Tennis is a sport that requires excellent technique and mastery of craft. It is unique in that one can’t simply be a superior athlete in order to dominate their opponent. Years of practice and repetition are required to master some of the finer points of the game. That makes it all the more impressive when a youngster such as Milos Raonic, just 24 years old, can hold his own amongst the world’s best players.
Canadian born Raonic has taken the tennis scene by storm with a current #4 world ranking, especially recognized for his devastating serve. There’s no wonder Zepp Labs chose Raonic as the partnering athlete for their newly improved tennis app. The app, combined with a sensor attached to the users’ racquet, allows a tennis player to diagnosis and perfect their own game.
Features include the ability to track time spent moving or stationary during a match, the quality of particular shots, and racquet speed and ball spin based upon shot type. This data is made available through a smartphone or tablet device, and provides a very detailed breakdown of strengths and weaknesses. The 3D Serve Practice feature gives a visual of the user’s’ serve, and compares it to that of professional tennis player. Information pertaining to a player’s’ serves and shots is vital to them understanding possible flaws in technique, and it is information that is otherwise difficult to attain.
Raonic himself praises the app by saying, “Zepp is providing data for some of the most important aspects of the game, like power, consistency, and other areas I focus on everyday in practice. Having data that connects what you’re feeling to what’s actually happening will help players at all levels improve faster.” Raonic offers personal drills of his own and those of other tennis stars within the app. There’s no guarantee that a user’s game will reach Raonic heights, but the Zepp Tennis 2.0 app is like having a personal tennis coach on-hand at all times.
