What's In HTKC?

Hacking the Kinetic Chain cuts the learning curve for coaching by providing coaches year-round programming to develop their pitchers. The training manual and video library create an integrated guide to developing a pitcher on the mound and in the weight room.

 

  • Learn the theories and research behind how we program and why we do the drills we do
  • 45 throwing programs cover the different times of the year and athlete needs
  • Tracking Programs to make sure you're athletes are getting better

 

There are always many options on how to program players. When just getting started, all the options and choices can seem overwhelming. Whether you apply the right drills and program is a critical piece in how a player improves. Using programs that have been tested in the real world shortens the learning curve for you as a coach while knowing the programs you are using work. 

 

  1. Learn the basics of training with the stress response cycle, mechanisms for adaptation, auto-regulation, and iteration.
  2. Develop a deeper understanding of throwing movement by learning how we break down the pitching delivery
  3. Pitcher's have specific needs, see how they can appropriately address the mobility work they need
  4. See the importance of a pitcher's warm-up and exercises they can perform to get ready to throw
  5. Learn how to coach and perform Driveline's Plyo Care Drills
  6. See how you can integrate strength, mobility, and conditioning work that complements your throwing program
  7. Over 40 Programs for athletes who are in high school and college
  8. Learn the throwing phases we use to plan an athlete's training

 

 

We've combined the best of clinical research and our in-house testing to create an in-depth philosophy and reasoning behind how we train pitchers. By purchasing Hacking the Kinetic Chain, you get rep-by-rep templates we use to build programs for our athletes.

 

You'll receive:

 

  • Hacking the Kinetic Chain, hard copy
  • Hacking the Kinetic Chain, ebook
  • Companion Workout Guide and Video Library
  • Lifetime upgrades


Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome to Hacking the Kinetic Chain - Advanced
  2. 2

    • Hacking the Kinetic Chain Advanced

    • Hacking the Kinetic Chain Advanced
  3. 3

    • HTKC Equipment
  4. 4

    • SHOULDER FLEXION

    • STRAIGHT LEG TEST

    • BIRD DOG

    • TRUNK STABILITY PUSH-UP

    • OVERHEAD SQUAT

    • LUNGE WITH OVERHEAD REACH

    • HURDLE STEP

    • LAT AND TERES MINOR MOBILITY

    • SCAP UPWARD MOBILITY TEST

    • GIRD TEST

    • FABER TEST
  5. 5

    • Foam Roller Circuit

    • Lacrosse Ball Rollout

    • Jaeger Band Circuit

    • Shoulder Tube Circuit

    • Wrist Weight Pronation Swings

    • Wrist Weight Two Arm Throws

    • Wrist Weight Pivot Pickoff

    • Wrist Weight Cuban Press
  6. 6

    • Band Pull Apart Circuit

    • Waiter Walks

    • Standing Rebounders

    • Upward Tosses
  7. 7

    • Band Halo

    • Dowel Shoulder Rotations

    • World's Greatest Stretch

    • Pike to Cobra with Hip Rotation

    • Cossack Squat

    • Shoulder IR Iso

    • Shoulder ER Iso
  8. 8

    • Reverse Throws

    • Pivot Pickoffs

    • Scap Retraction

    • Roll Ins

    • Rocker Throws

    • Step Backs

    • Drop Step

    • Janitor

    • Walking Windups

    • PULLDOWNS
  9. 9

    • FRONT SQUAT

    • DEADLIFT

    • Dumbbell Bench Press

    • PULL UPS

    • DUMBBELL ROW

    • REVERSE LUNGE

    • Accessory Lifts Playlist
  10. 10

    • Drills Descriptions

    • Notes on the New Plyos

    • Pro/College Programming

    • HS Ages 16+

    • Junior High/Early High School (Ages 14-16)

    • Position Players

    • Coaches
  11. 11

    • Beginner Lifting Programs

    • Intermediate Lifting Programs
  12. 12

    • Tracking Sheets