Driveline R&D Podcast
Anthony Brady
Maxx Garrett - Modern Catcher Training | Framing Research | OG CR Stories | DL Research & Drinks #95
Episode Notes
Had the legend Gary on -- will fill out this description more and drop timestamps when I'm not running late to a rendezvous (aka Tuesday morning). But v fun one talking about the research we've done on catcher framing, how Driveline trains catchers, the changing perception on catchers, Driveline's current Hitting Assessments and some throwback CR story classics from the Massage Ball to the Cod ;)
Timestamps
0:00 Intros
2:30 Gary's Intro to DL
4:25 Driveline's OG Hitting Environment
8:07 Driveline 2023 Hitting Training Approaches and Drills
13:08 The State of Catching Research and Training
16:13 Exchange vs Ball Flight Time
20:57 Low Hanging Fruit on Position Player Throwing and Workload
22:55 Do Catchers get the yips??
25:25 What's Hard To Catch?
28:28 Driveline's Behind The Scenes Framing Research
34:24 One Knee Getting More Popular?
38:00 Statcast Catching Metrics & Mainstream Framing WAR
41:22 Favorite Catchers + Brad Penny callback
45:10 Driveline Customer Relations Legendary Stories
57:50 Force Plates re: DL Hitting
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