导出博客文章It can be hard to measure your play when it comes to tennis. Yes, you can keep
score in a match and go by that, or you can consider the points youve kept in
play and any winners youve hit. But how do your strokes look? Are you hitting
flat? How much spin are you putting on the ball? Are you working your forehand
as much and as well as your backhand?Im always looking to better my game, so I
was excited to learn about the Babolat POP, a wristband that tracks your
stats.How it worksFor me, the best technology is easy to use and doesnt have a
long, drawn-out setup, which is the case with Babolat POP. You download the app
on your phone, sign up and charge the sensor. Youll create a profile on the app
too, where you can add personal info and a photo if you want (this will come
into play if you challenge friends). Then place the sensor into the bracelet,
put the bracelet on your dominant wrist and go play.What I likedThe POP is not
distracting at all while youre playing. The bracelet is made of a cloth material
that comfortably fits on any size wrist, and it records everything in the
background (read: you dont have to hit a button every time you want a shot
recorded).After you complete a session, it takes just a couple minutes to sync
the data to your phone -- and Ive never had the sync freeze on me mid-transfer,
which is lovely. You also can say where you played (indoors versus outdoors) and
on what type of surface (hard court versus clay), if you like keeping track of
that kind of data.The POP has the ability to record each forehand, backhand,
overhead, smash, volley and serve, and it totals the amount for you. The sensor
breaks it down further, classifying how many shots were flat versus slices, as
well as your topspin. I found this really insightful, especially in a game when
I knew I was more dominantly hitting backhands but no real winners -- it was
because a lot of my shots were flat. Knowing that, the next time I stepped on
the court, I made a point to work on hitting my backhand with a bit more
topspin, so I could win more points with that shot.The POP also provides what
they call a PIQScore, or a score based on a combination of your style, speed and
spin. Style? Although it isnt able to record how beautiful you look while
hitting a cross-court forehand, the sensor picks up on the fluidity of your
strokes, which is where this number comes from. At first, I didnt think I was
all too interested in a made up score the company came up with, but after using
the POP bracelet for a bit, I found myself comparing my PIQScore from session to
session. Its basically a quick overview if you had to sum up your session with
one score, which became more appealing when looking at improvement over time.The
POP also records activity, which is based on the length and intensity of your
session. This made it easy for me to identify which of my sessions were actual
games versus just casual rallying with a friend. It also tells you after each
session what your top hitting speed was and the amount of shots in your
lengthiest rally. Again, this data I just found interesting, and I even
surprised myself a few times with a top speed I didnt know I was able to
hit.Then theres the challenge aspect of the Babolat POP -- because what tracking
device doesnt allow you to compete with others these days, right? First, you
have the ability to find your friends who have POP and add them to your network
by following them. I wasnt looking to use the device to compete, but rather to
up my own game. Still, you have the option to create a challenge: forehands,
backhands or serves and the number of shots taken. Each shot gets a PIQScore,
which is averaged and then used to determine the winner of the challenge. Its a
fun way to add a little competition to the mix, if youre looking for that.What I
didnt likeAlthough the POP generally recorded pretty accurately, I found that it
sometimes had issues differentiating between types of shots. For instance, in a
match in which I hit a couple overhead shots, they were recorded as serves. It
wasnt a huge deal to me, but I didnt get much feedback on my overhead shots,
which I would have liked.I know this would be taking the device capabilities to
the next level, but I wished it knew how many shots were in. I found it really
helpful to break down my shots, top spin and speed, but what if my fastest shots
were all going out (at one point, they were)? From glancing at my stats on the
app, youd think these were the best shots, when in fact, I probably needed to
take a little speed off to keep the ball in play and not lose the point.Worth
it?Im the type of person who always likes to improve -- whether its tennis or
snowboarding or public speaking. I like that the Babolat POP can give me some
specific feedback and stats on my tennis game that I otherwise would have needed
to figure out on my own or with the help of an instructor or coach, which can be
costly.Although it wasnt 100 percent accurate, this gave me more insight into my
game than I had previously. At $90, the Babolat POP isnt cheap, but for someone
like me, Id say its worth it.
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policy violation. If it is the brutality of the ECBs decision to punish Durham
that strikes first, it is the inconsistency that follows close behind.Oh, yes.
There is some logic in the ECBs stance. A financial punishment would clearly
have been inappropriate and this action - relegation and a heavy points
deductions for next season - certainly sends out a strong deterrent.Against what
though, is unclear. Against building a ground in an out-of-town location more
than 20 years ago? Against bidding for international games in an over-crowded
market place? Against slipping into debt? If so, the ECB needs to be relegating
a few other teams.The only difference between Durham and Glamorgan is that, at
Durham, the creditors - notably the local council - declined to waive the debt.
In Cardiff, they allowed the taxpayer to pick up the bill. Warwickshire owe
Birmingham City Council around ￡20m and have already benefited from a repayment
holiday.So, if the ECB is to be consistent, shouldnt Glamorgan, who were
stripped of a Test in 2012 and obliged to swap a fixture in 2013 after
struggling to pay staging agreements for Sri Lanka Test in 2011, be treated in
the same manner?And what is the difference between Durham and Hampshire? Or,
indeed, Yorkshire? Hampshire, the beneficiaries of this action, have been bailed
out to the tune of ￡10m or more by Rod Bransgrove, while Yorkshire are indebted
to Colin Graves. The club owes - and continues to pay interest upon - trusts
set-up by Graves totalling ￡24m. All were insolvent. The difference is that
Hampshire and Yorkshire found benefactors; Durham found judgement. The ECB, with
reserves of ￡70m and more, could have taken a more sympathetic approach.Such was
Yorkshires plight that, in interviews with ESPNcricinfo, Graves referred to
Yorkshire as bankrupt and 48 hours from being written off. So we can only
presume that Durham are not being punished for financial mismanagement but for
failing to find a sugar daddy to bail them out.Did Durham have to be punished at
all? Might the ECB not have reflected that it was, at least in part, complicit
in Durhams descent into debt? Might it not have concluded that, having
encouraged Durham to build an international venue - a condition of being granted
first-class status in 1992 - and then given them a May Test against Sri Lanka
starting on a Friday, it had contributed to the difficulties the club has
faced?Might it not have reflected that, by encouraging the counties to bid
against one another to host international games, things were always going to end
this way?And might the ECB not even have reflected that it, like the banks that
offered 120% mortgages before the economic crash, had extended credit to Durham
far beyond the reasonable? The ECB now admits it has been working on this rescue
package for the best part of a year. In that case, why was the Test against Sri
Lanka allowed to take place in Chester-le-Street? Why were Hampshire or
Nottinghamshire not incentivised to take on that game?This episode is every bit
as much the ECBs fault as it is Durhams. It is an inevitable product of the
system.Besides, who does this decision punish? Does it punish the officials at
Durham who, years ago, embarked on a course that always threatened to end this
way? Hardly. Some are dead, some have moved on or retired and one of them
(Gordon Hollins, once commercial director at Durham) is now chief operating
officer of the professional game at the ECB.Does it punish the investors who
involved themselves in the club when they thought hosting international cricket
was a lucrative business or the officials at the ECB who created this system and
extended the clubs line of credit? Of course not.No, this is a decision that
punishes thee players and the supporters.ddddddddddddInnocent victims of
decisions over which they had no control.It wont help them, either. At least one
of the players - Keaton Jennings, who recently signed a new deal with the club -
is understood to have a clause in their contract allowing them to leave if they
are relegated. Those supporters who enjoyed Durhams run to T20 Finals Day this
year may conclude there is little point attending in 2017; the points deduction
is too much of a handicap. And you can bet that the next club in need of
financial assistance will call Wonga before it calls the ECB. The governing body
needs to take a more benevolent approach than this.The shame is that, as a
cricket club, Durham has excelled. Yes, as a business they have failed and as a
business they need to change. But no cricket team had been in the top division
for as long (11 years) before today. Only a couple of weeks ago, Ben Stokes,
keen to play when he could easily have rested, bowled his side to a crucial
victory over Surrey in a thrilling passage of play that seemed to have avoided
relegation. To snatch that away devalues so much that went before.Might the ECB
have taken such a hard line to make a point? Might it have taken this
opportunity to remind the counties of their precarious finances and of the need
to embrace a new T20 competition? You would hope not.There are lessons to learn
from Durham. We can see (as we can from Hampshire) that out-of-town cricket
grounds do not work. And we can see (as we can see from Hampshire and as we will
see from Northants) that private ownership (Durham, like Hampshire, is not a
members club) brings more problems than it solves. Sympathy for privately owned
clubs is limited; if they dont share their profits with the wider game, why
would the wider game want to share their losses? Nor will it be forgotten that,
a few years ago, Durham breached the salary cap. They are not blameless.Most of
all, though, we can see that the arms race by which international games were
allocated for a decade or more did not work. And we can see that producing
players for England is not sufficiently rewarded. A club that has uncovered such
gems as Mark Wood and Stokes should not be begging for help from its governing
body. It should be cherished and nurtured.At some clubs, this setback would
spark an exodus. But at Durham? There has long been a sense of unity about
Durham that other clubs have admired and envied. And it has long been said in
county circles that it is hard to drag their players away from the north-east.
Maybe the examples of Scott Borthwick and Mark Stoneman show that times have
changed. Or maybe this is just the event to redouble their determination and
renew their sprit. If Stokes and Wood are ever made available to them in 2017,
some Division Two batsmen will find themselves unwitting victims of this
episode.There is not much appetite around the first-class counties for
punishment of Durham. There is an acceptance that their days as a Test-hosting
ground are over (for the foreseeable future, anyway) and an acceptance that they
required some intervention. But punishment? No. That comes from the ECB, which
has somehow tarnished one of the most wonderful finishes to the county season
for years into a squabble about finances and legal action. The reverse
alchemists have done it again.Well-governed sport is defined by events on the
pitch. Increasingly in English cricket, we see decisions made in committee rooms
transcending events on the field. It reflects poorly on the sport and, most of
all, poorly on the administrators.
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