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System and method for improving a basketball player's shooting including a tracking and control system for tracking, controlling and reporting statistics

  • US 9,233,292 B2
  • Filed: 06/21/2012
  • Issued: 01/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for assisting basketball practice, comprising:

  • a) a launcher which is programmable;

    b) an interface having a plurality of indicia for programming the launcher to make a series of different passes to a player, said plurality of indicia arranged in spaced angular positions on a display or interface to generally correspond to a position or group of positions on a basketball court; and

    c) a control system on said launcher whichi) 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 on said basketball court that corresponds to said position or group of positions on said plurality of indicia on said interface;

    d) a report generator for generating at least one report to track, analyze, or compare shooting statistics or data from said position or said group of positions on said basketball court that correspond to said position or said group of positions on said plurality of indicia on said interface.

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