

Players can share videos recorded from the app for others to review or for social media integration. The app provides instant feedback with audio and speed display and will track results over time, available for export. The Smart Coach Radar app includes video recording abilities with an embedded speed display to measure speed and control. Now, any youth athlete can use the same technology in their backyard that professional players and teams use on the field every day.” “With the new Smart Coach Radar, coaches and athletes of all ages are able to capture accurate speeds integrated with video of their mechanics, or get immediate feedback of their speeds delivered wirelessly to their smartphones. “We spent a lot of time talking to coaches,” said Steve Goody, CEO and co-founder of Pocket Radar, Inc.


In baseball, the goal of the coaching addition is to provide insights and metrics into hitting exit velocity and pitch speed so coaches and athletes can optimize techniques and methods. Stalker guns can be set to pick up as low as 15 mph throws).Pocket Radar has added to its speed measurement systems with the addition of Smart Coach Radar, a speed and video training system.

2 to 8 lb medicine ball throws (note, the Ball Coach reads velocities from 25 to 130 mph, so medball throws below the threshold won’t read.3 to 9 oz weighted balls (Driveline, Markwort, Prime and other brands).3 to 32 oz Plyocare balls (both Driveline and Tap).The Smart Coach was consistently with +/- 1 mph of both the Stalker Pro II and Stalker Sport 2, which held for: The Smart Coach does not display velocities to the nearest tenth like higher-end radar guns, but this is good enough for just about any trainee or coach, especially considering that even two Stalker guns will only read within about 0.5-1.0 mph of each other when placed side-by-side. Still, it’s by far the least expensive option that can reliably hold its own against higher end models like the Stalker Pro II. I hesitate to put the Smart Coach in the “budget” radar gun category, as it’s more of a mid-range option. This is by far the most important aspect of any radar gun.
