SPEEDUP Softball

The SPEEDUP Softball app offers the following features :

- SPEEDUP Radar : turn your smartphone/tablet into a speed radar
- SPEEDUP Live : share your speed measurements in real-time with other players
- SPEEDUP Analytics : record and analyze your sessions
- SPEEDUP Motion Tracker : perform pitching motion analysis by combining information from two devices

***** SPEEDUP Radar *****

The SPEEDUP Softball app offers three ways to measure the speed of a ball :

1. On-the-ground : the smartphone/tablet is placed on the ground.
2. Tripod : the smartphone/tablet is fixed on a tripod

***** SPEEDUP Live *****

The SPEEDUP Live technology may be used to broadcast your speed measurements in real time to multiple devices (TV, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.). After throwing the ball, the speed appears instantaneously on the SPEEDUP Softball Live web interface as well as the SPEEDUP Live dashboard located within the SPEEDUP Softball app. Only users who have received your SPEEDUP Live code are entitled to watch your speed. A link to your SPEEDUP Live code may be found within the SPEEDUP Softball app.

Feel free to use the SPEEDUP Live technology in order to create/join communities of players who are interested in sharing their speed measurements. For instance, the members of a softball team may use the SPEEDUP Live technology in order to set up a speed challenge.

Link to the SPEEDUP Softball Live web interface : https://speedup-softball.web.app/

***** SPEEDUP Analytics *****

With SPEEDUP Analytics, you have a permanent access to your last 100 speed measurements. For each speed measurement, the following information is provided :

- Date of measurement
- The speed of the ball relative to the ground
- An image showing the trajectory of the ball
- 3D and 2D views of the ball trajectory

In the 'My Speedup' section of the SPEEDUP Live web interface, the trajectories of the balls may also be visualized in three dimensions. Besides its fun aspect, a 3D visualization may also bring valuable information about the quality of your throw.

***** SPEEDUP Motion Tracker *****

SPEEDUP Motion Tracker allows for pitching motion analysis by combining information from two devices while the pitcher is throwing the ball. One device is used for generating a 3D trajectory of the ball from which the speed, the pitch angle and the rotation speed of the ball (available in a subsequent version) will be extracted. The second device is used for taking a video of the pitcher while throwing the ball. Pitching motion analysis is performed by estimating the pitcher's body pose.