You want to know how fast your Tennis serve is, but you don't want to buy an expensive radar system?
You want to practice serves and see basic statistics?
The Tennis Serve Speed Tracker app is for you!
Available for Android on Google Play in many countries!
If not available in your country, please feel free to reach out to us via e-mail.
With the Tennis Serve Speed Tracker app, you can turn your Android phone or tablet into a handy serve tracker for practicing serves or competing with your friends. To learn about the Tennis Serve Speed Tracker, watch our video on YouTube!
Check out our other video on YouTube in which we compare the results computed by the Tennis Serve Speed Tracker app (which costs less than USD $15) to the readings of a real radar gun (which costs more than USD $150)!
See on a court map where your serve has landed and whether it was out, in, or inside the critical target zone close to the service line.
See the angle of your serve - how far can you drive your opponent out of the court?
See the average and maximum ball velocity in km/h or mph. The maximum velocity is the value measured and displayed in big Tennis tournaments. The app even takes into account the effects of air resistance, gravity, and the speed of sound to compute the speed of the ball. For this, the app's algorithms use a physics-based simulation model and were calibrated against a real radar gun.
See basic statistics about the last couple of serves you have completed, such as the maximum or average serve speed achieved, or the percentage of serves that were in. Also, you can inspect the spatial distribution of the serves on a court map.
In the Manual Mode you can manually track and analyze one serve at a time.
This mode is optimized for two persons: one serves, the other one operates the app and inspects the results to provide feedback to the server.
In the Automatic Mode you can fully automatically track multiple serves in a row and receive feedback after each serve from an AI voice. Once all serves are completed, you can inspect them and see basic statistics.
This mode is perfect for practicing serves on your own and optimized for single users.
Tip: Use bluetooth headphones to practice serves without anyone but you hearing the results!
The Tennis Serve Speed Tracker can only compute good results when a couple of requirements are met:
Use a reasonably new and powerful Android phone or tablet. The better the processor, the more RAM, and the better the camera, the better your experience will be!
Ensure that your device is completely static (i.e., not moving) when calibrating and recording serves. Use a tripod and don't hold the device in your hand.
It is very important that the environment is quiet during the recording of the serves, as the app also uses audio data of the serve to compute the speed. Ensure the environment is quiet, i.e., that there is no wind (on outdoor courts), no echo (on indoor courts), not people speaking during the serve, no noise from other courts, pets, or excessive Tennis grunting :). The microphone needs to hear the serve and the ball bouncing off the court!
Ensure the court is brightly illuminated - so that the camera can see the fast ball.
To get the most out of the Tennis Serve Speed Tracker, check out the FAQ section inside the app.
As outlined above, the Tennis Serve Speed Tracker can only compute good results when a couple of requirements are met. To not spend money without being sure that the app works on your courts, you can download and try the app for free.
If you are happy with the app's tracking performance in your environment, consider upgrading to the Premium Version via a one-time in-app purchase to unlock all the Premium features. Once unlocked, the Premium Version will be yours - forever - there is no subscription model and no hidden costs :)
To start the setup, indicate in which service box you will serve.
Instructions and examples help you placing the tripod in the optimal position on the court.
To conclude the calibration, simply mark all four service box corners via drag & drop.
To start tracking serves, choose between the Manual Mode (tracking one serve at a time; optimal for 2 persons)
and the Automatic Mode (tracking multiple serves in a row; optimal for 1 person).
Use drag & drop to indicate where you will stand while serving.
Perform a final sound check, then move to the baseline and serve after you hear the signal!
See the recorded audio, the detected serve location, and the reconstructed flight path of you serve.
See where your serve has landed, the maximum ball velocity, the serve angle, and some more details about your serve.
See basic statistics about the last set of serves you have performed, incl. their distribution on the court, maximum and average speeds, percentage-in, and more!
For feedback, questions, or other inquiries, please contact us via e-mail :)