Fun episode this week that gets into the nitty gritty of one of Driveline's fastest growing products - Driveline Academy! Had Jeremy Tecktiel, Asst Dir of Dirveline Academy (past TRAQ Project Manager for the software heads in audience!), come on and talk the tradeoff of teaching kids to throw and hit harder versus prioritizing winning as many games as possible at the youth level as well as the trials and tribulations of getting such a large and complex product off the ground...now in multiple locations! (WA & AZ) Also swapped loose stories of both of our mascot backgrounds and trivia triumps (or lack thereof!). Timestamps: 0:00 Intros & Light Degen Talk 3:03 Jeremy's Background & Academy Product 6:05 On Field Challenges for Driveline's Academy Team...Sure we're hitting/throwing harder but how do we handle bunts?? 10:20 Balance Value of Future Player Dev'l vs Winning Games Right Now 12:20 Communications & Expectations with Parents 17:45 Current Academy Team and Tryouts Construction 30:58 Driveline Academy's Unique Warmups (Which Plyos Do We Use?) 33:53 Value of Massive High Fidelity Youth Datasets (MoCap, Pulse, Blast, etc) 38:51 Jeremy's Background As A Mascot!! 41:45 Cara's Background As A Mascot!!! 46:15 Jeremy the TriviaMaster 53:10 Harry Potter Trivia Story + Extended HP Rambling 1:05:44 Driveline Academy in AZ 1:13:45 Training the Youth on Defense 1:17:05 Training Youth Command + Youth Umpire Stoies (Including Jeremy being tossed!!) 1:22:00 Academy Strategy on Breaking Balls Twitterz: Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Jeremy Tecktiel: https://twitter.com/jeremytecktiel