AMERICA'S first indoor tennis club for kids
2014
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Transform an old warehouse in Brooklyn's industrial zone into an indoor tennis club for kids.
SAM'S ROLE: Interaction & Service Designer
PROBLEM & OPPORTUNITY:
One of the three tennis courts is just a few feet shy of being a USTA sanctioned kid's tennis court.
Develop a premium tennis class for this space using technology and a methodology for the child to receive feedback.
ACTION (Sam's Area of Responsibility)
Premium Tennis Classes
Kid to wall
1. Visual Patterns
Kids are instructed via projected on a wall. (paired with coach's verbal directions for feedback)
Proof of concept >
Production time: 3 days
Presented to CEO
Racquet to ball
2. Racquet Power
Increase performance and entertainment value by projecting the power and type of each shot on the wall. (feedback loop from accelerometer attached to racquet)
Proof of concept >
Production time: 1 hour
Ball to target
3. Play Performance
Fully interactive with responsive targets moving while projected on the wall.
(feedback loop via measuring the ball's impact on the wall)
Open source platform >
Instructions and code acquired.
ADDITIONAL ACTION:
- Ethnographic and market research
- Physical & digital rapid prototyping
- Designed customer life cycle process
- Implemented human to human customer on boarding process
- Bootstrapping a start-up from the ground up
RESULT:
A sports program, a human service, a digital system, and space where hundreds of kids smile on the court :)
Responsive website
Photo of East Tennis Hall
Court 16 x Lacoste Opening Season Uniform
