The Pocket Radar Ball Coach version is the perfect start to tracking pitching and throwing velocity. It can also be used to track swing speed. The Pocket Radar Ball Coach Radar Gun is an excellent training tool for player development, one on one coaching, or self-guided training. The radar and speed training tool by Pocket Radar is a pro-level radar gun with many additional features to help yourself or your players develop.
Uses and Features
Some of the easiest and most simple ways to use it are at a normal baseball practice or training session. With the Pocket Radar Ball Coach, you can track pitching and throwing velocity.
It’s excellent to use for pitchers on the mound along with infielder and outfielder throws.
One huge help is getting a baseline velocity of each player on our team in the beginning of the off-season. We do this during our strength, conditioning, and throwing program. Then on a bi-weekly basis we receive an update velocity of each player to help track their progress.
Another great feature with the Pocket Radar Ball Coach Radar Gun is its ability to track swing speed.
This is excellent for all ages of baseball and softball to help players develop quicker and stronger bat speeds.
How To Use
The Pocket Radar Ball Coach Radar Gun is easy and simple to use. Just a click of the button to turn it on and auto turn-off after 30 seconds of no use.
To operate, you simply hold the button down and face the Pocket Radar straight on with the baseball being thrown. Or facing or behind a bat swing.
Typically, we either stand behind the mound as a pitcher is throwing. Or behind a net behind the catcher as the pitcher is throwing.
For tracking swing speed, it’s very simple. Just stand or sit directly behind the batter as they swing off a tee. Or behind a net behind the batter if they are facing live pitching or batting practice.
Even more, the Pocket Radar Ball Coach is excellent to use in other sports such as: Tennis, Volleyball, Hockey, and Golf. Basically, any sport with a ball that requires some type of arm action.
Extras
The Pocket Radar Ball Coach Radar Gun is useable up to 120 feet away from the intended target.
It’s powered by 2 AAA alkaline batters and comes with a 2-year warranty.
It fits in the palm of your hand and includes a soft carrying case with holster and a wrist strap.
Price
The price for the Pocket Radar Ball Coach is $299.99 on most websites, including pocketradar.com and for $100.00 more, you can upgrade to the Pocket Radar Smart Coach which comes with some helpful additional features.
If you are using the Pocket Radar as a personal training tool, we recommend the Ball Coach version.
If you are using it as a training tool for a team to track data and in game data, we suggest the Smart Coach version.
The main difference is the Ball Coach version is not compatible with the Pocket Radar App while the Smart Coach version is.
Ball Coach vs Smart Coach
See below for the differences of each. Both are excellent to tracking speed in multiple sports.
The main upgrade with the Smart Coach version is its ability to keep data on the Pocket Radar app which can synch with other in game apps.
