In 2010 Evgeni Khazanov, while observing his daughters tennis practice, wondered why a sport with so much financial capital did not have any advanced technology to help players improve their game. It was from this idea that PlaySight was born.
Selected twice by Fast Company as one of the top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Sport, PlaySight is connecting sports all over the world. Its Smart sports AI video platform delivers a cutting-edge video experience across all levels of sport. Hundreds of thousands of athletes, coaches, colleges, teams and sports facilities utilize PlaySight each and every day for automated production live stream broadcasts, multi-angle video recording, performance analysis, content monetization and much more.
PlaySight technology powers entire leagues, is connected in over half of the NBA, and is used across the MLB, NHL, in over 100 NCAA athletic departments, and at leading sports organizations and facilities such as LakePoint Sports, IMG Academy, Ripken Baseball and the United States Tennis Association’s National Campus.
All of this success stemmed from their original system, the globally praised and constantly evolving PlaySight Pro+ system. The now industry standard for all digital applications, it is a multi-camera setup that offers full HD video recording, tracking of player and ball movement, gamified drills, instant video replay, and live streaming of all practices and games.
Multi-angle video review
Live streaming automated production
Video replay and PlayFair challenges
Stroke analysis with automated tagging
Gamified target areas and drills
3D shot spot and analysis
Create, edit and share video clips
Content monetization and a custom OTT channel
Scoreboard integration
In addition to their PlaySight Pro+ system they developed the PlayFair Initiative, an application integrated into their camera system that allows for line-calling to be challenged by players in situations where umpires cannot be present during matches. Such has been the success of this application that in late 2017 PlaySight and the ITA announced an expansion of the PlayFair Initative, bringing the technology to close to 20 NCAA dual matches for the 2018 season.
PlaySight have also launched their own sports network – the PlaySight Sports Network, delivering hundreds of hours of live content each week.
“I’ve been coaching on the ATP and WTA tours for the last 20 years and never before have we had access to the tennis analytics and high performance technology that PlaySight offers.”
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