We spoke with Mario Sgro, co-founder of the company, to learn more about the project.
If you’re reading this, you’re likely a tennis or padel enthusiast—even if you’re not a professional player.
Today, an innovative technology is transforming racket sports at every level, from professionals to amateur players. Its name? Eyes On.
We asked Mario Sgro, an expert in computer systems, who together with Stefano Marcon, CEO of the company, developed the project.
One day, Stefano told me he couldn’t find any tool to track his son’s progress and performance after he started playing tennis.
How is it possible that, with all the technology available today, nothing like this exists?
We then worked through the idea together and, after careful analysis, realized it was possible to create an affordable and user-friendly product for a wide audience.
Our target isn’t major international tournaments or professional players, but rather local clubs—where people play on weekends and families bring their kids to train.
Once the feasibility was understood, we had to find a research institution to support us in our project and we found it in Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Trento.
Thanks to this collaboration, we developed AI algorithms designed for image analysis.
This allowed us to track ball trajectory, spin, and player movement automatically and in real time.
In 2016, a start-up was founded, leading to collaborations with the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation. Today, our systems are already installed in several clubs.
It’s easy to imagine this technology being applied to other sports as well.
That’s right. We have also focused on padel, developing a similar solution for this fast-growing sport.
Eyes On promises to revolutionize sport not only as a teaching tool for teachers and students, but also as a virtual coach that tracks progress and identifies areas for improvement.
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