Smart Cricket Is Delivering Data & Insights To Batsmen And More

The Batsense sensor is an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that captures acceleration, angular rate and orientation (magnetometer). It can be attached to the end of a cricket bat using a sleeve that acts as an interface. A batsman can install Batsense onto any cricket bat and turn that into a ‘Smart Bat’. Once the sensor is in place and connected to the Batsense smartphone app, the batsman can start hitting and collecting data. The sensor tracks metrics such as Impact time, angles (back lift angle, follow through angle, bat start angle, impact angle, blade angle).

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Vald Performance Integrates Vision Tracking Into Their ForceDecks Platform

Ever since ForceDecks became part of Vald Performance in 2018, they have been making lots of little improvements to make performance measures easier and better. Just over a year ago, they released the ForceDecks Mini to offer an ultra-portable solution so it’s easier to bring it around. This year, they have integrated video capture into their ForceDeck iPad app so that users (physios, exercise scientists, etc) can easily record the athlete’s movement, posture and joint angles, and review it in relation to the ground reaction forces (GRF) data from the ForceDecks dual force plates.

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Vald Health Launches ForceDecks Mini For Portable Assessments

In 2018, Vald acquired NMP Technologies, the makers of ForceDecks, a dual force plate system for evaluating neuromuscular performance. One of the key features (or differentiation) of this dual force plate system (compared to other force plate systems in the market) is the ability to measure forces of each limb/foot of an athlete individually and therefore the ability to quantify left-right asymmetries during jump, isometrics, squat measures etc. The system also comes with software that quickly processes, analyses and presents the key metrics for every test/measure.

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