Technology

How Matchlytics works under the hood.

For technical readers, integrators, and the curious. Everything below is optional reading — clubs don't need to understand any of it.

Meet the MatchCam

One camera. The entire court.

The MatchCam is the only padel-court camera that captures the full court with a single device. Built to survive outdoor weather and indoor abuse, engineered to deliver pro-grade footage every single match.

  • One camera replaces a 3- or 4-camera multi-rig per court
  • 100% court coverage, zero blind spots, no editing required
  • Magnetic mounting — installed in under 15 minutes per court
01 //

Up to 8MP Ultra HD

1/2.7" CMOS sensor captures every stroke in crystal-clear detail.

02 //

180° single camera

The only solution that covers the entire court — no second rig, no editing.

03 //

Vandal resistant

IP67 + IK10 rated housing — handles rain, dust, and accidental hits.

04 //

120 dB True WDR

Sharp footage in tough lighting — sunlit outdoor courts, shaded indoor clubs.

Smart rally detection

The dead time, gone.

Our AI knows when a rally is happening and when it isn't. A 90-minute session collapses to roughly 20 minutes of actual play — automatically trimmed, indexed, and ready to rewatch without scrubbing past pickups, water breaks, or chat.

  • Rallies detected and segmented in real time
  • Highlights surface from the longest, most intense exchanges
  • Full-match replays stay available — the trim is non-destructive
Gesture-based highlights

Mark a moment without lifting a phone.

Raise both hands facing the camera and our AI instantly tags that moment as a highlight — no app, no buttons. The clip is timestamped, cut, and pushed to the player's library automatically.

  • Real-time gesture recognition during live play
  • Automatic timestamp tagging and clip extraction
  • Highlights land in the TiePlayer app without manual editing
Real-time pipeline

Built to keep up with every rally.

900+

frames per second of aggregate processing

150+

data points captured per second

8+

AI models trained on padel footage

AI

Models trained for padel.

Ball tracking

The ball's position is detected on every frame — even through the fastest smashes — for shot-by-shot precision.

Player detection

Continuous bounding-box tracking for every player on court throughout the match.

Player pose estimation

A detailed skeleton is predicted for each player to read biomechanics, footwork, and rally start/end moments.

Stroke classification

Each ball contact is identified by stroke type — bandeja, vibora, smash, drive — for shot-distribution analytics.

Ball state classification

We detect whether the ball is flying, being hit by a player, bouncing on the floor or walls, or hitting the net.

Player recognition

Per-player visual features link match footage to the correct user accounts automatically.

Analytics outputs

What the pipeline actually produces.

  • Rally duration and shot count per rally
  • Distance covered per player and movement heatmaps
  • Time in strategic zones — back / transition / net × left / middle / right
  • Average and maximum velocity per player
  • Serve analytics — first-serve %, aces, placement, return distribution
  • Ball contact accuracy and missed-shot percentage
  • Positional intelligence — court coverage, team coordination, opponent reaction
  • Shot distribution by type, attack vs. defence patterns
  • Per-player progression over time across matches
How we report stats

Accuracy over volume.

Every detection has a confidence score. We only include results that clear a high-confidence threshold and discard anything uncertain. A small number of strokes may not appear in the ball-related stats — that's a deliberate trade-off in favour of stats you can trust.

Player app

Built into the booking flow.

QR quick-start

Scan the QR code at the court entrance and the match starts recording instantly — no manual setup.

Configurable game setup

Pick recording duration, set the match format, and add player info before the first point.

Match history archive

Every match a player records stays in their library — replays, stats, and highlights, always one tap away.

iOS and Android

Available on the App Store and Google Play — and integrated directly into TiePlayer.

Hardware specs

For the spec sheets.

Resolution
Up to 8MP Ultra HD
Sensor
1/2.7" CMOS
Frame rate
30 fps
Dynamic range
120 dB True WDR

Ready to grow your padel club?

Join the clubs using Matchlytics to fill courts, retain members, and lead the future of the sport.

Send us a message