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Summary of Contents for Spinball Sports iPitch
- Page 1 ® iPitch Smart Pitching Machine Owner's Manual Updated 3/10/21...
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Page 2: Assembly And Setup
CAUTIONS ● This machine is not a toy! Use under adult supervision only. ● Machine will throw balls and strikes- batters must stay alert and always wear a helmet. ● Use only regulation sports balls or balls specifically designed for machine use. - Page 3 Figure 1: Install legs while machine is on the ground, then lift it to an upright position, pivoting the machine on the front two legs. generate enough squeezing force on the ball, and pitches will be too slow, without enough spin. Each motor &...
- Page 4 Figure 2: Typical motor / wheel positioning for real baseballs. Motors are located one step in from center position. Figure 3: Typical motor / wheel positioning for real softballs. Motors are located at outermost position. Feel free to experiment and deviate from these suggestions to determine the optimal wheel gap for your situation.
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Page 5: Operation
Select a machine and the app will try to connect. Only one device can connect to an iPitch machine at a time. If you have trouble connecting, make sure no other device has already connected to the iPitch’s Wi-Fi network. - Page 6 pitch, you must change the pitch definition using the Pitch Screen. When you use the Aim Screen, you are changing the aim for every pitch. The “Power Wheels” button sets the wheels to a 75mph fastball, or turns them off. The status window shows the horizontal and vertical coordinates of the target point.
- Page 7 BATTING PRACTICE SCREEN The Batting Practice (BP) screen is composed of several sections. Pitcher information: The upper left section displays information on the currently selected pitcher: name, throwing arm, and top pitch speed. As pitches are selected, the current pitch name also appears in this area. Zone: There are nine blocks representing nine target points in the strike zone.
- Page 8 • Autofeed Continuous – Automatically feed balls continuously PITCHER SCREEN Used to create custom pitchers and modify factory pitchers. A pitcher is defined as a name or description, throwing arm, and a list of up to 12 pitches. Pitcher names must be unique. To add a pitch to a pitcher’s list, the pitch must already exist in the database.
- Page 9 Pitches are defined by setting the pitch speed, spin direction, and spin amount. The machine uses these inputs to automatically adjust the individual wheel speeds required to generate the selected pitch speed and ball spin. You will still need to aim the machine using the directional arrows.
- Page 10 The ball doesn't curve in exactly the same direction as its spin because gravity always causes the ball to drop. For example, an overhand fastball with pure backspin (spin direction: up) won't actually curve upward, but it will drop less than it would have without spin. A ball with horizontal spin will curve sideways from the spin and drop from gravity, resulting in a diagonal break.
- Page 11 PITCH MODELING One of the core features of the iPitch is the ability to simulate any pitcher by using measured data to replicate their pitches. To do this, you must understand spin angle (also called spin direction) and spin efficiency.
- Page 12 3) Factory sequences 4) User defined pitchers 5) User defined pitches 6) User defined sequences Using Sheets is completely optional, but the larger your collection of pitches, pitchers, and sequences, the easier it will be to maintain them with Sheets. A single Sheet can support an unlimited number of tablets, so this is an ideal solution for organizations with multiple machines that need access to the same data.
- Page 13 only need to do it once per Sheet as the tablet will save the URL. For our example Sheet, the URL as shown in the browser is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Vpyt8aJ1zoYRNmTVehr8SAsB SQ90o_h_deHiaQ6hvHk/edit#gid=0 Your Sheet’s URL will have the same format, but with a different string in the highlighted section.
- Page 14 Sequences Sheet: The Sequences Sheet is similar to the Pitchers Sheet. It consists of an unlimited number of rows, each row defining one sequence. There should be a minimum of three columns, with no maximum: A: pitcher name or description – must be unique B: name of pitch 1 C: name of pitch 2 D: name of pitch 3...
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Page 15: Maintenance
A third factor is the cleanliness of the wheels. After use, especially with new balls (both dimpled and laced), the wheels can accumulate a residue from the balls. The residue is slick and prevents the wheel from grabbing the ball sufficiently. The wheels can be cleaned with solvent cleaners such as lacquer thinner, scrubbed with Scotch Brite pads.
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