This is awesome. I am really looking forward to the sensor technology moving forward and how the world will change when everything begins to be measured.
I just purchased a Babolat Play racket which tracks every shot you hit when playing tennis. For the first iteration, its very impressive. To walk over during a water break and see the longest rally and stuff is pretty cool. Plus, different players definitely bring up completely different stats, which is also good to see. The future for tennis I suspect is something like playsight[0], which is cameras and a base station that can record you play, give you live serve mph, and even call the lines. But for now, the Play is the most amazing thing to happen tennis. 1662 balls hit this week.
In tennis, consistency is far more important than peak performance. If you want actual improvement, simply recording where the ball was in contact with them racket is far more useful than MPH.
Babolat play gives you a breakdown of where you are striking the ball on the strings. Plus, it gives you a breakdown of the consistency in your technique. And actually doesn't tell you MPH. And although it doesn't say "40 shots in, 40 shots out" so far I think the software does give you a good understanding of your consistency. Average shots/min and longest rally, comparing that to other sessions, gives you a really good idea.
I just purchased a Babolat Play racket which tracks every shot you hit when playing tennis. For the first iteration, its very impressive. To walk over during a water break and see the longest rally and stuff is pretty cool. Plus, different players definitely bring up completely different stats, which is also good to see. The future for tennis I suspect is something like playsight[0], which is cameras and a base station that can record you play, give you live serve mph, and even call the lines. But for now, the Play is the most amazing thing to happen tennis. 1662 balls hit this week.
[0] http://www.playsight.com