METHOD FOR TEACHING BASKETBALL SHOOTING
First Claim
1. A method for improving basketball shooting success frequency comprising:
- affixing a plurality of spaced markers to a basketball court playing surface within court boundaries, the affixed markers not interfering with use of the basketball court for basketball game play;
beginning a practice session;
associating a first shots-made frequency threshold with a first marker of the marker plurality;
positioning a shooter on the basketball floor at the first marker;
the shooter making a first plurality of attempts to shoot a basketball ball into a basketball court hoop from the first marker;
recording data indicative of the shooter and a first marker success frequency of shots made through the hoop relative to shots missed of the first marker attempt plurality into a result data contained in a data record; and
if the first marker success frequency is lower than the first marker threshold, ending the practice session;
or if the first marker success frequency is not lower than the first marker threshold, continuing the practice session by;
selecting a second marker of the marker plurality in response to result data in the data record, the second marker more distant from the hoop than the first marker;
associating a second shots-made frequency threshold with the second marker, the second threshold frequency lower than the first threshold frequency;
repositioning the shooter on the basketball floor at the second marker;
the shooter making a second plurality of attempts to shoot the ball into the hoop from the second marker;
recording data indicative of a second marker success frequency of shots made through the hoop relative to shots missed of the second marker attempt plurality into the data record result data; and
ending the practice session.
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Abstract
Methods are provided for increasing shots-made frequency by educating a player'"'"'s eye and memory through repetitions at one or more specified distance locations from a basketball hoop. In one aspect, a shooter must make a first plurality of shots at a first location at a threshold success frequency in order to advance to a second location. Thresholds may be selected from previous success or other data input. Divergent thresholds or shot set total numbers may be provided for different shot locations. In one aspect, shooting locations are defined by a plurality of spaced markings applied to a court surface and are arrayed in radial lines. In one aspect, verification is provided with regard to meeting a shooting threshold.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for improving basketball shooting success frequency comprising:
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affixing a plurality of spaced markers to a basketball court playing surface within court boundaries, the affixed markers not interfering with use of the basketball court for basketball game play;
beginning a practice session;
associating a first shots-made frequency threshold with a first marker of the marker plurality;
positioning a shooter on the basketball floor at the first marker;
the shooter making a first plurality of attempts to shoot a basketball ball into a basketball court hoop from the first marker;
recording data indicative of the shooter and a first marker success frequency of shots made through the hoop relative to shots missed of the first marker attempt plurality into a result data contained in a data record; and
if the first marker success frequency is lower than the first marker threshold, ending the practice session;
orif the first marker success frequency is not lower than the first marker threshold, continuing the practice session by;
selecting a second marker of the marker plurality in response to result data in the data record, the second marker more distant from the hoop than the first marker;
associating a second shots-made frequency threshold with the second marker, the second threshold frequency lower than the first threshold frequency;
repositioning the shooter on the basketball floor at the second marker;
the shooter making a second plurality of attempts to shoot the ball into the hoop from the second marker;
recording data indicative of a second marker success frequency of shots made through the hoop relative to shots missed of the second marker attempt plurality into the data record result data; and
ending the practice session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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