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, including time-to-the-plate, delivery and reach back until release point. There is also a pitch-charting program within the app, to replace the pen-and-paper methods most teams still use, and the ability to overlay the data over video for a more thorough analysis.