AI Swing Analysis (Softball & Baseball)

Hitting mechanics have always been one of the hardest areas to score consistently. With SkillShark’s AI swing analysis, receive consistent, reliable, and bias-free scores for your athletes’ hitting mechanics.

Watch our quick video on how to use the AI swing analysis feature below.

SkillShark’s AI Swing Analysis feature: A Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Navigate to Evaluation Template

  • Go to the navigation bar on the left-hand side and select ‘Evaluation Settings.’
  • Choose ‘Evaluation Template’ from the drop-down options.

Step 2: Select the ‘Hitting’ Metric

  • Once in your evaluation template, click on ‘View’ beside the ‘Positional’ category. This will show you all the skills under that category.
  • Once here, click on the arrow beside the ‘Hitting’ skill to open the collapsible menu.
  • Click on the blue ‘Add Metric’ button.

Step 3: Add Video Analysis Metric

  • Under the ‘Add Metric’ section, scroll down and click on ‘Video Analysis (Beta).’
  • Name the metric and choose the scoring type. **See below for different scoring types.
  • Click on the blue ‘Add Metric’ button on the bottom right. It will now be added to your evaluation template for all evaluators to score.
  • Note: The ‘Analysis Objective’ will always be ‘Swing.’

Scoring types:

Step 4: Enter Athletes’ Height & Weight

  • Go to ‘Players’ on the left-hand navigation menu and click on ‘Manage Players.’
  • Once in the players section, click on the blue ‘Edit’ button to the far right-hand side beside any player’s name.
  • Click on the blue ‘Edit Details’ button.

Click on the ‘View Additional Fields’ button, located right below the email field.

  • Enter the player’s height & weight. Ensure you hit the save button.

Step 5: Film Players’ Hitting Mechanics

  • On your phone, open your event in the SkillShark app.
  • Select the ‘Hitting’ metric. And click ‘Start Evaluation.’
  • Scroll down to ‘AI Hitting Analysis’ (or the name you chose) and click ‘Take Video.’

*Before recording, follow these best practices:

Step 6: Record the Swing & Upload

  • An objective hitting score out of 100 will be provided to you within minutes after recording.
  • *Scores are calculated using stride length, hand speed, hip & shoulder rotation, kinematic sequence, height, and weight.

There you have it! You’ve learned how to use SkillShark’s AI Swing Analysis!

For more information on how to use this feature in SkillShark, book a walkthrough with a product expert.