Babolat POP WRIST SENSOR

This device that you wear on your wrist and measures statistics during your tennis game is pretty cool. The data is very interesting, how many backhands, forehands, serves you hit during the session. How many on each side with top spine, slice or flat, and your average speed and top speed shot. It also creates a composite of fluidity, speed and spin, which is supposed to give you an idea of the type of level you play at.There are somethings that this doesn't get right. It appears to confuse volleys with ground strokes, and although I hit mainly a slice backhand, it didn't record any for my game.Yesterday, I played doubles for two hours with it. This was the first time. It said I hit 120 forehands, 118 backhands, 87 serves, 2 smashes and 5 volleys. I know I hit may more volleys than 5. It was a 3.5-4.0 game with a lot of serve and volley, and approaching the net. I have the bad habit of swinging at my volleys, so I can understand why some may register as ground strokes.It reported my forehand averaging 36 mph and with a top speed of 54 mph. Of the 120 shots, it had me at 97 flat, 1 slice and 22 topspin. I hit a lot of topspin, but don't put super topspin on my shots, so I can understand that a lot of those shots may have been registered as flat.It reported I hit 118 backhands, with a high of 53 mph and averaging 36 mph. I would have thought that the difference in speed between my backhand and forehand would have been greater. It also reported I hit 4 top spin, 114 flat backhands and no slice. I hit mainly slice backhands, so maybe I just didn't reach the threshold to register as slice.My serve averaged 52 mph and had a top speed of 68 mph. I hit primarily slice and kickers in doubles, so the speed seems about right. I don't know why it doesn't report about the direction of the spin on the serve since it could do it with the ground strokes.There are online community stuff with it which I didn't do and a ranking system in which you move up by accumulating various shots during play.The mph of your shot not only depends upon swing speed, but upon your racket, strings, etc. But in this app, it is a good relative value that you can measure yourself against.I like the additional features of the Sony product that attaches to your racket better. The Sony product tells you where you hit the ball on your racket face, and appears to have more details on your shots. However, at more than 2X the price, I decided to get the POP. Overall, it provides good data in which you could analyze how your game is changing over time. There are some errors in identifying the type of shots being hit, but it seems in the broad scope of things to be okay. I wouldn't read the mph data as an absolute, but use it to understand how your game is changing. For people that like gadgets, this is a fun product.

The Babolat Pop was a gift for my ten year old for his birthday. He has been playing tennis for four years and currently puts in twenty hours week. Since he first tried it on last Friday, he has played every day since, logging about ten hours on the Pop. The sensors, as expected did not track strokes perfectly. For example, in a one and a half hour hitting session that did not include any serves and possibly only 20 overhead smashes, the tracker listed over 150 serves as well as 90 smashes, 300+ forehands, 130 backhands, and 80 volleys. That being said, I would have still given this app/band a rating of 4 stars if it was not for the very poor quality wristband. Attached you will see a photo of the pocket for the tracker that is already coming apart at the seams. This is quite unacceptable for a four day old item. What makes things worse is that there seems to be no available replacement bands at a reasonable cost. Amazon has a replacement strap for $99 which is ridiculous considering they sold me the strap and tracker for 70.I have had my Fitbit for two years and have heard many people complain about their straps coming apart after a few months of usage. The difference there is that you can buy replacement straps for around 10 bucks.

I received my Pop sensor about 3 months ago and I used it for practice sessions. I used it twice and it seemed to be working. Then the sensor sat for about a month without being used. I tried it during a couple of matches this last week and it doesn't work anymore. The light will come on while it is on the charger but won't come on when I have it on my wrist. It won't pair with my phone anymore. I tried to contact Babolat and heard nothing. I don't think the sensor is reliable enough to be used for tennis. It could be useful if it worked consistently. As it stands, it is not worth the money.

Well, I have been unable to get the device to sync. I have tried my Samsung S7 Edge and my wife's iPhone 7. Both work fine currently with Bluetooth to our vehicles and our fitbits. So, it is not our phones. The support for this product is basically non-existent. There is nothing online other than "turn your phone Bluetooth on, and turn on the device and it all works like magic". Well, it does not work like magic, at least not for me.I sent an email to online customer support, but I think they only may be staffed Monday thru Friday 9-4. Not useful.I guess I will give it till Monday to see if they respond. If so I will update the review and see if gets any better.

So I was doing some research on which tennis sensor to purchase, and I thought this one would be the best fit for me. And I was right. My Babolat POP came in today just in time for some doubles and singles matches. It feels super comfortable on my wrist and it was super easy to sync to my iPhone (you have to register your POP before you play). The only issue that occurred for me was that the chip fell out of the wrist strap and I had to put it back in. Everything else was perfect; the statistics seem 95% correct and are definitely valuable to look at for improvements. I haven't tried out the challenge part of it or the community part so I can't comment on that. But here are the pros and cons:Pros:+Fits perfectly+Easy setup+Great statistics+Babolat is always updating to improve accuracy+Very well priced+Battery life (Lasted a doubles and singles match 2+ hrs with 80% left)+Comes with charging stationCons-Fell off one time-not 100% accurate-wristband can get sweaty (wash without chip inside of course)Overall I'm very excited to use my POP in the future and I definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to gain feedback on their game. Definitely try to get your hands on one of these if you have $90 to spend.

My players, who have purchased the Pop, have shown marked improvement. I have found it to be reliable and valuable as far as the interest in improving their skills. I highly recommend the Babolat Pop!!!!!!

While I have my issues with every recorded hit not being quite as accurate as I would have thought (and I might question the racket head speed) it is very good at giving you an indication of what is happening in your game - see the picture I've attached: in that game my opponent was targeting my backhand and the POP is showing that perfectly.It is also quite a good motivational tool as you do see progression (or regression in your game) and it's not shy about telling you if you've started to slip.Pros:* It's tied to you not to the racket* Generally identifies backhand/forehand/smash/serve with spin* Hit count is pretty accurate.* Battery life is good - 3 or 4 sessions before a recharge (I try not to let it get below 50% though)Cons:* Doesn't value a volley - if you are playing doubles and volleying your opponents into obscurity at the net you'll get a low PIQ score as it's really tailored for battering from the baseline with a lot of spin.* Bracelet tends to show wear and tear pretty quickly - mine is torn a bit at the sensor pocket. I've looked at buying a replacement but to be honest I've found that a snug wrist sweatband does the job pretty well.Summary:A fun and informative toy that lets you track your games and technique which I would happily recommend and would buy again.

I changed my old zap sensor for this one recently and I didn't regret at all...unfortunately I do not have many friends with the same tool or this will make the use of this sensor even more funny and will push me more in exercising and improving my tennisrecommended

A choice birthday present for a a very 'sporty' boy. Easy to set up and record each 'session' and thus incentivise performance improvement. Enables easy performance comparison with friends & colleagues.

A must for any serious tennis player amateur or not. Excellent coaching tool bought it for my son he's thrilled with how clever and accurate this is.

Good price comparing to local babolat shop, seems like it is a pretty old stock though, (2015) and the battery life has deteriorated. Very helpful gadget that builds your tennis profile along with your pros and cons.