Shoot-a-way, Inc.

Other

John G Joseph

Troy David Geiser

Albert Charles Abnett

Brad Niley

Douglas Earl Slavey

A basketball launching device includes a user interface for receiving user input regarding a subset of locations of varying distance from a throwing mechanism to launch basketballs to for a player to catch and shoot towards a basketball goal as part of a practice session. A distance adjustment mechanism is connected to the throwing mechanism for adjusting an exit velocity of the basketballs launched by the throwing mechanism. A controller receives data regarding the user input and commands the throwing mechanism and the distance adjustment mechanism to undertake operations for launching at least one of the basketballs towards each of the locations in the subset.

Basketball launching device

A basketball passing machine providing a multi-user mode and related systems and methods are provided. A controller receives programming information for a basketball practice drill including participant information for multiple users. Based on the programming information received, each pass in the basketball practice drill is associated with a respective one of the multiple users. A launching device passes basketballs to locations at a basketball playing area, and participant information is displayed at the front display for an associated one of the users for a respective one of the passes.

Basketball passing system providing virtual drill instructions

Systems and methods for creating highlight reels are disclosed. A launching device launches basketballs to pass receipt locations spaced apart about a basketball playing area. An interface receives a user selection of the pass receipt locations forming a basketball shooting practice drill. A sensor determines if basketball shots are successfully made. A camera records images of attempted basketball shots. A controller receives data from said interface, sensor, and camera, commands the launching device, and generates a highlight reel including the images from the camera exclusively associated with one of: made shots, missed shots, and shooting attempts from a particular one of the pass receipt locations.

Basketball passing machine for generating highlight reels of player performance

Systems, methods, and devices for providing mental training during a basketball practice session are provided. A controller receives indication of user selection of a decision mode for the basketball practice session. Before and/or while each basketball passed by a launching device of a basketball passing machine for the basketball practice session, and in accordance with a library of basketball shooting moves and associated codes for the basketball practice session, the controller causes display of one of the associated codes at an electronic display. In this way, the user must recall the move associated with the code.

Basketball training device with mental training feature(s), related systems and methods

Basketball passing machine with multi-user features

Basketball practice machines, systems, and methods with multi-machine performance tracking are disclosed, which include basketball passing machines each comprising a local controller. A central database receives shooting statistics data and associated player identification information from the local controllers of the basketball passing machines. A central electronic display generates a shooting performance display including the shooting statistics data and the associated player identification from the basketball passing machines.

Basketball practice machine, system, and method with multi-machine performance tracking

A basketball launching device and related systems and methods which compensate for player height are provided. A controller in electronic communication with a user interface and a launching mechanism causes a player information prompt to be generated at the user interface, receives data from the user interface in response to the player information prompt which includes an indication of player height, and causes the launching mechanism to launch the basketballs with a level of force or speed where the level of force or speed is selected, and varies, based on the player height indicated.

Basketball launching device with player height compensation

Systems, methods, and devices for providing mental training during a basketball practice session are provided. A controller commands a basketball passing machine to pass basketballs as part of a basketball practice session. Before and/or while each of the basketballs are passed by the launching device, the controller causes a respective code to be displayed at the electronic display for a player to see and recall an associated basketball move to be performed. Before and/or while the code is displayed, the controller starts a timer. If a detector records a made basketball shot after the timer reaches a predetermined threshold, the player is notified and any made basketball shots detected thereafter are disregarded, thereby forcing the player to timely recall and perform the basketball move before attempting a shot.

Systems for tracking off the dribble shooting statistics are disclosed. Controller(s) receive data from a user interface indicating selection of pass receipt locations and certain of those locations where a user intends to perform a basketball move, program a launching device to pass basketballs to the selected pass locations, record and present shooting performance information for each of the passes, including separately recording and presenting such shooting performance information for those locations where the user intends to perform a basketball move.

Basketball system for tracking and presenting off the dribble shooting statistics

Systems, methods, and devices for providing mental training during a basketball practice session are provided. A controller receives indication of user selection of a decision mode for the basketball practice session. A custom library of selected basketball moves and associated codes for the basketball practice session is generated by the controller. Before and/or while each basketball is commanded by the controller to be passed by a launching device of a basketball passing machine for the basketball practice session, the controller causes display of one of the associated codes at an electronic display. In this way, the user must recall the move associated with the code.

Systems, methods, and devices for providing mental training during a basketball practice session are provided. A controller commands a basketball passing machine to pass basketballs as part of a basketball practice session. Before and/or while issuing each of the commands to the launching device, the controller causes a specific, respective code to be displayed at the electronic display for a player to see and recall an associated basketball move to be performed. Before and/or while the code is displayed, the controller starts a timer. If a detector records a made basketball shot after the timer reaches a predetermined threshold, the player is notified and any made basketball shots detected thereafter are disregarded, thereby forcing the player to timely recall and perform the basketball move before attempting a shot.

A system for automatically detecting made and missed basketball shots using machine vision includes a launcher connected to a structural subassembly which passes basketballs to locations about a basketball playing area. One or more cameras are connected to the structural subassembly and capture images of an underside or an upper side of a rim of the basketball goal. One or more controllers program the launcher to pass the basketballs to select locations forming part of a basketball practice arrangement, receive images from the camera(s), associate each of the received images with one of the passes from the launcher forming part of the basketball practice arrangement, and process each of the received images using a machine vision model to determine which of said received images indicate a made shot.

Basketball launching device using machine vision

Systems and methods for facilitating access to shooting statistics data for a basketball player are provided. A user interface receives a user selection of identifying information for the basketball player and a subset of plurality of pass receipt locations located about a basketball playing surface for an ejector to pass said basketballs to as part of a basketball practice drill for the basketball player. A detector detects passage of basketballs through a rim of a basketball goal to indicate a made basketball shot. A control system commands the ejector to launch at least one basketball towards each pass receipt location in the subset. One or more remote electronic devices electronically store data indicating the player's success in making shots from the pass receipt location in the subset in association with the identifying information.

System and method for improving a basketball player's shooting by remote access to shooting information and practice session replication

A throwing mechanism is provided. A basketball holder is located at a first portion of a catapult arm at a first side of a pivot, and a spring is attached to a second portion of said catapult arm located at a second side of the pivot. A motor is cycled to cause a ram mounted to one or more linkages connected to the motor to contact the second portion of said catapult arm for pivoting the catapult arm into a second position where the first portion is secured by an engagement arm located rearward of the catapult arm, and subsequently contact the engagement arm to release the catapult arm for pivoting movement into a first position by forces exerted by the spring to launch the basketball located at the first portion of said catapult arm.

Basketball passing systems with virtual coaching capabilities are provided. An interface comprises selectable pass receipt locations arranged about a visual depiction of basketball court elements to visually correspond with locations at said basketball playing area a launching device is capable of passing basketballs to. A controller receives a user selection of the selectable pass receipt locations and commands the launching device to launch basketballs to the selected locations for the user to catch and shoot. A sensor determines if the shot is successfully made. A camera records images of the shot. The controller generates a virtual coaching display with images from the camera and a visual indication of whether displayed images resulted in a successfully made shot.

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Upper Sandusky, OH, United States of America

John G Joseph