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288315103 4cb78797c5 Juump: Using Social Networking to Stay Active

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This is a guest post by Mike Vilimek.

Many use social networking to stay in touch with friends, share photos, videos, music, and make business contacts. How about to stay active?  A big challenge with playing sports is not being able to find partners to play with.  With tennis growing faster than any other traditional sport, Juump (http://www.juump.com) solves a key problem for a huge population: players cannot find compatible people to play with in their area. Juump is an online tennis community enabling users to find players and groups who play at their favorite courts, meet players with similar skill levels, interests and schedules, and play more tennis.

The site is free and allows users to create their own tennis profile including when and where they like to play and their skill level. The best part about Juump, and what sets it apart from other sites, is the entire site is location aware. Users can type in their postal code and easily find players with similar skill levels that like to play not just in their city, but at specific courts right in their neighborhood.

The site also allows its ever-growing user base to create and edit content for court locations, which now total over 20,000 in North America. Users can view and edit details such as the number of courts, surface types and even upload photos.  Juump is a great example of technology and social networking enabling people to live a more active and healthy lifestyle through sport.

Mike Vilimek is a former professional athlete who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for 7 seasons. He has worked in numerous technology companies, however the convergence of sports and technology have long been his passion. He currently is helping to support and spread the message about a new social network called Juump.

Further reading:

Interview With Robert Scoble – Future Of FriendFeed & Other Networks

MySpace: A Thing Of The Past

LeapFish.com – The All-In-One Useful Service

Louis Gray Interview – Early Adopters In Social Media

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Posted in Social Networks | Comments (4)

  • http://miicko9.tumblr.com Mick

    This is a good post by Mr.Vilimek and a good find by Frank.

    I like the ideas of Juump.com. It think it could be cool to use Social Networking to find people and get out of the house. With people spending so much time in door it would be good to have a reason and cause to get out.

  • http://www.socialtechzone.com Frank

    I think you hit the nail on the head Mick. People need to get out of their houses and participate in some physical activity. I think Juump provides a great medium between social networking and taking it out into the real world. I find this site to be extremely interesting and I think more of these sites need to be put into play.

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  • http://www.shaneryans.com Shane Ryans

    What a great idea. I love playing tennis but since I have moved it has been hard to find someone to play with. I am going to check it out. Hopefully it will have someone in my area!