Full Swing KIT Baseball Tee/Toss Update

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Four days before the news broke that Versant was buying Full Swing for half a billion dollars, Full Swing quietly shipped a meaningful software update for the KIT Baseball launch monitor. July 1, 2026. The baseball update went live.

That timing is worth noting because it tells you something about Full Swing’s internal priorities. Even while closing what is likely the biggest M&A deal in golf sim history, the product team was shipping software. The KIT Baseball update wasn’t a press release ahead of the acquisition — it was a real product improvement for a device that launched barely a week earlier.

What the Update Actually Adds

Tee and Front Toss Modes. These are the two biggest additions. The original KIT Baseball release supported Coach Batting Practice and Machine Batting Practice. Now it adds the two most fundamental baseball training activities — hitting off a tee and taking front toss from a coach. Players can move between Tee Work, Front Toss, Coach Batting Practice, and Machine Batting Practice within a single session without ending and restarting.

That single-session switching is the feature that coaches will actually use. In real baseball practice, players flow from tee work to soft toss to live BP without stopping to reset equipment. The KIT now mirrors that workflow. Distances and modes can be adjusted in real time. Performance data can be filtered by specific training mode, so a coach can pull up exactly how a player performed in tee work versus front toss versus live BP — all from one continuous session.

Bat Speed Without Ball Contact. This is the techier upgrade. The KIT can now measure bat speed on dry swings — no ball needed. Players take a cut, and the KIT captures bat speed data instantly. That’s useful for on-deck warmups, bat-speed training drills, and benchmarking progress over time without needing a ball, a cage, or a pitcher.

Jason Fierro, Full Swing Sports’ President, said the update came from working with MLB players, coaches, and facilities: “We’re able to bring elite-level technology and workflows to athletes at every level.”

The Full KIT Baseball Feature Set Now

Feature	Before July 1	After July 1
Tee Work	No	Yes
Front Toss	No	Yes
Coach BP	Yes	Yes
Machine BP	Yes	Yes
Seamless session switching	No	Yes
Per-mode data filtering	No	Yes
Bat speed without contact	No	Yes
Pitch tracking (0-60 ft)	Yes	Yes
Live at-bat data	Yes	Yes
Bullpen data	Yes	Yes

What This Means for Golf Sim Buyers (Yes, You)

You might be reading this thinking “I don’t play baseball. Why should I care?” Fair question.

Here’s the answer: the KIT Baseball update proves Full Swing is committing fully to the KIT as a multi-sport platform. The same hardware that tracks your driver spin rate can now track bat speed on a dry swing. The same Doppler radar engine that powers the KIT’s golf data powers its baseball data. The more use cases Full Swing can build into the KIT, the more units they sell, the more R&D budget they have for the next generation of the product.

And if you own a KIT for golf, this update matters directly. The KIT hardware is the same for golf and baseball — Doppler radar unit with 16 data points, 0-60 foot tracking range. The baseball mode is a software layer on the same sensor. That means the KIT is now a golf launch monitor and a baseball launch monitor in one device. If you have kids who play baseball, or if you coach, or if you just want the most versatile launch monitor on the market, the KIT’s value proposition just got stronger.

Full Swing also announced the baseball KIT with a $5,000 price tag and distribution through Marucci Sports (one of baseball’s biggest equipment brands). Bobby Witt Jr. and Brent Rooker are the brand ambassadors. The Forbes article from July 5 covered the original launch, but this July 1 software update was already live before that coverage hit.

What This Means for the Industry

Full Swing is playing a different game than every other launch monitor company. Trackman makes golf hardware. Foresight makes golf hardware. Garmin makes golf hardware. Full Swing makes golf hardware, baseball hardware, entertainment gaming (Skill Strike with real-money payouts), and now facility infrastructure (Back Nine partnership).

The KIT Baseball update, coming four days before the $530M Versant acquisition, tells you that Full Swing was operating at full speed on product development even while corporate ownership was being reshuffled. That’s a good sign for anyone who owns Full Swing products or is thinking about buying them. Post-acquisition, the KIT product line has Versant’s resources behind it — Golf Channel marketing, GolfNow distribution, GolfPass subscription cross-sells.

Read the Full Swing KIT Review · KIT GSPro Integration Coverage · KIT Baseball Launch Coverage · Full Swing Gaming Platform · Versant Acquisition Analysis · Garmin R50 vs Full Swing KIT · Full Swing KIT vs Bushnell Launch Pro\n Full Swing’s press release was published via PR Newswire on July 1, 2026. The update is available now to KIT users through the latest software release.