Bill Hezel's guest appearances

Bill Hezel

Patrick Jones Baseball

Muscles and Management

Driveline R&D Podcast

Max Dutto

Jason Ochart

Matt Talarico

Xan Barksdale

Rob Hill

Ben Brewster

Trevor Bauer

Carlton Salters

Zach Dechant

Dean Jackson

Colter Bostick

Pat Robles

Chad Longworth

Eric Jagers

Kevin Poppe

OwlTail

Episode 90 of the Driveline R&amp;D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Alex Harter and Max Engelbrekt!  Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/ Today we have Director of Pitching Bill Hezel and Coordinator of Player Development Analytics David Besky on the podcast to talk new Plyoballs that are being released, how they can be used to better individualize training and achieve better results, the tools we've created to determine which weights each player should throw, and some general updates on in-gym training + second half predictions! Good episode talking a lot about player development plan individualization, enjoy! Timestamps  0:00 Intros Link to the hosts' Twitters:  Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan  Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9  Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_  Bill Hezel: https://twitter.com/billhezel David Besky: https://twitter.com/David_Besky

Episode 90 of the Driveline R&amp;D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley! With guests: Alex Harter and Max Engelbrekt!  Use promo code: good2learn25 for $25 off on Driveline PLUS! <a href="https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/product/plus-subscription/</a> Today we have Director of Pitching Bill Hezel and Coordinator of Player Development Analytics David Besky on the podcast to talk new Plyoballs that are being released, how they can be used to better individualize training and achieve better results, the tools we've created to determine which weights each player should throw, and some general updates on in-gym training + second half predictions! Good episode talking a lot about player development plan individualization, enjoy! Timestamps 0:00 Intros Link to the hosts' Twitters: Alex Caravan: <a href="https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan</a> Anthony Brady: <a href="https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9</a> Kyle Lindley: <a href="https://twitter.com/kylelindley_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/kylelindley_</a> Bill Hezel: <a href="https://twitter.com/billhezel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/billhezel</a> David Besky: <a href="https://twitter.com/David_Besky" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/David_Besky</a>

Weighted Ball Variation Training | Bill Hezel and David Besky | Driveline R&D Podcast Episode 90

Episode 80 of the Driveline R&amp;D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!   With guests: Bill Hezel  Our Director of Pitching, Bill Hezel, joins us and we talk what put Driveline on the map originally -- some daggum excellent athlete results. Bill talks navigating the complexities of broadening the department into one also oriented about in-season, on-the-field results as well while dealing with increased MLB attention on poaching pitching trainers. Bill also talks about some exciting new stuff we've got to offer our athletes now like our intended zones command training, biometric tracking, workload tracking integration and gives out some hard-nosed truths on developing and improving MLB-caliber pitchers. Timestamps  0:00 Intros  4:10 Bill's Background  12:50 Driveline's Pitching Department: 2018-2022  14:47 The Need for Data Driven Pitching Systems/Buckets  18:07 Pitching Dept Dealing With Poaching  21:20 The Educational Support of Driveline's Internal Systems  23:50 Delivering In-Season, Year-Round Value/Results  33:40 Driveline's Advantage Plan Broadening Company Mission  40:04 Dillon Tate's Longitudinal Results w/ DL  42:50 Command Training Strategy  53:00 Median Miss Distance on Intended Zones; Command Assessment  57:15 Tracking Sleep, Biometrics  1:00:15 Harnessing Intensity (Kershaw Ex) 1:02:50 MLB Teams Wasting Spring Training? 1:05:45 Brady Losing His Mind Over ST PFP's  1:11:05 MLB Front Office Bias Re: Tradition   Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters:  Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan  Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9  Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_ Bill Hezel: https://twitter.com/billhezel

Episode 80 of the Driveline R&amp;D Podcast with Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley!   With guests: Bill Hezel  Our Director of Pitching, Bill Hezel, joins us and we talk what put Driveline on the map originally -- some daggum excellent athlete results. Bill talks navigating the complexities of broadening the department into one also oriented about in-season, on-the-field results as well while dealing with increased MLB attention on poaching pitching trainers. Bill also talks about some exciting new stuff we've got to offer our athletes now like our intended zones command training, biometric tracking, workload tracking integration and gives out some hard-nosed truths on developing and improving MLB-caliber pitchers. Timestamps  0:00 Intros  4:10 Bill's Background  12:50 Driveline's Pitching Department: 2018-2022  14:47 The Need for Data Driven Pitching Systems/Buckets  18:07 Pitching Dept Dealing With Poaching  21:20 The Educational Support of Driveline's Internal Systems  23:50 Delivering In-Season, Year-Round Value/Results  33:40 Driveline's Advantage Plan Broadening Company Mission  40:04 Dillon Tate's Longitudinal Results w/ DL  42:50 Command Training Strategy  53:00 Median Miss Distance on Intended Zones; Command Assessment  57:15 Tracking Sleep, Biometrics  1:00:15 Harnessing Intensity (Kershaw Ex) 1:02:50 MLB Teams Wasting Spring Training? 1:05:45 Brady Losing His Mind Over ST PFP's  1:11:05 MLB Front Office Bias Re: Tradition   Link to the hosts' + guest Twitters:  Alex Caravan: <a href="https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan</a> Anthony Brady: <a href="https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9</a> Kyle Lindley: <a href="https://twitter.com/kylelindley_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/kylelindley_</a> Bill Hezel: <a href="https://twitter.com/billhezel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/billhezel</a>

Bill Hezel | Driveline Pitching: MLB, Command+, In-Season Monitoring | Driveline R&D Pod Episode 80

If you love pitching, you're going to love this episode with Bill Hezel. Bill's coaching journey is unique. He coached college baseball for seven years, while working a full-time job, oftentimes having to sleep in his car in-between practice and work. He eventually took a job at Driveline Baseball where he is now the Director of Pitching, as well as being a pitching consultant to the Philadelphia Phillies. In this episode, Bill gives a behind-the-scenes look at what he does at Driveline, the best ways to develop pitchers, and what he looks for when hiring future employees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you love pitching, you're going to love this episode with Bill Hezel. Bill's coaching journey is unique. He coached college baseball for seven years, while working a full-time job, oftentimes having to sleep in his car in-between practice and work. He eventually took a job at Driveline Baseball where he is now the Director of Pitching, as well as being a pitching consultant to the Philadelphia Phillies. In this episode, Bill gives a behind-the-scenes look at what he does at Driveline, the best ways to develop pitchers, and what he looks for when hiring future employees. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Director of Pitching at Driveline Baseball - Bill Hezel 

*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*In this episode Gerry welcomes in Philadelphia Phillies pitching consultant and Driveline Baseball assistant pitching director Bill Hezel on the show.To start, Bill and Gerry discuss the importance of communication and presenting data and facts when engaging in the debates that sometimes occur in areas of pitching and pitching conditioning.Then, Bill gives some insight on what pitchers can be doing during this uncertainty and off time to prepare themselves and stay ready as best they can.All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!Timestamps4:45 - Running &amp; Arm Injuries8:20 - Helping Coaches 10:00 - Letting Athletes Have SOME Freedoms13:00 - Explaining Details To Young Athletes21:00 - Relationship Building24:15 - Lifting Heavy &amp; Injuries30:00 - Why Pulldowns are Effective37:35 - Unteaching Bad Habits45:00 - Training Styles Based on Age for Pitching55:00 - Be Cautious of Incorrect Information Online58:12 - Giving Answers to Athletes that Stick1:01:15 - The Disconnect Between Pros and Coaches Who Aren’t Former Pros1:09:45 - Bill’s Final ThoughtsSupport the show

*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END* In this episode Gerry welcomes in Philadelphia Phillies pitching consultant and Driveline Baseball assistant pitching director Bill Hezel on the show. To start, Bill and Gerry discuss the importance of communication and presenting data and facts when engaging in the debates that sometimes occur in areas of pitching and pitching conditioning. Then, Bill gives some insight on what pitchers can be doing during this uncertainty and off time to prepare themselves and stay ready as best they can. All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management! Timestamps 4:45 - Running &amp; Arm Injuries8:20 - Helping Coaches 10:00 - Letting Athletes Have SOME Freedoms13:00 - Explaining Details To Young Athletes21:00 - Relationship Building24:15 - Lifting Heavy &amp; Injuries30:00 - Why Pulldowns are Effective37:35 - Unteaching Bad Habits45:00 - Training Styles Based on Age for Pitching55:00 - Be Cautious of Incorrect Information Online58:12 - Giving Answers to Athletes that Stick1:01:15 - The Disconnect Between Pros and Coaches Who Aren’t Former Pros1:09:45 - Bill’s Final Thoughts<a href="http://www.challengerstrength.com" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>