Deven Morgan
@devenmorgan • 10,301 subscribers
@DrivelineBB Director of Youth Baseball / Driveline Academy Founder / #SkillsThatScale Ambassador / Teriyaki Enthusiast. Trust Your Stuff.
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My son and I went to the gym late last night to work out some stuff after 3 HS games worth of not hitting the way that he wanted. The session had both a data component and a feel / cue component. As a 17 year old who now has high 60's / low to mid 70's bat speed he has struggled in the last week - specifically against low velocity pitching - to let the ball travel deep enough to get good flush contact. Point being that we had a specific thing to work on. So on the technology side we're using Blast to bat speed, attack angle and VBA, and we're using HitTrax to monitor contact depth in addition to the outcome stuff - exit velocity, launch angle, distance and direction. We also were using two different pitching machines - one offset to the left side, the other offset to the right side. In terms of cues what we ended up with was: - As deep as possible while still being on time - High pitch posture, flat bat path and adjust off if needed But along the way we tried all sorts of stuff - everything from trying to hit a ball to the hot dog cart in oppo foul territory off the left hand off-set machine to trying to find middle of the field ball flight from the right hand offset machine to just going pure let it eat anywhere ball flight off of either machine to score a runner on 2B. In my mind, the best instruction environment for hitting is just a conversation that revolves around: - What were we trying to do vs what did we actually do - What signal can we get about why we did what we did - What adjustments do we need to make to bring our results closer to the intended outcome on the next swing But if the instructor and the player don't even speak the same language...man that conversation is going to be pretty limited in its effectiveness. Because he's 17 we're now able to have these kinds of conversations - with all of these various layers. But the critically important part of the whole thing is that this is an actual two way conversation. Meaning that he's telling me how he feels, we're looking at the data to correlate the feeling to the outcome, we decide on how or if we need to adjust intention for the next swing and we just wash, rinse and repeat that same cycle over and over and over. I wouldn't - and I didn't - coach him this way when he was 12. We used the same tech stack, but the data we paid attention to was a lot more limited. Because that was the level of depth he was able to have a productive conversation about at that time. I'm also exceptionally fortunate that at 17 years old he's still playing and I still get to have these conversations with him.
Deven Morgan72,327 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
Youth baseball has 41.6% new players & 34.7% quitting - a 6.9% gap. Our game is hanging on by a thread. If parents see it as stressful or dangerous, that gap closes. 🎙️Pod: "Sandy Koufax Retired at 31 and We're Still Letting 14-Year-Olds Go 121 Pitches in Fall Ball" out now.
Deven Morgan110,032 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten
📰 This Week In Pitch Counts 📰 - Episode 3: - One cause of overuse in youth baseball is that you just don't have enough competitive pitchers... - ...so the kids who can pitch get overused This kind of overuse has a long tail, and is changing people's lives for the worse
Deven Morgan25,528 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
I need your help. Starting next Monday we’re going to do a segment called “This Week In Pitch Counts” reviewing examples of pitch count abuse in youth baseball. What I need from you are box score examples. You can either reply to this thread or DM it to me to be anonymous.
Deven Morgan21,323 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
📰 This Week In Pitch Counts 📰 - Episode 7: - 9 yr old throws 324 pitches in a weekend - CEO of the tournament provider says it’s not their responsibility Bottom line: If you host events for kids you have an ethical & moral responsibility to deploy rules to keep them safe.
Deven Morgan18,932 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
MLB releasing the pitching injury report, and telling the truth about the long tail effects of overuse in amateur and youth baseball, was a monumental development. The question now is what we're going to do about it. Full episode available bright & early tomorrow morning.
Deven Morgan16,343 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
 📰 This Week In Pitch Counts 📰 - Episode 10: - My son was 10 & his teammate threw 174 pitches in a weekend - Tournament medals get handed out today, but overuse injuries can arrive tomorrow The path forward is new universal rules & the elimination of overuse as an option.
Deven Morgan13,793 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Let’s shine a brighter light on the great stuff happening in youth baseball! 1️⃣ Post something awesome with your kid / a kid you coach (PR, development, etc) and tag Driveline Academy 2️⃣ We’ll repost it, and once a week we’ll feature a post on the Academy podcast.
Deven Morgan24,839 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
📰 This Week In Pitch Counts 📰 - Episode 8: - We have safety rules around youth bats & helmets - We have no rules around youth pitch counts Tournament providers can't be half in & half out when it comes to providing a safe environment for kids to participate in.
Deven Morgan10,909 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
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