A Baseball Dad’s Best Cheat Code: How Clay Moden Is Giving His Sons Pro-Level Support with a New App

Like many Western New York parents, I spent the summer juggling youth sports. I have two kids playing baseball and another playing lacrosse, so there were days when I was literally at three different fields in one morning!

I love being there to support my players, but as we transition from Little League, house baseball, and travel tournaments to fall baseball and tryouts, I am trying to find the right way to help guide them. I love being a dad with kids in sports at different levels, but the hardest part is getting them to listen when I have ideas about how they can improve their game.

Recently, on the recommendation of some great friends, I downloaded the sportFX app. This incredible new technology can help parents like me explain to their kids how to improve without the frustration. It's designed to work with all skill levels, including collegiate and professional baseball players, and is incredibly user-friendly.

No complicated setup or sensors. It's accessible whenever you have time, and it lets young players answer through data and detailed graphics that ever-pressing question: Am I getting better?

With sportFX, you just follow the prompts inside the app to capture video of the player's swing or throw. Within minutes, you’ll receive personalized feedback, coaching suggestions, and training tips in language even non-sports parents can understand. The app uses biometrics to turn your phone video into a full 3D breakdown of your kid's pitch or swing.

Then Winston, an in-app coach, acts as your personal biometrics translator to make your practice time more effective. Players (and parents) can ask Winston questions, and he'll answer in real time.

That means Winston can dish out the technical details and hard truths, and you as the parent can provide the encouragement and support. Gone are the wait times for usable stats. With sportFX, you can scientifically measure your progress and refer back to it at any time.

Here's a look at an advanced player's sportFX analysis:

sportFX

Here's a look at me using sportFX with my son:

Clay Moden

Here are screenshots of the app depicting parts of his swing:

Clay Moden, sportFX

And here's the personalized feedback. I love that they provide videos showing suggested drills.

Clay Moden, sportFX

It's hard to find the right balance as a parent of children in youth sports. I try to remember what it was like to be in their shoes while also being a dad who wants them to have fun. I never want to be the parent who’s constantly pressuring them.

If you're a sports parent or grandparent, you have to see if sportFX could help your athlete. Learn more at sportfx.ai, and download the app wherever you get your apps.