India, Nov. 30 -- Tennis training in India may soon get more accessible, thanks to a pair of young players who are using artificial intelligence to fill the coaching gap that persists beyond big cities.
Aadish Shelke from Aurangabad and Bhagyashri Meena from Mumbai - both 21-year-old tennis players and Computer Science students at IIIT Pune - have developed NextPlayAI, a platform that analyses tennis videos using machine learning to offer personalised feedback on strokes, footwork and match movements. The aim: to help budding tennis players from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities access guidance that usually requires expensive academies and elite coaches.
The duo's innovation earned them a Samsung Solve for Tomorrow grant under the category Social ...