The Pitching Mound
Ascent
Lab-grade 6-axis force measurement, on the rubber.
Three Axioforce plates under a regulation mound, wrapped in custom turf to your color and material specifications. Every pitch, every phase, at 1000 Hz — captured on the same surface your athletes actually throw from.
How it works
Two zones. One kinetic chain.
A pitch is a chain of force events — push off the rubber, transfer through the stride, brake and rotate into the release. Ascent is built to capture them all: three 6-axis plates arranged as two sensing zones, sampling at 1000 Hz.
Back
1 × Launch Pad
Drive Zone
Where the delivery starts.
A single 6-axis plate beneath the rubber captures the push-off. Watch vertical force build, track the transition to horizontal drive, and measure the impulse that starts the whole chain.
Front
2 × Launch Pad XL
Delivery Zone
Where the delivery lands.
Two 6-axis plates combine into a single virtual zone beneath the landing area. Stride long, stride short, stride off-center — the system captures the full landing force regardless of where the foot lands. You see braking force, block mechanics, and rotation at foot strike in one clean picture.
Insights
See the pitch, from rubber to release.
The data coaches need and researchers demand — in the same report, on the same timeline.
Drive impulse & direction
Total force into the rubber, broken down into vertical and horizontal components. See how much of the pitcher's energy turns into forward drive.
Landing braking force
How hard the delivery foot stops the body's forward motion. The hinge that converts horizontal momentum into rotation and release velocity.
Rotation at foot strike
Full 6-axis moment data (Mx, My, Mz) on the delivery zone, live. Most plates miss this — it's where rotational energy first shows up.
Kinetic chain timing
When drive force peaks, when weight transfers, when the delivery foot accepts load. The sequence, on a single timeline, pitch by pitch.
Why a mound?
Real slope. Real footing. Real mechanics.
Force plates on flat ground measure a pitcher doing something that isn’t pitching. Ascent puts the plates where the pitch actually happens: beneath a regulation-slope fiberglass mound, wrapped in custom turf to your color and material specifications, built to stand up to real bullpen use. Your athletes don’t change how they throw to get the data.
- MLB regulation slope and dimensions.
- Custom turf wrapping — color and material to your specifications.
- Built for bullpen use, not one-off testing.
Who it’s for
From elite academies to college bullpens and pro player development.
College baseball programs
Track velocity progress alongside the mechanical data behind it. Monitor workload and asymmetries across a long season, on the same mound your pitchers already throw from.
Private pitching labs & academies
Give every client a measurable before-and-after. The data that differentiates serious instruction from tweaks and hope.
Pro player development
Individualized reports at the major-league level. See how mechanics change across starts, seasons, and return-from-injury timelines.
Research & sports medicine
Regulation-compliant biomechanics data at 1000 Hz. Peer-reviewed sensor technology, published validation studies, straight into your analysis pipeline.
The system
Ascent
3 plates · 6-axis · 1000 Hz · regulation fiberglass mound
A fully instrumented pitching surface. Three Axioforce plates under a regulation fiberglass mound capture full 6-axis forces — from the push off the rubber through foot strike at landing — so you can see exactly how an athlete transfers energy to the release point.
$34,500
+ S&H · Four-year payment plan available
Includes
- Mound
- Plates
- Camera
- Software
- Cabling
Bring Ascent to your facility.
Every system is backed by our two-year warranty — if a plate fails under normal use, we replace it at no cost. Your system, yours outright.
Schedule a demo
See Ascent in action — virtual screen-share or in person. Our team will follow up with available times.