A.I. Scoring, Stats, & Line Calling for Tennis - Swing Vision (Short Episode 174)
Channel: Startup to Storefront
Date: 06/09/2022

Swing Vision started as an app that leveraged the Apple Watch to help tennis players improve their game.

Players could now track swing movements, hits, and scores.

But after working at Tesla, Swupnil Sahai, the co-founder of Swing Vision, realized there was a lot more they could do with this simple idea.

By mounting an iPhone on a court, and through motion tracking within the app, that can now offer:
- Automated scoring
- Line calling
- Recorded match highlights
- And so much more.

In this episode we talked about the impact of having Swing Vision featured on the Apple Keynote, coaching players with AI, and last, between you and me, we also talked about Diego paying a little extra to have the speed of his serves register faster than they actually are.

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🎾 Swing Vision Social Media: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swingvisionapp/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swingvisionapp
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/swing-vision/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwingVisionApp
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swingvision-a-i-tennis-app/id989461317

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuptostorefront/
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startup-to-storefront/id1477095646 
Website: https://www.startuptostorefront.com/

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😎 Our Team:
Diego Torres-Palma: https://www.instagram.com/diego_ventures/
Nick Conrad: https://www.instagram.com/nickgconrad/
Lexi Jameson: https://www.instagram.com/lexijamesonyt/
Owen Cappellini: https://www.instagram.com/owencapp/

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🎵 Our Music:
https://www.instagram.com/doubletouchofficial/

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⏱️ Timecodes:
00:00 Intro to Swing Vision
00:46 Swing Vision Explained
1:59 Where bow ties and tech meet
2:48 Traveling down the unknown tech path
4:13 The iPhone camera unlocks new features the Apple Watch can't
4:45 How long did it take to build out Swing Vision?
6:02 And then James Blake and Andy Roddick Invested in Swing Vision
8:05 The Swing Vision Rollout Strategy 
8:27 Getting Swing Vision featured on the Apple App Store. This is how it happened.
10:01 How did you get investors to endorse Swing Vision?
11:35 Launching Swing Vision during COVID
13:28 Getting featured in the Apple Keynote
15:29 Raising the next round of money
16:48 Using surveys to determine the price of Swing Vision
18:53 Do people always want to improve?
19:59 Are the iPhone batteries an issue?
20:38 Creating a share on socials feature
21:35 Athletic Greens Ad Read
22:03 Can I dissect my opponent's match too?
23:31 Can you upload footage to study your opponent?
24:18 Coaching players through AI
25:20 Pro Tip: Film Yourself to Get Better at Sales
27:02 Is speed easy or hard to calculate?
28:28 Creating separate leaderboards for regions or clubs
29:31 Is Pickleball on the roadmap?
29:50 The Uber of tennis matches
30:46 Connecting with USTR
32:21 Creating training videos with pro tennis players
34:11 Using Swing Vision with other sports
36:21 Therabody took off by sponsoring pro athletes
37:08 The Twitch of Tennis Apps
38:19 Go download and follow Swing Vision!