The old "a walk is as good as a hit" saying is absolutely not true at 8U and younger. We need more 2nd-grade Vladimir Guerreros Sr than we do Joe Sewells. Deven sits down to talk about the insanity of giving take signs and conditioning kids to not swing at the 7/8U level and younger, as well as laying out the steps he would take to progressively take a kid from a tee hitting environment into hitting a moving ball. ⬇️ Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy...

Progress isn't linear. So don't expect it to be! Deven and Jeremy discuss the ups and downs of skill development over a long time (for the Academy player discussed on this episode - three years) and how coaches, players and parents can use data, perspective and other tools to guide them through it. ⬇️ Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy Tecktiel https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel 🚨 Follow Driveline Academy on Social Media 🚨...

Parents are often the biggest problem in youth baseball. Not all of them - but some. It doesn't have to be that way! In this episode we talk about a couple of horrible recent examples of coach and parents behavior, as well as how to address some of the root causes of the innapropriate emotions we see by parents in youth baseball. ⬇️ Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy Tecktiel https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel 🚨 Follow Driveline Academy on Social Media...

Player development starts with athletic development. Deven and Jeremy sit down to talk with Driveline Academy HP Coordinator Connor Stratton to discuss long term athletic development, movement literacy and getting kids better. Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy Tecktiel https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel 🚨 Follow Driveline Academy on Social Media 🚨 https://twitter.com/DrivelineYouth https://www.instagram.com/drivelineyouth...

If you're looking for some slightly unhinged rants you've come to the right place! With Jeremy not feeling well Deven records a solo podcast talking to himself like a crazy person for 50 minutes about the reasons why our National Governing Bodies (NGB's) don't have any authority to enforce the developmental standards and approaches to youth baseball: the lack of a National Ministry of Youth Sport. Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy Tecktiel...

Deven & Jeremy sit down to talk about "professional" at bats at the MLB level (shout out to Kolten Wong), an Australian study about devleoping Olympic swimmers and what it can tell us about the necessary funnel of getting and keeping kids playing sports, along with the problems presented by not having a unified system of youth coach training. Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy Tecktiel https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel 🚨 Follow Driveline Academy on...

In this episode Deven and Jeremy break down some of the misinformation out there about what does - and doesn't - improve player performance. From Ken Griffey Jr. allegedly not benching, to A-Rod benching 300lbs for reps in High School, and the "Master Formula" that defines the bat to ball collision, we dig deep into what actually matters for player deveopment. Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy Tecktiel https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel 🚨 Follow Driveline...

Staying Positive During Social Media Beef! - “A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.” - Jay-Z Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy Tecktiel https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel 🚨 Follow Driveline Academy on Social Media 🚨 https://twitter.com/DrivelineYouth https://www.instagram.com/drivelineyouth 🔽 Follow Driveline Baseball on Social Media...

End of Season Recap & USSSA Hot Bat Talk - We sit down to review how the 3rd season of the Driveline Academy has gone, then get into the USA Baseball 12U team in the World Baseball Classic and the world of extra "hot" USSSA Bats

Listen To The Kids! - We bring on a selection of Academy players to talk about their experience in the program, what they like, what they don't like, and how focusing on development has improved their competitive ability. Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy Tecktiel https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel 🚨 Follow Driveline Academy on Social Media 🚨 https://twitter.com/DrivelineYouth https://www.instagram.com/drivelineyouth 🔽 Follow Driveline Baseball on Social Media...

Tournament Championship Weekend Review - Deven & Jeremy sit down to discuss the long path of two Academy teams winning gold bracket championships on the same weekend. Winning isn't everything, but it sure is something!

Building Great Youth Hitters with Conner Reynolds - We sit down with Driveline Hitting Intern Conner Reynolds @Fast_RBI to discuss his journey in baseball, solutions to common youth hitting problems as well as the systems and approaches he uses to develop highly competitive youth hitters.

Serving Both Competitive & Developmental Kids on Select Teams - Almost every kid needs skill development, but some of them need it more than others. We talk about the pros and cons of splitting teams by talent, and what it takes to help your players who need development get it.

Sportsmanship & Celebrations - Good sportsmanship, bad sportsmanship, celebrations & how kids you can celebrate their achievements without it coming at the expense of another player.

Fundamentals of Good Team Management - We get into the nitty gritty parts of how to manage a team. Roster construction, distributing playtime, balancing pitching & catching workloads - the whole soup!

DISCLAIMER: Audio this episode wasn't great. We'll be back to our stellar audio quality next episode! Strategies for Positive In-Game Coaching - We talk through how to coach youth baseball in-game in an intentionally positive fashion.

Long Term Development vs Tournaments - We get into the weeds of the choice between focusing on long term development instead of playing tournaments every weekend, and what the consequences of a tournament only approach can be.

Bunt-A-Pallooza! We sit down to have a comprehensive conversation about all of the aspects and implications of bunting in youth baseball, and why it makes more sense to focus on developing the Skills That Scale with youth players. RIP our mentions.

Youth Online Training Done Right. Academy Operations & Academy Online Coordinator Dylan Hawley joins the show to talk about our Academy Online program and how we can help kids make the most out of every day, month and year's worth of developmental opportunities.

Issues With Year Round Youth Baseball - We talk about some of the issues that come with putting kids in year round compeititve baseball, and the costs that typically can come with it in terms of both skill deveopment and injuries.

Pitch Counts & Player Safety in Youth Baseball. We discuss the #ArmCare movement and it's application in youth baseball.

Explaining High Intent Throwing For Youth Baseball Players. Getting into the details and schedule of how we build up youth players SAFELY up for high intent throwing.

Special Dad & Daughter episode! I talk with my daughter Cora about her journey coming up as a girl playing youth baseball and all of the wins, losses, laughs and tears along the way. 

A Deep Dive on Hitting with Jason Ochart. From starting Driveline Hitting, the "swing down" concept, bat speed, perception & action coupling we get all the way into it. Guest ⬇️ Jason Ochart https://twitter.com/JasonOchart Hosts ⬇️ Deven Morgan https://twitter.com/devenmorgan Jeremy Tecktiel https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel 🚨 Follow Driveline Academy on Social Media 🚨 https://twitter.com/DrivelineYouth https://www.instagram.com/drivelineyouth

In this episode Deven and Jeremy talk about the problems with the typical "lesson" model of baseball instruction, and what can happen when you train without any quantifiable data about whether you're actually getting good. Because spending $75 an hour on someone that isn't getting you actually better at baseball is...a tough scene.