Court Canvas: Tennis Tactics

Log a restring and it reads back later: what was in the frame, how long it lasted, and how it felt at the end. Your plays and your rackets, one app.

Draw a tennis play in about ten seconds. Hit play and watch it move. Text it to your partner before you've left the parking lot.

This one is for tennis nerds. People who weigh frames for swing weight and balance point, who spend the night before a tournament regripping and laying out towels, electrolytes and three outfits. If your rackets have a spreadsheet, hi.

Draw it:

• Drop players, drag to draw shots and movement. No mode to switch.
• Shots curve. A slice looks like a slice, and you can reshape the arc by dragging it.
• Write a cue like "split step" right where it happens.
• Start from real patterns, or build a drill with cones, targets and a feed basket.

Watch it:

• Press play. A ball travels each shot and players walk their movement, so it reads like a point instead of a diagram.
• Pause anywhere. Scrub, or step shot by shot while you talk.

Send it:

• Share a GIF or video. It opens on a title card, then animates.
• Record a voice-over while the play runs (Pro).
• Or send a live link that animates in their browser.
• Add the situation ("30-15, set point") and it prints on the card.

Keep it:

• Unlimited plays, autosaved, with a private iCloud backup. Singles or doubles. Padel and pickleball too.
• My Bag holds your frames: mains, crosses, both tensions, and when each was last strung. Pop a string and you can flag it from the court.

It won't tell you whether the play is any good. That part is still yours.

On iPad the tools sit at the screen edges and the Playbook opens beside the court. The same app runs on Apple Silicon Macs.

Pro is a one-time $4.99. Narrated shares, your name on what you share instead of the Court Canvas mark, and dark mode. No subscription.

No account, no login. Your plays live on your device. Anonymous usage stats only.

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