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Markos Kern wins F.I.S.T. Startup Pitching Competition

FWB wins the 2019 F.I.S.T. Edition in Toronto

March 8, 2019 Monica Drusian Award, Events, Sports Comments are Off

FWB has been crowned as the Champion of the 2019 F.I.S.T. Startup Pitching Competition Toronto, April 2019 – The F.I.S.T. Startup Pitching Competition has been created by the amazing team at the Future Innovation SportsTech Global Series (F.I.S.T.) and KPMG to acknowledge and reward the exceptional performance of the world’s best SportsTech and Esports innovators. The award recognises and honours our […]

Tags: business, future, innovation, pitch, sports, sports market, Sportstech, startup, tech, technology

Squash in the lead of innovation in the sport at PSA CHI 2019!

February 27, 2019 Monica Drusian Events, Sports Comments are Off

The ongoing PSA World Championships in Chicago is an event to be remembered. With some interactive fun going on in between sessions, interactiveSQUASH can transform a sport event into an exciting experience by adding the fun factor, in particular for kids. What’s happening in Chicago will make it a tournament to be remembered. It is not only the greatest event [...]

Tags: interactiveSQUASH, PSA, squash, squashcourt, world championships

Fun With Balls wins SPOBIS 2019 Startup competition

February 15, 2019 Monica Drusian Award, Sports Comments are Off

Fun With Balls has been recognized as the most innovative Startup in the Sport Business world at SPOBIS 2019 Our experience at SPOBIS 2019 couldn't have been more successful! Fun With Balls GmbH has won the Startup competitions as one of the most innovative Startups in the Sports world. Watch our Founder Markos Kern’s elevator pitch and join the revolution! [...] Read more

Press Release: New Member of the Board announcement

February 14, 2019 Monica Drusian Jobs, Sports Comments are Off

FWB welcomes Alfred Dietel as new Member of the Board We’re pleased to announce that Alfred Dietel has accepted the position of Director for Investor Relations and Strategy at Fun With Balls GmbH. Alfred Dietel has been an active venture investor focused on high technology companies from Europe and USA since 1998. As a venture investor and angel, he has [...]

Tags: business, employee, expertise, future, growing team, growth, hiring, innovation, management, Member of the Board, news, skills, sports, startup, startup life, team, technology

New Educational Games of interactiveSQUASH

October 26, 2018 Felix Baral Uncategorized No comments yet

Sports enter the curriculum through interactiveSQUASH with the release of ‘Countries’ application Set to keep kids active while learning a diversity of subjects, the development of new educational games is high on the goals of the interactiveSQUASH team. Now allowing for the opportunity to transform the court space on an extension of the classroom and present kids with learning material [...] Read more

40 meters lines to enter Squash Courts: This is the New Norm

October 18, 2018 Felix Baral Uncategorized No comments yet

With over 400 kids per day entering the interactiveSQUASH showcase court at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires we can safely say that we have positively disrupted the sport. By combining what is classically good about squash with the latest technologies the result is something undeniably more relevant for the new generations. Helping to bring squash closer than ever [...]

Tags: Buenos Aires, interactiveSQUASH, iSquash, Olympic, Pablo Serna, Professional Squash Association, squash, Tim Garner, World Squash Federation, YOG, Youth Olympic Games

Simon Rösner, Squash World’s No. 5 player, is thrilled to be the first professional squash athlete to gain all the advantages of training daily with interactiveSQUASH at Paderborner Squash Club (Germany)

August 23, 2018 Felix Baral Uncategorized No comments yet

Squash club owners are taking up action around the world to join the new era in squash and become squash clubs technology pioneers with the introduction of interactiveSQUASH in their facilities. This time, the protagonist is the Paderborner Squash Club, in Germany, which counts with 10 squash courts, coaching services, sport shop, sauna and bistro restaurant. The club offers top [...]

Tags: Ali Farag, interactiveSQUASH, Miguel Àngel Rodríguez, Paderborn, Paderborner Squash Club, PSA, Sarah-Jane Perry, Simon Rösner, squash athletes, technology

PSA and interactiveSQUASH bring live Squash Tournaments to Smart Courts Worldwide

August 23, 2018 Felix Baral Uncategorized No comments yet

We are thrilled to announce the new live-streaming partnership between interactiveSQUASH and the PSA: SquashTV and all the amazing action & content coming from the PSA Tour will be entering your upgraded squash court through the interactiveSQUASH system as a perfect opportunity to unity the community even more. Bringing amateur, enthusiasts and aspiring PROs closer to the super-stars of the sport is part of [...] Read more

We don’t stop innovating in our games

August 23, 2018 Felix Baral Uncategorized No comments yet

The latest development in our games brought another feature that came up from an experiment of combining motion tracking and keeping the squash ball in play. The idea is, to incorporate both input mechanisms to see different gameplay mechanics at work at the same time and how the players manage to handle it. A simple game was raised from this [...]

Tags: Ali Farag, interactiveSQUASH, Miguel Àngel Rodríguez, Paderborn, Paderborner Squash Club, PSA, Sarah-Jane Perry, Simon Rösner, squash athletes, technology

The Future of Squash has arrived to Howick Squash Club! Auckland, New Zealand

July 27, 2018 Felix Baral Uncategorized No comments yet

interactiveSQUASH expansion has reached the Southern Hemisphere and a new continent! This time the squash visionaries Howick Squash Club are the protagonists. Being aware of the revolution it means to the sport and increased court occupation rates, Howick Squash Club decided to join the new era of squash and go further in its excellence. Founded in 1980, Howick Squash Club is [...] Read more