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Intro

Welcome to the Blast Connect Mobile app that communicates, analyzes, coaches, and provides management tools that enable day-to-day drive improvement.  The Blast Connect mobile takes all the great features of Blast Connect now on your phone.

The Blast Connect Mobile works with Baseball, Softball and Golf.  The app works for Athlete, Coach, & Academy users.

What you Get:

COACH

Practice

Create practice plans & assign them to your players

Workouts

Create workout plans & assign them to your players

Skills Competitions

Create competitions for your players to drive engagement as they work to improve skills

Remote Coaching

Provide real-time coach feedback to your players – anywhere, anytime

COMMUNICATE

Messaging, Notification & Activity Feed

Stay connected & monitor player activities

Surveys

Create player surveys to capture valuable feedback

Leaderboard

Real-time leader ranking & stats for events

ANALYZE

Media Library

Store videos / images, select media for analysis and share with your players

Swing Analysis

Analyze data and receive coaching feedback through video voiceovers, markups and drawings

Statistics

Evaluate player / team performance history with statistics and data visualizations

MANAGE

Calendar

Keep events, practices, & workouts all in one place

Scheduler

Schedule lessons or allow players to sign-up for 1:1, group, or team lessons

*Data connection is needed to use certain features of the app.

iOS & Android Devices

Supported Devices

Blast Connect Mobile App Support (iOS only):

  • iPhone SE, 5s, 6, 6S, 6 Plus, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus
  • iPad Mini 2, Mini 3, iPad 4, Air, Air 2, iPad Pro 9.7”
  • Compatible Apple devices must be running:  iOS 10.x

The Basics

How to install Blast Connect Mobile

 

Depending on your iOS device, go to App Store.

To find and install Blast Connect for iOS

 

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open App Store.
  2. Tap the Search icon.
  3. Enter Blast Connect Mobile in the search results to go to the app page.
  4. Select Blast Connect Mobile in the search results to go the app page.
  5. Follow the standard installation procedure for iOS.

 

 

Create New Account or Sign in

 

Once the app is downloaded it opens the login screen. The available options of logging into the app or creating a new account are shown on the page.

 

Create New Account (athlete)

 

  1. Please go to the following link: (Baseball, Golf, & Softball).
  2. Tap on the sign-up button.
  3. Register the account by typing in your First Name, Last Name, Email, Password, Confirmed Password and agree to terms of service.
  4. Select continue to proceed.
  5. Select a subscription plan and enter your credit card information.
  6. Select the subscribe button to Blast Connect to proceed.
  7. When completed the following message will appear: “your Blast Connect account has been successfully created! Thank you for subscribing. Please login to continue.”

 

   Create New Account (Player, Coach)

 

  1. Please go to the following link: (Baseball, Golf, & Softball).
  2. Tap on the sign-up button.
  3. Register the account by typing in your First Name, Last Name, Email, Password, Confirmed Password and agree to terms of service.
  4. Select continue to proceed.
  5. Select a subscription plan and enter your credit card information.
  6. Select the subscribe button to Blast Connect to proceed.
  7. When completed the following message will appear: “your Blast Connect account has been successfully created! Thank you for subscribing. Please login to continue.”

 

Create New Account (Self-Serve Coach/ Academy)

 

  1. Please go to the following link: (Baseball, Golf, & Softball).
  2. Tap on the sign-up button.
  3. Register your account by typing Academy Name, Sub Domain, and Logo.
  4. Finish the Register your account by typing in your First Name, Last Name, Email, Password and Confirmed Password.
  5. Tap on the terms of service box, then select on “create account.” The next screen is the payment detail screen.
  6. Fill out the Cardholder Name, Card Number, CVC Security Code, and Expires to enable the “Subscribe to Blast Connect” button.
  7. Once completed, an “Account Successfully Created” Message will appear.
  8. Tap on button to “continue to Dashboard” to complete the process.

 

Sign in

 

  1. Open the Blast Connect Mobile.
  2. Tap on “Sign in here.”
  3. Fill in your E-mail (username) and Password. When complete tap on “log in “button.

 

Forgot Password

 

  1. Open the Blast Connect Mobile.
  2. Tap on “Sign in here.”
  3. Tap on the “Forgot Password.”
  4. Type in E-mail (Username) and tap on “Reset Password” button to get a reset link sent to email address.
  5. Open email and select on the link or copy and paste the following link into your browser.
  6. On the reset screen type your Email, Password and tap on the “reset” button.

 

Dashboard

The dashboard shows your activity on the home page on the Blast Connect.  It consists of the following features: Profile, Inbox, Calendar, Capture, Training Center, and Video Library.

 

How to view your metrics

  1. Scroll down to the “VIEW YOUR METRICS” button on Dashboard
  2. Tap the “VIEW YOUR METRICS” button.

 

How to sync metrics

  1. Scroll down to the “VIEW YOUR METRICS” button on Dashboard
  2. Tap the “VIEW YOUR METRICS” button.
  3. Tap on the option button.
  4. Tap on “SYNC METRICS” button.

How to filter metrics

  1. Scroll down to the “VIEW YOUR METRICS” button on Dashboard
  2. Tap the “VIEW YOUR METRICS” button.
  3. Tap on the filter button.
  4. Tap the filter option.

 

How to update profile

 

  1. Scroll down to the “MANAGE YOUR PROFILE” button on Dashboard
  2. Tap the “MANAGE YOUR PROFILE” button.
  3. Update your profile.
  4. Tap on the “SAVE PROFILE UPDATES” button.

 

 

How to update subscription credit card

 

  1. Scroll down to the “MANAGE YOUR PROFILE” button on Dashboard
  2. Tap the “MANAGE YOUR PROFILE” button.
  3. Tap on the Subscription tab.
  4. Enter credit card information.

 

 

How to cancel subscription service

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to the “MANAGE YOUR PROFILE.”
  2. Tap on the Subscription Tab.
  3. Tap on Cancel Subscription.

 

 

How to view calendar

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to “VIEW CALENDAR.”
  2. Tap on the “VIEW CALENDAR.”

 

How to view timeline

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to Timeline.

 

 

How to view custom newsfeed

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to Timeline.
  2. Tap on the tab next to Timeline (If available).

 

How to write on your timeline

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to Timeline.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of Timeline.
  3. Write Timeline message above the “WRITE TO YOUR TIMELINE” button.
  4. Tap on the “WRITE TO YOUR TIMELINE” button.

 

 

How to get help

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to bottom of the page.
  2. Tap on the “HELP.”

 

How to refresh screen

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to bottom of the page.
  2. Tap on the refresh button.

Profile

Academy Members

 

How to add academy members

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, tap on the profile icon.
  2. Tap on Academy members.
  3. Tap on “ADD MEMBER” button.
  4. Add student information.

How to find academy members

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, tap on the profile icon.
  2. Tap on Academy members.
  3. Tap on Search line and type the name.
  4. The list will filter by the name typed.
  5. Tap on the name to view member.

 

Connections

How to invite students

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, tap on the profile icon.
  2. Tap on Connections.
  3. Tap on the plus sign icon.
  4. Type in email in the invite automatically.
  5. Tap the “SEND INVITE(S)” button.

 

How to view students or rosters

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, tap on the profile icon.
  2. Tap on Connections.
  3. Tap on Rosters tab to view rosters.
  4. Tap on Students tab to view students.

Help and Support

How to view Help and Support

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, tap on the profile icon.
  2. Tap on Help and Support.

 Logout

 

 How to logout

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, tap on the profile icon.
  2. Tap on Logout.

 

Inbox

The notification of messages for the app can be found in the inbox.  The inbox will show message and create messages.

 

How to view message

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, tap on the inbox icon.
  2. Tap on the message to view.

 

How to create a new message

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, tap on the inbox icon.
  2. Tap on the plus sign icon.
  3. Type in the message information (To, Subject, and message).
  4. Tap the “SEND” button.

 

How to delete message

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, tap on the inbox icon.
  2. Tap on the message to view.
  3. Tap on garbage can icon to delete.

How to get help

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to bottom of the page.
  2. Tap on the “HELP.”

Calendar

The Calendar shows the current and past activities in a month, week, and day view.  The calendar can also be filtered by and viewed by members.

   

  How to change calendar views

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to “VIEW CALENDAR.”
  2. Tap on the “VIEW CALENDAR.”
  3. Tap on one of the options (Today, Month, Week and Day).

How to filter calendar

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to “VIEW CALENDAR.”
  2. Tap on the “VIEW CALENDAR.”
  3. Tap on filter icon.
  4. Tap on reset filters to return to default view of calendar.

How to add event

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to “VIEW CALENDAR.”
  2. Tap on the “VIEW CALENDAR.”
  3. Tap on the plus sign icon.
  4. Fill out Event info (Event Type, Title, Location, Description, Date, Time, Repeat, and Assign Members).
  5. Tap on the “ADD EVENT” button.

How to view a calendar event

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to “VIEW CALENDAR.”
  2. Tap on the “VIEW CALENDAR.”
  3. Tap on event.

What are the activities of the calendar

 

The activities are the different types of calendar events.  The activities are color coded on the calendar to identify the events quicker.

 

  • Lesson
  • Meeting
  • Practice
  • Practice (General)
  • Rounds
  • Skills
  • Tournament
  • Treatment
  • Workout

 

How to get help

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to bottom of the page.
  2. Tap on the “HELP.”

 

Capture

The Capture provides many different video options.  To begin the capture feature, set your preferred capture setting of the student and action type.  When capturing the video, you can select Grid Guidance, Front/Rear Facing Camera, and Multiple Video Framing options.  Additionally, you may also select options for using the Smart Video Capture to import videos from the Camera Roll or Blast Connect.

How to video capture

  1. Select on Capture icon.
  2. Tap on the player name.
  3. Select the Action type from the dropdown box.
  4. Tap the “Capture” box.
  5. Tap on the record button.
  6. When video is completed, tap on the record button to end.
  7. Swipe from right to left go back to Capture screen at any time.

How to setup timer

  1. Select on Capture icon.
  2. Tap on the player name.
  3. Select the Action type from the dropdown box.
  4. Tap the “Capture” box.
  5. Tap on “Timer” icon and select on off, 5s, 10s, & 15s.
  6. Tap on the record button.
  7. The display count downs on the screen and the recording starts.
  • The recording will stop when the timer runs to the end.

 

How to turn grid on

  1. Select on Capture icon.
  2. Tap on the player name.
  3. Select the Action type from the dropdown box.
  4. Tap the “Capture” box.
  5. Tap on “Grid” icon.

How to turn on selfie mode

  1. Select on Capture icon.
  2. Tap on the player name.
  3. Select the Action type from the dropdown box.
  4. Tap the “Capture” box.
  5. Tap on “Selfie” icon.

 

 

How to upload video

  1. Select on Capture icon.
  2. Tap on the player name.
  3. Select the Action type from the dropdown box.
  4. Tap the “Capture” box.
  5. Tap on “Library” button.
  6. Select a current library video.

 

How to view Blast Connect Videos

 

  1. Select on Capture icon.
  2. Tap on the player name.
  3. Select the Action type from the dropdown box.
  4. Tap the “Capture” box.
  5. Tap on the “Blast Connect” button.
  6. Select a video from the Blast Connect.

Training Center

The Training Center is a combination of Training Center, Workout and Practices, Skills and Assessments and Round (Golf only).

 

Training Center

 

The Training Center helps you learn more about the metrics, watch videos, and gain actionable training insights on improving your swing. Training Drills, Pro Tips and Metrics are the main components of the Training Center.

 

Training Drills

 

The Training Drills are guided training tools to improve the overall swing. The drills are broken up into three different categories: speed, control, and power. The default page of the training drills is selected to speed, but the user may switch to control or power. Once this is done, select on the video drill you want to complete.

How to view Training Drills

  1. Select on Training Center icon.
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Training Center.
  3. (Golf only) – Tap on Full Swing or Putting thumbnail.
  4. Tap on Training Drills.

How to do a Standard Drill

  1. Select on Training Center icon.
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Training Center.
  3. (Golf only) – Tap on Full Swing or Putting thumbnail.
  4. Tap on Training Drills.
  5. Select and tap on drill of choice.
  6. Tap on video center to play.

 

 

Pro Tips

 

The Pro Tips are used for improving overall performance. Here you can select on the video drill you want to complete. If a standard drill is selected, the video will play and a quick summary of the drill will be displayed below the video.

 

How to view Pro Tips

  1. Select on Training Center icon.
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Training Center.
  3. (Golf only) – Tap on Full Swing or Putting thumbnail.
  4. Tap on Pro Tips.
  5. Tap on thumbnail of pro.
  6. Select and tap on center of video.

 

 

Metrics

 

The Metrics provides the metric definitions and explanations. Select on definitions to see video options.

 

What are the Baseball & Softball Metrics

 

  • Attack Angle
  • Bat Speed
  • Blast Factor
  • Body Rotation
  • On-Plane
  • Peak Hand Speed
  • Peak Bat Speed
  • Power
  • Time to Contact
  • Vertical Bat Angle 

 

  • Body Rotation, On-Plane, and Vertical Bat AngleRequires a Blast Connect Subscription.

 

 

What are the Golf Putt Metrics

 

  • Back Stroke Length
  • Impact Stroke Speed
  • Back Stroke Rotation
  • Back Stroke Time
  • Forward Stroke Rotation
  • Forward Stroke Time
  • Lie
  • Loft
  • Rotation Change
  • Tempo
  • Total Stroke Time

 

 

What are the Golf Full Swing Metrics

 

  • Backswing Time
  • Blast Factor
  • Downswing Time
  • Efficiency Index
  • Energy Transfer
  • Power Index
  • Swing Speed
  • Swing Tempo
  • Total Swing Time
  • Velocity Direction

 

 

How to view Metrics

 

Each metric is broken down into three videos. The videos explain what the metric is, why the metric is important, and what your metric should be. To view the video on your device you must have a data connection.

 

 

How to I find the benchmark metrics

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Training Center.
  3. (Golf only) – Tap on Full Swing or Putting thumbnail.
  4. Tap on Metrics.
  5. Tap on the Learn More link below the “What should..” video.

 

Workouts and Practices

 

Owners, coaches and players can create and edit workouts. Both the Workouts and Practices work the same way. Once you have chosen between the two, you must complete the details in the Workout or Practice.

 

Once Workouts or Practices are created, coaches and owners can schedule and assign them to any of their students or rosters. Students can only assign workouts and practices to themselves to complete.

 

 

 How to create a workout

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Workout and Practices.
  3. Tap on “CREATE A WORKOUT” button.
  4. Fill out the form (Workout Name, Workout Type, Workout Description, Exercise, and Assign Workout).
  5. Tap on “SAVE” button.

 

 

How to create a practice

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center icon.
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Workout and Practices.
  3. Tap on “CREATE A PRACTICE” button.
  4. Fill out the form (Practice Name, Practice Type, Practice Description, Drill, and Assign Practice).
  5. Tap on “SAVE” button.

 

 

How to manage exercises

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Workout and Practices.
  3. Tap on the Workouts tab.
  4. Tap on the “MANAGE EXERCISES” button.
  5. Tap on plus sign icon to Add Exercise.
  6. Fill out the create exercise (Exercise Name, Exercise Description, Video or Image, Equipment Type, Exercise Type, Exercise Details, and Share Exercise with).
  7. Tap on “CREATE EXERCISE” button.

 

 

How to manage drills

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Workout and Practices.
  3. Tap on the practices tab.
  4. Tap on the “MANAGE DRILLS” button.
  5. Tap on plus sign icon to Add Drill.
  6. Fill out the create exercise (Drill Name, Drill Description, Video or Image, Equipment Type, Exercise Type, Drill Details, and Share Drills with).
  7. Tap on “CREATE Drill” button.

How to get help

 

  1. From the Dashboard screen, scroll down to bottom of the page.
  2. Tap on the “HELP.”

 

 

 

 

            Skills and Assessments

 

Assessments are skills challenges created by the owner and coaches of the academy. Owners can customize and create whatever assessments are appropriate.

 

 

How to view team reports

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Skills and Assessments.
  3. Tap on the team report tab.

How to view skills

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Skills and Assessments.
  3. Tap on the skills tab.

 

How to manage assessments

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Skills and Assessments.
  3. Tap on the “MANAGE ASSESSMENTS” button.

 

Round (Golf Only)

 

Shows the overview of the entered Rounds information from Date, Club, Course, Tee, Par, and Score.

 

 

How to enter rounds

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Rounds.
  3. Tap on Rounds tab.
  4. Fill out the Play a Round form (Club, Date, & Tournament.)
  5. Tap on the “START ROUND” button.

How to search for golf courses

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Rounds.
  3. Tap on Rounds tab.
  4. Under Clubs, type in 3 or more characters.
  5. Golf course options will show and tap on selected course.

 

 

How to download a printable scorecard

 

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Rounds.
  3. Tap on Rounds tab.
  4. Scroll to the bottom of Play a Round form.
  5. Tap on the hyperlink of “Download a printable scorecard.”

 

 

  How to view golf stats

  1. Tap on the Training Center
  2. Tap on Learn More button under Rounds.
  3. Tap on Golf Stats tab.

Video Library

The videos will show from newest to oldest by scrolling up and down on the page. Each video will show the player’s name, any tags and the video age.

 

How to view Blast Connect videos

  1. From the Video Libraryscreen, tap on the Blast Connect tab on top of page.

How to Save to Camera Roll

 

  1. From the Video Libraryscreen, tap on the Option button on top of the video selected to save.
  2. Under the upload or save video options tap on “Save to Camera roll.”
  3. A message will show “Your video was successfully saved.” Hit OK.

How to upload to Blast Connect

 

  1. From the Video Libraryscreen tap on the Option button on top of the video selected to upload.
  2. Under the upload or save video options tap on “Upload to Blast Connect.”
  3. Add additional tags and description of video. Tap on the “Upload” button.
  4. Video will be uploading to the Blast Connect.

How to delete video

 

  1. From the Video Libraryscreen, tap on the Option button on top of the video selected to delete.
  2. Under the upload or save video options tap on “Delete.”

 

How to edit video player name

 

  1. From the Video Libraryscreen, tap on the Option button on top of the video selected to edit.
  2. Under the upload or save video options, tap on “Edit Tag and User.”
  3. Tap on the player and select an action from the drop-down menu. Tap “Save” to proceed.

 How do you edit the video

 

  1. From the Video Libraryscreen, tap on the video.
  2. Use editing tools to make changes and start recording.
  3. When the changes are complete, stop recording to automatically save changes.

 

 How do you tag a video while editing a video

  • The default tags let you pinpoint a spot in the video to which you can later quickly return.  Multiple tags can be used in a single video.

 

  1. From the Video Libraryscreen, tap on the video.
  2. Tap the play button.
  3. Select on default tags that describes the point in the video.
  4. When the changes are complete, tap on the “X” top left.

 

How to compare videos

 

  1. From the Video Libraryscreen, tap on the first video.
  2. Tap on the compare icon button.
  3. Tap on the second video and select on “Select” button.
  4. Tap on the “Sync” button on both videos.
  5. Tap the play button to watch the videos.