Pocket Radar: For Smart Coach

Pocket Radar, Inc.

About this app

This is the companion app that works with the new Smart Coach Radar device (requires the Smart Coach Radar as a separate piece of hardware to use and does not work with any other Pocket Radar models).

For the first time ever, get accurate ball speed measurements embedded directly into your videos.

The Pocket Radar App boosts athlete performance with revolutionary speed capture technology. Train smart and get better results faster. View your speeds on your Smart Coach Radar device and simultaneously on an iOS Bluetooth 4.0 compatible smart phone or tablet.

The Smart Coach Radar with the Pocket Radar app is your complete speed and video training system. It is the first pro-level speed radar that can be used stand-alone or with a companion app. The combination of the Smart Coach Radar with the Pocket Radar app allows you to access many advanced features not available with any other radar guns, including the following:

• Instant Feedback with Remote Speed Display and Audio Speed Announcement
• Track Results over time with Instant History Review and Data Export
• Get Speeds Instantly and Record Video with Embedded Speeds at the Same Time
• Review Mechanics and Results with Speed Embedded in Video
• Capture and Share Video with Speed for Remote Coaching
• Share Videos of Results/Improvement Socially to Friends, Coaches and Recruiters
• Upload Your Videos to other training/recruiting software and apps

With +/- 1 MPH accuracy, this is not your typical "phone radar" that functions like a stopwatch or relies on perfect optical conditions/set-up. The App connects to the same radar used by top collegiate and professional coaches and players in multiple sports.

Ratings and reviews

The App is cool but there are bugs. The video is extremely glitchy at times. The video playback became unwatchable sometimes. For some reason it's speed up 2 or 3x with lots of dropped frames. Edit: One feature missing that is really annoying is not having a frame advance button during the play back. I need to see what the body is doing at different stages of the swing such as at the point of contact. Just the addition of that feature would make the play back feature actually useful.

Good but needs work. The concept is awesome but 2 major complaints: 1. No video above 1080p. On most fields you need to zoom in and at 1080p it is very grainy. Every phone supports 4k these days, need to improve. 2. Intermittent issues during games. Seems when it is 1st connected it works great but when I come back to it later in the game it is inconsistent on getting readings from the radar.

We showed up to the PGF Super Select and saw the info about the new app. Downloaded it on an iPhone (thankfully we had one) and it still didn't work. No clear directions on what to do once I downloaded the app. 9/22/22 checked to see if the price went down or even better to monthly and it's down to $50, there might be 4 or 5 tournaments left between now and Feb. The $100 was way too high to begin with. Need to make it 1 yr from sign up. Most that use live velo are parents not 3 team managers.

What's new

Bug fixes and performance improvements