Stop Guessing About Arm Stress
Why should you use PULSE?
Your throwing program exists to keep your pitchers’ arms healthy and performing their best on game day.
The problem: most pitchers drastically underestimate their actual throw counts (what about warmups, long toss, etc?) and the intensity with which they’re throwing, especially on recovery days.
Which means they aren’t really executing your throwing program at all.
PULSE measures all throws to tell you if your pitchers are throwing too much or too little, too hard or not hard enough. PULSE improves athletes’ execution of their training programs and keeps them on track with their player development plan. PULSE replaces ambiguous guidelines with clear and repeatable instructions, improving pitcher’s processes and overall training results.
What Problems Does Pulse Solve?
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Success Stories
How One Simple Change Made an MLB Veteran PR in a Week
An 8-year MLB veteran starting pitcher PR'd in a showcase bullpen just one week after using Pulse.
He bought a Pulse to track his throwing volume and intensity and enrolled in Online Training. His first two sessions — a Bullpen and a Recovery day — showed the problem right away: his Recovery day Pulse Arm Speed and Pulse Torque were nearly as high as his bullpen. Too much intensity on low-intensity days lets fatigue build up, quietly hurting performance when it counts.
His trainer capped him at a max Pulse Arm Speed of 600 on Recovery and other lower-intensity days. At first, he tried to hit that number by feel — his average intensity came down, but his peak throws were still too hot.
So he switched to Live Mode for instant feedback after every throw. Over his next two lower-intensity sessions, the guesswork disappeared.
At his next Showcase Bullpen, he threw most fastballs harder than his previous best — and said he felt better than he had in a long time. He credited it to dialing in his intensity in the days before.
Even players at the highest level get their training wrong. Pulse helps you catch it fast, so you can adjust and improve faster.
How the Cincinnati Reds Used PULSE to More Effectively Manage their Pitching Staff
As Director of Pitching for the Reds, Kyle Boddy was responsible for every pitcher and pitching coach across the entire minor league system — and he knew typical innings and pitch counts don't actually show whether a pitcher is really ready to throw. Pulse could.
With help from pitching coordinator Bryan Conger, Boddy rolled out Pulse across the organization. It's since become central to how the Reds manage their staff — adjusting throwing programs between outings, managing in-game usage, and fine-tuning pregame routines at every level.
As Boddy put it: "It's really absurd how much value Pulse confers and illustrates how we should actually be managing pitcher usage in games. It allows us to make smart decisions about how we use and prepare our pitchers that we wouldn't otherwise have."
How a DII Coach Used PULSE to Help Lead His Team Deep in the Playoffs
The 2018 Tarleton State baseball program, like many Division II teams, had limited resources for staff, recruiting, and technology. Unable to afford losing arms to injury, then-head coach Bryan Conger needed a way to maximize performance while minimizing risk — and found it in Pulse.
Pulse let him build individualized throwing programs for every pitcher, optimize pregame warmups so pitchers weren't overtaxing themselves before first pitch, and track in-season fatigue and readiness to know exactly who was fresh. That let an under-funded, out-manned Tarleton State team make a deep playoff run.
As Conger put it: "I was able to get more innings out of my starters, my best pitchers, without overtaxing them. They had better performance and, more importantly, we avoided major arm injuries all season long, into the playoffs."
How PULSE Helped Georgia Gwinnett Win The NAIA World Series
The coaches at GGC knew every pitcher needed a personalized arm care program based on where he was in rehab or on-ramping — but they couldn't afford to guess when a guy was ready for high intent, or when he should throw his bullpen between outings.
Pulse closed that gap between feel and real. Starters Adam McKillican and Hunter Dollander used it religiously to map out their off-season and in-season throwing plans, making sure they were ready to dominate on gameday.
For coaches, Pulse made it possible to plan bullpens, high-intent days, and off days with precision all season long. As the playoffs wore on and other teams' pitching staffs broke down, the Grizzlies' staff stayed strong — riding that depth, along with McKillican and Dollander, to the 2021 NAIA World Series title.
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