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Score It! Tennis
App OverviewPeople playing in a tennis match want to track and have an electronic record of their shot statistics, but cannot easily do so while participating in the match, they need a 2nd person to track their performance on a computer, tablet or smart phone.
While software does exist to allow sports statistics to be electronically entered on a PC, tablet, or Phone, it requires someone other than the participant – such as a spectator or coach – to input the data. The “Score It!” software running on the wrist-wearable device will allow the participant to enter their match data themselves.NOTE: ScoreIt! Tennis is a shot statistics tracking app, not a game scoring app. Game Scoring would complicate the data entry if the user had to enter both a score AND a shot stat after each point is played.
OperationThe user will install the software on their smart-phone or tablet, and then the smart-phone or table will deploy the user interface to the wrist-wearable device.Before a tennis match, the user will start the app on the Watch, which will then initialize and start the input interface on the Watch.
For a tennis match, the user will choose the Match type, and then swipe to the Set and Game screen. The software will automatically record the date and time of the match, and start a timer to record Match Time, Set Time, and Game time.
The software has an input screen on the wrist-wearable device for each type of shot during the match, such as Forehand or Backhand. While playing the match, when the user hits a shot such as a forehand winner, they will “swipe” to move between input screens to find the “Forehands” screen, and then tap a button to increment the number of Forehand winners. This can be done very quickly using the wrist wearable device as to not interrupt or delay match play. As the games and match progress, the user will continue to enter statistics, and when the game ends can press a stop button to record the game statistics, then select a new game, and start the process again. The software will provide interfaces for all of the possible shots the player can hit, such as Aces, Double Faults, Forehand Winners, Forehand Unforced Errors, etc. At the end of the match, the user will tap the “End Match” button, which will trigger the software to compile all match statistics and sync the data to the “parent” app on the Smart-phone. The user can then view reports on the smart-phone.
When the Watch App starts, the user selects the Match Type. The
user navigates between screens by “Swiping”
When the match button is tapped, The Button label changes to “End”
and will be pressed to end the match, and a Match timer starts. The user then Swipes to move to
the next screen.
Swipe
On this screen the user will use buttons to start the Set and Game. When the App starts, the Set and Game are already set to 1, so the user can just press “Start Set” and then “Start Game”. The user then
swipes to advance to the data entry and reporting screens.
1. Tap “Start Set”
The Start Game
button is disabled until Start
Set is tapped
2. Tap “Start
Game”
Once the user taps the Start buttons, Set and Game Timers
start, and the button labels change to “End”. The user can then swipe to advance through the data entry
screens.
Swipe
This is the summary Match statistics view
This is the Serves input screen. Data tracked includes Aces, 1st
Serve and 2nd Serve in, 1st serve winners, 2nd serve winners, and Double Faults. To input data the user simply taps the tennis ball
button next to the shot. So to track an Ace, the user would tap the
Green tennis ball button
This is the Serve returns input screen. Data tracked includes
Forehands, and Backhands (1-hand, 2-Hand, and Slice). To input Winners data the user simply taps the green tennis ball button next to the shot. To track an unforced error,
the user taps a red tennis ball button.
This is the Forehands input screen. To input Winners data the user
simply taps the green tennis ball button next to the shot. To track an unforced error, the user taps a red
tennis ball button.
This is the Backhands input screen. To input Winners data the user
simply taps the green tennis ball button next to the shot. To track
and unforced error, the user taps a red tennis ball button.
This is the “Other Shots” input screen. To input Winners data the user simply taps the green tennis
ball button next to the shot. To track and unforced error, the user taps a
red tennis ball button.
During Match play, the user can return to the statistics screen at any
time to see their current stats.
At the end of a game, the user taps the “End Game” button
The Game tracking screen will come into view, allowing the user to
tap “Won” or “Lost”
The App will then return to the “Set and Game” screen and the user
can start the next game by tapping the “Start Game” button.
After pressing the Start button again, the next game starts with a
new game timer, the Set and Match timers continue to run. When the
set ends the user repeats the steps to start a new set.
At the end of a set, the user can press the “End Set” button, and can
either start a new Set, or swipe back to the Match screen and click
the button to End the Match.
When the User taps the “End Match” button, all match stats are
saved and the user can then access the full match statistics on
the Phone
On the iPhone, choose “ScoreIt! Tennis”
When the User starts the App, they are presented with a list of all
matches stored on the Phone. The user can then tap a match date…
…and the App will display the detailed statistics from that Match. The user can then scroll down to
see the other statistics….
By swiping to the left on a Match Date, the user is presented with the
option to delete a Match and its data.