SMT's CARAT
Coaching Analytics & Replay Access Tool
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SMT’s Coaches Application - the ultimate state-of-the-art tennis analytics and video replay system will be used courtside by every coach at the US Open 2023. CARAT delivers the most innovative tennis match insight and analysis application ever developed.
CARAT OFFERS COACHES
A PLATFORM THAT IS:
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Creative and intuitive
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Easy to navigate
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Friendly user interface
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Real-time integration of multiple sources of data (official US Open level 1, 2, and 3 statistics)
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Point-by-point video replay
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Key performance match statistics
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Provides tennis expertise
The following examples provide further details on the different features of the application.
CARAT provides three layers of detail with the top and bottom sections always remaining the same.
The three sections include:
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Top: scoreboard + match statistics (level 1 and 2)
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Middle: live player and ball tracking with key stats (level 3) (customized)
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Bottom: point trail with video or ability to replay any point
The MIDDLE section of each screen is tailored to three performance categories (Serve, Return, In Play) and allows a coach to set custom filters to further evaluate a player’s performance.
For the middle sections, CARAT displays intuitive tennis court visuals that make it easy for a coach to analyze a player’s performance.
THREE PERFORMANCE CATEGORY EXAMPLES
A single screen offering a tennis court view that illustrates a player’s serve tendencies and winning percentage.
1. SERVE PERFORMANCE
Serve Performance user interface offers a coach the ability to filter the data:
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Serves location by deuce-ad courts and body, wide, center
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Ball bounces plotting
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Serves in and out
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1st serve or 2nd serve
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Break points or all points
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By set or cumulative
A single screen offering a tennis court view that illustrates a player’s returns tendencies and winning percentage.
2. RETURN PERFORMANCE
A coach can filter and view the following:
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By player
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Receiver’s contact zone deuce and /or ad courts (showing distances inside the court or behind the baselines)
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Contact ball plotting
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Target zone (A, B, C and D)
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Ball bounces plotting
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Break points or all points
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1st serve or 2nd serve returns
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Deuce or ad courts
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Stroke – forehand or backhand
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By set or cumulative
CARAT delivers via a tennis court visual aid the ability for a coach to analyze:
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the contact zone,
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target zone and
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frequencies of the return
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including returns in play,
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return in play%,
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return points won% and
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close to the line returns
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Finally, the coach can further dissect the returns by forehand or backhand.
A single screen offers a tennis court view that illustrates a player’s tendencies from contact zone to target zones.
3. IN-PLAY PERFORMANCE
A coach will have the ability to filter and view the following:
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By player
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Player’s contact zones A, B, C, and D (showing distances inside the court or behind the baselines)
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Contact ball plotting
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Target zones (A, B, C and D) with frequencies, in play %, and winning %
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Ball bounces plotting
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Break points or all points
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Deuce or ad courts
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Stroke – forehand or backhand
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By set or cumulative
