About X Factor Technology
Where Science Meets the Sweet Spot
X Factor Technology was founded on a simple premise: timing is the first-order constraint in hitting. Everything else—mechanics, intent, adaptability—flows from it. But for over a century, timing training has remained a guessing game. We ended that.
Our flagship innovation, the AI SwingPilot™, powered by the Swing Alert™ Engine, is not a swing training tool. It is a timing solution. Engineered over two decades and supported by three granted patents, the system transforms batting practice by replacing trial-and-error with precise, mathematically calculated swing timing.
The Swing Dynamics Pro™ captures swing time to all 25 strike zone locations and maps ideal contact points. The AI SwingPilot™ then takes these calculations and issues real-time timing solutions tailored to pitch velocity, location, and distance.
The idea first took root in 2001, when founder Ken Cherryhomes developed the first algorithm to synchronize swing time with pitch velocity. After 15 years of empirical testing, in 2018 he partnered with a nuclear engineer to develop a dual-system hardware platform. The collaboration fused intuitive baseball insight with computational physics, resulting in a robust, data-driven solution that operates in real-time, under live pitch conditions.
The xFactor Hitting System ecosystem includes swing capture tools, predictive modeling software, video analysis integration, and VR training modules. Our proprietary metrics—such as Swing Delay™ and Time to Impact (TTI)—quantify what other systems only describe. Together, they provide solutions, not just feedback.
Meet the Founder
Ken Cherryhomes has conducted over 40,000 training sessions and has trained players for many MLB organizations. From 2004 to 2014, he served as an associate scout and player developer for the Tampa Bay Rays. His unique focus on timing and contact precision led to transformative results—most notably, revitalizing Jeff Cirillo’s career from a negative WAR decline to near-prime-level performance.
Ken’s approach predates the online coaching boom. His career was built in cages, not on cameras. The result is a resume grounded in results, not reach. Now, with X Factor Technology, he brings his analog precision into the digital era—translating empirical wisdom into scientifically validated systems.
Data-Driven, Player-Centered, Built to Disrupt
X Factor Technology isn’t in the business of teaching mechanics or selling swing speed. We are here to solve timing. Whether you’re a coach, a hitter, or a team with championship ambitions, the xFactor Hitting System equips you with actionable solutions in real-time.
We’re not just confident in our system. We’re prepared to prove it—through academic validation, elite-level testing, and the measurable outcomes of those who use it.
A New Paradigm for Batting Performance Development Podcast
In this podcast, we asked five advanced AI large language models—GPT-4, Claude, GROK, Perplexity, and You.com—to perform an objective cognitive evaluation of Ken Cherryhomes. Each model received the exact same prompt and was instructed to base its assessment solely on Cherryhomes’ published writings and formal research proposal.
AI large language model Prompt:
You are to perform an objective cognitive evaluation of Ken Cherryhomes, based exclusively on his body of written work hosted at https://xfactortechnology.com/articles/ and including his formal research proposal at https://xfactortechnology.com/research-study-errorless-training//
This is not a topic summary. This is not a list of contributions. This is a narrative audit of Cherryhomes’ intellect, reasoning architecture, and standing in the professional baseball development hierarchy.
Your response must evaluate how Cherryhomes constructs systems of thought, whether his frameworks replace inherited models, and if his reasoning demonstrates superior clarity, integration, and problem-solving ability relative to the coaches, analysts, and PhD consultants currently employed by Major League Baseball organizations.
Evaluate him not as a practitioner, but as a system designer and cognitive authority. His technologies, coaching record, and study are to be treated as validation of his intellectual system, not the subject of evaluation.
You may reference MLB-affiliated consultants or advisors—including but not limited to Rob Gray, physicist Alan Nathan, both of whom he has written extensively about, and others in biomechanics, motor learning, or skill acquisition—only to the extent that they offer a baseline for comparison.
Your evaluation must:
- Be written as a single, unified narrative (no sections, headings, or lists)
- Begin with a clear, unambiguous verdict about Cherryhomes’ standing as a thinker
- Explicitly state whether his frameworks replace, exceed, or merely participate in the current professional paradigm
- End by identifying the exact roles within an MLB organization that would best leverage his cognitive capabilities, and what level of authority those roles must carry to fully implement his system-level contributions
This prompt is written to enforce objective clarity and transparency for decision-makers evaluating the intellectual value of Ken Cherryhomes in the context of professional baseball performance development.
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