FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | APRIL 26, 2021
PlaySight Interactive Announces New Baseball and Softball Technology Partnership with 6-4-3 Charts
PlaySight’s baseball and softball video systems will integrate directly with 6-4-3 Charts’ industry-leading advanced scouting, data visualization and analytics tools, creating an all-in-one technology platform
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON (April 26th, 2021) – PlaySight Interactive (www.playsight.com), a leading global sports video technology platform, is pleased today to announce a new partnership with 6-4-3 Charts (www.643charts.com), the industry leader in advanced scouting and data visualization for baseball and softball programs. This new technology partnership will give programs access to a pro-level and affordable all-in-one video and analytics platform for their scouting, analytics, performance video and live streaming broadcast needs.
PlaySight’s Smart sports AI connected camera platform is used daily by teams across the MLB, collegiate and prep baseball, and leading academies and facilities such as IMG Academy, USA Baseball, LakePoint Baseball and Ripken Baseball. 6-4-3 Charts currently serves over 500 NCAA baseball and softball programs with their scouting reports, data visualization and analytics platform.
“We are thrilled today to formally announce our partnership with PlaySight,” said Derek Weldon, 6-4-3 Charts CEO and Co-Founder. “Our goal is to deliver the most comprehensive suite of applications for coaches to interact with, report on, and visualize data for player development and opponent scouting purposes. Adding the polished and professional PlaySight video platform to everything that we have to offer allows us to provide coaches with the first all-in-one video and analytics solution. We cannot wait to connect with coaches across all levels to demonstrate how this product will benefit their programs in a variety of ways.”
“Baseball has very quickly become one of our key sports markets. From a technology standpoint, there are lots of similarities to tennis, where we got our start as a company and developed several of our key innovations. As we have customized our product and software offerings specifically for baseball and softball, we have looked for the right partner to take us to new levels, and I believe that 6-4-3 Charts is the group to do that. Their team is well respected and connected and their platform is extremely impressive,” said Chen M. Shachar, PlaySight CEO and Co-Founder. “Many of our professional and collegiate baseball and softball clients are using several platforms in addition to ours, and with this new partnership, our goal is to simplify and streamline the video and technology experience through an all-in-one offering.”
In this new product offering, the full suite of 6-4-3 Charts’ applications will be made available with the PlaySight video platform, including custom scouting reports, pitch tracking application, video tagging, 643 SYNC with user-upload visualization applications and much more. Collegiate baseball and softball coaches are looking forward to what this integration will mean for their programs. “Our coaching staff here at Charlotte could not be more excited for our recent partnership with 6-4-3 Charts and PlaySight. We believe this partnership will transform the way baseball and softball programs seamlessly interact with video and analytics,” said Robert Woodard, Head Baseball Coach at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “This will be an all-in-one solution that will serve our program in many capacities, from player development, to opponent scouting, in practice visualization of analytics, instant replay, and so much more. The ability to simplify complex things for us at Charlotte is paramount, and we feel this partnership checks that box.”
“The partnership between PlaySight and 6-4-3 Charts will be a match made in analytics heaven. When you are allowed to see what the numbers are telling you, it completes the player development and scouting pictures,” said Lonni Alameda, Head Softball Coach at Florida State University. “We are fortunate to work with 6-4-3 Charts and PlaySight and their drive to keep growing and giving us more opportunities to develop our players and be better prepared on game day.”
About PlaySight Interactive:
Selected twice by Fast Company as one of the top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Sport, PlaySight is connecting sports all over the world. Its Smart sports AI video platform delivers a cutting-edge video experience across all levels of sport. Hundreds of thousands of athletes, coaches, colleges, teams and sports facilities utilize PlaySight each and every day for automated production live stream broadcasts, multi-angle video recording, performance analysis, content monetization and much more.
PlaySight technology powers entire leagues, is connected in over half of the NBA, and is used across the MLB, NHL, in over 100 NCAA athletic departments, and at leading sports organizations and facilities such as LakePoint Sports, IMG Academy, Ripken Baseball and the United States Tennis Association’s National Campus.
About 6-4-3 Charts
6-4-3 Charts currently serves NCAA Baseball and Softball programs by providing the most accurate and insightful data for opponent scouting and player development purposes. The team at 6-4-3 Charts prides itself on understanding the importance of being able to provide actionable data accompanied by informative visualizations. Their versatile services are both concise enough for coaches that prefer a quick look into specific tendencies and comprehensive enough to be valuable for programs with a dedicated analytics staff.
Founded in 2017, 6-4-3 Charts has continuously expanded the markets it serves and increased the breadth of its offerings to become the market leader in visualizing and reporting on baseball and softball data. The current suite of 6-4-3 Charts applications includes on-demand scouting reports with customizable chart design options, an interactive Web Application with a multitude of features, a pitch tracking and visualization application, and the new 643 SYNC user-upload visualization applications, in addition to their innovative spray charts and standard scouting reports.