DK Expert from Diamond Kinetics
September 6, 2017 | Abbi Nicolella
*** SPRING 2020 UPDATE: The DK Expert App has been discontinued. DK Expert Instructional Videos are being directly integrated into the SwingTracker App. Download and use SwingTracker for up-to-date video content and instructional programs from Diamond Kinetics and our partners ***
PITTSBURGH – Diamond Kinetics is proud to introduce the DK Expert app as the latest cutting-edge addition to its ever-growing DK ‘family of apps’.
DK Expert is a training content-driven app that works in conjunction with the existing SwingTracker app and sensor. The goal of the app is to provide guidance in the form of 50+ training videos from a group of the most knowledgeable hitting coaches in baseball, and to track a player’s progress towards DK goals as the player improves.
The goals are set as SwingTracker metrics. Improvement toward them is measured using session averages for those metrics. The training content is provided by hitting experts and strength-training experts: Bobby Tewksbary, Jim Rickon, Kevin Poppe, and Jeff Leach.
“The idea for DK Expert comes around answering the ‘what now?’ question,” Diamond Kinetics C.J. Handron told Baseball America. “We do a very, very good job of providing strong in-depth objective information and visual tools, providing objective benchmarks and the ‘so what?’ in scouting and recruiting, but we have to answer what to do with it.”
“It is not something you are supposed to do in a day,” Handron says about the roughly 100 drills in the DK Expert App, “but it is supposed to be done over time, to make changes, understand why and wire them into muscle memory.”
For further reading into DK Expert, please click here
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DK Expert: Bobby Tewksbary
The Push, Pull & Elite Hitting System
Drills from @TewksHitting designed to target your specific hitting needs
Only in #DKExpert pic.twitter.com/1kkf7n2cit
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 7, 2017
The ‘Back Hip To Home Plate’ Drill via @TewksHitting
Part of the Tewksbary Pull Hitter System
Only in #DKExpert https://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD pic.twitter.com/G8LIkHshFl
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 7, 2017
The Push, Pull, & Elite Hitting System
Only from @TewksHitting
Only in #DKExpert
Learn More: https://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD pic.twitter.com/gQ0zJUrSaj
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 8, 2017
The “Jump Drill”
Part of the Push, Pull, & Elite Hitting System
Only from @TewksHitting
Only in #DKExperthttps://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD pic.twitter.com/GKbtqAWYfJ
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 18, 2017
The ‘Swing Before You Land’ Drill from @TewksHitting
See the entire drill by downloading the #DKExpert App: https://t.co/fDTsR2tgPf pic.twitter.com/wCLNN0ZldV
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 19, 2017
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DK Expert: Cleveland Indians Hitting Coordinator Jim Rickon
A guided path towards improvement
Only from Cleveland Indians Hitting Coordinator Jim Rickon
Only in #DKExpert https://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD pic.twitter.com/XDBe28egDU
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 13, 2017
The “Med Ball Drill”
From Cleveland Indians Hitting Coordinator Jim Rickon
Only in #DKExperthttps://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD@purehitter pic.twitter.com/OJsOt7Bxsh
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 13, 2017
The ‘Pie Drill’
From Cleveland Indians Hitting Coordinator Jim Rickon
Only in #DKExpert https://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD pic.twitter.com/EFYV1V0JaD
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 14, 2017
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DK Expert: Kevin Poppe of Dynamic Sports Training
Strength & conditioning from Kevin Poppe, NFPT-CPT designed specifically for baseball
Only in #DKExpert
Read: https://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD pic.twitter.com/bUe9dDSBuS
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 20, 2017
A strength & conditioning program designed for baseball
From Kevin Poppe of @DST_Houston
Only in #DKExpert
Read: https://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD pic.twitter.com/Xum1HhLxpr
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 21, 2017
An anti-rotation exercise used to gain rotational strength
Via Kevin Poppe of @DST_Houston
Only in #DKExpert https://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD pic.twitter.com/mqzkQTW3Y5
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 22, 2017
The ‘Prone Cobra’
An extension-based exercise for core stability
Only from @TheKevinPoppe of @DST_Houston
Only in #DKExpert pic.twitter.com/6KnhTPOTXw
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 22, 2017
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DK Expert: Coach Jeff Leach
‘Hitting System’ from @CoachJeffLeach
Hit more line drives + fix bat drag
Only in #DKExpert
Learn More: https://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD pic.twitter.com/JJF4tVVqhB
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 25, 2017
Understanding one-plane swing vs. two-plane swing via @CoachJeffLeach
Full Drill in #DKExpert
Learn More: https://t.co/PcJtRkvzUD pic.twitter.com/b3RDPK4daU
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 26, 2017
The Barrel Turn Drill via @CoachJeffLeach
Understand how to feel the barrel accelerate deep in the hitting zone
Full Drill in #DKExpert pic.twitter.com/ldJKFoQ74O
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 27, 2017
Learning to use a greater range of motion to accelerate the barrel
The Tip To Turn Drill via @CoachJeffLeach
Full Drill in #DKExpert app pic.twitter.com/2FDMQwaXH9
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 28, 2017
Improve your posture to get the barrel in the path of the pitch more consistently
The Lean Drill from @CoachJeffLeach
Only in #DKExpert pic.twitter.com/6Bx8t6jv0T
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 29, 2017
How to encourage a positive attack angle at & through contact
The Line Drive Launch Drill from @CoachJeffLeach
Full Drill in #DKExpert pic.twitter.com/YFDNB5ABOS
— Diamond Kinetics (@DiamondKinetics) September 29, 2017
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