Η Babolat, is a French manufacturer of rackets, and presented something very pioneering in International CES this week.
The racket presented at the International Technology Exhibition is a Pure Drive bestseller version, has a gyroscope, accelerometers and a piezoelectric sensor on the handle. All of these sensors collect a lot of data, even when the ball hits the rack strings, how much power is used in the outgoing and incoming hits.
The new Pure Drive rack synchronizes with smartphones or tablets via Bluetooth ή USB, and presents the data through an accompanying application.
The idea, said Thomas Otton, Babolat's global communications manager, is that players can get more information about their game to check performance and how they are improving.
"Today, a tennis player has no information except with his senses," he said. "Now he will have all the necessary information."
Babolat's racket costs 399 dollars, 189 dollars more than Pure Drive, which has no sensors.
The racket weighs exactly the same as the Pure Drive, and features a button operation on the handle. The battery lasts six to eight hours before needing a USB charge.
