SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING A BASKETBALL PLAYER'S SHOOTING
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1. A system for improving a player'"'"'s efficiency in shooting a basketball toward a basketball hoop on a basketball backboard associated with a basketball playing area, said system comprising:
- a basketball ejector for ejecting a basketball to a plurality of predetermined different locations on the basketball playing area;
a sensor associated with said basketball hoop for sensing when a basketball goes through said basketball hoop; and
a controller coupled to said basketball ejector and said sensor;
said controller causing said basketball ejector to eject a predetermined number of balls to a player located at a first one of said plurality of predetermined different locations for a predetermined shooting challenge, and after said predetermined shooting challenge is met by said player shooting a number of balls that said sensor senses passing through said basketball hoop, said controller causes said basketball ejector to eject balls toward at least one second one of said plurality of predetermined different locations.
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Abstract
A system and method for improving a player'"'"'s efficiency in shooting by providing a player with various shooting challenge routines at which a player makes either a total number of shots or a total number shots in a row. Statistics regarding the player'"'"'s performance are stored, printed and/or evaluated and the player can use the information to improve his or her efficiency at one or more of the plurality of different locations where the player shoots the basketball.
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1. A system for improving a player'"'"'s efficiency in shooting a basketball toward a basketball hoop on a basketball backboard associated with a basketball playing area, said system comprising:
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a basketball ejector for ejecting a basketball to a plurality of predetermined different locations on the basketball playing area; a sensor associated with said basketball hoop for sensing when a basketball goes through said basketball hoop; and a controller coupled to said basketball ejector and said sensor; said controller causing said basketball ejector to eject a predetermined number of balls to a player located at a first one of said plurality of predetermined different locations for a predetermined shooting challenge, and after said predetermined shooting challenge is met by said player shooting a number of balls that said sensor senses passing through said basketball hoop, said controller causes said basketball ejector to eject balls toward at least one second one of said plurality of predetermined different locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for improving a player'"'"'s efficiency in shooting a basketball toward a basketball hoop on a basketball backboard associated with a basketball playing area, said method comprising the steps of:
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enabling a user to select a predetermined shooting challenge having a predetermined number of different locations at which a player will shoot one or more basketballs; throwing a predetermined number of basketballs to a first one of said predetermined number of different locations at which the player can receive the basketball and shoot it towards said basketball hoop; sensing when a basketball goes through said basketball hoop; causing a basketball ejector to eject said predetermined number of basketballs to the player located at said first one of said predetermined number of different locations for a predetermined shooting challenge, and after said player achieves said predetermined shooting challenge, causing said basketball ejector to eject a second predetermined number of basketballs toward at least one second one of said predetermined number of different locations. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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