Driveline baseball vs Tom House Velocity Plus. Which would you recommend. Trying to find a summer program for my 2019.
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From what I have seen Driveline's program matches very closely the program my son used in college and Kyle seems to be on the leading edge of velocity development. Of course Tom House is a familiar name in the baseball world, but if I was spending my money I would lean toward Driveline.
Good luck.
Driveline it is. The book states 16 years old recommended to start program. Has anyone started program younger.
I am a huge weighted ball proponent and have been for years prior to them now becoming accepted part of a development program, but I would be cautious about using them on younger players before puberty. It might be OK, but it might not.
Personally for younger players I would prefer them to start using Jaegers program and learn how to use bands and warm up properly and long toss. I think this with good mechanics instruction is probably the more conservative way to go.
I actually would reach out to Kyle Boddy and get his input, but again with young arms I would lean toward being more conservative.
My son started throwing with Driveline Baseball at 13 coming off of a little-league elbow diagnosis. We've been through several iterations of the program. I am not aware of many other pitching development types that apply scientific approaches to sharpening his program. Oh yeah, and we've had brilliant results on the velocity and command aspects of my son's game.
I have followed the guys at Baseball Rebellion for several years and they seem to put a lot of R&D into arm care/velocity. While I have not tried it myself, I know they just released a scientifically backed player specific throwing program. Not a one size fits all, and seems pretty legit. I think its call the thrower development program developed by Justin Orenduff; former VCU/Dodgers pitcher. Here's a link if you want to check it out: