Alexander Amini, a transition year student in Castleknock College whose family joined the club during 2010 has scooped the BT Young Scientist Award for his Tennis sensor data analysis.
Thanks to his research you may one day be able to develop the ultimate tennis game!
His project has developed a way to analyse movement using a computer. Although his research was directed towards the stroke production during a tennis game, the same system could be used in other sports and to monitor movement in people recovering from injury.
Alexander developed computer programs that can analyse movement as a player plays tennis. Using 3 sensors attached to the arm, chest and leg allows the software to identify up to 13 different tennis strokes with an accuracy as high as 99%. The software builds a model of a player's style and variations can be introduced to improve the player's technique. A beginner's strokes can be measured against an experienced player's strokes to help the beginner develop a good technique from the start. Alexander will now go on to represent Ireland at the EU Contest for Young Scientists in Helsinki in September.
Pat Walsh, the current holder of Player Of The Year is said to be beating a path to his door.
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