miSport is a UK based company that has been working on the development of a new range of training systems for the Cricket market.
The core product is PitchVision and is aimed at counties, coaches, schools, universities, clubs – and individual players.
The equipment is designed to be used by the full spectrum of cricket users and has been priced accordingly at less than 2/3rd’s the price of a bowling machine!
The main emphasis is to provide players with key performance feedback and analysis that has only ever been available to a limited number of players in certain environments.
In doing this they hope to create a more exciting, vibrant and compelling angle to cricket training, providing greater knowledge of strengths and weaknesses and the ability to improve and move on from session to session.
They have recently launched PitchVision in the UK and received initial interest from first class counties such as Yorkshire CCC.
The systems are being used in South Africa at schools and with provinces such as the Highveld Lions.
They are also in India with several associations already using the technology along with IPL franchises and leading cricket schools showing interest.
How does it work?
PitchVision captures and sends performance feedback instantly to a centralized laptop in ‘real-time’ as players train. It automatically creates a complete overview of all activity taking place; from the delivery of the ball, to the final destination from the bat.
It enables every player to capture precise measurements of batting and bowling performance. It’s designed to be affordable to everyone and is very easy to use. Once set up, no special bat or ball is required; just turn up, plug in and play.
Each player’s data can be displayed instantanously to a laptop, mobile phone and most commonly on-line for later analysis and communication with the coach.
Every training session is stored to build up a historical data base and compared against past performance, peers and professional players.
Whether you are interested in detailed summaries of your (or your player’s) line and length, or just want to know how fast you bowl PitchVision simply and unobtrusively enhances every training session, generating better data – feedback, knowledge and participation.
When Bowling PitchVision allows you to:
O Measure and record bowler Pace, Line, Length, Deviation, Bounce, and foot position on bowling crease ball by ball O More specifically, how fast (or slow) to bowl when you’re bowling really well O Monitor your flight, use of the bowling crease, deviation & bounce and identify trends O See how often you actually land your stock ball or your wicket ball O See a map of your line and length, graphs and charts of every area of your game O Compare your performance to previous sessions and measure you’re improvement or areas to work on
When batting PitchVision allows you to:
O See whether your shots would have pierced the field / Are you getting value for your shots O Identify which specific deliveries get you in trouble O Compare your performance against different bowlers O Bat in real game scenarios against real field placements O See a ‘Wagon Wheel’ of shots from the session O Confirm whether you are constantly getting to the pitch of the ball
The system is completely portable and can be installed on any good cricket wicket, permanently (if indoors) or temporarily if outdoors or moving from place to place.
The PitchVision System – Also includes fully integrated Video. This means that alongside all the performance data being collected ball by ball there will also be a matching, fully edited and catalogued video clip of the ball.
Infact there can be up to four clips, because you can run four cameras simultaneously if you wish. This is a breakthrough as one complaint which is heard about Video analysis and bio mechanical software packages is the time required to shift though hours of footage afterwards, manually cataloguing it.
Visit the website at PitchVision for further product information.
Back From Cricket Technology-Pitch Vision To CricketLab
About Richard Pybus
I'm Richard Pybus, I've coached Pakistan, Bangladesh, Middlesex, Titans and the Cape Cobras in South Africa and the goal of this site is to help you to play winning cricket.