Major League Baseball has approved the in-game use of bat sensors throughout its minor leagues for the 2018 season. In 2017, MLB conducted a pilot program that permitted bat sensors to be attached during rookie ball games in the Gulf Coast League and the Arizona Summer League. That has now been expanded for sensors to […]
Diamond Kinetics has expanded beyond its roots as a bat sensor company with a new smart baseball and PitchTracker app to collect data on an athlete’s pitching mechanics. A small sensor is embedded into the core of each baseball and generates six metrics on every throw: velocity, spin rate, extension and three timing data points, […]
The CEO of Diamond Kinetics, a leading bat-sensor company, said his company will release its first product that tracks the throwing motion in early 2018. While appearing on the SportTechie podcast this week, Diamond Kinetics’ co-founder and top executive, CJ Handron, told Bram Weinstein that its next offering would focus on improving arm action rather […]
The NCAA Softball Rules Committee approved the use of swing-tracking bat sensors during games for the coming 2018 season, becoming the first major baseball or softball organization to approve the devices for competition. The data will not be accessible until after the games but will provide a new reference point for players and coaches. “The […]
Sports wearable analysis company Blast Motion filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Diamond Kinetics, a baseball and softball motion swing app and platform, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Blast Motion, which is in the midst of another lawsuit against Zepp Labs from 2015, also joined to the new suit Canada-based PPG Technologies, […]
