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Electronic analysis of athletic performance

  • US 9,298,418 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2013
  • Issued: 03/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented athletic performance analysis method, comprising:

  • causing a transmission, to a client computing device that is remote from a server system, of code that is configured to enable the client computing device to obtain dribbling data reflecting motion of a basketball containing one or more motion sensors during one or more basketball dribbling drills performed by an athlete;

    obtaining, at the server system and from the client computing device, first dribbling data that characterizes motion of a basketball containing at least one motion sensor during performance of a first basketball dribbling drill by an athlete handling the basketball;

    obtaining, at the server system and from the client computing device, second dribbling data that characterizes motion of the basketball during performance of a second basketball dribbling drill that is different in form from the first basketball dribbling drill, and represents the athlete handling the basketball;

    creating and storing action data by identifying a plurality of portions of the first dribbling data and the second dribbling data, where each of the portions correspond to one or more actions by the athlete;

    comparing the action data for the athlete, with the server system, to corresponding aggregated action data for a plurality of other athletes to determine a relative skill level for the athlete with respect to the one or more actions; and

    storing data for a report that reflects the determined relative skill level of the athlete, whereinthe first dribbling data and the second dribbling data is generated based on data captured by the at least one motion sensor in the basketball that senses motion during the first and second basketball dribbling drills, andcapture of data by the at least one motion sensor and wireless transmission of the captured data from circuitry in the basketball that is connected to the motion sensor is performed in response to a request that is wirelessly transmitted to the circuitry in the basketball by the client computing device.

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