Creating Deception With A Secondary Pitch with Colin McKee
September 21, 2020 | Abbi Nicolella
PITTSBURGH – Diamond Kinetics Pitching Development Advisor, and current professional pitcher, Colin McKee discusses the elements that go into throwing his slider/cutter, including grip and release point, and understanding how spin axis and gyrospin can make the pitch more effective. ♦♦♦♦♦ LEARN MORE: WATCH THE VIDEO
SwingTracker Metric Analysis: Applied Power
October 17, 2017 | Abbi Nicolella
PITTSBURGH – Our ‘SwingTracker Metric Analysis’ Series featuring Diamond Kinetics co-founder and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Buddy Clark and former University of Cincinnati and Lincoln Memorial University catcher Russell Clark continues with a look at Applied Power. Throughout this series we will tell you what each metric is, why…
SwingTracker Metric Analysis: Impact Momentum
September 1, 2017 | Abbi Nicolella
PITTSBURGH – Our ‘SwingTracker Metric Analysis’ Series featuring Diamond Kinetics co-founder and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Buddy Clark and former University of Cincinnati and Lincoln Memorial University catcher Russell Clark continues with a look at Impact Momentum. Throughout this series we will tell you what each metric is, why we…
SwingTracker Metric Analysis: Attack Angle
August 23, 2017 | Abbi Nicolella
PITTSBURGH – Our ‘SwingTracker Metric Analysis’ Series featuring Diamond Kinetics co-founder and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Buddy Clark and former University of Cincinnati and Lincoln Memorial University catcher Russell Clark begins with Attack Angle. Throughout this series we will tell you what each metric is, why we measure that…
Launch Angle & Exit Velocity: Before And After
February 13, 2017 | Abbi Nicolella
PITTSBURGH – (1 min read) In Part 5 of “How Technology Unlocked My True Potential At The Plate” at the 2017 American Baseball Coaches Association Convention, Pro Swing Rx Master Hitting Instructor Dan Koosed continues his look at different case studies showing the before & after effects of teaching a swing that lends itself to…
‘Unlocking The Handcuffs’ Through Launch Angle & Exit Velocity
February 10, 2017 | Abbi Nicolella
PITTSBURGH – (1 min read) In Part 4 of Dr. Buddy Clark and Dan Koosed’s presentation at the 2017 American Baseball Coaches Association Convention, “How Technology Unlocked My True Potential At The Plate”, Mr. Koosed looks at a case study of an advanced, 12U youth player who increased his exit velocity and launch angle and…
How To Determine Launch Angles in the Batting Cage
January 31, 2017 | Abbi Nicolella
PITTSBURGH – (3 min read) As part of Dr. Buddy Clark and Dan Koosed’s presentation at the 2017 ABCA Convention “How Technology Unlocked My True Potential At The Plate”, Mr. Koosed – Master Hitting Instructor at Pro Swing Rx in Anaheim, Calif. – touched on a topic at the crux of today’s modern swing instruction: How to…
Coastal Carolina Becomes Diamond Kinetics’ Third Premier Collegiate Partner
January 19, 2017 | Abbi Nicolella
PITTSBURGH – (2 min read) Diamond Kinetics is proud to welcome the 2016 College World Series National Champion Coastal Carolina Chanticleers as the third Premier Collegiate Partner powered by Diamond Kinetics and SwingTracker. Led by eight-time Big South Coach of the Year Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina finished last season with a 55-18 record, capped off by a dramatic…
Prep Baseball Report Partners With Diamond Kinetics
November 1, 2016 | Abbi Nicolella
PITTSBURGH – Diamond Kinetics is pleased to announce its partnership with Prep Baseball Report, one of the most highly-regarded and respected scouting services in the country. Since its inception in 2005, Prep Baseball Report has been on the vanguard of promoting high school baseball while helping prep athletes play baseball at the next level. Prep…
Diamond Kinetics Welcomes The OC Batbusters as Official Partner
October 24, 2016 | Abbi Nicolella
PITTSBURGH – Diamond Kinetics is very proud and excited to welcome the OC Batbusters – the premier girls’ fastpitch softball organization – as an official partner program of the company. Founded in 1979 in Westminster, California by Joe Grubbs, the OC Batbusters are unquestionably the most successful youth softball program of the past 30 years. During that…
