YBE 079: Can Motus Baseball Help Improve Performance?

If you've read my product reviews, you know there's more to a product than whether it does what it says it does. Is it intuitive and user-friendly? Are the perceived benefits truly due to the product alone? And is the product actually helpful? These are just some of the many questions that needs to be addressed before I personally recommend a product. Kyle Boddy of Driveline Baseball recommends Motus Baseball, so that's a very good sign for me. But I'm not Kyle and I don't have a high-tech operation...would the product be worth considering for the average coach like me? That's why I'm glad to have Will Carroll on the show. Will is the Media Relations Director for Motus Global and he and I chat about the merits of Motus Baseball. Tune in and see if Motus Baseball sounds like it can benefit your player(s). Plus Austin Wasserman of WassermanStrength.com points us to bullpens, its benefits and how to properly track them in the Wass Strength Tip Of The Week.

In this 54-minute episode, you'll learn:

why Will is known as the "Injury Expert" when he's not a doctor
what the motus Throw product is, what it's used for
what Will believes causes batting slumps and how the motus Batting product can help
how the motus products work on the field
the key factor in how the motus products help players improve
how the products can help both in-game and in practices
how the motus Throw can give you the context for injury prevention
whether the motus Throw can help kids find their ideal pitching/throwing motion

Screenshots from my son's real world usage of the Motus Batting app:

Motus Batting app Zones screen — These are the nine batting zones that the sensor will calculate stats for.

Motus Batting app, specific zone detail — When you tap one of the zones, specific detail for this zone is displayed

Motus Batting app, bats screen — You can enter the bats your player uses (length, weight, etc).

Motus Batting app, Live Swings screen — Live Swings screen shows stats for your last swing. No swing was taken today, so no stats are shown here.

Motus Batting app, Live Swings stat info — Tapping one of the stats gives info and animation of what the stat is measuring.

Motus Batting app, Videos screen — Video captures are stored here. You can also record from here and compare swings against one another to see if swing adjustments were actually made or not.

Motus Batting app, Data screen — The Data screen shows averages and a graphical representation over multiple swings

Motus Batting app, Drills screen — Apparently, you can have drills to view here. Not sure yet how this gets populated.

Motus Batting app, Live BP intro screen — On any screen, you can jump straight to "Live Batting Practice" to have the Motus sensor analyze your next swing.

Profile screen where you can set your player's basic vitals for the app to consider

Screenshots from my son's real world usage of the Motus Throw app:

Motus Throw app, Workload screen — The app asks when your next gameday is so it can calculate your throwing limits leading up to that day.

Motus Throw app, Live Throws screen — The Live Throws screen presents a summary of the stats for this session's live throws

Motus Throw app, Training screen. — In Training, you can select from Bullpen Mode or Longtoss Mode, or view your Training History.

Motus Throw app, recent throwing screen — If you haven't used the app in a while, you'll get a screen that tries to help the app catch up with your recent past activity.

Motus Throw app, throw limit warning screen — In your Live Throws, you'll be notified as you approach your throwing limit for the day.

As with the Motus Batting app, the Motus Throw app also saves your player's vitals to be factored into the app's stat calculations

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Motus Baseball. Cost is $149.99. Enter code "motus" to save $10.
Driveline endorses Motus Baseball to measure elbow stress
Driveline explains how to use the Motus sleeve
Wass Strength's How to track bullpens

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