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Dear A-Rod, Please Come to Driveline: Data Doesn't Hurt Kids - Academy Youth Baseball Podcast 106

Dear A-Rod, Please Come to Driveline: See How Data Helps Kids, Not Hurts Them Deven opens with a deep dive into training ball flight over swing esthetics, explaining why paying attention to batted ball outcomes (line drives between 10-18 degrees) matters more than visual checkpoints. He breaks down gravity, drag, and descent angles to illustrate why "swing level" coaching sets kids up for failure. The episode pivots to A-Rod's viral Instagram video telling 4.4 million followers that 15-year-olds shouldn't chase launch angle, exit velo, or max effort, and should focus on "three pitches for strikes anytime you want" at Jamie Moyer velocity levels. Deven systematically dismantles this advice, arguing it's advocating for ignorance—telling kids to reach a destination without a map or compass. He explains why sub-competitive velocity with command doesn't play against college hitters, why exit velo paired with ideal launch angles equals relevancy, and why the "old days" of Greg Maddux and Jamie Moyer aren't coming back. Deven extends an open invitation for A-Rod to visit Driveline and see how data serves players rather than replacing coaching. The episode closes with personal reflection: telling his 16-year-old son "you can't win the race on this lap" after missing a velocity PR, connecting process over outcome to cross-sport application, and addressing travel ball trauma through a friend's panic attacks decades later. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro, AxeBat code & training at three locations 03:07 – Train ball flight, not swing esthetics 09:02 – Line drives are balls hit in the air: Ted Williams unpacked 13:21 – "Coming home" vs. adaptation during the swing 18:15 – Gravity, drag & matching the plane of the pitch 22:16 – 46-foot distance, 40 MPH = 16-degree descent problem 24:27 – "Swing level" + descent angle = one contact chance 27:15 – Hit over the shortstop's head: ball flight intention coaching 30:13 – A-Rod's "Fundamentals vs Stats" video breakdown 32:23 – Dismissing launch angle/exit velo = advocating ignorance 39:15 – Exit velo + launch angle = relevancy; one without the other = outs 43:17 – "Three pitches for strikes" doesn't play anymore 46:41 – Jamie Moyer example: old days aren't coming back 50:06 – 4.4M followers, 25M reach: poison disguised as wisdom 55:00 – "Don't advocate for ignorance if you care about the game" 56:36 – Open invitation: A-Rod, come see what we actually do 58:15 – "You can't win the race on this lap": 16-year-old PR talk 01:04:45 – Process over outcome: cross-occupational application 01:06:37 – Travel ball panic attacks: unresolved childhood trauma 01:09:47 – 7% leaky bucket: will hurt people put kids in baseball? 01:10:20 – Outro: anniversary, Little League partnerships Links Develop bat speed with our Youth Power Bat https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... Skills That Scale: The Complete Youth Baseball Training Manual is out now! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... Train bat speed and barrel accuracy with our Youth Underload Smash bat https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/pro... Host Deven Morgan   / devenmorgan   Follow Driveline Academy on Social Media   / drivelineyouth     / drivelineyouth     / drivelineyouth