There came out of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference these statements about Tennis Analytics. I would like to let you know that these gentlemen did not know about Boomer’s potiential to address these areas. So today’s tennis lessons will be about Tennis Analytics an what Do It Right Sports has to offer users of our services.
This portion modify by Robert Allen Gibson
Analytics cannot save U.S. Tennis. Most “_____ Analytics” panels began the same way, with executives, current or former players, and ESPN personalities all smiling and telling the crowd that analytics are surging in the given sport (then they spend 40-50 minutes attempting to prove it with varying degrees of success). The “Tennis Analytics” panel, on the other hand? Not so much. In ESPN the Magazine‘s Analytics Issue, major sports were ranked according to analytical advancement. Tennis was second to last, ahead of just boxing. Former pro Todd Martin, on the panel with coach Paul Annacone, “tennis analytics pioneer,” New York Times contributor Craig O’Shannessy and moderator Marc Stein, discussed how, when you watch tennis on television, you are seeing the same stats you saw 20 years ago: first and second serve percentage, winners, and unforced errors. Meanwhile, as I learned during the Australian Open, you cannot really even find consistent data online regarding winners and errors, which was mind-boggling.
O’Shannessy discussed the ways in which he is using data and analytics to help professional players — and yes, I joined his website, The Brain Game, immediately after the discussion — and mentioned that since tennis is basically “50 percent chess, 50 percent poker” the potential for tennis analytics is still quite high. They all agreed, however, that analytics cannot help the sorry state of U.S. Tennis at the moment. Martin briefly channeled Bill Murray: “If the game’s not taught well at the beginning levels, it just doesn’t matter.“ Americans are being taught how to hit, but not where to hit, and, as Annacone said, “You get 16-20 year olds trying to figure out how to play after eight years or so of bad habits.” Exciting, huh?
We at Do It Right Tennis are tring to change these comments with Boomer. We will put into the hands of the coaches, Pros, Players and Sponsors the information in a form that they will be able to display the depth, width and speed of each shot hit off the court in the secquence it was hit, allowing the players to replay the images in their heads off the court. They will be able to study why they won a point and the mistakes to avoid. With Boomer we don’t just work on learning a new shot we learn where and when to use those shots to win points. Most players do not know that there are shot sequences that will win a point 95% of the time, or how to defend against those shots. The things we are putting into boomer will make a players better, Stronger, Faster, Smarter at a younger age ready to compete at the professional level. Yes Analytics can save the tennis industry with the right tools being used by Professionals.