Plus Rob (and Deven Morgan, the Director of Youth Baseball at Driveline Baseball) answer the Question of the Week (51:22) about whether it matters if kids pitch from flat ground instead of raised mounds.
In this 54-minute episode, you'll learn:
- the overall problem with youth baseball today (1:52)
- why shrinking home plate size won't make pitching harder (13:16)
- why sacrificing velocity for accuracy is not a bad approach (26:06)
- the problem with the base path distances (28:08)
- why the size of the baseball is a significant problem in youth baseball (32:03)
- the advantages of a smaller baseball (35:13)
- how a skilled youth team has reacted to these changes (39:31)
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
- Steve's Ted Williams League
- Flat ground analysis by Driveline (note: 99% of the article refers to adult baseball players)
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