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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2024
Shoot-a-way, Inc., Upper Sandusky, OH (US);
John G. Joseph, Upper Sandusky, OH (US);
Shoot-A-Way, Inc., Upper Sandusky, OH (US);
Abstract
Basketball launching apparatus, systems, and methods providing next pass indications are disclosed. A throwing mechanism connected to a structural framework launches basketballs toward candidate locations for a player to catch and shoot towards a basketball goal. A controller receives user input indicating a subset of the candidate locations forming a practice session and causes a rendering of a basketball playing area including a representation of a basketball goal, a baseline, and a three-point arc to be generated at an electronic display connected to said structural framework. Before and/or while the controller commands the throwing mechanism to pass at least one basketball to each of the subset of the candidate locations, the controller causes a respective next pass indicator to be displayed at the representation at a location visually corresponding to a respective next one of the session passes.