Sports training machine
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1. A basketball training system comprising:
- a ball collector;
a motorized ball returner connected to the ball collector for receiving balls from the ball collector, the motorized ball returner having a pivot motor for rotating the motorized ball returner to return the balls to a basketball shooter at a plurality of shot locations;
a shot completion sensor for sensing when a shot goes through a basketball hoop;
a heart rate monitor for sensing a heart rate of the basketball shooter;
a computer in communication with the motorized ball returner and the shot completion sensor, the computer being programmed to;
control the motorized ball returner to deliver the balls to the basketball shooter at the plurality of shot locations;
calculate shot completion percentage of the basketball shooter; and
provide an output of the calculated shot completion percentage; and
a user interface device in communication with the computer and having a touch screen display for displaying the calculated shot completion percentage as a function of the sensed heart rate of the basketball shooter to provide the shooter with quantitative feedback regarding why the shooter is shooting either well or poorly.
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Abstract
A basketball training apparatus includes a shot completion sensor, a condition sensor, and a computer. The shot completion sensor determines whether a shot goes through a basketball hoop. The condition sensor senses a physical condition of a basketball shooter. The computer is in communication with the shot completion sensor and the condition sensor, and has a processor for calculating shot completion percentage as a function of the physical condition.
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1. A basketball training system comprising:
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a ball collector; a motorized ball returner connected to the ball collector for receiving balls from the ball collector, the motorized ball returner having a pivot motor for rotating the motorized ball returner to return the balls to a basketball shooter at a plurality of shot locations; a shot completion sensor for sensing when a shot goes through a basketball hoop; a heart rate monitor for sensing a heart rate of the basketball shooter; a computer in communication with the motorized ball returner and the shot completion sensor, the computer being programmed to; control the motorized ball returner to deliver the balls to the basketball shooter at the plurality of shot locations; calculate shot completion percentage of the basketball shooter; and provide an output of the calculated shot completion percentage; and a user interface device in communication with the computer and having a touch screen display for displaying the calculated shot completion percentage as a function of the sensed heart rate of the basketball shooter to provide the shooter with quantitative feedback regarding why the shooter is shooting either well or poorly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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