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PlayMetrics Wants to Make Youth Sports Boring - In the Best Possible Way
Youth sports runs on volunteers, weather alerts and too many spreadsheets. PlayMetrics built one operating system for the whole unruly machine - then used a merger, an acquisition and a sharp round of divestitures to make that bet bigger.
Mason Hale Turned Swim-Meet Chaos Into Software That Outlived the Startup Playbook
A volunteer assignment, one overworked laptop and 250 young swimmers gave Mason Hale a problem worth fifteen years. His answer became SwimTopia - a patient SaaS company built around the people who keep community sports alive.
The Parent Volunteer Who Turned a 200-Swimmer Headache Into Team Topia’s Sports-Software Playbook
Mason Hale did not set out to digitize youth sports. He volunteered to be the ‘computer guy,’ found a thicket of spreadsheets and aging software, and built his way out - one swim team, one meet and eventually one stubborn niche at a time.
Pelotero
Pelotero is a Player Intelligence Platform for baseball and softball that blends computer vision, bat-sensor data, and professional coaching expertise to deliver personalized player development. Using nothing more than a phone video, the app scores a hitter's swing across 50+ mechanical attributes, identifies the gap between current performance and potential, and turns that data into individualized training plans. Founded by former MLB player Chris Colabello and hitting coach Bobby Tewksbary and led by serial software entrepreneur Bennett Fisher, the company has assessed more than 10,000 players and works with 40+ organizations plus scouting service Perfect Game.