Know what's holding you back. Know exactly how to fix it.
Upload two phone videos. 8ctane's AI pinpoints the mechanics limiting your swing or delivery, then builds a personalized four-week training plan from programming developed by former MLB players, physical therapists, and sports scientists.
First assessment free. No credit card required.
How It Works
Assess. Plan. Train. Reassess. From phone video to a plan on your calendar in five steps.
Record
Two angles from your phone — side view and back view. Portrait mode, 6–10 feet away, one complete swing or pitch per clip (1–10 seconds, including setup and follow-through).
Assess
Upload, pick the key frame, and 8ctane’s AI evaluates 10 hitting or 7 pitching checkpoints across your whole movement. Every one is classified Plus, Developing, or Focus and explained in plain language.
Build Your Plan
Answer six quick questions — your goals, season, level, pitching schedule, training days, and days off. 8ctane matches your assessment to programming developed by our coaches, adapts it to you, and builds your four-week plan in about two minutes.
Train
Every training day is complete: warm-up, movement drills, strength or plyos, hitting or throwing work, and arm care. A video demo on every exercise. Log your sets, weights, and bar speed as you go.
Reassess
Up to four assessments every four weeks. New results rebuild your next four weeks — without touching the work you’ve already logged.
First, the assessment
What Your Assessment Finds
10 hitting or 7 pitching checkpoints. Every one classified Plus, Developing, or Focus and explained in plain language — no jargon, no angle measurements.
Hip-Shoulder Separation
Pelvis rotated open toward pitcher while torso remains closed at foot contact, creating clear visible separation between lower and upper half.
Torso Rotation at Foot Contact
Torso shows early rotation with chest partially turned toward pitcher at foot contact. Still somewhat loaded but not fully closed.
Head Position at Ball Contact
Head neutral and stable through contact with eyes level. Minimal head movement during rotation, maintaining visual tracking.
Lead Leg Block
Front knee remains deeply bent through ball contact without extending. Limited ability to stabilize rotation with the front side.
Bat to Spine Angle at Load
Bat angle moderately deviates from perpendicular to spine during load phase. General alignment present but not optimal for early plane entry.
Stride Length
Stride length approximately half of body height with stable base width at foot contact. Balanced posture maintained through rotation.
Most tools stop here. 8ctane keeps going.Read the sample report and what each finding means →
Then, the plan
The Plan Your Report Builds
8ctane turns your findings into a four-week training plan — built from programming developed by former MLB players, physical therapists, and sports scientists, matched to your assessment, and fitted to your goals, your season, and your schedule.
Lead Leg Block
The front knee stays bent through contact instead of extending into a firm block, so rotation has nothing to brace against.
Front-Side Stability
Lower-half force transfer and a stable front side for the hips and torso to rotate around.
Lower-Body Strength & Hinge Patterns
Front-side stability drills and lower-body strength work, with warm-up, movement drills, and arm care in every session.
4 Training Days a Week
Fitted to your season, your level, and your schedule. Reassess at the end of the block and rebuild.
Example from a hitting assessment
Built For You. Built Around You.
A plan only works if you can actually follow it.
Built around your life
Your season, your level, one to seven training days a week, your days off. If you pitch in games, your plan knows it: no heavy upper-body lifting the day before a start, recovery between high-intent throwing days, and game days kept clear.
Every training day is complete
Warm-up, movement drills, strength or plyos, hitting or throwing work, and arm care — every session. A video demo on every exercise. Log sets, weights, and bar speed as you go.
Ask why, anytime
The Virtual Coach explains every finding in your report in plain language and walks you through recording, uploading, and reading your results.
Every Checkpoint We Assess
8ctane's AI analyzes selected frames across two camera angles, evaluating your movement from load to follow-through.
Hitting — 10 Checkpoints
- Hip-shoulder separation at front foot contact
- Pelvis tilt
- Torso rotation at front foot contact
- Head position at front foot contact
- Head position at ball contact
- Pelvis rotation at stride and foot contact
- Lead leg block from foot contact to ball contact
- Bat relative to spine angle at load and foot contact
- Stride length relative to height
- Bat relative to spine angle at ball contact
Pitching — 7 Checkpoints
- Max external rotation (layback)
- Horizontal abduction / scap load at foot contact
- Pelvis orientation at foot contact
- Trunk vs pelvis separation at foot contact
- Back leg action down the mound
- Trunk position through ball release
- Lead leg block (extension)
Every assessment is graded against age-appropriate expectations, from youth through professional, and every plan is matched to your level.
Start Free. Upgrade for Your Plan.
Your first assessment is free. Pro turns it into a four-week training plan.
Your assessment
Free
- One full assessment — 10 hitting or 7 pitching checkpoints
- Plus, Developing, or Focus on every checkpoint, explained in plain language
- Virtual Coach explains your findings
- Upgrade anytime to build your plan
Assessment + training plan
Pro
Or $499/year — save $209.
- Personalized four-week training plan built from your assessment
- Up to 4 assessments every 4 weeks — new results rebuild your plan
- Every training day complete: warm-up, strength, plyos, drills, arm care
- Video demos on every exercise; log sets, weights, and bar speed
- Built around your season, level, and pitching schedule
- Virtual Coach explains every finding
Cancel anytime. Your reports stay in your account.
Coaching a team? Team plans let you assess your whole roster and launch programming to many athletes at once. Talk to us.
Who It's For
Athletes
Stop guessing at drills. Know exactly what to work on and how, every day — with a video demo on every exercise and a plan rebuilt from every new assessment.
Parents
Objective, plain-language feedback on your kid’s mechanics — what’s developing normally and what needs attention — and a plan you can actually follow at home, built around the season.
Coaches & Teams
Assess your whole roster without booking lab time. On team plans, launch programming to many athletes at once and edit any athlete’s plan day by day.
Video in, plan out
Most assessment tools stop at the report. 8ctane builds your four-week plan.
Expert programming, applied to you
Developed by former MLB players, physical therapists, and sports scientists — matched and adapted to your assessment. The AI never invents an exercise.
No hardware required
Just a phone camera. No sensors, no lab, no motion capture.
Built around your schedule
Season, level, training days, days off, and your pitching schedule.
Plain-language results
Classifications anyone can understand, and a Virtual Coach to explain them.
A rhythm, not a one-off
Up to four assessments every four weeks. Reassess, rebuild, keep going.
Built by People Who've Been There
8ctane's assessments and programming are built with human performance experts — former MLB players, licensed physical therapists, and sports scientists — and developed alongside a professional training facility.
Former MLB Players
Led by professionals who played at the highest level
Human Performance Experts
Physical therapists and sports scientists shape every plan
Original Videos Stay Local
Only selected frames are uploaded and stored with your assessment
Parents & Coaches Welcome
Review findings together and put them in context
Our models and programming are developed in partnership with 8ctane Baseball in Raleigh, NC — a training facility equipped with Trackman, force plates, Proteus, and 3D motion analysis systems. Research contributions from BYoung Physical Therapy and The Running PTs keep long-term arm health at the center of every plan.
Your first assessment is free. Your plan is one step away.
Start with a free assessment of your swing or delivery. When you're ready, Pro builds your four-week training plan in about two minutes.
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