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Tennis Technology To Play Better And Become A Brainiac

91.7 WVXU | By Ann Thompson
Published August 22, 2016 at 6:00 AM EDT
On a kiosk, or on your digital device, PlaySight breaks down your game.
On a kiosk, or on your digital device, PlaySight breaks down your game.

PlaySight,  a video and analytics technology, is attracting the attention of tennis players worldwide. With a smart court, five cameras and a kiosk, tennis players get line calls, dissect the game point by point, track the speed of their serve, check the distance covered and more.

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The Western & Southern Open doesn't yet have a smart court, but one former player and coach who was there this past weekend, Darren Cahill, is an investor. From the PlaySight website, it appears the closest smart courts are in Columbus at Scarborough East.

Fans at the Western & Southern Open check out Infosys and the game it's developed with special software.
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Fans at the Western & Southern Open check out Infosys and the game it's developed with special software.

PlaySight smart courts are also a hit for basketball, squash, handball, volleyball, martial arts, soccer, gymnastics, dancing, hockey and wrestling.

There are also advancements for data. Infosys employee Navin Rammohan stood in front of a new game his company has designed for tennis fans using data that not only spits out stats, but churns out new insights.

He talked about the millions and millions of data points that with Infosys software can compare the serves of different players from different generations.

The information is searchable on the ATP World Tour website.

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Ann Thompson
With more than 30 years of journalism experience in the Greater Cincinnati market, Ann Thompson brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her reporting. She has reported for WKRC, WCKY, WHIO-TV, Metro Networks and CBS/ABC Radio. Her work has been recognized by the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2019 and 2011 A-P named her “Best Reporter” for large market radio in Ohio. She has won awards from the Association of Women in Communications and the Alliance for Women in Media. Ann reports regularly on science and technology in Focus on Technology.
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