Wearable sports technology is rapidly becoming a vital part of an athlete’s development. With XBand’s newly launched 3XThreat Speed & Mechanics Video System, baseball and softball players can utilize technology that captures key information like speed and agility metrics to better evaluate potential improvements to their athleticism, increasing their quality of training and competitiveness. This gadgetry has been launched to help players and coaches at all levels better evaluate pitches, ball-hitting, and base-running skills.
“On the field, 3XThreat is the first-ever 3-in-1 training system focused on improving a player’s mechanics and ‘Big 3’ skills: Pitching, hitting and base-running,” said Jose Doval, XBand Sports CEO. “Off the field, it’s the first hands-free speed and mechanics video unit, sports app and online web analytics system for evaluating player skills, monitoring progress and correcting mechanics.”
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As previously covered, XBand technology hopes to be a new training alternative for athletes of any economic background to utilize. Xband wants users to stop spending thousands of dollars on overpriced coaching sessions when their technology facilitates the same potential development.
“From a coach’s perspective, the more we get familiar with the hands-free unit, sports app and performance center system, the more we’re coming to rely on it as a go-to, everyday tool,” commented Jeremy Waller, Asst. Baseball Coach at Grossmont College in San Diego and CEO of Travelball Connect. “It provides objective validation off the field of the teaching points we’re making on it”
The 3XThreat is priced at $249.99 ($379.99 with an included tablet), so integrating this helpful analytical system into an athlete’s training regimen costs just as much as a high quality baseball or softball equipment. With the ability to update the sports app software as new technology develops, this device aims to play an integral role in a player’s continued development.
It automatically captures the speed of players pitching, hitting and base-running and cuts those actions into short-action video clips without editing needed. Then it provides real-time feedback on a smart device, including instant replay, annotation and side-by-side video comparisons. This allows players to identify and compare their performances. The unit also records and times base running with a built in timer.
“Like most coaches and private instructors, we believed video analysis was a great tool for correcting mechanics flaws, but found it was either too difficult operating the camera while catching and teaching, or too time-consuming to wade through useless footage and edit,” said Kirt Winter, CTO for XBand Sports, and designer of the 3XThreat system. “So we literally designed and created a ‘hands free,’ user-friendly video unit that enables an Android device to capture short bursts of video action of each pitch or swing, a sports app and an online performance center that offers the best of all worlds for all users.”
If you are willing to give XBand Sports 3XThreat a test run, the company currently offers a risk-free, 30-day trial and 100% satisfaction guarantee. The people backing this gadget are confident that the intuitive design of the training tools will provide enough critical aspects to help ball players and coaches improve their game