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SMARTPITCH® - NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD

04/14/2019

SmartPitch® -- there is Nothing Like it in the World. We assembled a video showing how easy hands-free SmartPitch® is to use across many different situations in everyday baseball life. This video, and other blog entries under the Blog Post navigation tags "Freedom of Location" and "Set Up", show over and over how easy SmartPitch® is to use. It is the only app in the world you can use live and hands free from anywhere on the field, for both pitching and hitting. Radar cannot do that. No

SET UP TUTORIAL VIDEO FOR BACKYARD BULLPEN

03/13/2019

For first timers using SmartPitch® we recommend setting up your phone camera 15 feet to the side and 6 back of the rubber using Practice Mode. Here's a set up tutorial video for a backyard bullpen session using 15 x 6 feet, in the snow in March! In it, SmartPitch® measures 10 pitches in less than 30 seconds. SmartPitch® here is running on an Android phone. An iPhone version is also available. The distance from the rubber (in this case, marked by a ball bucket) to home (here marked by a

QUICK BULLPEN SET-UP - 15 SECONDS

02/24/2019

SmartPitch® is the only hands free, use anywhere speed app in the world. And it's the only app you can use BOTH live in games OR in bullpen and batting practice sessions, always hands free. (Game Mode and Practice Mode.) Unlike toy stopwatch apps, with SmartPitch® you do not have to constantly touch the screen and press at 1/2 second intervals. See "Don't Waste Your Time with Toy Stopwatch Speed Apps". For quick bullpen set-up, position your phone 15 feet to the side of the rubber - 5 paces

FIXING ANDROID APP MISSED PITCHES OR HITS

11/25/2018

If SmartPitch on your Android phone is not picking up the speed of your pitches or hits, try this: Adjust the Light Sensitivity setting. The quality of cameras, lens and video software on Android phones varies widely. Some Android smartphone cameras are just not very sensitive and do not adjust well to different light conditions. If you're using the SmartPitch Android app and it is not working - not reading the speed -- changing the Light Sensitivity setting will often fix that and allow

EZ SET-UP -- BACKYARD BP

09/19/2018

We get asked for tips on setting up SmartPitch and here we give an illustrated step-by-step guide for the easy process. This example is using SmartPitch on Android for backyard BP (batting practice) with wiffle balls (no broken windows!!!). Set up takes about 15 seconds after you've done it a few times. NOTE: Anytime you don't get results or have questions about set-up, contact us at: [email protected] First mark off the distance you will use between the rubber and

STEP TO THE SIDE & Forget Radar for Best Camera Location Set Up

03/14/2018

Don't think like a radar gun when using SmartPitch. In fact, think THE OPPOSITE of radar when setting up SmartPitch. NOTE: Anytime you don't get results or have questions about set-up, contact us at: [email protected] STEP TO THE SIDE and place the phone / camera perpendicular to the flight of the ball as much as possible. Standing at the camera location, you should see the ball going from your right to left or left to right, not coming straight at you or straight away

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SMARTPITCH® - NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD

SET UP TUTORIAL VIDEO FOR BACKYARD BULLPEN

QUICK BULLPEN SET-UP - 15 SECONDS

FIXING ANDROID APP MISSED PITCHES OR HITS

EZ SET-UP -- BACKYARD BP

STEP TO THE SIDE & Forget Radar for Best Camera Location Set Up

Tutorials, Tips & Best Practices ​

Train Smarter with SmartPitch

SMARTPITCH® - NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD

SET UP TUTORIAL VIDEO FOR BACKYARD BULLPEN

QUICK BULLPEN SET-UP - 15 SECONDS

FIXING ANDROID APP MISSED PITCHES OR HITS

EZ SET-UP -- BACKYARD BP

STEP TO THE SIDE & Forget Radar for Best Camera Location Set Up

Tutorials, Tips &

Best Practices