Clayton Kershaw, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ star pitcher, has joined the board of advisors for Mustard, a biomechanics analysis app. Kershaw will provide live video coaching sessions to Mustard’s mobile app, which will be used to train youth athletes.
MLB Players Inc. and athlete licensing firm OneTeam Partners facilitated Mustard’s agreement with the three-time Cy Young Award winner. The agreement allows Mustard to seek instructional content from additional MLB players to add to its in-app content library called “In the Kitchen,” which will debut in April with sessions from Kershaw and Mustard co-founders Tom House and Jason Goldsmith.
“I believe Mustard’s connected-coaching concept based on computer vision is the future of coaching,” Kershaw stated in a statement.
Instructional content from Kershaw and other Mustard partners will include tips on pitching mechanics, functional strength coaching, work ethic and mental performance. Mustard’s AI analyzes smartphone video of a pitcher’s throwing motions alongside its database of mechanics from professional pitchers to give personalized feedback and suggested training drills.
Mustard raised $3.75 million in seed funding in January and its investors include OneTeam Partners, Drew Brees, Nolan Ryan, Mark Cuban, Justin Rose, Ronnie Lott and the MLS Players Association. The company plans to expand its baseball coaching app to other sports such as softball, football, soccer and golf.
