Jake Suddreth

Kinematics, Ground Reaction Forces (predicted), bat tracking, and ball flight. Lab grade accuracy within seconds at 1/5th the cost of other competitors of the same accuracy. @kinebase is changing the game.

Testing ball flight and data speeds for @kinebase . Today we were averaging ball velocity data 3.55 seconds faster than TrackMan processing time and average variance of ball velocity .22mph.

I’m starting to think that most of the coaches who are 100% reliant on AI are actually the ones who are artificially intelligent because they no longer have the ability to think for themselves.

Way too often we overcomplicate corrections when we’re looking at throwing mechanics. With this athlete, what we notice in his delivery is that his heels rises too early. Because of that, his hips get pushed into extension/a cross body stride and he loses internal rotation. Our goal is to get him into the ground better. So think about what we’d do in the weight room if an athlete’s heels came up early. When he squats, his knees drift forward because he doesn’t have the ankle dorsiflexion, and his chest falls forward with them. The fix in the weight room is simple: elevate his heels. Now take that same fix to the mound. Just by elevating his heels, his posture gets better, and that better posture frees up his hips to get into internal rotation instead of dumping into extension. This doesn’t mean we’re ignoring his ankle dorsiflexion. We’re still programming for more range of motion there. But instead of waiting until his ankles are ready, we’re training him to get into the positions we want now, while we build the capacity for them in the gym. DM “GAS” to train.

Exit velocity. Launch angle. Distance. Those numbers are great, but they only tell half the story. You can see that an athlete hit a ball 105 mph. But what actually produced that result? How did their body sequence? How efficiently did they transfer energy? What did their bat path look like through the zone? The outcome means more when you understand the movement behind it. @kinebase combines ball flight data, full-body kinematics, ground reaction forces, and advanced bat tracking into one comprehensive system.

I just saw a tournament post a kid who is a senior in high school with velos saying 50-54mph… this is why we can’t keep letting tournaments/showcases take money to post videos of kids.

Logan has been training with us @PDPAthletics for the last few months and he continues to move the needle. Improved velo and feel for all pitches.

Must be the juiced guns from today’s game.