very interesting topic at the forefront of the Pitch Physics an...
2021-01-121h 11Driveline R&D PodcastCount Induced Pitch Type Differences | How Crop Hopping Affects Elbow Load | New Lead Leg Block Metrics | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 46Episode 46 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
Today we had (probably) too long of an intro again like the old days, recapped the Christmas open-source twitter account under five thousand followers tournament, talked about count-induced pitch type differences using Yu Darvish as Exhibit A, mentioned a sweet R&D Podcast exclusive deal for training at Driveline TX and Arizona, that's right, we are coming south baby, described some new ways we are looking at the lead leg block before we get force plates installed in the m...
2021-01-051h 07Driveline R&D PodcastRob Hill - Becoming a Pitching Coordinator | Integrating S&C with Pitching | How the Dodgers Use Tech | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 45Episode 45 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest, Rob Hill! @Berticushill on twitter
On Episode 45 of the Driveline R&D podcast we have Rob Hill, Pitching coordinator for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Coordinator of In-gym
development at Driveline
Today we talked about Rob's background getting introduced to Driveline and how he progressed to becoming a coordinator for the dodgers,
what his season looked like between the alternate site, the big le...
2020-12-291h 10Driveline R&D PodcastEno Sarris - MLB Rule Changes | Seam Shifted Wake | Publicly Available Hawkeye Data | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 44Episode 44 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest, Eno Sarris! @enosarris on twitter
This week on episode 44 we have guest Eno Sarris, writer for the athletic, baseball analyst, and beer and sandwich professional. On this episode we had an awesome conversation about the direction of the baseball industry, pitchers using pine tar, some good ways to test rule changes in the MLB, what is next when we arrive upon a solution for player development, getting Hawkeye data into the public re...
2020-12-221h 02Driveline R&D PodcastDavid Howell - How to Get Into Baseball Analytics | College and Pro Player Development | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep. 43Episode 43 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest, David Howell! @dhow_2 on twitter
On this episode, David and the hosts talk about how David got into baseball analytics, some of the differences between professional baseball and college baseball in terms of being an analyst/coach, how he got recognized by professionals in the baseball industry and got his current professional opportunities, and much more. David is a former R&D intern at Driveline Baseball who also has experience being an a...
2020-12-151h 02Driveline R&D PodcastKyle Boddy - The Future of Driveline | First Year with the Reds Recap | Driveline Stories | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep. 42Episode 42 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest Kyle Boddy!
@drivelinebases on twitter
On this episode Kyle talks covers a lot of information and stories between his experiences with Driveline, Poker, and his first year with the Reds. He offers some insight on what college programs can do better, what he thinks is most important in pitch design, the opportunity that the COVID season has provided to some players, the first coach(es) he knows who bought into t...
2020-12-081h 23Driveline R&D PodcastPredicting Injury with ML | VAA and Spin Efficiency Model Updates | Force Plate Reliability | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 41Episode 41 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
OG Cast is back! Caravan, Brady, and Lindley talk about some work and life updates, updates to vertical approach angle and spin efficiency models that we use in-house for sabermetric analyses, some jump testing reliability and high performance KPIs, and lastly we review an article that looked into using machine learning for predicting future injuries for both position players and pitchers using public data. Join us on YouTube to catch freshly shaven Caravan put his hair down before he cuts it all o...
2020-12-011h 11Driveline R&D PodcastMax Engelbrekt - The Future of TRAQ | Crazy Retirement Story | Introductions to Driveline | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep. 40Episode 40 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest Max Engelbrekt!
@maxengelbrekt on twitter
On this episode we talk about Max's playing background, his crazy retirement bet and how he almost won it, his transition from playing baseball to where he is as a project manager for TRAQ, and much more. A close coworker and friend to the hosts, and a very interesting guest. Enjoy!
Link to the hosts' Twitters:
Alex Caravan: htt...
2020-11-241h 02Driveline R&D PodcastEric Jagers - Beginnings of Pitch Design | Bauer Cy Young | Reds Covid Season Operations | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep. 39Episode 39 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest: Eric Jagers @ericjagers
In this episode, Eric dives deep into where he believes was the first instance of pitch design, how that process progressed from messing with different cameras and camera angles to a much more quantitative approach, breeding competition in spring training, Bauer winning the Cy Young, and just many more awesome stories.
Link to Bauer's early pitch design video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmSMSEdyNVU...
2020-11-171h 10Driveline R&D PodcastJason Ochart - Three Most Important Hitting Skills | Getting Into Coaching | Introductions to Driveline | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep. 38Episode 38 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
With Guest: Jason Ochart @JasonOchart
In this episode, Jason talks about how he got introduced to Driveline, how he got into coaching, the most surprisingly adopted measurement tools by the players during his time in pro-ball, and much more. Jason also discusses the three major skills components of hitting that good hitters do well which help him break hitting down for his athletes and players in professional baseball.
Link to the hosts' Twit...
2020-11-101h 18Driveline R&D PodcastCarter Capps - Making a Comeback | Feel vs. Real | Translating Analytics | Driveline R&D Pod. Ep. 37Carter Capps, former big leaguer in the Mariners, Marlins, and Padres organizations, joins the host to talk about his mechanics, analytics, and where he sees the application of analytics can be improved. Don't miss his discussion about his approach to working with athletes based on their individual competencies with advanced analytics principles.
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_
2020-11-031h 01Driveline R&D PodcastThe Boys are Back - Data Dashboards and Web Tools, Example Biomechanics Report, Machine Learning with Biomechanics Data | The Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 36Brady, Caravan, and Lindley are back at it talking about our newly developed online dashboards for trainers to use and summarize athlete results, breaking down a sample biomechanics report from a pitcher who is included in our elite throwing group, and introducing a research article testing machine learning for identifying athlete type-of-sport and level-of-play from generic biomechanics.
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_
2020-10-2758 min
The Lessons in Real Estate ShowEpisode 42: Everything You Need to Know about the 1031 Exchange with Michael BradyIn this episode, we welcome our awesome guest Michael Brady. He is the Executive Vice President of Madison 1031 Exchange where he shares his ups and downs, tips and knowledge in 1031 exchange investing. He discussed how to dive into real-estate with a right mindset. Stay tuned for this interesting episode! In this episode, We explore:Lessons learned in his 1031 Exchanges journeyThe Power of 1031 exchanges in investing Tax savings benefit of 1031 exchanges Opportunity zone vs. 1031 exchangeHow does 1031 exchange work?Why you need Qualified IntermediarySyndication vs. 1031 ExchangeImportance of alignment of IRSPartnership structure in 1031 exchange and SyndicationRight mindset in 1031 exchange investingAbout Michael Brady:Michael S...
2020-10-2242 minDriveline R&D PodcastThe Lindley and Brady Breakdown - The Future of Biomechanics, 2017 R&D Internship, and International Work Travel | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 35Lindley and Brady reminisce about the 2017 summer R&D internship at Driveline including what is different, how we've improved and aspects of the early R&D days that we could stand to get back to. We also talk about the future of biomechanics, some differences in baseball training between the NPB and American Baseball, and also touch on previous work travel and how far that has come for our mobile biomechanics lab now.
Most importantly, we released the answer to the riddle from last week's announcement.
Link to the h...
2020-10-2056 minDriveline R&D PodcastLuisa Gauci - Women Baseball Scouting Scale | Baseball Australia | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 34Live Episode of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
Live show replay link here: https://youtu.be/2Tw6nrqa5Ro
With Guest: Luisa Gauci
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LuisaGauci
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_
2020-10-0652 minDriveline R&D PodcastCatching Up on R&D | Motus Improvements | Tech Agnostic xwOBA | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 33Live Episode of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
Live show replay link here: https://youtu.be/eYNucbw1sPA
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_
2020-09-2940 minDriveline R&D PodcastNikolai Yakovenko - Deep Learning | Wall Street | Baseball | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 32Live Episode of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
Live show replay link here: https://youtu.be/bstR5ITavW8
With Guest: Nikolai Yakovenko
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ivan_bezdomny
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_
2020-09-221h 11Driveline R&D PodcastChristian Hook - Newest Driveline R&D Member | Driveline R&D Podcast EP 31Live Episode of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
Live show replay link here: https://youtu.be/-ifJRll0b8Q
Joined today with guest Christian Hook, the newest member of the Driveline Research & Development Team as an analytics intern!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristianH00k
Today for episode 31 we're talking with Christian about his first impressions, internship expectations, and what’s been most surprising so far
Link to the hosts' Twitters:
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Anthony Br...
2020-09-1557 minDriveline R&D PodcastDenton Sagerman - Director of Baseball Operations at Indiana Baseball - Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 30Live Episode of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
Live show replay link here: https://youtu.be/h-9kxsmVEcw
Joined today with guest Denton Sagerman, Director of Baseball Ops and Player Development at Indiana Baseball
Twitter: https://twitter.com/denton_sagerman
Today for episode 30 we're talking shop with Denton and what player development looks like within college baseball.
Link to the hosts' Twitters:
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Kyle...
2020-09-0856 minDriveline R&D PodcastPitchAI Developments | Cara Chat: APIs | Increasing Layback | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 29Live Episode of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
Live show replay link here: https://youtu.be/zyDTemYvT_E
Today for episode 29 we're following up after last weeks episode on PitchAI and discussing some upcoming some exciting upcoming developments that we're working on with the tool! We dive into a Cara Chat on APIs and why we developed them. Lindley is going to discuss some internal investigations on biomechanical correlations related to increasing layback. And Caravan finishes the episode off with a journal article review...
2020-09-011h 06Driveline R&D PodcastPitchAI Launch w/guest Dr. Mike Sonne | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep. 28Live Episode of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
Live show replay link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxtF26aYMrg
Joined today with guest Dr. Mike Sonne!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrMikeSonne
Today for episode 28 we are covering all things PitchAI! From what it is and how it came about, to use cases and example report walkthroughs!
Link to the hosts' Twitters:
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Anthony Bra...
2020-08-251h 28Driveline R&D Podcast2020 Sabermetrics w/ Hawkeye | Kyle Lindley Background | Cute Animals and VisionFirst ever live episode of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady (out for today), Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!
Today for episode 27 we have some start of the season sabermetric looks, some discussion on Hawkeye, a study article review, and updates from the last two weeks since last week was a guest episode. Caravan also interviews Kyle for about 20 minutes about his background all the way back to his worst grade in high school.
Link to Quiet Eye Study: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01565/full
2020-08-181h 09Driveline R&D PodcastRachel Balkovec Interview | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 26Rachel Balkovec is currently a minor league hitting coach for the New York Yankees; formerly a strength and conditioning coach for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros. Rachel talks about some of her stops throughout her professional background, the importance of participating and immersing herself into what she is teaching as a coach, her early interest in data-driven coaching, and much much more.
Link to the mentioned gaze tracking study (moon-landing study): https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.00003 Frans Bosch constraints led approach: https://fransbosch.systems/
Rachel's Socials:
Twi...
2020-08-1259 minDriveline R&D PodcastMotus R&D | Training Floor Research Integration | ROM & Injury Research | Driveline R&D Episode 25Episode 25 of the Driveline R&D (Research and Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley. Timestamps: 3:45 Upcoming Podcast News 11:10 Model Improvements for Youth players in Swing Profile 14:30 Ongoing R&D work with Motus 34:35 Training Floor Research Integration 41:50 Talk about how ROM request -> investigation started 45:30 Specific BTS of an example of R&D requests 53:10 ROM & injury research investigations 59:00 Significant ROM ANOVA results talk and discussion
In Episode 25 we talk exciting future podcast plans (Caravan offers $100 for the most hardcore of listeners!), general updates (including improving the Exp EV/LA model in Swing Profile for You...
2020-08-031h 10Driveline R&D PodcastDan Aucoin Interview (Driveline, Phillies) | Driveline R&D Ep 24Episode 24 of the Driveline R&D (Research and Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley.
Timestamps: 4:30 Dan's Background 8:55 R&D Growth throughout Driveline history 16:25 How Cara learned from Dan 22:00 Dan's judgments on social medial game 32:15 Growth of College Baseball Analytics 49:50 New Unexplored Areas of Analytics 55:10 Best/Worst Thing about Co-Managing Analytics with Cara + quick fire Q&A
In Episode 24 we have our first guest! Caravan's fellow co-Manager of Baseball Analytics at Driveline, Dan Aucoin, hops on to chat about his background, his perspective on working in pro ball, the present and future...
2020-07-271h 21Driveline R&D PodcastBiomechanics Conference | When to Use Linear Regression | R&D Content | Weighted Ball Article Review | Driveline R&D Ep 23Episode 23 of the Driveline R&D (Research and Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley.
Timestamps:
9:15 ABBS Conference
22:25 R&D Content Creation
30:05 Cara Chats - When to Use Linear Regression
44:55 Weighted Ball Study Review
The episode begins with a few updates and announcements, and then we quickly get into the American Baseball Biomechanics Society (ABBS) Conference that happened last week.
Kyle discusses some new R&D content initiatives to help showcase R&D o...
2020-07-201h 08Driveline R&D PodcastPelvis Counter-Rotation Investy | R vs Python | Batted Ball Flight | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 22Episode 22 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
Youtube Link to full podcast
Start of the show includes some weekly work updates, a quick scope of an upcoming SPM blog. Kyle goes into some more lower half pitching research looking at pelvis and counter rotation in the biomechanics data. Caravan discusses R vs. Python as a coding language. And Caravan wraps the episode by breaking down Alan Nathan's most recent Batted Ball Flight article linked here
Link to the hosts' twitters:
Anthony B...
2020-07-131h 09Driveline R&D PodcastPelvis/Lead Leg/Hip Ext Biomech | Data Normalization | Article Review | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 21Episode 21 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
Youtube Link to full podcast
Start of the show includes some weekly work updates, a couple life updates, and some description of the new facility and our resources there as we open up Driveline Washington.
Kyle gets into some lower half pitching research that he completed last week, Cara chats about data scaling, standardizing, and normalizing and when to use them, and the review a research article looking at biomechanical variability and command
2020-07-061h 11Driveline R&D PodcastcWAR Questions | TRAQ +EDGE Launch | Analytics Research Ideas | Biomechanics Report Walkthrough | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 20Episode 20 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
Youtube Link to full podcast
Youtube Link to cWar Questions clip
Youtube Link to Biomechanics Report Walkthrough
Today's show, Caravan starts off by answering some college war questions he recieved last week and goes a bit more in depth on expected run values. There's going to be a link to the video of that clip in the description below.
We talk more about New TRAQ launch with...
2020-06-291h 06Driveline R&D PodcastUpdates | TRAQ + EDGE Launch | Live ABs AZ & ELO Rankings | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 19Episode 19 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
In this episode we go over some of the latest updates in the R&D department, the launch of our new TRAQ features where we've integrated EDGE. And then Anthony gets into some updates on Driveline Arizona and using and ELO system for live ABs!
Link to the hosts' twitters:
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
2020-06-221h 05Driveline R&D PodcastcWAR Behind The Scenes | Quantifying ChangeUps | Biomechanics Requests | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 18Episode 18 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
In this episode we miss our favorite Arizona-stranded butterscotch baby Anthony Brady but Kyle honors him by starting off the episode talking about recent biomechanics requests from our trainers and future initiatives in comparing full signal. Then Alex talks about going public with cWAR and the next steps there! Caravan also talks about an oldie but goodie piece on sabermetrics by Baseball Prospectus on identifying successful change-ups at the big league level!
cWAR blog: https...
2020-06-161h 00Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline AZ Updates | College Baseball WAR | Force Plate Research | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 17Episode 17 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
In this episode we talk briefly about project updates and Driveline in Arizona! Alex talks about developing D1 Baseball WAR and other advanced metrics. We finish the episode with talking more about force plate research and predictive velocity models!
Link to the hosts' twitters:
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan
Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
2020-06-141h 09Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline in Arizona | Biomechanics Research | Kinematic Variability | Driveline R&D Podcast Ep 16Episode 16 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast!
With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
In this episode we talk briefly about project updates and Driveline in Arizona! Kyle discusses some biomechanics research requests he worked on last night and Kinematic Variability. We got really deep into the Biomechanics Research requests that Lindley worked on, so we decided to table the last two topics on the new college baseball model and What Makes a Good Changeup to next weeks episode!
Link to the hosts' twitters:
Anthony Brad...
2020-05-251h 08Driveline R&D PodcastEpisode 15 - Review Week, Research Article Preparation, and PitchAIEpisode 15 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast!
With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
In this episode we talk briefly about project updates (due to some traveling constraints) and employee feedback/reviews week. Kyle discusses the research article preparation and writing process that we have going on with our backlog of open studies. And Anthony goes on depth on pitchAI and some recent developments that there team has been working on!
Article that Anthony references on pitchAI: https://proplayai.com/pitchai-goes-to-spring-training/
Link to the hosts' twitters:
...
2020-05-181h 10Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast Ep 14 - Model Error Analysis, Pitching Energy Transfer, and Article Review!Episode 14 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast!
With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
In this episode we talk about our project updates from last week, Alex breaks down Model Error Analysis. Kyle discusses a tweet thread on pitching energy transfer and finishes off the podcast with a research article review on fastball velocity and elbow varus torque!
Article that Lindley reviewed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30721094
Link to the hosts' twitters:
Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9
Alex C...
2020-05-111h 11Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast Ep 13 - Updates, Weighted Ball Panel, and Defensive Metrics Article Review!Episode 13 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
In this episode we talk about our project updates from last week, Anthony talks about the weighted ball panel he was on last week, and the new Driveline PLUS Slack channel. Alex ends the podcast with a research review discussing 3 articles on defensive metrics and the process of validating them.
Youtube version of the podcast linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxoay9sGSJE&feature=youtu.be
Link to t...
2020-05-041h 16Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast Ep 12 - Updates, Tech Validations, and Workload Research Review!Episode 12 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
In this episode we talk about our project updates from last week, discuss ongoing tech validations like K vest and Blast, as well as recent tech validation of the pitchLogic ball. Anthony ends with a research review of a whitepaper about workloads and injury rates using motus.
Make sure to checkout the Youtube version of the podcast! https://youtu.be/aY6jXz8gnjU
Link to the discussed research article: https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/b515ca31/files/up...
2020-04-271h 14Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast Ep 11 - Free Swing Reports, D1 Player Profiles, and Vision Research Review!Episode 11 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley
In this episode we talk about our project updates from last week, introduce our new Swing Profile report using bat sensor data, and discuss the first of our many coming D1Baseball Player Profiles for college pitchers. Kyle ends of the episode with a review of a hitting vision research paper discussing the preparatory phase of hitting and what hitters are looking at before the pitch is released.
Link to the discussed research article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih...
2020-04-211h 06Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast Ep 10 - Social Media Stats, Cleaning Data, and Another Research Review!Episode 10 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Kyle Lindley, and Alex Caravan. Today we cover updates, run through our recurring segments of Social Media Stats Gone Wrong and Coding with Caravan (these two segments are on Youtube only and are spliced out of this audio, otherwise happening at 14:30), followed by Alex conducting a research review of a recent journal article linked below, which spurs a back and forth about acute physical vs psychological effects when it comes to using different-weight bats:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28858061
Link to the Youtube...
2020-04-1357 minDriveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast Ep 9 - Debunking Tweets, WB Mound Study Analysis, & Research ReviewEpisode 9 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Kyle Lindley, and Alex Caravan. Today we're talking more about some project updates, debunking tweets, how we go about some weighted ball mound analysis, and Anthony does a research review of a recent journal article linked below:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2325967120910503
Link to the Youtube version of the podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ_Jcfekz0A
2020-04-061h 03Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast - Ep 8: Updates, WB Mound Study, & Gaze Tracking Research Paper ReviewEpisode 8 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Kyle Lindley, and Alex Caravan. Today we're talking more about some project updates, the Weighted Ball Mound Study, and Kyle breaks down a Gaze Tracking Research Paper!
Here's the link to the article that we discuss on the podcast: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338884434_Eye_and_Head_Movements_of_Elite_Baseball_Players_in_Real_Batting
We're going to do more article reviews/discussions like the one that we did on this episode going forward! If you'd like us to do more or have suggestions on...
2020-03-301h 05Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast - Ep 7: Monday Morning Bloody Mary's, Technology Partnerships, Article RecommendationsEpisode 7 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Kyle Lindley, and Alex Caravan. Today we're talking more about shifts in projects/focus amid COVID-19 like remote training, and potential technology partnerships that could help bolster that remote training experience. Also, Alex drops a few more article recommendations!
2020-03-2341 minDriveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast - Ep 6: COVID-19 Thoughts, Project Ideas, Resource RecommendationsEpisode 5 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Kyle Lindley, and Alex Caravan. Today we talk about COVID-19, some of the things and projects that we're working on to address it and also some recommended resources that you could look into during this down time.
links to pieces that Caravan recommended:
At What Launch Angle Do Batters Maximize Their Exit Velocity: http://tangotiger.com/index.php/site/comments/statcast-lab-at-what-launch-angle-do-batters-maximize-their-exit-velocity
Optimizing the Swing: https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/optimizing-the-swing/
Reverse Engineering Swing Mechanics from Statcast Data: https://www...
2020-03-1637 minDriveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast - Ep 5: Research Sprints, Exciting New Projects, and SABR SeminarEpisode 5 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Kyle Lindley, and Alex Caravan. Today we talk about how R&D uses 6 week sprints for projects, some projects we're especially excited about that are coming up, and Caravan heading to SABR seminar!
2020-03-0953 min
Muscles and ManagementEpisode #62 Using Technology to Improve Movement Efficiency and Understanding Biomechanics with Driveline's Anthony BradySend us your questions, or thoughts on today's episode!*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode Gerry welcomes Driveline Baseball Biomechanist Anthony Brady. Anthony works with pitchers in an effort to help them improve their movement efficiency, overall mechanics and determine their unique training and pitching needs.To start, Gerry and Anthony sift through some of the biggest misconceptions when it comes to technology in baseball, motion capture technology and weighted ball training. From how motion capture technology works and the benefits it can have in assessing movement (especially in pitchers), h...
2020-03-041h 24Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast - Ep 4: Buckets Update, Force Plates, and Answering Questions on Pitch DesignCaravan's audio got messed up this episode. Apologies. Turns out we recorded in a room with a lot of echo, tried to adjust it as best I could. Hope you still enjoy this episode!
Episode 4 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Kyle Lindley, and Alex Caravan. Today we give an update to our ongoing biomechanics metric/bucket audit. We also talk about some exciting force plate projects, and answer a fantastic list of questions on pitch design, R&D, etc.
2020-03-021h 30Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast - Ep 3: Developing Internal Software Tools and Biomechanical BucketsEpisode 3 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Kyle Lindley, and Alex Caravan. Today we talk about developing our internal tools like EDGE and Coach's Tools, how we use them to solve day to do problems, and a glimpse at our biomechanics buckets system!
2020-02-241h 00Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast - Ep 2: Motus Acquisition, Research sucks, and TrashcangateEpisode 2 of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Kyle Lindley, and Alex Caravan. Today we talk about acquiring Motus, how we're all excited about that, some of the downfalls/frustrations of research, and a quick look into Trashcangate!
2020-02-1742 min
Driveline R&D PodcastDriveline R&D Podcast Ep. 1: Post-ABCA thoughts, Baseball Technology Validation, and LimitationsThe first episode of the Driveline R&D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Kyle Lindley, and Alex Caravan
2020-02-1444 min