Gear – Training tech
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Pocket Coaching: How to Use Your Smartphone for Video Analysis
You don’t need a $10,000 motion-capture lab to see why your player is “dropping their hands” or “short-arming” a throw. The smartphone in your pocket is capable of recording at 240 frames per second—a feature that was reserved for elite labs just a decade ago. However, there is an art to “filming for coaching” versus
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Pocket Radar vs. Blast Motion: Which Should You Buy First?
In the “Performance Lab” era of youth baseball, data is king. But for the average travel ball family, you don’t need a $20,000 Rapsodo unit to see results. The two most popular (and affordable) tools are the Pocket Radar and the Blast Motion Swing Sensor. Both provide incredible insights, but they measure completely different things.