Meet the coach
Baseball made me a coach.
The problems made me a builder.
I'm Joshua Guptel. I started coaching in 2000 when my older son began playing tee ball. I wasn't trying to build apps. I was trying to understand the game well enough to help a young player build a path toward future success.
That journey became GupTech.
How it started
Too much coaching.
Not enough teaching.
I learned by borrowing from every useful resource I could find, asking questions, testing ideas, and developing my own system. Over time, one thing kept bothering me: baseball uses a lot of slogans and clichés without always explaining how to safely and consistently get the result we want.
I wanted to demystify the game. I love baseball, and I believe that when people are exposed to it in a way that isn't overly complicated, they have a better chance to share that love.
The tools came from the work
Three apps. Three real baseball problems.
None of these started as a software idea. Each started with something I experienced as a coach, in a dugout, during a lesson, or with my family.
Pocket Pitcher
Turn game data into useful information.
I was in the dugout taking the time to collect game data, only to go home and manipulate it myself before I could get useful information out of it. Pocket Pitcher grew from wanting the answers to be available when a coach actually needs them.
Explore Pocket Pitcher →02Diamond Decisions
Help young players learn to think the game.
When my granddaughters entered tee ball, I remembered a CD-based game called Where's the Play? from when my older son was young. I wanted to give them that kind of learning tool with a new twist and fun personalization that could hold their attention.
Explore Diamond Decisions →03Command
Make private development feel connected.
Private lessons can feel disconnected from being on a team. Command is my way of creating a virtual team where players feel part of something. For coaches, it centralizes the tools that used to be scattered across my digital desk.
Explore Command →
The personal part
My kids have been part of the baseball journey from the beginning.
With my older son, baseball meant direct coaching. He was the reason I started learning the game at a deeper level in the first place.
With my younger son, the tools I've developed mean something different. They save me time away from the game so I can spend more of that time with him.
That's the personal thread running through GupTech: use technology to make baseball easier to understand, coaching more useful, and the time around the game more meaningful.
Why GupTech
Coaches can tell you how to play the game.
GupTech helps players think the game.
Build smarter players. Build smarter coaches. Win more baseball games.