Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) has announced a new partnership with 3D sensor and analytics company Blast Motion. The company will become the official swing sensor of AAU baseball, potentially opening the door for big data in youth sports. AAU’s new partnership follows suit with with Major League Baseball, as the MLB announced Blast Motion as its official […]
Sports wearable technology and analysis company Blast Motion is now an official technology partner of Golf Channel Academy, it was Wednesday. Through the new relationship with GCA and Proponent Group — a network of golf instructors — Blast Motion has developed the GCA Game Tracker mobile app and portal that will give athletes access to their activity timeline, video […]
Blast Motion and BodiTrak Sports announced their partnership Tuesday on developing the new mobile coaching app, BodiTrak Dash. The app combines Blast Motion’s Blast Connect coaching technology with BodiTrak’s mat sensors to provide users with a more comprehensive analysis of body and swing mechanics. The Dash app essentially unites BodiTrak’s mat-based pressure metrics with Blast Connect’s full-scale […]
Stadia Ventures, the St. Louis-based sports innovation hub and accelerator program, is currently seeking sports technology companies for its Spring 2017 cohort, which will begin April 5-7. It will be the fourth edition of the Stadia Accelerator. The most recent Fall 2016 program saw applications from 20-plus countries, including Indonesia, Denmark, Egypt, Jordan and El Salvador, […]
Majestic Athletic will no longer be the on-field uniform provider for Major League Baseball starting in 2020 when Under Armour takes over, but the company is taking aim at competitors in technology with its Swing IQ smart apparel. The Swing IQ shirt that was introduced Thursday is designed with Intel technology and contains motion sensors […]
