Blast Baseball

Name: Blast Baseball
Rating: 3 (223 reviews)
Author: Blast Motion, Inc.

Sports

Free · In‑App Purchases

223 Ratings
Ages

13+
In-App Controls
Category

Sports
Developer

Blast Motion, Inc.
Language

EN
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Size

392.5
MB

Train smarter and get better with the bat sensor technology used by nearly all the MLB teams. Simply attach the Blast Baseball Swing Analyzer or Personal Swing Trainer*** to any standard bat and your iPad or iPhone will do the rest. Record video of your swings in the Blast Baseball app* and the patented Smart Video Capture ™ technology will automatically identify your swings, clip your video, and overlay your swing metrics, synchronized at impact. (Bat Speed, Time to Contact, Attack Angle, etc.) With the 3D Swing Tracer, you can replay and analyze your swing path instantly. Live mode provides real-time feedback, allowing you to visualize your swing, make adjustments, and see the results. Compare your swing videos side-by-side or send them to a coach for further analysis. Players and coaches with a membership or free trial can utilize the app’s advanced functionality to automatically assess every swing for swing quality, providing insights in three areas that all great hitters possess: plane, connection, and rotation. Insights make it simple for coaches to evaluate players for recruitment and player development, with recommendations and drills for improvement. Coaches can also streamline coaching feedback through Mobile Video Analysis with voice-over recording and video markup tools. The Blast Baseball Swing Analyzer and Personal Swing Trainer*** are highly accurate, advanced 3D motion capture systems that record your swings. They use Bluetooth® Smart technology to connect to your iPhone or iPad. There’s no need to alter your natural swing. The Swing Analyzer / Personal Swing Trainer know when to dynamically power-up the patented motion detection algorithms to capture your metrics in real-time. They even store data on the Swing Analyzer / Personal Swing Trainer when your mobile device is out of range and download your actions to the Blast app as soon as you reconnect. With the Blast Baseball app* coaches, parents, and players of all ages can gain the insights they need to improve their swing and gain the competitive edge. * The Blast Baseball app requires the Blast Baseball Swing Analyzer or Personal Swing Trainer and the Blast bat attachment to collect data. The app currently supports English language and Imperial measurements. ** Requires a Blast Connect and Premium Services account and Swing Analyzer to provide advanced app, player, and coaching functionality. Blast Connect is an information and player management platform that features data trending, advanced reporting, roster management, mobile video analysis, and more. *** The Blast Baseball Swing Analyzer / Personal Swing Trainer, charger, and bat attachment are sold as packages. Separate purchase required – available from blastmotion.com. Privacy Policy: https://blastmotion.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: https://blastmotion.com/terms-of-service/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Ratings & Reviews

3.0

out of 5

223 Ratings

Useless if you are a parent
05/20/2020

tydowns20
Great concept but there's no way I can separate my two kids numbers on their swings. You have to use different bats in order to differentiate. The problem with that is the historical numbers showing improvement in the different metrics include data from all bats, in other words, it's impossible to analyze one of my boys progress because both of my boys numbers are mixed together. Would give it 1 star as it is also difficult to use and the app should clearly explain what each metric means when you click on it (small pop up box with an explanation and links to more info). Just a horrible user experience. I wouldn't recommend to anybody. Making me want to look into Diamond Kinetics.
Useless if you are a parent
05/20/2020

tydowns20

Great concept but there's no way I can separate my two kids numbers on their swings. You have to use different bats in order to differentiate. The problem with that is the historical numbers showing improvement in the different metrics include data from all bats, in other words, it's impossible to analyze one of my boys progress because both of my boys numbers are mixed together. Would give it 1 star as it is also difficult to use and the app should clearly explain what each metric means when you click on it (small pop up box with an explanation and links to more info). Just a horrible user experience. I wouldn't recommend to anybody. Making me want to look into Diamond Kinetics.
Data driven performance improvement
Oct 23

Dweinber
I have coached baseball for 8 years. I also love working with data…. “What’s measured is managed and what’s managed is improved.”Blast is a great device/app to track swing power (bat speed, rotational acceleration), contact (attack angle, on plane efficiency) and consistency (early connection, connection at impact) and see improvement over time. In addition to the data, there is a library of videos/drills that explain each of these 3 components of the swing to help the player visualize his swing with drills to improve the areas that need work. The app does require an annual subscription. But, the annual subscription costs less than one private lesson and if you work with a coach who embraces this technology, your player will be ahead of the game. While the sensor tracks bat speed, it does not track 2 important aspects of the swing: exit velocity (ball speed off of the bat at impact) and swing decision timing (time from deciding to swing to contact). Paired with HitTrax or simply a Pocket Radar to periodically track exit velocity and you will have almost everything you need to improve and drive consistency in the swing. For swing decision timing, Win Reality has some great VR drills.
Data driven performance improvement
Oct 23

Dweinber

I have coached baseball for 8 years. I also love working with data…. “What’s measured is managed and what’s managed is improved.”Blast is a great device/app to track swing power (bat speed, rotational acceleration), contact (attack angle, on plane efficiency) and consistency (early connection, connection at impact) and see improvement over time. In addition to the data, there is a library of videos/drills that explain each of these 3 components of the swing to help the player visualize his swing with drills to improve the areas that need work. The app does require an annual subscription. But, the annual subscription costs less than one private lesson and if you work with a coach who embraces this technology, your player will be ahead of the game. While the sensor tracks bat speed, it does not track 2 important aspects of the swing: exit velocity (ball speed off of the bat at impact) and swing decision timing (time from deciding to swing to contact). Paired with HitTrax or simply a Pocket Radar to periodically track exit velocity and you will have almost everything you need to improve and drive consistency in the swing. For swing decision timing, Win Reality has some great VR drills.
New update = paid subscription
Aug 10

Norcal3737
I’ll be happy to update my review if I’m wrong but this new update gives you 10 free swings, albeit with more metrics available, and then you have to pay to view anything beyond that. Up until this point, the app was free to use for all basic members with 5-6 basic metrics available. I used it to track bat and hand speed over time, and didnt necessarily care about any other metrics. Now, I can’t even track that without paying a subscription fee. This feels wrong for those of us that already own the blast baseball sensor. The sensor disconnects/reconnects every time I am using it, and now its basically a paperweight after 10 swings because I don’t plan to buy a subscription for something that was initially free. Figure it out Blast.
New update = paid subscription
Aug 10

Norcal3737

I’ll be happy to update my review if I’m wrong but this new update gives you 10 free swings, albeit with more metrics available, and then you have to pay to view anything beyond that. Up until this point, the app was free to use for all basic members with 5-6 basic metrics available. I used it to track bat and hand speed over time, and didnt necessarily care about any other metrics. Now, I can’t even track that without paying a subscription fee. This feels wrong for those of us that already own the blast baseball sensor. The sensor disconnects/reconnects every time I am using it, and now its basically a paperweight after 10 swings because I don’t plan to buy a subscription for something that was initially free. Figure it out Blast.
Poor application
04/14/2022

Johnny_Terps
I want to like this app and service but I can’t. The service has a lot of promise and the data it collects can be very useful but it doesn’t do much good when the app is so unstable. I have lost a lot of video on more than one occasion and the only suggestion from the company is to delete and reinstall the app. The interface is not particularly intuitive and it is very unstable while In use. It is also very curious to me that the app is written for iOS but the web version (which is needed for a number of things) does not work on Safari. This still needs a lot of work.
Poor application
04/14/2022

Johnny_Terps

I want to like this app and service but I can’t. The service has a lot of promise and the data it collects can be very useful but it doesn’t do much good when the app is so unstable. I have lost a lot of video on more than one occasion and the only suggestion from the company is to delete and reinstall the app. The interface is not particularly intuitive and it is very unstable while In use. It is also very curious to me that the app is written for iOS but the web version (which is needed for a number of things) does not work on Safari. This still needs a lot of work.

Release 5.16.2 Update =============== Expanded Japanese Translation coverage Other Enhancements & Improvements * Exterminated some bugs

Version 5.16.2

Aug 28

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