'99.9% Ball Tracking Success Rate': How Was the High School Baseball-Specific ABS Developed?

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The Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA) National High School Baseball Tournament has introduced a customized Automatic Ball-Strike System (ABS).

Sports data analytics company Sports To I operated a high school baseball-specific ABS at the '2026 Shinsegae E-Mart Cup National High School Baseball Tournament,' which concluded with Deoksu High School's victory on the 12th.

Sports To I, which won the bid for the ABS at this tournament, unveiled a precise strike zone reflecting the average physical conditions of third-year high school players (approximately 179.8 cm). Accordingly, the top of the strike zone was finely adjusted to 99.96 cm from the ground, representing 55.56% of the average height, and the bottom to 50.01 cm, representing 27.8%.

Additionally, dedicated tablet PCs were installed in the dugouts of major stadiums, including Mokdong, Sinwol, and Pohang baseball fields, allowing real-time confirmation of calls.

As a result, a ball tracking success rate of 99.9% was achieved. Sports To I stated, "Out of 26,904 pitches tracked during this tournament, only 32 failed to be tracked. This was due to external factors such as rainwater, dust, flying insects, or temporary communication delays." The company further explained, "The high school baseball ABS employs high-speed camera control technology at 120 frames per second and artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning algorithms, resulting in a decision speed of under 0.1 seconds."

Kim Bong-jun, CEO of Sports To I, said, "We will dedicate ourselves to technological advancement so that high school baseball players can grow on the basis of fair data."

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