In the beginning was frustration.
Emmanuel Witvoet, Charles Chevalier and Julien Vernay, students at top engineering schools, are three friends who share the same passion: tennis. After losing a tennis match, they felt a great sense of frustration at being unable to analyse the match with concrete data.
From this problem, the three engineers joined forces to create Mojjo in 2013. Their aim: to enjoy the same statistics as the pros.
Unlike wearables that count the points during the match (such as iSetWatch), Mojjo reconstructs the shape of the rallies and offers each user a summary of their game statistics. A single HD camera films the match, and players can watch videos edited on the fly directly on an interactive terminal.
How it works: at the start of each game (for training or for a match), the user simply starts a session by indicating which side they are starting on, enters their e-mail address, then ends the session by confirming the final score of the match.
Within 30 minutes, players receive their statistics by e-mail. They can then watch the match again point by point without dead time, get a complete statistics sheet, and use other features also intended for players, coaches, tennis clubs and tournament organisers.
Its creators explain the motivation behind this tool: tennis is essentially an individual sport in which the ability to win points or not will determine the outcome of the match. What matters is not knowing the number of backhands played but the strong shots, the effectiveness of serves depending on position on the court, and so on.
In addition to the advice of coaches or partners, the videos allow enthusiasts to observe themselves in order to correct their play, and so feel that they are playing like professionals.
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Flore Guattari is a developmental and educational psychologist, a psychotherapist in haptonomy and a facilitator of parent workshops.
