Muscular memory training apparatus and method

• US 8,409,036 B1
• Filed: 06/23/2012
• Issued: 04/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Grigory Khananayev, Marina Borochin, Roman Borochin, Vladimir Khananayev
• Original Assignee: Grigory Khananayev, Marina Borochin, Roman Borochin, Vladimir Khananayev
• Inventors: Khananayev, Grigory, Borochin, Marina, Khananayev, Vladimir, Borochin, Roman
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAMBERS, MICHAEL S
• Application Number:
  US13/531,521
• Time in Patent Office: 283 Days
• Field of Search: 473/455, 473/448, 473/447, 473/446, 473/445, 473/416, 434/248, 434/236, 356/28, 702/148
• US Class Current: 473/447
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0034 during flight
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/025 on rollers or wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/805 Optical or opto-electronic sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0071 for basketball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0669 Score-keepers or score display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

A muscular memory training apparatus and method of the present invention is used for training basketball players to shoot a ball to a ring from fixed distances. The apparatus provides numerous advantages including improved training aid and method that teaches the players in a correct manner of making a shot with a basketball, develops muscular memory of the body joints and muscles for proper execution of a basketball shot and makes higher percentage of hitting the goal.

Claims

1. An apparatus for training skills and developing a muscle memory of a person shooter engaged in an activity wherein the person shooter is trying to develop the muscle memory in order to improve the skills at aiming and hitting an object at a target and by sending the object from an isolated point settled distances to the target, said apparatus comprising in combination with a basketball or a basketball goal

a holding frame moveable platform presenting a base movable to and from the isolated point settled distances relative the target;

a sensing frame device connected to and extending from said holding frame moveable platform and movable relative said holding frame moveable platform at least two directions, said sensing frame presenting a first and second set of emitter and receiver of mini-array and a pair of singular sensor devices for emitting and receiving light invisible photoelectric beams with said first set and said second set being spaced from one another along and positioned on a rigid sensing frame being movable to up and down and from said base at various angles defined between said base and said rigid sensing frame;

a programmable logistic controller device (PLC) connected via controllers MACs and timer with said first and said second set of mini-array and said pair of singular sensor devices while flying object enters into said first and second set and defined using of blocked beams the elements of trajectory, such as height of enter object into said apparatus, angle of flying object through said apparatus and

time such as real time of the object flight between the blocked beams of said pair of singular sensor devices, calculates data of the average trajectory from multiple best shots and determines deviation of data of current shot from an average data and informing the person shooter through said indicator device about deviation of data of a current shot;

an indicator device adaptable connected to said holding frame moveable platform and electronicaly connected to said PLC is informed the person shooter by at least one of numerical indication, voice indication, and color indication about deviation of elements of trajectory of a current shot.

2. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 including a pair of singular sensor devices for emitting and receiving a single invisible photoelectric beam adjacent each of said first and second sets with the single invisible photoelectric beam extending in parallel with the arrays of invisible photoelectric beams emitted and received by each of said first and second sets.

3. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 including a timer device communicated with said controller PLC and said pair of single sensor devices for measuring time defined between a first point as the object enters said first set and passes adjacent and through the single invisible photoelectric beam at said first set and a second point as the object enters said second set and passes adjacent and through the single invisible photoelectric beam at said second set.

4. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein said first set array is electronically connected to a first MAC controller for scanning the beams of said first set array and said second set array is electronically connected to a second MAC controller for scanning the beams of said second set array to determine numbers of the first blocked beams by the object and with said first MAC controller and said second MAC controller being cooperable with said controller PLC.

5. An apparatus as set forth in claim 4 including a programmable logistic controller device (PLC) of said controller cooperable with said first and second sets MACs and said single sensor devices to receive information about blocked beams of said first and second sets as the object enters the first and second sets and output the data in the form of two digits thereby comparing the time and the two digits to determine the trajectory.

6. An apparatus as set forth in claim 5 wherein said PLC compares said average data with data of each shot thereby determining deviations and outputting the deviations to an information panel of said indicator device and then selectively presenting the data to the person shooter via colored light-emitting diodes (LED) and sounds thereby helping the person to properly react on next shot.

7. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 further including an operator panel allowing the person to input personal information.

8. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein the object is a basketball and the target is a basket.

9. An apparatus set forth in claim 2 wherein said holding frame moveable platform is further defined by a base frame with the caster wheels to move said apparatus between various locations.

10. An apparatus set forth in claim 2 wherein said holding frame moveable platform is further defined by a pair or telescoping tubes movable in a telescoping fashion to move said sensing frame at various heights.

20. A method of claim 1 wherein said method of training skills and developing a muscle memory of a person engaged in an activity wherein the person is trying to develop the muscular memory in order to improve the skills at aiming at a target and sending an object from an isolated point settled distance to the target, said method comprising the steps of:

beginning the training by positioning a shooter is in a usual shooting position and using a natural style of the shooter while the shooter is shooting the object through the apparatus;

measuring the trajectory of the object on the part of the initial section wherein the trajectory is divided onto the elements in its initial part such as height, angle and speed thereby allowing the shooter to understand what means the elements of trajectory and how to change separately any element while throwing;

changing of the elements of the trajectory flying object in its initial part changes a location of object relatively the target in end of flying object;

digitally measuring the elements of trajectory;

using of the player the trajectory of shots with maximum probability of hitting the object to the target;

calculating an average trajectory and its average elements from several best acceptable by shooter shots, which hit the goal, and which used trajectory close to trajectory of maximum probability of hitting, and that will be base of future calculation;

calculating the value of deviations of current elements of trajectory of each shot, comparing with average elements;

using immediately feedback information of shot as notices about deviations of elements of trajectory as mnemonic symbols of value and direction, different colors, and sounds for changing motions for next shot;

shooting with the deviations on beginning and gradually pass to shooting without the deviations; and

multiple repetition of the best shot without the deviations and one set of motion only creates muscular memory of the shot.

11. An apparatus for training skills and developing a muscle memory of a person shooter engaged in an activity wherein the person shooter is trying to develop the muscle memory in order to improve the skills at aiming and hitting an object at a target and by sending the object from an isolated point settled distances to the target, apparatus comprising in combination with a basketball or a basketball goal

a holding frame moveable platform presenting a base movable to and from the isolated point settled distances relative the target;

a sensing frame device connected to and extending from said holding frame moveable platform and movable relative said holding frame moveable platform at least two directions, said sensing frame presenting a first set of an emitter and a receiver for emitting and receiving arrays of light invisible photoelectric beams and a second set of an emitter and a receiver for emitting and receiving arrays of invisible photoelectric beams with said first set and said second set being spaced from one another along and positioned on a rigid sensing frame being movable to up and down and from said base at various angles defined between said base and said rigid sensing frame;

an indicator device connected to said holding frame moveable platform adaptable to inform the person shooter about location of the object thrown by the person shooter in relationship to the target trajectory of flight object and said first and second sets wherein the person shooter is informed in at least one of numerical indication, voice indication, and color indication; and

a controller operably communicated with said first and second sets to receive information therefrom about trajectory of the object as the object is disengaged from the person shooter and enters the target whereby said controller receives a first data related to orientation of the target object relative to the arrays of said first set as the object enters the arrays of said first set and said single sensing device adjacent said first set and a second data related to an angle of travel path of the object defined between a point when the object enters said first set and leave said second set and a third data related to time of travel of the object as the object enters said first set and leaves said second set to calculate data of the average trajectory from multiple best shots and determine deviation of data of current shot from an average data and informing the person shooter through said indicator device about deviation of data of a current shot in at least one of numerical indication, voice indication, and color indication thereby improving skills of sending the object directly to the target and developing muscle memory of the person shooter.

12. An apparatus as set forth in claim 11 including a pair of singular sensor devices for emitting and receiving a single invisible photoelectric beam adjacent each of said first and second sets with the single invisible photoelectric beam extending in parallel with the arrays of invisible photoelectric beams emitted and received by each of said first and second sets.

13. An apparatus as set forth in claim 12 including a timer device communicated with said controller and said pair of single sensor devices for measuring time defined between a first point as the object enters said first set and passes adjacent and through the single invisible photoelectric beam at said first set and a second point as the object enters said second set and passes adjacent and through the single invisible photoelectric beam at said second set.

14. An apparatus as set forth in claim 12 wherein said first set arrays is electronically connected to a first MAC controller for scanning the beams of said first set arrays and said second set arrays is electronically connected to a second MAC controller for scanning the beams of said second set arrays to determine number of the beams blocked by the object and with said first MAC controller and said second MAC controller being cooperable with said controller.

15. An apparatus as set forth in claim 14 including a programmable logistic controller device (PLC) of said controller cooperable with said first and second sets MAC and said single sensor devices to receive information about blocked beams of said first and second sets as the object enters the first and second sets and output the data in the form of two digits thereby comparing the time and the two digits to determine the trajectory.

16. An apparatus as set forth in claim 15 wherein said PLC compares said average data with data of each shot other than said average data thereby determining deviations and outputting the deviations to an information panel of said indicator device and then selectively presenting the data to the person shooter via colored light-emitting diodes (LED) and sounds thereby helping the person to properly react on next shot.

17. An apparatus as set forth in claim 12 further including an operator panel allowing the person to input personal information.

18. An apparatus as set forth in claim 12 wherein the object is a basketball and the target is a basket.

19. An apparatus set forth in claim 12 wherein said holding frame moveable platform is further defined by a base frame with rollers to move said apparatus between various locations.