SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING A BASKETBALL PLAYER'S SHOOTING INCLUDING A TRACKING AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TRACKING, CONTROLLING AND REPORTING STATISTICS
First Claim
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 said basketball playing area;
a sensor associated with said basketball hoop for sensing when said 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 gathered or collected, stored and/or tracked, 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. One embodiment includes the ability of players from the same or different teams to compare statistics and enables the launchers at different locations to launch substantially exactly the same pass to different players to facilitate such competition.
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73 Claims
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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 said basketball playing area; a sensor associated with said basketball hoop for sensing when said 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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2. A system for assisting basketball practice, comprising:
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a) a launcher which is programmable to make a series of different passes to a player; b) a control system which i) determines a location where said player shot from and whether said player successfully scores a goal from said location; and ii) records, in a computer, the percentage or number of shots made from each location. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for assisting basketball practice, comprising:
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a) a system which i) launches a basketball along a flight path for a player, ii) issues a score signal which indicates whether said player scored a goal after a catch; and b) a control system which i) controls launching by a launcher, ii) receives said score signal, iii) records data comprising (A) the location of said catch, and (B) whether said goal was scored; and iv) stores said data recorded, and delivers said data at a later time. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A system for assisting basketball practice, comprising:
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a) a launcher which launches a succession of passes, to different locations, for a player to catch; b) a control system which i) determines whether each pass resulted in a goal made by said player; Ii) records data indicating the events of paragraphs (b)(i) and (b)(ii); and iii) makes said data available to remote parties. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system, comprising:
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a) at a first location, a first apparatus which i) launches a first basketball along a first flight path for a first player; ii) detects whether said first player subsequently scores a goal using said first basketball; and iii) maintains first data which indicates whether a goal was scored by said first basketball; b) at a second location, a second apparatus which i) launches a second basketball along a second flight path for a second player; ii) detects whether said second player subsequently scores a goal using said first basketball; and iii) maintains second data which indicates whether a goal was scored by said second basketball. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A basketball tracking system comprising:
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a plurality of user interfaces for accessing a website adapted to receive statistics and data from at least one launcher for launching basketballs to at least one player during at least one shooting session; a report generator for generating at least one report in response to a selection of a plurality of criteria selected by a user using at least one of said plurality of user interfaces. said at least one report comprising a ranking of said at least one player based upon said player'"'"'s shooting performance. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An apparatus which enables a player to practice basketball, comprising:
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a) a gun or ejector which i) has an interface that is programmable for selecting a number of basketball passes; and ii) launches said basketball passes for said player to catch; b) a detector which i) for each of said basketball passes, ascertains whether said player succeeded in making a goal; and ii) for all of said basketball passes, creates a visual matrix, graph, scatter diagram or chart which describes (A) data describing said basketball passes, and (B) for each of said basketball passes, data describing said player'"'"'s response. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A basketball tracking system comprising:
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a plurality of user interfaces for accessing a website adapted to receive statistics and data from at least one launcher for launching basketballs to at least one player during at least one shooting session; a report generator for generating at least one report in response to a selection of a plurality of criteria selected by a user using at least one of said plurality of user interfaces. said at least one report comprising a ranking of said at least one player based upon said at least one player'"'"'s shooting performance. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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