Whether you're looking to get started with Uplift or you're curious about a new feature, this FAQ offers guidance on everything from setup, to device requirements, to reporting and data.
Uplift only requires an iPhone or iPad mounted on a tripod (and enough space to capture an athlete’s full movement via video). On iPhones, you can perform a self-assessment using the front-facing camera, or run an assisted assessment using the back camera. On iPads, only assisted assessments (using the back camera) are supported. While you can perform hand-held assessments, this may impact the accuracy of your results.
The Uplift app also supports using a compatible bluetooth remote to start and stop video recording.
Uplift currently includes a jump assessment that uses two varieties of countermovement jump (arm swing and hands-on-hips) to evaluate an athlete’s lower body power generation and explosiveness. This assessment is a useful test for establishing a baseline of athleticism, and can be used to improve jumping, sprinting, change of direction, and any other athletic skill that requires power and explosiveness.
Uplift is continuously expanding the movements that can be assessed, and the performance measures it helps athletes improve, so keep checking in on new developments!
Uplift’s AI-powered algorithms analyze every movement in full 3D to create a personal movement snapshot for each athlete. From this snapshot, useful insights like Jump Height, Reactive Strength Index, and Takeoff Velocity are available seconds after finishing an assessment.
Yes. Uplift includes the ability to create private groups and invite your friends, teammates, or the athletes you coach. Group weekly, monthly, and yearly leaderboards enable reporting and competition of jump heights. There are also public Uplift groups that anyone can join to see how they stack up against people like them.
For information and pricing for organizations, please contact sales@uplift.ai.
Uploads depend on the number of captures and your internet speed. Processing and analysis of most sessions completes within 10 minutes.
Uplift does not limit the number of athletes you can capture or athlete profiles that you can create.
Uplift currently works with Major League Baseball (MLB) and over a third of all MLB teams for player development, talent identification, and movement assessments.
Uplift currently has partnerships with NCAA colleges across the country. These collaborations serve a wide range of purposes, from supporting collegiate athletics to enhancing educational offerings.
Uplift Capture only requires 2 iOS devices (iPhones/iPads) of the same model from our approved list, 2 tripods, and a reliable internet connection.
Uplift Capture tracks 28 joint keypoints across the entire body.
Uplift Capture analyzes movement captures and generates multiple types of data and reports: full 3D visualization of the movement through our cloud visualizer paired with high speed video and kinematic data; raw data for each capture including all joint keypoints, generated metrics, and detected events; and coach-friendly PDF movement reports.
Yes. Uplift Capture can be used in a wide variety of environments, and capture sessions can be completed with or without an internet connection - just make sure to connect after the session to upload the video and analyze the movements!
Uplift Capture is perfect for high-volume capture scenarios, such as pre-season intake assessments or scouting events. After completing initial camera setup, you can easily assess athletes performing 3-5 reps of a movement in under a minute each, with minimal delay (typically 8-10s) between athletes. This enables assessing many athletes at a very high frequency, and is valuable for both sports-specific movements (like baseball hitting or pitching), and for running athletes through a battery of movement assessments.
Uplift Vision can be deployed on a server on-site to enable near-real time processing of broadcast footage.
Uplift Vision is designed to work with a single stationary camera angle.
Uplift Vision can handle most broadcast standard video formats. Higher frame rate video is better for fast movements and improved accuracy.
Yes. Each session, or clip, has movement data and joint coordinates that can be downloaded as a .csv file via Webhooks.
Two iPhones or iPads, two tripods, and a little bit of space. Uplift Capture is easy to set-up and offers both simple and full checkerboard camera calibration options. Open the app, pair your devices, and start Capturing in just a few minutes.
No sensors or expensive hardware needed. Uplift Capture utilizes two iPhone or iPad videos to re-create your athlete’s movement in full 3D. With our web-based dashboard, you’ll analyze raw video synchronized with 3D visualization and movement data.
Uplift Capture can record and analyze any athletic movement that lends itself to stationary capture with 2 iOS devices mounted on tripods. While we will generate full 3D and kinematic data for any movement, we currently only generate sports-movement-specific health indicators, events, and coaching reports for baseball and softball hitting, and baseball pitching. Uplift also generates full reports and events for a number of general assessment movements like squats and jumps; read more in the “Sports Medicine” section below.
Uplift Capture can capture and analyze any athletic movement that lends itself to stationary capture with 2 iOS devices mounted on tripods. We generate movement assessment reports for multiple squat, jump, and lunge varieties.
Yes. Uplift includes many assessment groups that allow you to evaluate multiple movements across multiple athletes in a single session without cumbersome switching between movements.
Uplift Vision can be deployed on a server on-site to enable near-real time processing of broadcast footage.
Uplift Vision is designed to work with a single stationary camera angle.
Uplift Vision can handle most broadcast standard video formats. Higher frame rate video is better for fast movements and improved accuracy.
