Is Hawk Eye Technology Deceptive?

"In March of 2006, tennis introduced technological aid in officiating in the form of instant replay technology at the Nazdaq-Open in Miami. Following the great feedback from players and fans, the use of electronic line calling was expanded to include the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and ATP events participating in the U.S. Open Series. This culminated in the debut of electronic line calling in the form of Hawk-eye at the U.S. Open -the first Slam to use such technology.

How does Hawk-eye work?

"Hawk-eye uses multiple cameras placed around the court to track the players and the ball. These movements are then processed by computers. Hawk-eye takes ball skid and ball compression into account and is accurate to 2-3 mm."

Jack Howard said... "The hawkeye is wrong. A tennis ball is a sphere, not a disc or hockey puck. When a replay shows the edge of the ball just over a line, the ball is out by just under the radius of the ball. The center of the ball is always the first part of the ball to touch the court. No matter how the ball is distorted by spin, the edge can never be the first part of the ball to contact the court regardless of what direction the ball is coming from. Please explain why no one seems to recognize this obvious fact."

Hmmmmmm . . . IMO Jack Howard makes a very valid point . . .

Moretime . . . Saraunia  

Comments

[ajf8]

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[saraunia]

You say the "camera resolves more questionable calls than it creates." - Hmmmmm . . . . don't know what that means. Since neither the player nor the referee can overturn Hawk-eye's conclusions - Hawk-eye is always correct = no questions created . . . Hawk-eye rulz . . . So I guess the real question is "do you trust the technology used? , , , See the recent post on this site 4/7/10 I believe titled: "is Hawk Eye Technology Deceptive" . . . and tell me what-u-think?

[Tennis Tech]

Taking into account the 2-3 mm discrepancy of Hawk-eye's accuracy, I tend to think the camera still resolves more questionable calls than it creates.